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The Science of Basic Selling Skills

Bernadette McClelland

Negotiation was one of the must have ‘basic skills’ a few years back as was ‘active listening’, but it has been overtaken, well and truly by the need to tap into the ‘ executive brain’ , assess what’s important and make connections between what you already know and potentially create new ideas and information that would create value for others.

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How to Ensure Sales Training Improves Selling Skills

Richardson

Therefore, sales leaders need a blend of analytics that reveal how well the participants are learning and applying the selling skills. Given the substantial resources needed to embark on sales training, leaders want assurance that the experience will lead to meaningful and measurable outcomes.

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Get Off Your Butt and Start Coaching Your Reps

Steven Rosen

Sales Managers: Get Off Your Butt and Start Coaching Your Reps In today’s highly competitive sales industry, which has endless analytic tools and virtual interfaces, the role of the sales manager has quietly pivoted to that of a ‘dashboard coach.’

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How to Optimize Your Sales Team’s Professional Selling Skills

Contact Monkey

In order to do this, however, leaders within the business need to work with individual salespeople, helping them develop the kind of professional selling skills that lead to long-term success. Optimize Your Sales Team’s Professional Selling Skills. contact-form-7]. 1) Focus on Providing Value.

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Strategy is Sexy, Execution Sucks

Steven Rosen

An example of addressing these themes is a company that identified messaging, planning, and selling skills as its top three critical success factors. They should also be open to different thinking styles and perspectives within their team, avoiding dismissive attitudes towards analytical or contrarian viewpoints.

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The Adapter’s Advantage Podcast: Episode 20 Featuring David Bauders

Allego

In episode 20, SPARXiQ Founder and CEO David Bauders shares how sales organizations can adapt to the new normal, the power of analytics to accelerate sales performance, and why you learn the most from your most demanding customers. The golden question is, if there are pressures on me to sell, what are the pressures on the other party to buy?”

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What Digital Marketing Certifications Should I Have to Sell to Small Business?

BuzzBoard

Obtaining a Google certification or participating in targeted marketing courses can enhance your selling skills and provide an advantage when dealing with local businesses. Another vital certification to have is the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ).