Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I was discussing a situation with one of my sales consultant friends where they are seeing a sales force where solution selling is still only a skill of the minority. My experience in these environments is that only a fraction of the sales people in these firms solution sell. But solution selling is 35 years old.

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SBI

MARCH 19, 2013

Of course, my retort is that you won’t increase sales if you don’t have the right tools to compete more efficiently and effectively. They would ask, “What good is a prospect research tool if reps don’t know how to get a decision maker to engage?” You have to have a hammer.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The reason I’m using this absurdly outdated example is to make a point about the drivers behind the evolution of tools and the importance of investing in new tools. Tools (technology and processes) evolve over time primarily from an onward and inevitably pressing need for operational effectiveness and gaining efficiencies.

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SBI

JUNE 26, 2012

Linda wanted to get my thoughts on sales tools and the role they play in today’s sales organizations. The first sales tool I used (other than a rolodex) was the GRiD Systems laptop. It was an exciting time, and it is where my love for sales tools began. Sales Tools Deliver Revenue Growth! per minute.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Increasingly, top sellers are adopting a more effective approach: solution selling. Those who do are able to present bespoke solutions that solve their customers’ unique challenges. In this post, we’ll explore what solution selling is, when it’s used, and how it differs from other selling approaches.

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Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

How can you position your solution and boost your win rates? That’s where Solution Selling comes in. In this article, we’ll explain what Solution Selling is, what sets it apart, and how to tell if it’s right for your team. What is Solution Selling? What sets the Solution Selling methodology apart?

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MEDDIC

MARCH 27, 2024

Designed for dynamic sales leaders, forward-thinking CEOs, and ambitious sales managers, this bundle is the ultimate tool for not only meeting but exceeding sales goals. It’s uniquely designed to complement any sales framework your team might use, from MEDDPICC and Solution Selling to SPIN Selling and The Challenger Sales.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

Download this tool to keep pace with your customers by utilizing the agile sales approach. Key Benefits of the Tool: Keep pace with customer expectations. If they have these skills they are more likely to sell effectively to the new buyer. Being Outpaced – lead with a product and a price and call it solution selling.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

On the other hand, depending on which experts you listen to, sales success boils down to how effective one is with either Inbound, Social Selling, Consultative Selling, Qualifying, Value Selling, Solution Selling, Relationship Selling, acceptance of the Buyer Journey, Sales Process, Sales Methodology, Prospecting, Telesales, Reaching Decision Makers, (..)

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. Download 8 Strategic Imperatives of Buyer-Centric Selling. The evolution to needs-based solution selling helped. Three steps to fast track buyer-centered selling: 1.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

OK, that's still a sales process and it has some validity if you have weak salespeople that sell to large companies where you can't impact or change anything relative to how they buy. One article was published in Harvard Business Review and was really about Solution Selling being dead. But the key word here is tools.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Dr. Dover leads this movement by starting with a simple question: If sales teams have more and more tools at their disposal to increase sales, why is the data pointing in the opposite direction? He does not mince words – the old methods of solution selling have stopped working. Elite Sales Strategies by Anthony Iannarino.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Download the tool to learn how to implement each and enable your sales team. CRM: Did you spend a lot of money on what amounts to a forecasting tool? Social Selling: Is your profile top tier? Top 5 Most Obsolete Sales Practices: Solution Selling - developed in the 80s when hair bands were popular.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Second, there is a lack of good tools at most organizations to help Sales deliver the messaging – moving beyond PPT and whiteboard markers to have more provocative, insight driven conversations, and automate the diagnostic assessments and financial justification process. How can tools help?

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SBI

APRIL 23, 2013

At Smart Selling Tools , our goal is to make it easy to find tools that will improve sales productivity. Even if you are interested (which, come on, you know you are), there are so many sales tools – including more than a hundred CRM systems – that it’s enough to drive a smart person crazy.

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Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

LinkedIn is the database-of-record from heaven for those who want to sell like hell. And Sales Navigator from LinkedIn is a massively powerful tool for both marketing and sales.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2013

Results - In a study in 2010 by McKinsey showed that 75% of solution selling projects fail. In this post, you will learn how to build a customized approach to selling a product, service or solution. Download the Sales Process Accelerator Tool to help you get started. Has your sales process? Author: Andrew Urteaga.

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Sell Integrity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A value based selling process shifts the focus to envisioning the results of the solution rather than the purchase of a product. Many organizations are realizing solution selling, on its own, isn’t enough to drive the results they need. Do your people have the required talents and traits to enable value based selling?

