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The 7 Most Critical Selling Skills in Wholesale Distribution

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

MDM and the Rapid Learning Institute collaborated on a survey that offers keen insights into how wholesale distributors structure their sales teams, what they want to change, and which skills are mission critical to succeeding in the marketplace. Most Critical Skill Gaps. That requires superior presentation skills.

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What Type of Sales Training is Right For Your Team?

Janek Performance Group

There are a variety of valid reasons you may want to find a partner to conduct your sales training. First and most obviously, you have no formal training in place and the sales team is not meeting expectations. Every business has a variety of options when it comes down to sales training.

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How to Turn a Field Sales Rep Into an Inside Sales Rep (And Still Make Quota)

Gong.io

It’s the ultimate test to becoming a world-class inside sales rep. . However, unlike in-person demos, remote meetings offer fewer cues to determine whether your pitch is landing. A well-run 40 minute meeting can help you focus on high priority items. Bob Spina, VP of Sales, Strategic Accounts at Gong. #3

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Remote Selling Made Simple: 5 Practical Tips for a Successful Organization

Vengreso

million professional salespeople in the U.S , and field sales make up 52.8%. Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. Sales professionals won’t be working from home all the time.

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Being Seen in an Inside Sales Job

Closer's Coffee

This makes the inside sales role particularly challenging. With outside sales roles, there is plenty of interaction face to face with customers, hours spent out in the field working the territory to achieve the same end as an inside sales rep. Even the most outgoing of sales reps can have a reluctance to be seen on video.

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Leveraging Inside Sales

Pipeliner

According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. The reasons for inside sales (SDR/BDR) team growth vary, but one fact is clear: buyers seem to be fine with alternatives to face-to-face meetings.

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30 Mind-Blowing Sales Stats That Will Change The Way You Sell

Gong.io

Sales success = meeting booked in the next 10 days. Sales Stat #2: DON’T ask for time when booking meetings with cold emails. We crunched the stats, and it turns out the “Interest CTA” is the highest performing call to action for cold emails: The Interest CTA sells the conversation, not the meeting. .