No More Cold Calling

JUNE 22, 2017

Is Your Solution Selling Strategy Working? Based on my experience with thousands of solution selling training program participants, here are a few signs that your B2B sales strategy needs a review and re-work: Lagging Growth: You are not growing as fast as your competitors or your industry. By Tris Brown.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The reason I’m using this absurdly outdated example is to make a point about the drivers behind the evolution of tools and the importance of investing in new tools. Tools (technology and processes) evolve over time primarily from an onward and inevitably pressing need for operational effectiveness and gaining efficiencies.

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SBI

JUNE 26, 2012

Linda wanted to get my thoughts on sales tools and the role they play in today’s sales organizations. The first sales tool I used (other than a rolodex) was the GRiD Systems laptop. It was an exciting time, and it is where my love for sales tools began. Sales Tools Deliver Revenue Growth! per minute.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Dr. Dover leads this movement by starting with a simple question: If sales teams have more and more tools at their disposal to increase sales, why is the data pointing in the opposite direction? Sell Without Selling Out by Andy Paul. He does not mince words – the old methods of solution selling have stopped working.

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

Customers are suffering. Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. The evolution to needs-based solution selling helped. A-Players typically have an acute sense for the needs of their customers.

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SBI

JANUARY 8, 2013

Customer-centric selling is based on the principle that reps must play a critical role in helping prospects discover and quantify their problems. This process naturally dovetails with assisting them in identifying the most appropriate solutions, and often from a rather complex array of choices. Well said Jim!

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The digitization of business is not just about the application of technology to business, it’s really about deploying capabilities, solutions, engaging employees, customers, suppliers and communities in ways that have only been imagined in science fiction. Mastering these is where the hard work is in selling.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Download the tool to learn how to implement each and enable your sales team. Are you capturing cell phone numbers for leads, prospects and customers? CRM: Did you spend a lot of money on what amounts to a forecasting tool? Is your content accessible, customer focused, and organized properly? They will outpace their peers.

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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. This approach helps sellers earn customers’ trust – and close more deals. What is solution selling?

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Sell Integrity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The concept of customer value is far from new. Ask any salesperson on the street if they’re providing customer value and they’ll say, “yes, absolutely.” When a customer spends time with a salesperson- and come away saying they got value from the discussion- what are they actually getting ?

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Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

How can you position your solution and boost your win rates? That’s where Solution Selling comes in. In this article, we’ll explain what Solution Selling is, what sets it apart, and how to tell if it’s right for your team. What is Solution Selling? What sets the Solution Selling methodology apart?

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Instead of just showcasing what a product can do, it zeroes in on the real-world advantages a product offers customers. Incorporating value selling into sales training can help your company stay ahead of the competition. Here’s how to integrate value selling strategies into your sales process: 1.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2013

Learn why a customized sales process is the ultimate competitive advantage. Results - In a study in 2010 by McKinsey showed that 75% of solution selling projects fail. Why a Customized Sales Process? In this post, you will learn how to build a customized approach to selling a product, service or solution.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Instead of primary information sharers, reps will pivot to consultative relationship builders who solution sell. They’ll have personalized conversations about a prospect's specific needs and why their product or service is the best-fit solution. Prioritizing virtual selling. LinkedIn had this title last year.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It could be shocking – especially if and when your people launch into a product pitch without asking any questions to understand the customer and his or her situation. But ultimately, your customers want to know how what you proposing is going to let them do more with less, manage risk, help them grow the top line, or reduce the bottom-line.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Sales, on the other hand, works directly with prospects to reinforce the value of the company's solution to convert prospects into customers. While these two business functions are different, they both share a common goal: to attract prospects and convert them to customers, ultimately generating revenue. Tools and Resources.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

The B2B sales process is a structured yet flexible journey tailored to meet the unique needs of customers. Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs. Close: This is where all the hard work pays off, turning the prospect into a customer. What is B2B Sales Training? The decision cycle is often longer.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2018

These profiles define the skills and behaviors sales reps use when interacting with customers. The Challenger Sales Model is a sales approach in which the seller actively teaches their prospect, tailors their sales process, and takes control of the customer conversation. hence the name of the book. What is The Challenger Sales Model?

