Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the face of all this, for the most part we are training our sales people in the same skills I learned many decades ago, and my predecessors learned decades before that. To be fair, the training programs have advanced somewhat in their current implementation, though much of it seems cosmetic.

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Closer's Coffee

MAY 20, 2019

For Parts 1-3 of the Essential Selling Skills Bootcamp, click here. Telephone Prospecting. The Five Steps of Telephone Prospecting. Social Prospecting. Best Sales Prospecting Tools. The Reality of Telephone prospecting. The Five Steps of Telephone Prospecting. Social Prospecting.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. A well-designed program, paired with a robust training software , will empower your sales reps with the knowledge they need to deliver value and close more deals. What Is B2B Sales Training? Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. Sales leaders and reps can efficiently navigate this crucial stage of the sales process with ongoing coaching and training. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work?

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

All by now have implemented virtual sales training or online sales training programs that have had a better impact on sellers’ behavior than a face-to-face training session ever was able to achieve. Is Online Sales Training Effective? Virtual training workshops just had a stigma.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 9, 2013

Blog Closing a Sale Consultative Selling Customer Service Professional Selling Skills Prospecting Purchasing Department Sales Training Tip closing closing a sale questions sales questioning sales tip' Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

And companies are starting to recognize that modern sales teams need to replace legacy classroom-style training with solutions that include digital, on-demand training. Most Critical Skill Gaps. Let’s start with how distributors ranked urgency to improve seven critical selling skills. But there’s more to it.

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This is our list of sales skills with examples to give a glimpse of what it takes to be successful in selling today. Selling is a purposeful and producer focused profession. List of Sales Skills with Examples. Sales is about getting a prospect or customer to take action. Communication Skills.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 9, 2022

Do you believe in the mantra, “Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill?” ” In a world where the skills required for success are changing rapidly, it’s time sales leaders start looking for different qualities in their sales hires if they want to stay ahead of the curve. Of course, skill is still important.

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BrainShark

MAY 3, 2022

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Lets you evaluate your training program’s impact on sales KPIs. How long will your training materials be?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Prospects must think that salespeople are morons. These symptoms are examples of some of the hidden weaknesses that Objective Management Group identifies as reasons why salespeople don't perform as well as you need them too. The skills might be there but if the weakness gets in the way, they won't use or execute what they know.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

Mindset determines the actions you take, how you deal with adversity, how much you use good selling skills (and how much you invest in them), and how you adapt to the changing conditions around you. Example: I’m working with a coaching/consulting organization right now that has many related companies in their portfolio.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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BrainShark

MAY 2, 2022

Virtual sales training is any synchronous or asynchronous learning provided online or via a digitalized experience. This means training can be delivered across multiple locations simultaneously and, in the case of asynchronous learning, at any time that’s convenient for the trainee. Assessing whether reps are ready to sell.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 20, 2021

Soft skills sales training is becoming just as important as the hard skills training, we are most familiar with in the world of training. However, today to be really successful in a sales career, salespeople will need something else to succeed in selling. So, what should soft skills sales training entail?

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criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In my world of sales and sales training , I hear the term “consultative selling” thrown around quite a bit. First, it's about establishing comfort and trust between the buyer and the seller, and second, it's about understanding your prospect’s problems at a deep level. First of all, being a consultative partner means two things.

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Braveheart Sales

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It shouldn’t be surprising that we spend a lot of time training sales teams and coaching the sales team leaders. Here are five elements that must be considered before any money is spent on sales training. Can sales training be embedded into a repeatable selling system and process within your CRM?

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 6, 2020

What can I do to make my products more attractive to prospects?’. Being needy puts more pressure on yourself and the prospects you talk to. For example, if one of your products is selling well in one market, don’t automatically assume it will in others. 3) Focus on HELPING your prospect. Happy Selling!

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Selling a Price Increase. Voicemail as a Prospecting Strategy? What this means is you use cold-calling voicemails as one part of your prospecting strategy, and the other parts are going to include email, direct mail, networking, and so forth.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What Are Selling Gaps? One example is the sales activity gap. Guiding Training and Development : The sales activity gap can highlight areas where less active reps may need additional training or support to increase their activity levels and improve their sales results.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Many years have passed since that day and I've had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of prospects and sales people about their prospects. Prospects must think that salespeople are morons. The skills might be there, but if the weakness gets in the way, they won't use or execute what they know. You have to go through me.