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 23, 2022

Could you please share with us a few of your favorite social selling tools? . It’s probably not what you’re looking for, but my primary tools are simply LinkedIn, ContactOut, and Excel. But I have reviewed some very interesting online tools for sales pros. I used to help teach Solution Selling at an ERP software company.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Instead of primary information sharers, reps will pivot to consultative relationship builders who solution sell. They’ll have personalized conversations about a prospect's specific needs and why their product or service is the best-fit solution. Prioritizing virtual selling.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Competitive differentiation: Value-based selling allows companies to stand out in crowded markets by emphasizing their unique value propositions instead of generic features. Sales training provides salespeople with the tools and techniques to differentiate. They want solutions tailored to their unique challenges and needs.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 1, 2019

Turning a data repository into a tool that helps you win more deals. Oftentimes, sellers see CRMs as data repositories that helps them report progress to executives, not as a tool that helps prioritize deals. Because CRMs weren’t built for the seller, they were built for the operations and sales leaders. What you should do next.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Plus, the sales plan outlines the action plan, tools, and resources that will be used to hit these targets. Targets are defined, and sales management calculates how much their department, teams, and individual salespeople need to sell to meet the overarching goal. Tools and Resources. Marketing Tools. Sales Tools.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

Selling behavior : Evaluate how articulate and enthusiastic a rep is on a call, voicemail or presentation as well as the tone. This will gauge their overall confidence in selling your solution. . Technology skills : How well do your reps use sales tools? You can also keep track of how many filler words are used.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2018

The Challenger Sales Model believes with the right training, coaching, and sales tools, all reps -- even those falling into one of the other four categories -- can take control of the customer conversation like a Challenger. The book also discusses the fundamental principles serving as the foundation for this sales model.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Not sure where he stood on the topic, I shared my view that for me selling is selling, I don’t have the need like many marketers, to categorize or qualify things. As a longtime proponent of the movement to unhyphenate sales, I have felt that tagging a label on sales, be that Solution Selling, Consultative Selling, Sales 2.0

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SBI Growth

APRIL 15, 2013

Spin Selling” and “Solution Selling” are methodologies. The tools are useful and are helping them sell. The process is enabling you to sell on value, not price. You want to measure if it''s firing on all cylinders. Download the Sales Process Evaluation Guide here.

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SBI

MAY 7, 2013

Repeat after me… CRM is not a productivity tool I recognize that we may be one of the 50% of organizations with a failing CRM system. CRM should help salespeople sell more — either by helping them to get more done in less time, or by helping them to spend their time more wisely and effectively. Will you join me?

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 5, 2018

Solution selling isn’t dead – it’s evolving. The Challenger Sale model hinges on the claim that solution selling is dead. Solution selling used to work because buyers didn’t know how to solve their own business problems. The Challenger Sale got one thing right: Buyers are more informed than ever before.

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SBI

APRIL 30, 2013

Here are 3 tricks and tips for improving efficiency when it comes to creating opportunities: Use tools: Tools like Social Selling and Marketing Automation (to name just two) can increase the likelihood of contacting the right people at the right time—when they have the highest propensity to buy. It’s both all at once.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 6, 2018

Solution selling isn’t dead – it’s evolving. The Challenger Sale model hinges on the claim that solution selling is dead. Solution selling used to work because buyers didn’t know how to solve their own business problems. The Challenger Sale got one thing right: Buyers are more informed than ever before.

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SBI

JULY 16, 2013

Commit to not letting another month go by without launching your investigation into barriers to sales productivity and to finding the right tools and processes to free up more time for communicating with prospects. Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert increasing sales productivity through the use of tools.

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SBI

MAY 28, 2013

Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools. As President of Smart Selling Tools , she consults with many of the top sales productivity software vendors as well as end-user organizations looking to select the right tools. Follow Nancy on Twitter @sellingtools or subscribe to her Tool Talk blog.

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SBI

JUNE 11, 2013

By now, you’ve probably heard of iSell from OneSource which is a great tool for finding contacts, and conducting prospect research. You can do that with the tools in today’s blog. Note: IncView has agreed to offer a special 20% off discount for Smart Selling Tools readers. Share your ideas.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This includes market understanding, solution selling, and long-term relationship building. Technology Training Technology training keeps sales teams up-to-date with the latest tools and solutions to streamline the sales process, from CRM systems to data analytics.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 23, 2018

However, with 850+ sales tools and 5000+ marketing technologies, it’s easy to get distracted by the new and shiny. Have you test driven the solution? Tie the solution to team goals or pain points. As a rep or SDR, you’ll likely be the end user of a product, like a dialer, prospecting tool, email automation software, or CRM.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2019

Conceptual Selling. Consultative Selling. Customer-Centric Selling. Inbound Selling. NEAT Selling. SNAP Selling. Solution Selling. SPIN Selling. Target Account Selling. The Sandler Selling Method. Value Selling. Conceptual Selling. Consultative Selling.

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