The Sales Hunter

JUNE 11, 2013

How effective are the marketing materials you receive? If you’re like the typical salesperson, you get more marketing information than you could ever begin to use. It’s time marketing departments wake up and quit shoveling garbage out to salespeople, all under the premise of helping them be more effective.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 3, 2012

Just click on the below image: I am sharing this with you because I am committed to making you aware of resources that can improve your skills. . If you go through the list of 50 sales and marketing influencers, you will notice there are links to each person’s website. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. Most Critical Skill Gaps. Let’s start with how distributors ranked urgency to improve seven critical selling skills. The most critical skill gap – 62 percent call it “extremely urgent” – is “selling value, not price.”

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Contact Monkey

OCTOBER 17, 2018

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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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In fact, not only do many salespeople dread it, but most marketing teams do as well. Blog Professional Selling Skills Purchasing Department buying departments purchasing departments' The dreaded buying department is the nemesis for too many salespeople. Truth is there is no […].

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I have been asked this question hundreds of times by salespeople, marketing teams, business leaders, CEOs and business owners. Here it is: It doesn’t matter whether you sell less or not. […]. Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills price prices value proposition' Are you ready for my answer?

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 11, 2014

Blog Consultative Selling Professional Selling Skills dreamforce email marketing salesforce' It’s not big. It’s overwhelming! Check out this link if you’re interested in drinking from a firehose). An event of this […].

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It’s clearly a “must attend” for anyone in sales, marketing or technology positions, regardless of the company where you work. Blog Professional Selling Skills Sales Development Training Sales Motivation Sales Training Sales Training Program dreamforce sales motivation sales training salesforce'

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 15, 2013

One challenges many CEOs face is to finding a way to balance the role of Sales with the role of Marketing. The role marketing must play is in being the keeper of the brands, names, and the equity of what the business stands for. Sales on the other hand must control the customer relationship without interference from Marketing.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 22, 2014

It doesn’t matter what market you’re in, there is disruption coming. Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills Sales Motivation business disruption business model sales motivation sales process' If not, it will. Business disruption is the norm. You can forget all the banter about how […].

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The “push” and “pull” concept has been key to marketing for years. “Push” marketing is focused around loading up the channel, advertising heavily and trying to convince the customer to buy. (Yes, I know the true marketing definitions of these are much more complex. (Yes,

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 15, 2020

Click play for the video version of this blog. This word of mouth marketing you would get from being going that extra mile is a worthy investment of your time and will contribute massively to the growth of the business you work for. Want to improve your customer service and retail selling skills? Happy Selling!

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 11, 2014

We’ve all been told that selling product features is not the way to sell, but even knowing that, it seems it still is what happens, not only by salespeople, but also by marketing. Features don’t sell and they especially don’t sell when it’s not what the customer wants.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Selling skills still matter. The thinking is that AI will turn B-players into A-players, and A-players into unprecedented selling machines. AI will not supplant selling skills; A-players will likely be better at using assistive intelligence than B-players. including the B- and C-players?

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

For some reason, he was hung up on the idea he needed cute pictures and “marketing speak” content to wow his customer. ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog Consultative Selling Customer Service Professional Selling Skills Prospecting Sales Motivation marketing presentation presentation materials sales presentation'

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 16, 2017

In the last several years, a lot has been written about how Sales and Marketing need to come together if we ever expect to resolve the issue of generating leads. It’s time we challenge conventional thinking with regard to who owns the lead generation process. In keeping with my habit of challenging the norm, let […].

