Sales Training Connection

APRIL 6, 2015

For example, suppose you are a sales rep for a sales CRM software company. Continuing with our CRM example – “So where are you with your search for a new pipeline system?” An elevator speech is a short, casual conversation that you hope earns you the right for setting up a subsequent meeting with the customer.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Facebook, for example, encourages staff to solicit and provide feedback regularly, but not necessarily on a formally scheduled basis. It can be argued that sales people get continuous feedback from their prospects and clients – some calls go well, others miss the mark. So, welcome to the “status-update” era.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Some people will flash back to training they liked 10 years ago in another company – others will question “why now” after all this time and still others will have a completely unrealistic vision of what it takes to get sales training right, for example, all that stuff about reinforcement and coaching. Lots of options. Selection dilemma.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 10, 2015

A study by Millennial Branding and American Express , for example, reported that 61 percent of the managers surveyed felt that soft skills were more important in new hires than hard skills, or even technical skills. Being able to leverage new media technologies for creating and delivering persuasive conversations. Confidence.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 3, 2013

Second, all the players need to come to the party not just the account executives – for example the engineering/technical support people engaged in the sale, the marketing people who understand the customer profiles that are most likely to be good fits, and the sales managers who must provide initial guidance and coaching.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

For example, if an implementation has just been completed and you are getting positive feedback on the work, asking if someone else could benefit from this type of effort is a request that meets the requirements for achieving the desired dual objective. This means the person providing the reference benefits, too. Timing matters.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 24, 2011

The result most often is “one way” learning where Marketing serves as a “product expert” providing go-to-market information (such as competitive product advantages, prospect profiles, and value propositions) and fielding questions from Sales. In return, Marketing might hear some initial reactions from Sales.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 10, 2015

Fortunately, the salesperson had a sales manager who was helping in those areas. What the salesperson was interested in was: How can I do a better job managing my time? The second area relates to skill sets that are associated with consulting such as: business acumen, adaptive thinking, and data retrieval and interpretation skills.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 15, 2015

Increase the time you spend with prospects, new customers and lost customers. If you are going to get unstuck and develop a new mindset there is no better way to get started then getting on the other side of the table – update your perspective of the customer. What could our sales manager do to action Ibaraarn’s message?

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 2, 2012

The old demons are vanquished – Pitch-Books simply gather dust and trial closes are just examples of what not to do. Training for developing lead identification and lead qualification skills will become more important as prospecting for new business becomes more difficult.

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