Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Qualifying prospects is a critical step in the sales process. It keeps you from spending time on opportunities that are unlikely to convert. How do you determine if a prospect is a good fit for your products or services? It helps sales teams qualify prospects and determine if they have a high chance of converting.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

Let''s see, there''s prospecting, qualifying and closing, and then there''s.wow, this is difficult! For the past 20 years, every Objective Management Group (OMG) sales force evaluation and sales candidate assessment has been tied to 21 Sales Core Competencies. My next statement will cause even more outrage.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Objective of the calls is three-fold. First is to get the name of your company back in front of the customer/prospect, even though the person might not be our buyer. We never know who or when the person the senior person knows may encounter the buyer to whom you sell. Sooner you make the calls, the better.

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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.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 25, 2013

This is true when working with an existing customer and when courting a prospect. No, they relish both as an opportunity to dialogue more with the prospect and to engage them in an even deeper discussion. Blog leadership Professional Selling Skills sales leadership' ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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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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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 12, 2024

This knowledge will help them to deal with customer questions and overcome any objections that get in the way of closing. Communication Soft Skill. Soft sales skills such as communication are essential to sell and close effectively. Handling Sales Objections. In fact, salespeople should expect them.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Schedule a meeting or minimally a phone call with each of your existing customers, with one very upfront objective and that is to get more volume now. This means inquiring about replenishing what you already provide them and seeking out new opportunities. Third, devote an extra 30 minutes per day to telephoning warm prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Performance Improvement: Providing constructive feedback to reps helps salespeople recognize their strengths and weaknesses, allowing them to enhance their skills and improve their overall performance. Coaching centers around the individual sales representative and their goals, providing its own benefits. Sales Coaching Benefits 1.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Closing is about finalizing a sale and creating a lasting relationship that can lead to more opportunities. This is followed by handling sales objections, offering solutions, and finally, guiding the customer towards making a buying decision. Without it, all your lead generation and nurturing efforts would be in vain.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Many have argued abandoning the Selling Process, focusing on the Buying Process, in the least we must align the selling process with the buying process. We even create charts of the stages customers go through, aligning them with our selling process. For example, Prospecting might be aligned with Problem Determination.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 14, 2023

We can spend a lot of time focusing on specific selling skills, for example questioning, probing, objection handling, presenting skills, closing skills. Some of the more advanced thinkers will focus on value creation or Business Focused Selling (which is another of my hot buttons.

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The Digital Sales Institute

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Core Sales Skills To Master The first skill to focus on is active listening. According to a study by HubSpot, active listening is the most important sales skill. It helps build trust and rapport with prospects. Telling stories helps create an emotional connection with prospects.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

It starts with prospecting for potential leads, then moves through to negotiation and closing the deal. Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs. Objection handling: Sales reps address any concerns or doubts the prospect might have, showcasing their expertise and the value of their solution.

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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. The training program, called "Professional Selling Skills," took a then-new consultative approach to sales. Qualification.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

So, how can you improve your sales skills? Below, you'll learn how to develop your sales skills and improve your performance on your team. Sales training and professional development opportunities can keep your skills fresh. Getting comfortable breaking up with prospects. Challenging prospects on why they're stuck.

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Braveheart Sales

APRIL 6, 2021

As a Seller: If a seller has been frequently told “no,” they tend to assume that a new prospect, one who has never told them “no” before, is somehow going to raise the same objections others have raised. However, many salespeople prepare their entire sales conversation based on the assumption that the prospect is going to object.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 9, 2020

Shifting Initial Sales Meetings From Face to Face to Video Calls One of the most effective points in the sales process to leverage video sales calls and virtual selling skills is the initial meeting. It is the appointment you (or your sales development rep) set during outbound prospecting or from an inbound lead.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Instead of traditional in-person sales meetings, the salesperson and the prospect are in different places such as their home or work. Why remote selling is the future of sales . Keeping prospects engaged.

