Steven Rosen

MARCH 10, 2024

Many excel at selling but falter when it comes to imparting their wisdom. Prospecting is not merely a volume game; it is the strategic positioning of one’s product in the eyes of those who need it most. 1- Poor Coaching Skills Not all sales managers are natural-born coaches.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 9, 2018

At Miller Heiman Group, we’re solving both problems by combining revolutionary technology with an update to our core methodology: Scout by Miller Heiman Group , a cutting-edge sales analytics platform, and Strategic Selling® with Perspective , the first major update to our time-tested core sales methodology in decades.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 22, 2024

It was in the very early days of Decisionlink, we were solving the problems of business value selling. Jim and John, were out to reinvent (and succeed) in developing some of the most powerful customer-aligned value selling tools I have ever seen. Why I’m So Interested in Selling “Why are you so interested in selling?”

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

However, it’s time for a personal and strategic pivot — a shift that takes some of you deeper into the world of Disruptive Sales Leadership with Thought Leadership and Personal Leadership sharing the ride. Start Selling Wisdom’.” And I’ve loved connecting with so many of you through these messages. And that can be scary.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Growing accounts by selling into the gaps between the solutions you provide and your customers' unmet needs requires a two-part process – analysis and strategic planning. The post Capitalizing on Your Customer’s ‘White Space’ appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

She emphasizes the need for teamwork in selling and highlights the critical role of trust in B2B sales. Building trust with customers is crucial, as they are making strategic decisions that can impact their careers. She states, “Selling is a team sport.

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Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Making a sale has always involved an element of systematic planning but strategic selling means more than rehearsing product information and timing the close. Strategic selling begins with understanding your company’s strategy, vision, and distinctiveness and then selecting high profile customers.

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Highspot

MARCH 12, 2024

To maximize the impact of revenue enablement, you must focus on three elements: the enablement’s position in your go-to-market (GTM) engine, its strategic role, and how you measure its impact. After you’ve gathered the list of the desired selling behaviors, it’s time for a frank conversation with sales leadership.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sell don’t write In my experience, it’s not the proposal document itself that sells. I’m a big fan of the framework from Miller and Heiman’s classic sales book Strategic Selling (now New Strategic Selling ) to get this done. The main caveat is to always check what ChatGPT writes.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2024

Developing solution hypotheses : In the next era of selling salespeople are going to have to start acting like consultants, having a “ one up ” approach as Anthony Iannarino calls it. You can’t just show up to a meeting and ask questions (“solution selling”). The full description is in his book Elite Sales Strategies.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 195

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

He also talks about transitioning to a strategic selling approach, highlighting the importance of coaching, leadership development, reflection, and setting expectations for coaching time to optimize sales team performance and prioritize high-value activities.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2021

Lahat Tzvi is a leading sales authority, a world-renowned sales expert in the field of B2B and complex selling. He is the founder and CEO of Tfisot, an international consultancy firm that helps companies and sales teams improve their sales results by implementing a new strategic sales method and by transforming their sales approach.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 23, 2020

If clients ask me to train their sales teams on referral selling with no strategy, no metrics, no accountability, and no coaching, I walk. Nick Hulse, managing director of Europe for Sales Benchmark Index, says most companies aren’t achieving profitable growth, yet they have detailed strategic plans. Yes, you read that right.

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Guarantee Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 329

Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s not about just selling them technology. Second-line leaders must develop business acumen and make strategic decisions to optimize resources and drive desired outcomes. Ryan also discusses the challenges of leading sales teams in a complex and fast-paced industry and provides valuable advice for sales leaders. “It’s

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s a solution that addresses the way buying is changing, integrating digital and personal selling. But what really interested me were Bill’s perspectives on where buying and selling is headed and how we must change our engagement strategies to work with buyers more impactfully.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Q: SHOULD SELLING BE VIEWED AS A BUYING EXPERIENCE AND WHY. Examine the buying journey through the lens of customer experience and align your selling process to deliver the right engagements and interactions. In both examples, pain is removed for both sellers and those they sell to – no one likes to waste time.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It empowers teams to excel in fluctuating market conditions by providing a platform in which they can share in-depth insights, market analyses, trends, and strategic overviews. Lincoln Financial : Lincoln Financial experienced a significant transformation in virtual selling with Allego.

