Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. And, there’s always endless product training (actually most of sales training ends up not being selling skills, but instead product training.). What do you think?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 20, 2021

Here’s a mistake I hear over and over again when listening to sales reps pitching or presenting their services over the phone: when they hear a possible objection or something negative from their prospect, they go into pitch mode. Here’s the thing: the average closing rate is two or three deals out of ten prospects pitched.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 27, 2013

It will help your team determine: What deals can close quickly in your pipeline. Training typically involves selling skills or negotiation methods. This will get your deals to close quicker. Simple call plans help prepare and keep the interaction focused on the objectives wanted. Yet most reps don’t understand it.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The goal of any revenue organization is to close more deals. In many cases, sellers engage in product-based selling, which involves pushing the features and benefits of a given product – without regard for whether these features and benefits are relevant to the customer. Consultative selling requires the right tools and technology.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

MDM and the Rapid Learning Institute collaborated on a survey that offers keen insights into how wholesale distributors structure their sales teams, what they want to change, and which skills are mission critical to succeeding in the marketplace. Most Critical Skill Gaps. That requires superior discovery skills.

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Lessonly

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This powerful combination gives reps the skills and knowledge they need to have successful conversations with prospects so they can close more deals. Why Sales Skills Are the Holy Grail to Generating Revenue. That’s because they know if they don’t build a great sales team first, they won’t close deals and acquire customers.

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SBI

MARCH 19, 2013

So it’s not surprising that each time I talk with my friends on the sales training front, they tell me that the path to increasing sales is to improve selling skills. Of course, my retort is that you won’t increase sales if you don’t have the right tools to compete more efficiently and effectively.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2018

If you’re in sales, then the way to make more money is to close more sales. And if you’d like to make more sales, then you need to upgrade your selling skills. Present your product or service better and close more effectively. Overcome the objections that are frustrating you now. More money, right?

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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. I have no updates on your proposal because our offices are closed, and we are all working remotely.

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Carew International

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Time spent on day-to-day sales activities – closing deals, acting as an advisor to customers, completing sales negotiations – these are all symptomatic of insufficient selling skills on the sales team. They probably do not have a proven and repeatable process for delivering a winning sales presentation and closing the deal.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Digital selling has taken center stage, offering sales professionals unprecedented opportunities to connect, communicate, and close deals in ways previously unimagined. To navigate and excel in this evolving digital arena, let’s explore the five fundamental digital selling principles outlined below.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 71

Carew International

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Time spent on day-to-day sales activities – closing deals, acting as an advisor to customers, completing sales negotiations – these are all symptomatic of insufficient selling skills on the sales team. They probably do not have a proven and repeatable process for delivering a winning sales presentation and closing the deal.

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Sales Leadership Tools Selling Skills Negotiation 40

criteria for success

MAY 24, 2022

Stories are an incredibly powerful tool in selling, and when you are part of a team, you can leverage each other's stories in conversations with prospects or clients. Share and Practice Common Objections & Responses. Sharing these best-practice responses to common objections helps everyone on the team improve.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 17, 2013

Pausing is also a powerful tool when we are communicating something of importance. This means that when you pause anytime you share a key piece of information or answer an objection,your response will seem more credible because of the pause. The customer is talking and you didn’t even have to ask a question.

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Cold Calling Customer Service Consultative Selling Negotiation 244

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 14, 2023

As many technologies, tools, content, programs, and training tools we provide, if we can’t connect the dots between why we are doing these things, how they fit with what we are trying to achieve, and why they are important–we are never able to exploit these things for the greatest power and impact.

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Hiring Face-to-face Selling Skills Objections 74

Allego

JANUARY 12, 2022

Other sales leader resolutions I saw on social media: “Start giving reps objective coaching and feedback.”. Add value to my sales team not just to help them sell more, but be better people, live better lives.”. Here’s a look at some more sales leader resolutions, plus advice on how to achieve them: Improve Virtual Selling.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

Let''s see, there''s prospecting, qualifying and closing, and then there''s.wow, this is difficult! For the past 20 years, every Objective Management Group (OMG) sales force evaluation and sales candidate assessment has been tied to 21 Sales Core Competencies.

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Allego

MARCH 23, 2023

High-performing sales teams can use this AI-powered tool to gather data to help sales reps overcome their unique challenges and raise overall team performance. Managers can also drill down to discover the use of specific terms or topics of conversation that can help identify rep skills gaps and inform future calls.

