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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. And, there’s always endless product training (actually most of sales training ends up not being selling skills, but instead product training.). What do you think?

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Why Virtual Selling Skills are Critically Important for Commercial Bankers

Richardson

Commercial banking is facing a period of transition. Commercial banks face credit losses expected to total anywhere from $400 billion and $1 trillion between 2020 and 2024, according to data from McKinsey. As the effective federal funds rates remain at historically low levels, commercial banks are generating less income.

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Banking on a Consultative Selling Process to Meet Organic Growth Goals

Anthony Cole Training

5 Reasons Consultative Selling Skills/Techniques Inhibit Organic Sales Growth.

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Nimble CRM is Designed to Build Relationships, Not Spreadsheets

Adaptive Business Services

How much money do I have in my bank accounts? Selling skills … not a data item. The only numbers that I was ever interested in were … How much is in my/our pipeline? What are my/our sales for the month? What was my/our closing ratio? Serious as a heart attack. their stages, and the dollar values. All of this comes via coaching.

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Are Small Business Owners Salespeople in Disguise?

Jeffrey Gitomer

There are meaningful uses of selling skills that permeate every facet of the entrepreneurial process. Getting a loan from a banker – A true sales job.

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Sales Enablement, Upping The Game….

Partners in Excellence

” Reflecting back numbers of years, my first customers were major money center banks. We didn’t get training about our products or solutions, the sole focus of that program was to help us better understand banks and banking. I was able to talk to them about their business and banking.

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21 Great Selling Skills Questions

Klozers

In the world of sales; Selling Skills can make the difference between a Rainmaker and a Bank breaker for most businesses. Analysing and testing these skills in sales people is difficult, as often they can appear pitch perfect in the office but never quite seem to get matching results in the field.