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Product innovation – sales needs to join the game

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Regarding innovation the authors suggest: “More focused collaboration among multiple functional groups notably marketing and sales , operations, engineering, R&D, and procurement.” McKinsey explored this question and suggested the answer is not just about doing a better job doing what they are doing.

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Sales managers and the story of the “super salesperson syndrome”

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They need to be able leverage support from other organizational groups like Marketing, Engineering and Technical Support. Have I developed the knowledge required to leverage the available institutional resources to help my sales team? Due to changing customer expectations sales reps cannot do it alone – they need help.

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How much does it cost to win a sale – more than yesterday?

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The specific type of specialist varies by industry but usually they provide technical/engineering expertise or product specialty knowledge or capabilities related to implementation management. To address the need for more expertise, some companies have added more specialists to their sales teams. Investment. Utilization.

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Key account sales training

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As context for the sales training discussion, the Boston Consulting group provide some interesting insight in an article entitled Creating Value in Key Accounts. Key Account sales almost always involve multiple players such as: engineers, technical support, implementation managers etc. Let’s take a look at that difference.

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Key account sales training

Sales Training Connection

As context for the sales training discussion, the Boston Consulting group provide some interesting insight in an article entitled Creating Value in Key Accounts. Key Account sales almost always involve multiple players such as: engineers, technical support, implementation managers etc. Let’s take a look at that difference.

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Sales training for meeting buyers’ expectations in 2016

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In the customization, attention needs to be given to the fact that, although the challenges may be the same, in many companies the sales reps are divided into operating groups that sell to different segments of the market. The sales rep may engage engineering, service or consulting personnel at various phases of the sales cycle.

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