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Data Face-to-face Remedy Conversion 62

Gong.io

DECEMBER 23, 2021

If you know anything about Gong*, you know our team and Revenue Intelligence platform analyzes customer-facing interactions across phone, email, and web conferencing to deliver teams the insights they need to close more deals. Case closed. If you are new here, welcome! It looks something like this: So yeah. We’ve got you. Easy button.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The urge to cut your price to close a sale is something we all face, and for many salespeople, it’s almost a daily occurrence. Suddenly the urge to do something stupid just to close a sale is not nearly as strong. Use the list as motivation just before you get on the phone or walk into see a customer.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You’re watching your reps very carefully and doing everything you can to ensure they close deals and hit their numbers. Look at your tech stack to make sure you’re equipping your team so when they’re out in the field, they have the right tools so they can be successful, he said. 3 Modern Sales Enablement Tools to Adopt Now.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. 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. Develop product knowledge training.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

You must master the traditional selling basics, all the stuff like building relationships/trust, prospecting, pipeline management, deal/opportunity strategy, sales call planning/execution, questioning, qualifying, probing, presenting, objection handling, closing, oral/written presentation skills, and the myriad of foundation skills.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

A well-designed program, paired with a robust training software , will empower your sales reps with the knowledge they need to deliver value and close more deals. It starts with prospecting for potential leads, then moves through to negotiation and closing the deal. Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs.

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

These findings highlight the need for salespeople to monitor and adapt to the constantly evolving business landscape, honing the necessary skills of the moment. How Does Sales Enablement Enhance Sales Skills and Sales Techniques? It includes mastering product knowledge and refining communication skills.

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Face-to-face Negotiation Sales Methodology ROI 52

Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

The program helps reps understand customers, develop compelling sales pitches, and build enough confidence to close deals. Needs Evaluation Evaluate the selling skills and competencies your sales team currently has versus what they need to excel. Provide training on how to effectively use these tools in the sales process.

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Webinar Metrics Training Strategy Ideal Customer Profile 52

Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Pros and Cons of Digital and Social Selling Programs. Valuable information about using social selling to get more leads, increase deal sizes and close deals. What is Social Selling? Why Social Selling Matters Digital and social selling skills are a must-have for successful salespeople in the digital age.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Increasingly, top sellers are adopting a more effective approach: solution selling. This approach helps sellers earn customers’ trust – and close more deals. In this post, we’ll explore what solution selling is, when it’s used, and how it differs from other selling approaches. When is solution selling used?

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It ensures sellers have all the information and tools they need, plus the essential sales skills and behaviors to go into any sales conversation with any customer, fully prepared. They document these skills in an ideal rep profile to set the baseline against which reps’ knowledge and capabilities are measured. Build knowledge.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2013

Online networks such as LinkedIn provide tools that facilitate social gifting. This Social Selling skill works with your customers and prospects. Every Rep has the same need for expertise to help close a deal. They can help you overcome Buyer objections and close the sale. Social Debt Economics.

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Allego

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The seller interacts with buyers live through a videoconference tool, phone call, Facetime, or in-person meeting. With 92% of buyers preferring virtual sales interactions, according to Bain and Company, it’s imperative that your sellers perfect their virtual selling skills. Use the Right Virtual Selling Tools.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned sales pro or just starting your journey, understanding and speaking the language of sales is essential to connect with prospects, build relationships, and close deals. Marketers and sales teams focus on providing detailed product information, addressing specific objections, and offering tailored solutions.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As my product knowledge increased and selling skills became more polished, I felt I could really own the deals in my pipeline – proving to myself that I could win deals solo. If I was a “true AE,” then I should be able to take a deal full-cycle from demo to close, leaning on subject matter experts only as needed, right?

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Energy Up-Sell Call-back Case Study 121

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

They therefore work closely with sellers to keep their behaviors and activities focused largely on the highest-priority accounts. Use those account plans regularly as a coaching tool to review results and define the actions likely to produce sales results. Great managers know this.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

Answering this question helps you break down the activities and objectives required to achieve the outcome. Objective metrics. Before a new customer deal can close, an SDR has to find that customer. In addition to closing new customer deals, AEs are responsible for managing, growing, and renewing existing accounts.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2020

They covered almost everything from cold calling to sales forecasting and even provided helpful tips to handle prospects and close more deals. Jeb Blount is a sales leader and author of famous sales books like “ Fanatical prospecting,” “Objection” and “Sales EQ”. Finding it difficult to close deals? Host: Jeb Blount.

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Mindtickle

MAY 25, 2021

Sales readiness and enablement are now an essential part of the sales ecosystem, influencing selling skills before, during and after buyer interactions to accelerate win rates and optimize the sales cycle as a whole. Did they demonstrate subpar presentation or negotiation skills? Was the rep inadequately prepared?

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