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The Sales Readiness Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Dive into the four pivotal sales management styles—Directing, Selling, Participating, and Delegating—and learn how to strategically apply each one to elevate your leadership and boost those sales numbers. Are you looking to maximize your team's performance? Don't just manage—lead with impact and flexibility!

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 15, 2024

I then spent another 4 years in the private sector selling engineering and planning services (see Why Will Buyers Create Their Own Distinction? ). I was introduced to Strategic Selling and became an ardent fan of formal sales methodologies and sales processes. From then on, I became a student of sales!

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

They hired a business broker to help them sell the wine business and as they say, the rest is history. More recently she’s authored a very useful book called, Getting the Most for Selling Your Business and she and her husband have acquired several businesses. Jessica shares her secrets to making acquisitions.

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Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

That means if you have 10 products or modules on your platform that target the same market segments, each product team sees those same segments through a slightly different lens, and it’s usually a narrower view that’s limited to user jobs versus a strategic top-down view of the customer organization (that ends with user jobs).

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This included optimizing the company’s website for SEO, engaging in social selling, and rebranding Challenger as an innovative tech company, thereby widening its appeal to include SMB and mid-market customers alongside its enterprise clientele. Strategic Sales Team Restructuring Harris didn’t stop at marketing transformations.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 12, 2024

Second, sales AI provides insights and analysis on data and recommends strategic next steps. This strategic insight tells you exactly which prospects to go after first, and enhances the likelihood of closing the deal. Gong Gong is an AI-powered sales intelligence tool designed to enhance sales performance and customer interactions.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 30, 2024

Strategic Decision-Making in Evolving Markets Tom pointed out that navigating the ever-evolving market landscape requires a blend of collaboration and strategic insight. He urged them to prioritize alignment, strategic decision-making, and adaptability, which he believes is crucial for thriving amidst market fluctuations.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

Product Management In a product management model, product managers assess markets where their products can best succeed and they create plans accordingly to support the company’s strategic and financial goals. Portfolio management also forces product managers to adopt a longer-term view of the market and strategize accordingly.

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

His niche is helping executives identify opportunities to achieve their strategic, personal and financial objectives. This lively interview will help every CEO with strategies to help their team move more deals through the middle of the funnel to close. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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SBI

JULY 1, 2020

5 Ways to Uncover Strategic Account Revenue. Now, with the economic uncertainties of 2020, sales teams of all sizes are desperate for a more strategic approach to building dependable and ongoing opportunities to optimize customer revenue in their most strategic accounts. Manage Relationships More Strategically.

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Account Revenue Top of Funnel Funnel 181

Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As the customer success manager (CSM) role evolves into more of a strategic customer leadership role versus a tactical reactionary role, it’s critical to build relationships with customer executives, and in most cases, it’s not as difficult as you think. Strategic value! Kudos if you’re already there.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If you had $1 for every time someone said, “we need to be more strategic,” you’d be a retired millionaire living on your own private island. Consider the fact that portfolio marketing just might be your ticket to strategic product marketing in its purest form, making everything a lot easier with better results.

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Marketing Lead Rank Positioning Lead Scoring 52

BuzzBoard

APRIL 18, 2024

Local paid advertising budgets, often underestimated, possess the potential to drive significant business growth when managed strategically. Exploring Effective Advertising Strategies for Maximizing ROI in Digital Advertising Strategically allocating local paid advertising budgets can drive increased ROI in digital advertising efforts.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

If you find that your QBR sessions are focused on fixing login issues, changing reporting parameters, or onboarding new project managers, you are missing out on opportunities to talk about more proactive and strategic topics that can move the relationship forward. Not sure if your content comes off as strategic or tactical?

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Product Management University

MARCH 14, 2023

It’s a simpler approach for bringing quantifiable strategic value to the customer versus the typical approach of focusing solely on customer problems. It’s the simplest way for solution providers to consistently deliver measurable strategic value to the customer and to their own organization. Measurable Customer Value.

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Pipeliner

MAY 12, 2023

I’m often asked how I define enterprise selling versus selling into small and medium-sized accounts. As is true of so much in selling, it’s all about pain – the driving force in causing prospects to act. For landing a new large client can be a game-changing, transformative development for selling organizations.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Over the years, many organizations have invested in a new selling methodology that has evolved the sales approach from strategic selling to "challenging" prospects. There is nothing worse in the world of selling than asking an executive a great question and then not knowing what to do with the answer. Increase profit?

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