Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Increasingly, top sellers are adopting a more effective approach: solution selling. Those who do are able to present bespoke solutions that solve their customers’ unique challenges. In this post, we’ll explore what solution selling is, when it’s used, and how it differs from other selling approaches.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 12, 2014

As starters, Mark Hanan established the branding this term in his brilliantly written book Consultative Selling – an early and extremely important work about selling consultatively. Because of the branding, Consultative Selling has become one of the “ings” in our field like: SPIN Selling, Conceptual Selling and Solution Selling?

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This is one of the major ways that value selling differs from solution selling. Value selling and solution both acknowledge that buyers are trying to solve a problem. While value-added selling focuses on the buyer’s needs, solution selling focuses on your product’s features.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, organizations need sales training software to ensure their reps have the training required to be consultative sellers. They can also use this software to deliver continuous learning to ensure reps have the skills they need – whether their sales interactions are in the field or virtual.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And though this method is perhaps more nuanced than the usual cut-and-dried sales practices, some market trends indicate consultative selling skills are 100% worth the extra effort. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Written by a legendary sales consultant with going-on four decades of selling experience, The 25 Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople is a must-read sales book – whether you’re a novice or seasoned veteran. 9 Elements of Highly Effective Sales Conversations. It’s definitely not a selling skills book. Accelerate!

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Vengreso

APRIL 10, 2022

Most sales training companies and sales teams subscribe to a sales method but generally, it covers from “hello to close” That’s the phase from the moment you say hello, begin building rapport and trust, all the way to learning how to effectively negotiate a contract and close. . SPIN Selling. Solution Selling.

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LeveragePoint

APRIL 12, 2019

Obituaries for product selling and solution selling have been written many times. A 2012 Harvard Business Review article , by the Challenger sales team, declared that solution selling has become obsolete with Forbes highlighting the same theme in 2018. Sales training firms are thriving. Positioning Insights.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

And here’s your advantage: You’ve had this same conversation hundreds of time. You can predict the conversation “paths,” and how to navigate each one. SECOND, you control the conversation when you state your name and your company’s name up front. Your buyer asks “ Who is this?” Closing the deal.

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