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Apptivo

JANUARY 27, 2022

A sales plan is a definite structure that describes the sales strategy that one’s company must adhere to while specifying the goals, objectives, sales tactics, and sales process. Hence, the sales team has to implement effective selling skills to convert this customer into a promoter of their business. Be Selective.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

Answering this question helps you break down the activities and objectives required to achieve the outcome. Objective metrics. Finding ideal prospects means your SDRs must be experts on your products and services, and be able to communicate how they can solve your potential customers’ problems. Sales accepted opportunities.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Scott pulled the research from Chorus, which reported that over five weeks (~May-June 2020), 88% more directors have been joining calls and 72% more executives are joining sales calls on the sell side. At the time, COVID-19 was in full effect, so sales opportunities aplenty were turned upside down. Solution review.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Yeah, I know many of you will say, “Well dugghhh, Dave, we know all about it and how important it is, after all, we’ve been selling for years… ” The reality, as I review pipelines, win/losses, deal strategies, the biggest challenges most people face is the opportunities aren’t really qualified.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Selling to business can be a great profession for talented sales people who want to work in ‘big time’ sales. Especially as you work with medium and large size companies, B2B sales can mean large transactions and more opportunity to showcase advanced selling skills. Uneducated Buyers.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. Nurturing prospects.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Scenario - the candidate is provided with an instruction package that includes the background information on fictional sales opportunity. Questions - after studying the package, the candidate is allowed to ask 5 clarifying questions about the sales opportunity. The tryout tests writing, presenting, thinking and selling skills.

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sales scripts are a valuable tool that can help salespeople have meaningful conversations with customers or prospects. In theory, scripts cover a range of customer needs, giving the salesperson a list of answers to objections or questions a customer may ask. What are Sales Scripts? Avoiding misinformation. Retaining information.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

We know how to lock down next steps or overcome the next objection. What are their objections? Here is what makes a buyer persona useful… to a salesperson: Based on reality, not guessing or assuming (yes, you’ve heard that before ): Interview customers and prospects. All sales organizations are masters of sales tactics. .

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 18, 2012

Ken makes several valuable points in this post, so don’t miss the opportunity to strengthen your selling skills. Back then, a sales manager and I once drove 45 miles to see one of my early-stage prospects. Start by mining your own files or CRM database for information about a prospect or customer.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 12, 2019

If their close rate is lower than other salespeople, it may mean there is a problem in the way they are selling, but that doesn’t make them an inadequate person. It just means they need more training, skills, practice—or a reevaluation on whether the prospect is fully qualified. Focus on the Next Opportunity.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2020

They covered almost everything from cold calling to sales forecasting and even provided helpful tips to handle prospects and close more deals. Jeb Blount is a sales leader and author of famous sales books like “ Fanatical prospecting,” “Objection” and “Sales EQ”. Sales podcast 2 – Sales Gravy. Host: Jeb Blount.

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Gong.io

MARCH 19, 2020

Past the 9-minute mark, your prospect’s attention is scientifically proven to drop abruptly. seconds before responding to an objection. Prospects use the first few minutes of a sales presentation to decide whether to pay attention or not. Next , get personal with your prospect. Top performers pause 1.6 Same words.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2020

The concept was coined in the 1970s in the book Consultative Selling by Mack Hanan. In the current economic environment, buyers are having to do a lot more with a lot less and make do with what they have, which means that new business opportunities are fewer and farther between. OKR Objectives are big, bold, and highly ambitious.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Sales leaders often evaluate prospects and existing customers based on readily available information — order history, and firmographic data (company location, size, industry, etc). Start your sales planning efforts with account segmentation to fill your territories with fruitful opportunities and increase your sellers’ ability to hit quotas.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Yesterday I received two assessments for the same candidate; one from Objective Management Group (OMG) and one from Caliper. Not being one to ever pass up opportunities like this I, conducted the following comparison. Consultative Selling Skills (Caliper calls this "Gathers and Analyzes Information" and scored the candidate at 48%.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

A virtual sales training program can and will help remote selling teams and sales management grow sales opportunities and close more sales pipeline. Leveling up selling skills and keeping sales reps selling virtually will also drive more virtual meetings and allow your sales enablement team to do more with less.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Selling a Price Increase. Take the time to contact each one of your existing customers with one objective — get referrals. When the salesperson isn’t confident, they miss opportunities to close sales. Get others selling for you.

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