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6 Ways Salespeople Kill Sales

The Sales Hunter

Ignoring the customer. Trying to prove the customer is wrong. We in sales are a finicky group. Blog Closing a Sale Cold-Calling Consultative Selling Customer Service Professional Selling Skills customer customer service' Failing to follow-up. Talking too much.

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5 Ways to Avoid Stupid Customers

The Sales Hunter

As a public service, I’ve come up with 5 things you can do to avoid dealing with stupid customers. Don’t sell on price. When you sell on price, the biggest group of people you’re going to attract is stupid people. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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7 Tips to Skyrocket Performance In Small Sales Teams

Sales and Marketing Management

Not only do they have the experience to detect a skills gap, but they also have minimal bias. Their reading of John Doe’s sales skills isn’t going to be influenced by his amazing resume or his recent break-up; it’s a cut-and-dried look at John’s core selling skills: where he excels, and where he’s falling behind. .

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The 17 Essential Skills Every Salesperson Needs to Succeed

Highspot

Public speaking: Speaking to individuals and groups is part of everyday sales roles. Objection handling: Teaching sellers to overcome fear, uncertainty, and doubt using objection-handling strategies, such as good communication, competitive intelligence, and product and industry knowledge, will help ease customer opposition.

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Sales Amateur or Sales Professional? What are You? | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Guest post Monday and we have Owen Van Syckle of the Van Syckle Group , a sales training and consulting group. Today he offers key points on how your questioning skills can reveal if you are a sales amateur or a sales professional. It's Called "Professional Selling Skills" for a Reason. What are You?

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The Secret to LinkedIn that You May Be Missing | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

What this means is they many times will troll various discussion boards on groups looking at comments and even looking at profiles. You need to participate in groups where senior level people are going to go themselves. Don’t waste your time joining groups made up of your peers. Selling through Social Media and LinkedIn.

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Why Sales Organizations Need to Invest in Customer Success

Miller Heiman Group

When customer service roles have the primary responsibility for closing upsell opportunities, organizations’ average revenue per account nearly doubles according to CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group. Now is the time to take a look at what customer success looks like in your organization.