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Will You Take The Road Less Travelled or the Path of Least Resistance?

Bernadette McClelland

Will You Take The Road Less Travelled Or The Path Of Least Resistance? It’s scary taking the road less travelled as most people take the path of least resistance instead. Do I enjoy sales training? 64% of buyers are seeking ideas and perspectives, but only 44% of sellers are delivering. It’s easier!

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Prospects Are Not Buyers

The Pipeline

One blur is the line between who is a buyer and who is a prospect. Assuming buyers and prospects are the same and the words interchangeable perhaps explains the output numbers year after year. You need to accept that prospects are not buyers, which is a good thing for us. Prospects are entirely different than buyers.

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10 Incentive Travel Facts You Can Put To Good Use

Sales and Marketing Management

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), a private not-for-profit foundation that focuses its initiatives on pragmatic research highlighting the premise and the power of incentive and motivational programs, issued a list of 10 incentive travel facts to commemorate Global Meetings Industry Day. 38 percent of all U.S.

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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

My answer: sales training initiatives. We’re currently in what some might consider the golden age of sales training initiatives. Sales training has grown in importance in the past decade. A closer look at a sales training incentive program. In the COVID-19 era, online training and certifications have skyrocketed.

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Travel Light to Your Next Sales Presentation

Increase Sales

The travel heavy sales and marketing practice originates from the product or sales based marketing approach. Today’s buyers are far more receptive to education based marketing. Sales Training Coaching Tip: Having a commanding presence begins with thoroughly understanding your client, the industry and your solutions.

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How to Make Real Connections in the Era of Virtual Sales Meetings

No More Cold Calling

If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. In 2020 and at least the first half of 2021, business travel and indoor socializing have been challenging and at times, impossible. For sellers, this makes access to prospective buyers the first chokepoint.

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Buyers have increasingly embraced completing their own research for years. Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. Is it necessary to train sales reps on new skills?