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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

This past week, Hurricane Lee roared into Nova Scotia, becoming the first such storm to do so since 2003, although at the time it made landfall, Lee had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. One major key to success in sales is a salesperson’s ability to reach decision makers.

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Why it pays to get all tangled up with your customers

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Create more decision makers Maybe with some of your accounts, you have just one contact who is the sole decision maker. Once you’ve brought in multiple influencers and decision makers, it’s not enough for a competitor to convince one person. Get involved in creating them. 1998) Why do customers switch?

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Is B2B Buyer Confidence Stalling Your Deals?

Alice Heiman

My next guest on Sales Talk For CEOs is Brent Adamson and he’s got some revolutionary ideas about B2B enterprise selling. Brent explains decision maker confidence is the main barrier for B2B teams to close deals. Stick around to learn what your sales teams need to do to overcome this crisis of confidence.

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3 Recommendations For Post-Pandemic SaaS Sellers

Crunchbase

SaaS vendors themselves were forced to swiftly change their sales strategies amid lockdowns by implementing remote interactions with prospects and thinking digital-first. The SARS outbreak in 2003 is said to have kickstarted the dominance of Chinese B2C e-commerce companies like Alibaba. Embrace omnichannel sales .

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3 B2B Books You Need to Read This Summer

Mereo

5 Paths to Persuasion: The Art of Selling Your Message identifies five types of executive decision-making styles and recommends approaches that cater to charismatics, thinkers, sceptics, followers and controllers. Different executive decision-makers prefer to be presented information in different ways.

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Mike Kunkle on Sales Onboarding (Part 1)

Mindtickle

For many businesses, the ramp-up time for new sales reps is typically six months or more. An outdated or overly labor-intensive sales onboarding program leads to increased turnover and wasted company resources. An outdated or overly labor-intensive sales onboarding program leads to increased turnover and wasted company resources.

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Mike Kunkle on Sales Onboarding (Part 1)

Mindtickle

For many businesses, the ramp-up time for new sales reps is typically six months or more. An outdated or overly labor-intensive sales onboarding program leads to increased turnover and wasted company resources. An outdated or overly labor-intensive sales onboarding program leads to increased turnover and wasted company resources.

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