The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 23, 2024

An effective sales process helps you track your opportunities, create a common language around the steps of the sale plus make accurate forecasts. This means knowing the company’s product or service, where it fits in the market, the value it brings, the benefits of the products when compared to competitors’ products.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 24, 2012

Negotiation. Phone Sales Tips. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. Sales Negotiating: The WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW. Too many salespeople begin negotiating with customers too quickly. Who: You can’t negotiate with anyone unless they have the power to buy. Networking.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2021

In this article, we’ll explain why it’s important to know and use a proven sales process, and then we’ll lay out the sales pipeline stages that the prospect will move through as you move them toward the close. Negotiation: What are your levers to proactively share to help ensure your new partner is getting a fair deal for their team?

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Gaining control over the sales pipeline can make goal attainment a stress-free process. In this detailed guide, you will get to know various aspects of the sales pipeline to develop a more disciplined and structured approach for closing more deals. A sales pipeline makes it easier to track deals that might take longer to progress.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. According to a review from HBR, 90% of B2B decision-makers don’t respond to cold outreach. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Knowing a seller lost a deal isn’t enough to prevent it from happening again. It might not come as a surprise that 57% of sales reps are expected to miss their quotas in 2021. Sellers often can’t explain why deals don’t work out, leaving your sales managers in the dark. Or did they talk too much and interrupt the customer?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And that can lead to many salespeople making even bigger mistakes. Here are some sales email tips for Q4 and beyond to help you close out your year strong. They’re glorified to help sales reps make excuses for not having pipeline ready. What you may not know is how intensely it shows somewhere else — your emails.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 16, 2022

In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know, including the various sales pipeline stages, how to build and maintain an effective strategy, and which metrics to watch. Effective tracking makes snags or bottlenecks in your pipeline easy to identify and fix. What is a sales pipeline? Revenue is more consistent and predictable.

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Gong.io

JULY 7, 2022

Modern tips, tricks, and software certainly have their place, but they help you maximize an effective sales methodology — they don’t replace it. In fact, given the tendency for technology to make sales even more of a number’s game, Sandler’s method may be even more effective now than it was when it was first created. Closing the sale.

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Smooth Sale

AUGUST 19, 2022

Her answer of ‘no’ did not make much sense. Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Communicate To Win? It was hilarious to watch someone in action, at a game table with no previous sales experience, attempting to sell her perspective, prompting the question, ‘do you communicate to win?’

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Yet other people are known to make quick determinations before thinking a situation through from both sides of the argument. But one more differentiator is that they commit to doing everything in their power to make it work. Finally, my one question before every essential decision is, ‘What is the worst that can happen?’

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Crossed arms, heavy sighs, short replies -- you know when a prospect’s getting frustrated. So, put your great communication skills to work, draw on your sales superpower of reading the room, and use these seven psychological tips for managing difficult prospects to save your deal. Consider Their Affect Heuristic. Let Go Of Fear.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Negotiation. Phone Sales Tips. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. That’s the key — you can’t just read all these great tips and do nothing with them. If they’re ego-centered, then allow them to feel they’re making the decisions. FREE Resources.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Even distribution companies – long held up as examples of companies who require large amounts of on-premise work – have turned to remote and hybrid work for certain types of employees. Remote work was once only the domain of a select few job titles but now it has gone mainstream.

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Crunchbase

MAY 26, 2023

Objections can take various forms, including price concerns, doubts about product suitability, skepticism regarding value or a reluctance to make a commitment. How to respond: Emphasize the value of your product rather than its price tag, provide payment options or discounts if possible and be willing to negotiate when appropriate.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 1, 2023

Steps in an enterprise sales cycle In order to create the kinds of tools your teams will need to work as productively as they can—like a sales process map for your sales team —you’ve first got to know exactly what your enterprise sales cycle looks like. We’re going to cover all the ins and outs of enterprise sales in detail.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Tire kickers don’t actually make a buying decision. Here are 5 red flags that will help you identify tire kickers and some sales tips that can help you move on with the rest of your day. Maybe your prospect’s company has the money, but the individual doesn’t have the authority to make the purchase. That’s the problem.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Knowing a seller lost a deal isn’t enough to prevent it from happening again. It might not come as a surprise that 57% of sales reps are expected to miss their quotas in 2021. Sellers often can’t explain why deals don’t work out, leaving your sales managers in the dark. Or did they talk too much and interrupt the customer?

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Highspot

JUNE 22, 2021

Our guide to sales techniques breaks down the most common sales techniques reps should know and how to master them easily and effectively, including: What are the different approaches to sales? What could make these objectives more attainable??. How to improve sales skills and techniques. Ten sales techniques for top sellers?.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Sales training is a process to equip salespeople with the capabilities they need to be successful in their roles and make deals. Ever felt like you’re on a treadmill, running after sales targets but never quite catching up? Maybe it’s time to pause and reassess. Your answers await… What is Sales Training?

