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New Data: Top Salespeople are 7562% Better at Winning RFPs

Understanding the Sales Force

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. When you partner with those decision makers, they write you into the spec and/or dictate to procurement to whom the business must be awarded.

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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

One major key to success in sales is a salesperson’s ability to reach decision makers. Salespeople who reach THE decision maker are 341% more likely to close the business than those who fail to reach the decision maker. Objective Management Group (OMG) has assessed nearly 2.4

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Onboarding In Sales: Training + Leadership

Sales and Marketing Management

There is no one-size-fits-all model to selecting and training the top sales leader, so a holistic onboarding program needs to rely not only on training and sales tactics, but also on leadership and coaching. Training practices should start from the top-down, with leaders directing the selling methodology.

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Three Reasons Salespeople Can’t Reach Decision Makers

Braveheart Sales

Salespeople who are easily able to reach decision-makers are infinitely more effective at closing business. If we know that more business will be closed, tons more business, but only slightly more than a quarter of salespeople are skilled at reaching decision-makers, it seems to me that there is a pretty big opportunity for impact.

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Three Reasons Salespeople Can’t Reach Decision Makers

Braveheart Sales

Salespeople who are easily able to reach decision-makers are infinitely more effective at closing business. If we know that more business will be closed, tons more business, but only slightly more than a quarter of salespeople are skilled at reaching decision-makers, it seems to me that there is a pretty big opportunity for impact.

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Ominous Signs for Sales Teams and Baseball Can Help

Understanding the Sales Force

You should spend money on training and development for the twelve challenges I listed above. Not just any sales training, but results-focused sales training with role-plays, and with your sales leaders becoming effective coaches. What are the twelve biggest challenges?

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Homicide Detective Makes Best Case for Sales Process

Understanding the Sales Force

This begins with training and coaching Sales Leadership to support such an organization. Salespeople need to be trained too, but as much time needs to be spent on beliefs as it does on Sales Process, Sales Methodology, Sales Strategy, and Sales Tactics.