Mindtickle

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Seventy-two percent of the respondents in one survey expressed they have felt remorse or regret in accepting a new job that didn’t live up to their expectations. Buyer’s remorse is real and it’s not something sellers should feel after just a few days on the job. Motivate employees with gamification.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2020

” It’s been one of those throw away terms all of us have heard about selling since the very first day we started selling. And it’s those feelings that may stand in the way of their wanting to take action and change–even if they must. “Sales is all about people!”

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And it’s this shift that makes the future of selling, business, and work so exciting, yet, also, so challenging. This mechanization of selling has created intriguing, hopefully unintended consequences, both for buyers and sellers. We’ve seem to have lost sight of the human being, both the buyer and the seller.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2019

When I first started selling — way back in the dark ages — one of the things I learned about was “buyer’s remorse.” Buyer’s remorse was a bit of a challenge. Fast forward to today, buyer’s remorse has changed profoundly.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 30, 2021

But there’s another aspect to qualifying that we don’t talk much about. It’s the customer qualifying us. We sales people tend to look at qualifying as a specific activity in our sales process, “We’ve ‘checked’ that box, now let’s move on selling them!”

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

And it’s this shift that makes the future of selling, business, and work so exciting, yet, also, so challenging. This mechanization of selling has created intriguing, hopefully unintended consequences, both for buyers and sellers. We’ve seem to have lost sight of the human being, both the buyer and the seller.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 25, 2022

It’s important to talk to customers, thanking them for the business, but asking, “Is there anything we might have done better, or differently, that would have created much more value in your buying process? ” Second, despite losing, our competitors usually do some very interesting and innovative things.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2021

So we had to invent new ways to keep our people connected and engaged, whether more frequent check-ins/one-on-one’s, virtual cocktail parties, or other things. We will continue some of the new things–there’s a lot of talk around the power combo of F2F and virtual. Some have been created just to survive.

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SalesProInsider

JUNE 15, 2020

The good news is that with the information I’ll share in this month’s powerful, and FREE, virtual workshop can increase your conversion rate, close more business, and win more clients. What your buyers need to know before making a decision. ?3 No high pressure scare tactics needed!

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 22, 2022

All my news feeds are filled with guru’s talking about how much customers hate certain sales approaches. So then we start declaring the death of sales, with customers going on their rep free digital buying journey’s. Oops, those are filled with buyer’s remorse. Oh, but they hate that too!

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Then there is the messiness of the buyers trying to organize themselves to buy and figure out what they want to do. That’s where our expertise is. It’s marketing’s job to make sure customers find us when they are looking for solutions and products. ” Then there’s the competition for our jobs.

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Tom Hopkins

JANUARY 2, 2014

If you plan on making a career out of selling, you will need to understand and learn how to overcome buyers’ remorse. It’s as natural a part of selling as nearly any other objection or concern. In some cases, it’s helpful to bring up the potential for an after-the-sale concern early in your presentation.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

They struggle to make sense, both of what’s going on in their own organization and the overwhelming amount of information around solutions. Then after they have made the decision, they struggle with remorse, “Have they done the right thing?” It’s these areas where we have the greatest impact.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 13, 2022

Here’s a pop quiz for sellers and sales enablement folks. And that’s remarkable! When we look at the biggest problems our customers face in their problem solving and buying processes, it’s not vendor selection. And it’s change! Because what each of us is selling is change!

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Then there is the messiness of the buyers trying to organize themselves to buy and figure out what they want to do. That’s where our expertise is. It’s marketing’s job to make sure customers find us when they are looking for solutions and products. ” Then there’s the competition for our jobs.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 22, 2022

Maybe it’s me, but for those few outreaches I do respond to, the majority never follow up to my response. Sometimes, I suspect it’s that I give them an unexpected response. But the majority don’t, because it’s not the response they wanted or expected. However, a response is a response.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 26, 2023

That’s because as buyers we don’t like the feeling of being coerced, coaxed, or cajoled into making a purchase decision. Convince the buyer to purchase what we offer or figure out what is most important to the buyer and then help them achieve it? Modern buyers have little desire to be pitched products and services.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 8, 2019

We always have to start with the Buyer. Buying, more accurately, what our buyers face isn’t simple. In fact, every piece of research indicates buyers, customers, are overwhelmed with complexity. Gartner data has shown 53% of all buying journey’s end in no decision made.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Is it possible to oversell to the point where you actually lose the sale, causing the buyer to change his or her mind? Here are four common ways that you can actually lose a sale after it’s done and dusted! #1. They are only solutions and only matter to the buyer if they solve a problem. Reassure the buyer.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 7, 2022

One would think it’s mostly customers liking this, but shockingly, too many sales people love this. There’s little that sales people can to in presenting product capabilities, features, functions, even conducting demos that a customer can’t do on their own, digitally.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 12, 2021

Buyers nowadays are overwhelmed with the selection of products and services on the market. Research shows that having 20 different jams offered to buyers is too overwhelming for them to make a purchase. Thus, the salesperson’s value can drastically increase if he manages to clarify the buyers’ needs.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 12, 2023

With each one, I feel deep remorse, I’m impacting the lives not only of the individuals, but also of their families. And it’s largely not their fault. So while I’m critical, it’s often driven by the mistakes I have made as a leader. As a leader, I may have made errors/mistakes.