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Essential selling skills to master whether you are starting out on your sales career, maybe you have just completed your onboarding sales training or you are already an experienced salesperson in reaching out to customers. Here are some closing essential selling skills to help you win over more customers.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 5, 2018

Instead of providing solutions to buyers’ needs, the Challenger Sale model advises sales reps to aggressively take control of the conversation and embrace friction as a strategy to win sales. But is the Challenger Sale model really the best way to convert buyers into valued, long-term customers? We don’t think so.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2019

The sales methodology is like a set of rules for how you sell your products or services to customers. The methodology you choose also needs to fit your customers and your market, so it’s crucial to choose the right one! Conceptual Selling. Consultative Selling. Customer-Centric Selling.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 6, 2018

Instead of providing solutions to buyers’ needs, the Challenger Sale model advises sales reps to aggressively take control of the conversation and embrace friction as a strategy to win sales. But is the Challenger Sale model really the best way to convert buyers into valued, long-term customers? We don’t think so.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 15, 2013

Spin Selling” and “Solution Selling” are methodologies. The tools are useful and are helping them sell. This is a strong indication that your process is helping customers recognize needs. The process is enabling you to sell on value, not price. You want to measure if it''s firing on all cylinders.

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LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It establishes a structure for your representative’s presentation to the customer and a strategy for closing the business. If you sell a complicated combination of product range, for example, you may want your representatives to serve as consultants, assisting the customer in choosing the optimum customized solution.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

In 2011, this company replaced its Solution Selling methodology with The Challenger Sales approach. For example, Erick’s test results revealed he had a “ deep understanding of the customer’s business ”. In addition, the test suggested he “teaches the customers something new”. What are your iBanking customers doing?”.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When we find opportunities, we struggle to engage customers. So we are spending less time with each customer, struggling to maximize our impact with the time they allow us to spend. Our training programs, our tools, our sales/marketing programs are no longer as impactful as they used to be.

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SBI

JUNE 11, 2013

By now, you’ve probably heard of iSell from OneSource which is a great tool for finding contacts, and conducting prospect research. Instead, you’ll want to focus on those that best meet your ideal customer profile. There isn’t a better source of prospect insight if you sell to IT buyers. Share your ideas.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

As a means to drive that profitable growth, companies are implementing digital transformation projects to more effectively engage with their customers and build stronger relationships. The Model N solution has three characteristics that make it ideal for enterprises: End-to-end.

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SBI

MAY 7, 2013

Repeat after me… CRM is not a productivity tool I recognize that we may be one of the 50% of organizations with a failing CRM system. CRM should help salespeople sell more — either by helping them to get more done in less time, or by helping them to spend their time more wisely and effectively. Will you join me?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 12, 2012

It will get you the access to the tool you need to begin developing the proper training, our prospect/customer interview guide. This approach does three things: Prioritizes the importance of the customer. Humanizes the customer and gives the reps something tangible to understand. Let’s start with a simple test.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 12, 2022

Unlike retail sales, tech sales places a lot more focus on helping the customer. . Instead of focusing on product promotion, tech sales advisors work with customers to find solutions to their workflow problems with technology solutions. Resilience: sales is full of rejection , so a “no” from a customer can’t get you down.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Reps won’t break a sweat asking for thousands of dollars from a future customer but second guess themselves when asking for a few hundred dollars from their boss for new software or a professional development seminar. However, with 850+ sales tools and 5000+ marketing technologies, it’s easy to get distracted by the new and shiny.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Simply, marketing is much more involved in revenue and customer generation, and the marketing tools and available data now allow marketers to contribute in tangible ways to delivering customers within a defined set of companies. 1) Marketing must lock arms with sales and have a solution selling mindset.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 23, 2012

I wrote about “The End Of Solution Selling” the other day. ” That is, each customer buying situation is different. ” That is, each customer buying situation is different. It would be crazy to go to a professional buyer looking for a second source and to engage the buyer in “Insight Selling.”

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Showpad

JUNE 24, 2019

Every sale is challenging in its own way, but selling into an enterprise, the golden egg for B2B organizations, can be especially difficult to navigate. These customers bring in significantly more revenue, but the buyer journey and experience have their own nuances. Selling an enterprise solution that scales.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

.” In other words, if your sales force cannot communicate why your solution is different, better and worth more, there’s nothing your sales strategy can do to fix that. But the real questions that customers are considering are “why should I change?” To do that, your sales strategy needs to focus on 10 key areas.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Widening the net to search for new customers, or nurturing their long-term clients? Instead, sales organizations have to engineer value and evolve (not replace) their solutions-selling approach by helping buyers reframe success, anticipate issues and expand options. 4) Leverage digital enablement tools to expand selling time.

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