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Selling Skills

Partners in Excellence

We have terrific programs about how we sell. They may be more narrowly focused on specific skills like objection handling, prospecting, closing, negotiation. Why not train sellers with the same programs, processes, jargon our customers use rather than “invent” a unique “selling approach?”

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The Bob Chronicles - The Difference Between Selling Skills and Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

Back in the 90's, after years of Chiropractic, I learned to crack my own back and neck. You never know when you will need to relieve stiffness and/or pain. Actually you do know. If you drove more than two hours today or slept in a hotel bed last night I'm certain you'll need to crack your back and neck.

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Which Hurts Salespeople More: A Lack of Confidence or Poor Selling Skills?

The Sales Hunter

How do I Overcome my Lack of Confidence When Prospecting: It’s sad to say, but this situation is a major issue and one of the biggest reasons why there’s such a high turnover in sales. When this is your mental state, regardless of your selling skills, you will never be effective. Sales is merely a mind game.

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3 Exercises to Hone Your Team’s Consultative Selling Skills

criteria for success

Whether through group sales team meetings or one-on-ones, here are the top 3 exercises to work into your coaching sessions to build your sales team’s consultative selling skills. A great question will also guide your prospect toward discovering the value of your product or service. Keep Practicing Consultative Selling Skills.

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The Science of Basic Selling Skills

Bernadette McClelland

5. Know your prospects. Find the problem, discover solution, present why solution is best for prospect. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. 6. Know your competition. Solve their problems. Know your company story. Build rapport. Understand the buyers needs and KPIs. Networking. Storytelling.

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Selling Skills for New Salespeople

The Digital Sales Institute

Selling skills for new salespeople usually have some differentiators from the sales skills that a more experienced salesperson has due to learning about the sales process and understanding all the steps in the sale alongside product knowledge. Selling today can range from the uncomplicated to the deeply complex.

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Critical Selling Skill: Literacy

Partners in Excellence

Like everyone, I get inundated with emails and social platform prospecting outreaches. Sadly, 49% of the prospecting emails I receive are unreadable. The post Critical Selling Skill: Literacy first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference. About 50% are irrelevant, unfocused, and just uninteresting.