Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 8, 2013

One of the symptoms of Need for Approval is that people with this weakness are unable to ask good, tough, timely questions because they are afraid that if they do, it will upset their prospect and jeopardize their chances of getting the business. The only thing more detrimental to sales success than Need for Approval is #1, their ego.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Yet you still hear them pitch the latest product feature on their sales calls. But what if there’s a sales methodology that forces them to sell the solution? For example, you don’t buy a sports car because of its horsepower or how quickly it goes from 0–60. Enter concept selling. Let’s take a look. Listen carefully.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

Just like sports, the use of science to develop elite performers also applies in sales. In sports, much of the science focuses on the athlete: genetics, biomechanics (movement techniques, training regimen), nutrition, and psychology (for mental toughness, behavioral modifications, and positive visualizations).

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Do Technical Salespeople Need Sales Training? Why Doesn''t Sales Methodology Get More Attention? Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training. Marketing and Sales Feedback Loop Can Help You Grow. Five Things VP’s Must Do To Insure Sales Enablement Has Impact.

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

These barriers hurt the long-term success of sales teams because of one truth: the modern buyer has changed their decision-making process. They engage less frequently with sellers and when they do, it is much later in the sales cycle. Prospects do not want to be sold to. Again, the main element of these interactions is time.

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Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

Gong’s sales analytics software takes unparalleled data capture and analytical capabilities and applies them to your customer interactions. What exactly is the MEDDIC sales methodology? So what does the abbreviation in “MEDDIC sales methodology” actually stand for? What sets the MEDDIC sales methodology apart?

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cultivating this friendly framework when with customer prospects over a short time or when you don’t know a great deal about their preferences or purchasing habits. It starts with sales mirroring -- the process of subtly imitating the behaviors and communication styles of prospective buyers. The solution? Gesture recognition.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

All I had to do to be successful was guide prospects through how to improve their marketing efforts. It was a rough start, but within three years I'd been promoted to a sales manager. My journey in sales was anything but typical, but I learned three crucial lessons along the way: 1. But it's not enough.

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SalesHandy

MARCH 30, 2020

There is always an untold story about the effectiveness of any sales strategy in an organization. The Salespersons are the ones who design the sales strategy of searching their prospects, connecting with them and close deals for their organizations. But how would they start creating a sales strategy?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Maybe you played high school or college sports. As a new sales rep, your job is to learn sales fundamentals, the methodology your company uses, and what your authentic self looks like. For example, a super technical question from a prospect. Time is money in sales. 3 Ask for Help. Not asking for help.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 9, 2022

In the movie he’s required to make 100s of cold calls daily to prospective clients. For example, viewing social media posts, following news or sports updates, or reading random newsletters. The opportunity cost as a sales rep of doing things that add no value to our performance can be an expensive luxury. .

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Pipeliner

JULY 28, 2020

Today they are having to learn new skills, too, because through the lockdown, and even beyond it, they’re not able to be right in front of their prospects. It’s not just a matter of using a particular sales methodology, because such a methodology has to be applied for each stage of the sales process.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

During sales training , some companies reinforce this emphasis on technical acumen by focusing on the product and not on selling techniques. To find success in manufacturing sales, training needs to focus on: Maintaining a customer-centric focus. Buyers Have Changed—and So Must Sales Training.

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Costello

DECEMBER 14, 2018

For example, given the nature of how our customers buy, we need to create multiple conversation points, often to just get the sale started. These are creative ways to enter into meaningful discussions with prospects. So, for example, we’ll run a play where we feature a prospect conversation on our blog.

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Costello

MARCH 13, 2018

In the traditional sense, sales has been viewed as an individual sport. Sure, sales leaders host all-hands meetings, weekly sales huddles, and beginning-of-year sales kickoffs that are typically centered on a group learning environment. Host “Sales Labs” to Experiment With Different Approaches.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Ryan’s Sales Career Journey. If You’re a Sales Leader, Recruitment Is One of Your Primary Jobs. Personalization in Prospecting. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Ryan’s Sales Career Journey [6:53]. If You’re a Sales Leader, Recruitment Is One of Your Primary Jobs [23:39]. Personalization in Prospecting.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sam Jacobs: How are these 12-month sales cycles? I imagine buying robotic systems is a pretty intensive investment on behalf of your prospects. So tell us about your sales methodology. But the reps at 6 River are also expected to be doing their own prospecting as well. Callie Moriarty : Our quota is annual.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

There are a million different sales methodologies out there, but there’s only one you. Don’t be afraid to experiment with new tactics and test out different talk tracks, but make sure you filter it through your own sales style. Introduce yourself to the people who will be supporting you — Sales is a team sport.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

#DigitalSelling #SocialSelling Click To Tweet Get the Book Here #2 Coffee’s for Closers by Tony Morris LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE In the current marketplace, it’s key to always be on the top of your game: on every sales opportunity. Combo Prospecting seamlessly integrates old and new sales strategies for your sales plan.

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Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Here’s the agenda I use: 2–3 minutes: Highlight news that came in overnight (a big deal that closed after hours, a new product release, a hard-to-pin-down prospect who confirmed a meeting, etc). And when everyone is working apart from each other, it’s important to get together—selling is a team sport! Slack for team communication.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

“ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. Your source for sales strategy and social selling tips from a wide range of industry experts, scholars and sales staff. Blogger Blurb: Practically a million sales pros and many others.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Sales is no longer an individual sport.

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Sales Hacker Training

MAY 12, 2021

Talk tracks are a helpful tool for sales reps, both new and experienced, to practice new pitches, share new info and have confident conversations with their prospects. A sales talk track is an outline for sales reps to follow during meetings with prospective customers. Why would your prospect care?”

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Sales is no longer an individual sport.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Fanatical Prospecting. Combo Prospecting. High-Profit Prospecting. Predictable Prospecting. Among the popular methodologies, this happens to be a favorite.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

B2B is H2H – human to human – and most women can leverage these powerful skills to create lasting connections with prospects, personalize value, and create customers for life. What would you tell a woman just starting a career in sales? What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The platform allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant, and responsible communication for each prospect every time, enabling personalization at scale previously unthinkable, previously, absolutely unthinkable. Went from manager to manager, trying to learn different sales methodologies, which was a disaster.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2019

We all make the same mistake: you slave over the lecture deck, you down three cups of coffee before the session, and you use every war and sports metaphor you can think of to deliver a high-impact, PERFECT training session. Join in and listen to your top sales rep fume about internal politics, while prospect X bails on the call again.

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