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A Different Take On Challenging Conversations

Partners in Excellence

I’ve been writing a lot about changing the conversation, about challenging our customers, about getting them to think differently. To engage in these business conversations, we have to understand business—both business in general, but more specifically our customers and their businesses. Don’t get me wrong.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with Hans Fuller of @StorySlab

SBI

Many are in complex industries like manufacturing, machinery, chemicals, and healthcare where reps are accustomed to in-person meetings where they can engage in the dialog necessary for effective consultative selling. StorySlab helps sales reps maintain the real-time, personal nature of a face-to-face conversation even when they’re remote.

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22 Sales Buzzwords You Love to Hate – and How to Use Them the Right Way

Sales Hacker

Circle back” is used as a filler phrase or even as a way to avoid a conversation you don’t want to have right now. Or as JoBeth Hanak , BDR at Zilliant puts it: “let’s maybe talk again about maybe setting a meeting to maybe buy software that maybe you are interested in and maybe you are not maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe.”.

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A Modern Selling Tip: Learn to Sell the Way You Buy, with David Priemer, Episode #150

Vengreso

in Chemistry and Atmospheric Science from York University and a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Listen to our conversation to learn how David jumped from research to sales and how he now bridges the gap between science and sales to train sellers in modern selling techniques.

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Sales middle managers – what motivates them the most?

Sales Training Connection

The importance of middle managers can be especially significant in industries and fields that value innovation, like computer games, software, consulting, biotech and marketing, according to Mollick. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.

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22 Sales Buzzwords You Love to Hate and How to Use Them

LeadFuze

This phrase is used to describe a meeting that needs to be scheduled, but it also can be used as an expression when someone finishes talking and wants the other person in conversation to take their turn. When a customer asks “What’s the ROI of your software?”, “We work on the cutting-edge of software developmentâ€.

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The ultimate guide to solution selling

PandaDoc

Solution selling implies that the salesperson focuses not on technical characteristics, but on how a product or service will alleviate the customer’s pain or allow them to exploit an opportunity: This software development kit will allow you to save up to 50% of development time and decrease the amount of money you risk. Long-term efficiency.