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here are some tips for staying strong and closing out your year on a high note. When the market shifts, and your commission is no longer enough to make a living wage, you will need to move down in order for it be worth your time. When you’re desperate to sell, it shows in the way you negotiate and how your tone changes.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 14, 2023

This guide will provide you with strategies and tips to maximize your success in your first month as a salesperson and beyond. This includes understanding the different stages of the sales cycle, such as prospecting, building relationships, negotiating, and closing. Congratulations on your new role as a salesperson!

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Negotiation emails. What makes a high-converting sales email? Want to know what will make your email more likely to convert? Bad sales emails. We’ve all sent them — even if we don’t want to admit it. Most get deleted without being read. Occasionally, you’ll get a snarky reply telling you how bad your email is. .

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SalesHandy

APRIL 20, 2021

Sales teams exist to help potential customers know the product better and clear their queries, so they can make an informed purchase decision. B2B buyers are very value conscious and evaluate procurement decisions against the product’s output. So why do leads ask what they already know? Will it help us achieve ‘X’?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

So yes, the client is number one, and the proof is not in what they say, but the action they are willing to take to make it happen. By not making it your main objective for each meeting, leaving it as just one of the things you want out of the meeting, you risk achieving the objective. Home About The Pipeline. Free Resources.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2018

When you make a mistake, it's best to acknowledge it quickly, reach out to your prospect at least twice in 24 hours, and apologize once before moving on. Apologizing profusely and dwelling on the problem at hand only makes your prospect do the same -- which erodes trust. Even top salespeople make mistakes. When to Apologize.

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LeadFuze

APRIL 14, 2021

You have to do something to make them do it! What is a Sales Pipeline? Sales pipeline meaning in sales is it’s a series of steps leading from an initial conversation with the prospect to converting them into a customer. This is also known as generating a lead list or customer pipeline from which they can draw later on.

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On an emotional level if you are able to make them feel that they need it, you are closing the gap between where they are now and the future. On an emotional level if you are able to make them feel that they need it, you are closing the gap between where they are now and the future. TO CLOSE A SALE, YOU NEED TO DEFINE THE NEED.

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Crunchbase

MAY 12, 2020

Do you know how this story ends? “… we’re not moving forward.”. But, how can you make this happen if they aren’t willing to pay? . You can still contact C-suites, but take the pressure off them to make any decisions (for now). “Shamus, thanks again for your time yesterday. After discussing with the team …”.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

The work starts before you Engage, or even try, it comes in the form of understanding why you have won deals in the past; why you have lost deals in the past; and why some deals ended in No Decision, neither a win or a loss. Home About The Pipeline. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers. Subscribe by Email. We take privacy seriously. February 2012.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2020

No matter whether you want to track your team’s skill gaps or understand how often competitors are coming up in deals, seeing a snapshot in time is not enough - you want to understand what direction it’s heading in, so that you know where to focus your efforts. What factors affect win rate and by how much? For which team?

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Keith Rosen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Asking these questions keep your costly assumptions about each prospect at bay so you are making decisions based on the facts rather than fiction. They sounded engaged and excited about what we can do for them. A week went by and I didn’t get a response, so I reached out to them, left a voice mail and sent an email.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Negotiations , Price , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. Price continues to be the boogie man for many sales people; soft economies just serve to compound and heighten the situation giving buyers an obvious lever in sales negotiations.

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Chorus.ai

AUGUST 13, 2019

What Makes a Good Sales Overall? Here are a Few Tips: It’s customer-centric. Clearly define what makes an opportunity fit to progress from stage to stage, as well as any “green” and “red” flags reps should watch out. Before you shut yourself in a room and whiteboard out a new sales process, read this. Already have one?

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

An analysis by the Corporate Executive Board revealed that B2B customers completed nearly 60% of their purchasing decisions before even having a conversation with a supplier. Follow these sales best practices to improve your sales reps’ selling skills and turn regular salespeople into sales superstars. Selling Is a Competitive Sport.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Did you know that stress is a choice? That’s right – you choose the cause of your stress with the choices you make with the following stressors: Breathing, Environment, Attitude, and Nutrition. [B Attempting to fix your breathing style by taking in more oxygen than your body knows may cause hyperventilation.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

Always looking for the quick (and easy) way to make our quota without needing to care too much about the people we happen to be dealing with at the moment. Let’s start with the basics: Webster’s dictionary defines retarded as: “to make slow; to delay the development or progress of a process or action; hinder or impede”. Free Resources.

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