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Selling Skills for New Salespeople

The Digital Sales Institute

Selling skills for new salespeople usually have some differentiators from the sales skills that a more experienced salesperson has due to learning about the sales process and understanding all the steps in the sale alongside product knowledge. Selling today can range from the uncomplicated to the deeply complex.

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What Sales Managers Need to Know to Support Channel Sellers

Miller Heiman Group

Today we feature a blog by Michael DeRosa, the director of professional development at Travelers Insurance, and one of our 2019 Miller Heiman Group Icons. Channel selling is a different breed of selling from direct sales. But with indirect sales, the channel salesperson’s job is to form relationships.

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Balancing Traditional Selling vs. The Modern Sales Approach

Vengreso

These activities were time-consuming and often required traveling, which cost sales reps valuable time that could be spent building more relationships. Unscheduled phone calls and emails demand the buyer’s attention and in-person meetings require travel time. Modern: Today’s B2B buyers can be found on social platforms.

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Virtual Selling Is Not The Same Thing As Digital Buying

Partners in Excellence

While we focus on developing our virtual selling skills; do you have the right camera/lighting, an appropriate background, are you dressed appropriately–at least from the waist up, are you looking at the camera, not the person’s image on screen…… our customers are doing something different.

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Virtual Selling: How to Excel and Crush Your Sales Quota

Highspot

This method allows them to connect with global clients without travel, fostering a convenient customer experience. Initially viewed as a cost-effective selling strategy primarily for lower-value accounts, virtual selling has now gained favor for a broader range of opportunities.

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The Complete Guide to Remote Sales

Gong.io

Thanks to the internet and a plethora of online communication tools, sellers can engage buyers remotely through virtual channels like email, video chat, social media, and more. Why remote selling is the future of sales . Gartner predicts that 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur in digital channels by 2025.

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Sales Skills Definition

The Digital Sales Institute

Sales skills will always reflect the prevailing environment and the buyer’s acceptance of how they interact with the purchasing process. Let me explain further, once upon a time door to door sales was a dominant channel in both B2B and B2C. So, the prevailing environment was to enact sales via “the travelling salesman”.

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