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Tom Hopkins

MAY 20, 2014

Related posts: Understanding People’s Natural Fears. Overcome Buyers’ Remorse. For some there may have been a […]. The post 6 Reasons People Don’t Buy from You appeared first on How to Selling Skills. Getting People to Buy.

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Tom Hopkins

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There can be an awkward moment when buyers say no after you’ve asked your closing question. The sales process has been sailing along smoothly with you asking good questions and the buyers giving good answers. Their no feels like you’ve […] The post After buyers say no appeared first on America's #1 Sales Trainer.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

You’ve been told that it’s a bad call — but how bad, exactly? It might be obvious, like your buyer asking for a lower price. Because here’s the thing: Once your buyer asks for anything, negotiations have begun. Once your buyer asks for anything, negotiations have begun. . Case in point: negotiating over email. .

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SalesLoft

MAY 25, 2018

A smooth customer journey is the responsibility of the seller, not the buyer. Leaving a lasting impact and positive experience for the buyer begins with the discovery phase and communicating the value your solution can offer individual prospects. Post-sale, it also helps to avoid buyer’s remorse. Click To Tweet.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 27, 2021

But let’s start with some data: An older McKinsey study shows over 70% of internal transformation efforts fail. Mort Hansen’s work in Collaboration shows similar data on internal projects. My friend Hank Barnes, has compelling research around “buyer’s remorse,” for those that do buy.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s not just them, many of the webcasts I participate in, 99.9% All our conversations, all our thinking about what’s good and what’s bad about selling revolves around SaaS. It’s fun to look at the stories of these founders, the explosive growth, the cult of thinking/lifestyles around SaaS.

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Tom Hopkins

MAY 5, 2014

When you’ve been training as long as I have, it’s interesting to hear the buzz that people share about you. Overcome Buyers’ Remorse. During the last few months, my staff has received calls such as these: “I heard Tom Hopkins retired.” ” “Tom only trains real estate people, right?”

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Tom Hopkins

DECEMBER 8, 2016

It’s inevitable that you’ll eventually find yourself working with hostile buyers. Confronted by a buyer who has suddenly turned hostile, average salespeople get anxious about their own dignity. The post Working with Hostile Buyers appeared first on How to Selling Skills. Related posts: After buyers say no.

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Jeff Shore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In part two, let’s tackle what to do when the buyer is actually canceling the sale. Remember that from my last blog I said that buyer’s remorse is something everyone experiences at some point or another. If you uncover a fear-based reason, you have a shot at getting the buyer back on track to achieving their original mission.

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Tom Hopkins

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

That’s my favorite time! ” Overcome Buyers’ Remorse. .” ” Overcome Buyers’ Remorse. When one or the other spouse is favorable to the decision, don’t jump right in to close. Wait to see how they […]. Related posts: Barriers to Closing.

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Product Management University

JULY 27, 2018

It’s July and that means the second half of the fiscal year is in full swing for many organizations. On the product management side of the house, we look back 20 years to examine how the persona of the product manager has evolved and what it means for today’s product managers. Enjoy our July issue. View the July issue.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2020

I’ve written, extensively, about how difficult it is for buyers to align diverse priorities and agendas, and navigate the buying process. They are trying to figure out what is happening with their own organizations and their people’s ability to be productive. Complex B2B buying is never easy.

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Tom Hopkins

AUGUST 17, 2015

As a sales professional, it’s critical that you put everything else out of your mind when approaching buyers and focus on the buyer’s mindset. The post The Buyer’s Mindset appeared first on How to Selling Skills. Related posts: Overcome Buyers’ Remorse.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Each has it’s place, but they are different. The buyer and the situation is very different. We have to persuade and influence multiple buyers. The customer’s decision making process is very complex, we need to persuade, influence and align people with different interests, needs, priorities and agendas.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 10, 2019

There’s some evidence to support this, increasingly, sales people are getting involved later in the customer buying process. Related Posts: The Tragedy Of “No Decision Made” Buyer’s Remorse Even The Best Of Us Can’t Resist The Urge To Pitch!

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