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2014

Are you quick to tell Marketing you lose too many sales because the sales materials aren’t any good? A strong desire to do paperwork to keep the office and your boss happy as a way to cover up for not spending more time selling. ” Sales Motivation Blog. Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This guy isn’t selling. When his market does change, he’s going to be in for a shock. ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog leadership Professional Selling Skills leader sales leader sales leadership' I’m sure you can see this for what’s worth.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 2, 2013

A strong marketing and business development department. Yes, top performing salespeople are good at working on their own, but they also understand the value of marketing and things like product development. ” Sales Motivation Blog. It’s also about being valued and that means being respected for a job well done.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2013

State how they have plenty of options to buy on the “grey market” at a much better price. Your job is to be the professional salesperson and sell to the customer’s needs and outcomes, be confident in your job and price, and protect your profit. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 20, 2013

Whatever it is you’re selling, take advantage of every new channel of distribution. The old ways of selling , the old ways of marketing, the old ways of promotion, and the old ways of branding are no longer applicable – other than for a history lesson. Then ask why they would recommend you, on video.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2014

Here is just one example of what I received recently: “Our markets are promising. ” Sales Motivation Blog. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Selling: Win the Sale Without Compromising on Price. Blog Professional Selling Skills Prospecting prospect prospecting sales prospecting'

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The argument I hear is how sales leadership is something that only involves top performing sales people, sales managers or those who work for a company with huge market share. To strengthen your sales leadership skills, be sure to check out my eBook: The Sales Leader in You. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Remember the people who were doing nothing but slashing their investment in sales and marketing? ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog leadership Professional Selling Skills leader sales leadership' Go back just a couple of years ago when the economy was soft and the bubble thinking was things will never get better.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Upselling often employs comparison charts to market higher-end products to customers, again according to bigcommerce.com. Learn from experienced sales professionals by attending our Essential Selling Skills Training Course. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. How about upselling?

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Only thing the salesperson wanted to do was discuss with me how his price list was simply not appropriate for his market. Everything was about his market, his territory, his customers — or I should say, “lack of customers” and his belief system. Emphasis on the last point — his belief system.

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Selling Power

MAY 12, 2020

Today's blog post is by Ben Taylor. He is the content marketing manager at Richardson. Virtual selling requires more than a camera. Sales teams are discovering that virtual selling is different from executing normal sales conversations in front of a screen. Understanding these new skills is critical because virtual.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 20, 2013

Problem is they’ve told the market they discount! ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills discount discounting price' First, you have to demonstrate to the prospect the system is the solution they’re looking for. In my book, that is a pretty lousy sales process.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Mark said, " Instead, they start a blog, create a website, open a Twitter account and begin email marketing campaigns. By the time training is over, they will rank in Google for a few dozen keywords in their market, have a few dozen followers on Twitter and have written a few dozen blog articles.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 6, 2020

However, we always point out that you could have the best processes in the industry, the most valuable product in the market place, or the cheapest price in your area. For example, if one of your products is selling well in one market, don’t automatically assume it will in others. Happy Selling! What is a ‘mindset’?

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 2, 2016

Is it advertising that’s needed to create customers or is it marketing? Matt Heinz and his team at Heinz Marketing have put together a great book on the subject, and you can get an electronic copy of Full Funnel Marketing for free! Does it matter? I’ve known Matt for several years and I am a big fan […].

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 7, 2013

If you must discount your price to create cash flow, here are a couple of ways to do it: First, only offer it to customers in a section of your market you can control and who do not have the ability to communicate the lower price they’re getting to other segments of your market. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

And, of course, there’s overlap with what we train sellers on, the sales process, selling skills, industry/market/customer focused skills, and, of course, our products/solutions. The post Onboarding New Managers first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

If you sell in the B2B market, this same thing holds true for the customers your customers sell to. ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog Professional Selling Skills Sales Motivation 2014 sales motivation sales process success' Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Why would HR, Sales, Marketing Customer experience care about a new manufacturing process control system. Afterword, I’m writing a series of posts on “ Basic Selling Skills ,” just to remind us what/why we do what we do. first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

In my continuing blog series on how to handle the stalls, objections, and real-world situations in sales caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, below you’ll find some suggested email responses to situations you may be running into. Interestingly, our market research shows us that people are going online these days even more than usual.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Next time you bad mouth them and what they sell, I’m going to make sure I have them on the phone so they can hear you say it directly. Who in your marketing department developed them? ” Sales Motivation Blog. The sales materials you use are lame. I can only imagine how much they cost to print.

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