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Homicide Detective Makes Best Case for Sales Process

Understanding the Sales Force

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Similarly, many prospects are also non-believers in your product or service.

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10 Prospect Rules That Salespeople Must Learn to Break

Understanding the Sales Force

This is not an article about COVID but I will begin by asking which COVID policy you believe is the most stupid. Like I said, this is not a COVID article because if it was, I could write a book about the data, science, policies and hypocrisies. Have you or your salespeople ever been told by a prospect that they can't:

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Use Music to Understand the 12 Criteria Prospects Use to Buy from Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Isn’t that a great analogy for what happens when you miss, or skip a crucial step in the sales process? But that’s not my primary analogy for today’s article because a better, more profound analogy came from listening to music. Your prospects and customers use a similar process for choosing who to buy from.

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Go for the “No” Early in the Sales Process

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In this article, we discuss the theory that a prospect might want what you are selling, if you (as the salesperson) are willing to walk away from the table first. It may sound counterintuitive but one of the keys for more effective selling is going for the ‘no’ early in the sales process.

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7 Sales Prospecting Tips to Ignite Even the Coldest Pipes

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If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? Let’s jump in.

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4 Types of Sales Positions That Can Never Be Replaced by AI

Understanding the Sales Force

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more.

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Creating Your Roadmap for Sales Success: Staging Your Sales Process – Episode 2

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Staging in your selling efforts is a critical step in ensuring success in that sales opportunity. As I shared in the first article in this series for creating your roadmap to sales success, a sales process is a roadmap that guides you through the journey from the introduction to a new client to growth of that client.