Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

It’s a question I’ve asked a couple of times in workshops and online, and it’s a question that was triggered by a few ‘posts’ I read, stating that. And as would have it on social, there was a plethora of responses, from which I randomly collected this bakers dozen: 1. Understand your customer’s business issues and what they want.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. A collection of three top sales books, including my award winning book on Trigger Events. Customer Care.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Free sales training can be a step in the right direction for those of you who may be new or newer to sales. Selling is changing rapidly and having a longer term career as a salesperson now depends on having a far wider of value added sales skills than even five years ago.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As one of our readers wrote: “As a pricing director, understanding the business and grappling with the sales rep and customer-facing issues related to pricing is a significant portion of your role. .” Customer preferences can vary widely in each branch location. You also can insight into the local competitive landscape.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 17, 2013

Sales Training Article: Prospects within Your Customer Base By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Most everyone in sales appreciates how difficult it is to secure new clients. Negotiate new agreements. Need some help with your sales performance?

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SalesFolk

MARCH 2, 2021

How specific is your “buyer persona,” or “Ideal Customer Profile” (ICP)? . In other words, how do you define your target audience or ideal customer when doing sales outreach? Too often I see sales and marketing leaders defining their buyer personas as “Marketing” or “C-Suite.” Here’s what you can do…??.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 28, 2013

Sales Training Article: How to Engage Customers with Two Sentences. By Geoffrey James, INC - Sales Source To get customers interested in what you''re selling, make your sales message about your customers. Customers don''t care about your company. What customers care about is. themselves.

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 27, 2013

Sales Training Article: 8 Lies Customers Tell and How You Can Use Them to Your Advantage. By Geoffrey James, INC - Sales Source Customers lie because they secretly hope that you''ll sell them something. Customers are human, which means that they sometimes bend the truth. We don''t have the budget."

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 24, 2013

Sales Training Article: 8 Types of Customers to Avoid. By Geoffrey James, INC - Sales Source These irritating customers are usually more bother than they''re worth. Most of the time, customers (and prospective customers) are great. The customer will respect you for holding firm.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In today’s post, I'm going to give you step-by-step details on how to onboard sales talent with success. In fact: these are strategies that we’ve used and seen others use to turn people with no sales background into some of the best in the industry. What’s inside sales onboarding, you ask? Let’s jump right in.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Sales readiness is the enablement domain that connects the dots to engage and empower your sales force. This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. This domain should also be closely connected to sales effectiveness.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 28, 2013

Sales Training Article: A Surprisingly Easy Negotiating Tactic By Geoffrey James, Inc. Sales Source Getting to the proverbial "win-win" situation requires getting everyone on the same team. However, it's surprisingly easy to avoid this situation, according to Bob Nicols, author of The Journey to Sales Transformation.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Sales is not a one dimensional role. Top sales performers understand how their roles must change to adapt to the sales conversations. Customer or Client Advocate. Consultative sales is a relatively new term to sales. Additionally in this role, there may be some telling as well as negotiation behaviors.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And we have the convergence of information overwhelm, increased sources of distraction, accelerating change, and skyrocketing complexity–in our customers markets, in their own organizations, with competition/partners, and within our own organization. At the same time, sales performance continues to stagnate or even decline.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Every year, billions are spent in sales training. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. The billions spent represents spending in buying, developing, and delivering training. But it’s worse than that. What do we do about it?

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Vendor Neutral

JULY 16, 2021

Why A Sales Technology Ecosystem Is Essential. To Growing Your Sales Org. Why A Sales Technology Ecosystem is Essential. Over the past year, many clients’ wants, needs, and challenges have changed, and there’s never been a greater need to dramatically transform your sales systems and processes to address that.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Win The Sale Without Compromising on Price. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , Price , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. All sales aren’t created equal. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Customer Care. Sales Cycle.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Sales Training & Management Workshops | 302-478-4443. Our Training Approach. Corporate Sales Training. The SalesBridge™ Training Options. → On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. Sales Store.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. Voice mail continues to be a topic of discussion whenever sales people get together.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Business Acumen , Interview , Proactive , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , audio , execution. We covered a number of topics relating to sales and success. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Interview , Planning , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , audio , execution. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Customer Care. EDGE Sales Process. Hiring Sales Talent.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Value , Video , execution. One word that is used a lot in sales, probably over used, is Value.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Some of the more forward thinking business leaders continually seek small business sales training to improve their business results. The reason so many small businesses have failed to increase sales is because of poor marketing. One of my favorite ones is developing rapport as a sales skill. People buy from people.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like prospect research, sales outreach, and professional development. Today, we do the same for sales reps. 2. Sales Hacker.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. December 2007. The Pipeline Guest Post – Jonathan Farrington. And actually I agree.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Planning , Proactive , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto , Video. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Negotiations.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Opposite – Different -Or… Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Gap Selling , Planning , Proactive , Productivity , Questions , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Value , Video , execution. Customer Care.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Negotiation. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. FREE Resources.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Negotiation. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. customer service.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Planning , Prospecting , Sales Leadership , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. Customer Care.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting? Voice of the Customer.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , execution. Start by downloading our new book: Sales & Consequences. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 9, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Negotiation. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. customer service.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Communication , Dependability , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , Sales 2.0 , Social Selling , Social media , execution. Sales 2.0 , Social Buying , Social Selling , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Customer Care. EDGE Sales Process.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The Right Way to Use Demos in Technology Sales. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Demos , Listening , Planning , Presentation , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , audio , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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