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

Prospects do not want to be sold to. At this point, many sales organizations believe it is time to implement a virtual sales training program led by an instructor. However, that comes after you’ve properly planned for the training to ensure new techniques are implemented in order to achieve modern sales success.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

The challenges your prospects are going through are the same ones you are. Here are some emails you may be getting, and some suggested wording for your responses to them: Email from Prospect #1: Dear…. “I Email from Prospect #2: Dear…. Email from Prospect #3: “Dear…. “I Email from Prospect #4: “Dear….

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2013

Salespeople tend to believe they need to spend more time with major accounts, while Marketing will always argue more time should be spent prospecting. ” Salespeople love to spend time with major accounts, because I believe they would rather do that with their time instead of sales prospecting.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 14, 2023

As many technologies, tools, content, programs, and training tools we provide, if we can’t connect the dots between why we are doing these things, how they fit with what we are trying to achieve, and why they are important–we are never able to exploit these things for the greatest power and impact. What training do we get?

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Every salesperson has had at one time or another a prospect who just won’t move forward and buy. It might be time to put the conventional selling process you use on hold and break out what I refer to as the “engagement process.” Best way to understand the engagement process is by giving you an example.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 12, 2013

An example might be an analysis or testing process. Develop 2-3 different points of entry you might be able to use with a prospect. Nearly everyone I’ve trained on this idea has found it works and ultimately leads to not only more sales, but to better and bigger sales. What is your POE? ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

“I’m running out of sales training ideas ,” the director of sales told me, a bit embarrassed. “My But keeping a calendar of sales training topics has been tough to juggle with everything else I have to do.”. If you’re on the hook for delivering impactful sales training, but you’re short on time, this post is for you.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Selling a Price Increase. The company I use most often as an example in my speeches is hands-down alone at the top… Lexus of Omaha. Sales Training Tip #345: What is Your Advantage? high profit selling. prospecting. leadership.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 19, 2013

Let’s use an easy example. Blog Professional Selling Skills Prospecting Sales Development Training Sales Motivation sales goals sales motivation' Many of you are building your 2014 sales goals as you read this, and if you’re not, you need to start. Fine, nothing wrong with that number. Aim higher!

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Allego

MARCH 10, 2022

On a recent Sales Hacker Panel: Mastering Virtual Selling , three virtual sales experts discussed why virtual selling is a skill, one that needs to be taught as part of an organization’s sales training. Challenges of Virtual Selling. Virtual selling skills are new skills,” says Bob Basilieri.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There are several reasons, I think this is a critical selling skill and responsibility. For example, if I’m presented the data that a company has grown their ARR by 70% over the past year, I don’t know whether that’s good or bad. We spend too much time focusing on product knowledge and how to sell.

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LeadFuze

MARCH 5, 2019

The thing, however, is that a business will not be successful if it does not sell. Whatever product or service you are offering, you need to sell it to people, or it will never count for anything. Why is Training Important for Sales Skills? Training your employees to have the right skills is important.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As your sales process evolves, it's important to keep your skills relevant and up to date. In a case study by Rain Group , a global sales training organization, they discovered that a client who went through sales training closed 15.2% So, how can you improve your sales skills? Attend sales training.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2020

It listed information for all the prospects in my California territory including the company name, revenue figures, address, telephone number and — of course — the decision maker’s name and title. After all, that’s what they beat into our heads during the intensive five-week training program I’d just completed: Go for the decision-maker.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

I had the pleasure to sit down with Emotional Intelligence (Ei) Sales Expert Colleen Stanley recently and we talked about how sales training – sales skills – can fail because our reps were not aware of their emotional awareness. Inconsistent prospecting activity – low impulse control or delayed gratification.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 22, 2018

Check out my NEW online sales training course on LinkedIn Learning. Then a colleague suggested LinkedIn Learning, a new platform for online sales training. It’s also yet another example of the power of referrals. In this LinkedIn Learning course, you’ll discover: Why referrals work where other prospecting methods fail.

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