Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

They need to improve their ability to execute the company’s chosen sales process and sales methodology. They need to improve their ability to reach and build stronger relationships with decision makers. They need to improve their ability to sell value. I read that there are now 600 million blogs in the world.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And it will work as long as there is commitment from the top down, not only in approving the money, but with visible endorsement, support, and participation in this sales transformation process from beginning to end. Hold everyone accountable to change. This can work.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2014

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. Sales Execution - What Should You Pay Attention To?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 23, 2015

Dave Kurlan sales process sales training sales motivation Sales Tactics Closing Sales sales compensation sales opportunities bb king how to be memorable time management for sales managers sales methodologies'

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2014

I''ve written about Sales Methodology before. One of my favorites (at least the title) was Sales Process is to Religion as Sales Methodology is to Prayer. Another Sales Methodology article that I wrote was, Baseball''s Huge Impact on Sales Performance. This is a horribly designed sales process!

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 2, 2016

I downloaded one such free value this weekend - a Sales Process Cheat Sheet which promised a standardized playbook and a simple, easy-to-follow sales methodology cheat sheet to help managers coach their inside sales reps into following a proven, standardized process from discovery to close. Was there value?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2013

I wrote this article on the difference between Sales Process and Sales Methodology and this article on how Sales Models are different from Process and Methodology. Let's use Algebra to get a better handle on sales methodology and where it fits in the grand scheme of things. Do you remember algebra?

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Sales Process – What Have You Gotten Away From? 12 Questions About Your Sales Process. Top 10 Rules for Getting People to Follow Your Sales Process. Sales Process is to Religion as Sales Methodology is to Prayer. Sales Process – 5 th of the 10 Kurlan Sales Competencies for Building a Sales Culture.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Sales Management – Most Important Functions in the Sales Process. Seth Godin Reinforces the Proper Sales Process. Sales Process – 5th of the 10 Kurlan Sales Competencies for Building a Sales Culture. Sales Process is to Religion as Sales Methodology is to Prayer.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 13, 2012

CEO's typically want the help - right now - while Sales Leaders want to learn what they need to do and then do it themselves. Sales Leader's haven't been trained to provide sales force evaluations and sales and sales management training, develop sales methodologies, selling models, custom sales processes, etc.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 6, 2013

inability to embrace a new sales process. inability to embrace a new sales methodology. It''s one thing to learn that one of your existing salespeople is not committed to their own sales success. lack of improvement from coaching. inability to change their thinking. inability to change their behaviors.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 8, 2013

The only thing more detrimental to sales success than Need for Approval is #1, their ego. Salespeople will always be able to learn sales processes, sales methodologies, sales strategies and sales tactics. In the end, it requires more than most sales managers are capable of providing.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan If you have been reading my Blog for a while you know that there is more to selling than just utilizing skills to execute the sales process, sales model, and sales methodology.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 16, 2013

In 2005 I wrote the book Baseline Selling and it contains both the Baseline Selling sales process and the Baseline Selling sales methodology. The reality is they only think it. 5 Steps don''t make a process. 7 steps don''t make a process either. Let me give you an example.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Do Technical Salespeople Need Sales Training? Why Doesn''t Sales Methodology Get More Attention? Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. According to the search results inside this blog, I have written on the topic of coaching salespeople more than 400 times or 25% of my articles.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 21, 2022

From time to time I record impromptu unscripted rants as well as some that are more well thought-out videos. From among the collection of ten presented below, seven are rants so the rants are much more popular.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 12, 2023

Isn’t that a great analogy for what happens when you miss, or skip a crucial step in the sales process? Yesterday, while watching our son play in a summer collegiate baseball game, I missed a step and tumbled all the way down the bleachers.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

On-Boarding Inc Magazine Gets it Wrong on Consultative Selling Top 10 Mistakes Salespeople Make on the Phone (Funny Read) The Comprehensive 90 Day Orientation for New Salespeople Taking Your Prospecting to the Next Level How to Get New Salespeople to Take Off Like a Rocket Ship Channel Sales Top 10 Mistakes Salespeople Make on the Phone (Funny Read) (..)

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Earlier this week I was leading another Sales Leadership Intensive and during a break it came to me. Those are strong words and probably quite surprising coming out of my mouth but I'll explain it all.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Let''s discuss the single most imporant thing you should be providing to your sales force right now and how modern sales training should address it. Dave Kurlan sales process sales methodology sales training listening and questioning sales force evaluations'

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It doesn't matter which sales process is being introduced but let's assume it is a simple one. It doesn't matter which sales methodology is being taught but let's assume it is a good one. A customized, formal, structured and optimized sales process must be designed, introduced and demonstrated and buy-in must be acheived.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2014

I''ll be speaking near you over the next two months: WEBINAR: Leading the Ideal Sales Force Part 1 Wednesday, February 5, 11 AM ET Register: [link]. The latest thinking about growing, developing, tweaking and managing the ideal sales force. Part 1 will address: Sales Process - Optimizing Conversions. 3 Critical Conversations.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 11, 2012

Optimized Sales Process? Better Sales Methodology? Improved Sales Model? Effective Sales Management? Assessments? Accountability? Competition? Killer Product? Buying Incentives? Performance Incentives? Ultimatums? Bertter Demos? Professional Proposals?

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

During the course of a baseball season, both hitters and pitchers fall into slumps. In baseketball players slump with their outside shots and from the foul line. Football Quarterbacks go into passing slumps. Golf and Tennis pros have swing slumps. Tiger has been in a slump since Thanksgiving of 2009!

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 30, 2015

In this article for Middle Market Executive ,Tom Searcy insists that Consultative Selling is dead. He says that consultative sellers end up with buyers who can only make small decisions, experts end up in purchasing and only industry authorities can reach executive decision-makers. He also says that consultative sellers ask, "What is your pain?",

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But it's not a stand alone solution as much as it's a tool that must be tightly integrated with sales process, sales pipeline, sales strategies, sales methodology, sales training and sales coaching. It's not really that hard to get to the root of most sales performance problems.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But it's not a stand alone solution as much as it's a tool which must be tightly integrated with sales process, sales pipeline, sales strategies, sales methodology, sales training and sales coaching. It's not really that hard to get to the root of most sales performance problems.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Dinger had his second ACL surgery in the past five months. While his recovery is on par with the recovery from his September surgery, this time he was much less willing – as in resistant – to taking all of his meds (pain, inflammatory and anti-biotic).

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Hold on for a moment and I'll share that lesson with you or, if you can't wait, scroll down to "How I Learned to (Really) Sell. If you had to choose a single idea, concept, tip, tactic, developing strength or strategy, which one do you think helps salespeople succeed more than anything else?

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