SBI Growth

AUGUST 29, 2013

As buyers are evolving, we’ve seen a strange breed of sales professionals actually devolving. True Story: I recently had the opportunity to interview a regional VP of sales for a Fortune 100 company. Further, he has a division of 120+ sales reps in his immediate organization. How far did you get before engaging a sales rep?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 12, 2012

Are you dependent on the top 20% of your sales force to ensure that you hit quota? 78% of the Sales VPs we speak with are worried about the disparity of their team’s talent. At SBI, we often see Sales Talent disparaged as the result of an ineffective Sales Training program. Sales Skills Overview/Best Practices.

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Ideal Customer Profile Training Buyer Follow-up 244

HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 5, 2018

In 2011, the Challenger Sale burst onto the scene, telling sales organizations to completely rethink their approach to complex sales opportunities. But is the Challenger Sale model really the best way to convert buyers into valued, long-term customers? We don’t think so. Solution selling isn’t dead – it’s evolving.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 6, 2018

In 2011, the Challenger Sale burst onto the scene, telling sales organizations to completely rethink their approach to complex sales opportunities. But is the Challenger Sale model really the best way to convert buyers into valued, long-term customers? We don’t think so. Solution selling isn’t dead – it’s evolving.

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Lead Rank Sales Methodology Analytics Solutions Selling 55

Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The sales cycle is decreasing - the buying cycle is taking over. We have asked one of our colleagues, Mark Hunter – who many of you know as The Sales Hunter – to share a post on the blog. They go on to say that the selling cycle – the time it takes to close a sale – is longer than ever.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 30, 2013

Sales Training Article: Why A Rising Win Rate Could be a Bad Sign. By Drew Zarges, Sales Benchmark Index The software company''s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. If the sales team was getting better, why did they keep missing quota? The Sales team hadn''t vastly improved. Each year we''ve improved."

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Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. If there’s one persistent thorn in the side of many B2B organizations, it’s failure to align sales and marketing. of pipeline to 13.2%

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 24, 2012

A Sales Training Connection Classic. When it comes to changing sales performance “practice makes perfect” is a partial truth. This small difference yields a huge dividend in sales training. We’ve all attended countless sales training programs – as participants, facilitators, and observers. Who are these top performers?

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

When it comes to changing sales performance “practice makes perfect” is a partial truth. This small difference yields a huge dividend in sales training. Practice + Feedback = Effective Sales Training. We’ve all attended countless sales training programs – as participants, facilitators, and observers.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Heres our three key takeaway opportunities: 1) Buyer Facilitation versus Selling, 2) Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control, 3) Most Prominent Inhibitors to Sales Achieving Quota is “Inability to Communicate Value Messages&#. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, if at all.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Benchmarks Content Spending, Strategy and Tactics, Aligning Content to Best Facilitate Buying Cycle Alinean unveils its new Content Optimization Assessment service as content marketers from around the globe converge in Cleveland for the opening of the Content Marketing World 2011 event.

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Jonathan Farrington

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Some 2012 Predictions for the Sales Space. Our plan is to extract as many sales predictions from the posse of top sales gurus during the Top Sales Awards ceremony on December 15th and you will be able to see them all in the December edition of the Top Sales World magazine , which will be published on December 16th – yes, the next day!

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In the face of frugal buyer sentiment, a majority of B2B vendors are now requiring more leads to generate the same amount of sales and are reporting a substantial increase in buying cycle time. Alinean's research revealed that new sales enablement strategies and investments are required to fight Frugalnomics.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

I n 2011 you worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. So how do you get the much needed sales tool adoption to occur in 20012. Is there a way to get sales to overcome this status-quo bias?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Over the past 18 months, the survey results indicate that CFOs have assumed significant additional responsibilities for several key groups, including: information technology (43%), human resources (39%), production (38%), customer service (37%), and even marketing / sales (33%).

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle With two economic downturns in the past ten years, buyers are more frugal than ever, demanding that each investment help them do-more-with-less, provide a bottom-line impact, and deliver superior value.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.

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The Sales Association

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Monday, February 28, 2011. by Bill Barr I keep hearing that some sales organizations expect their marketing department to “qualify” their leads with Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe ( BANT ). Subscribe To The Sales Association.

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Jonathan Farrington

DECEMBER 1, 2011

It is true that during the earliest part of my sales career, I was fortunate enough to work for companies who took sales team development very seriously. I suspect that as many as 80% of frontline sales professionals will shudder at the thought of “lose-lose” No deal, no commission, angry boss for losing the order.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

For some sellers, that’s meant moving away from solution selling to a more aggressive approach, like the Challenger Sale model popularized after the 2011 book of the same name. Here are five reasons that a consultative approach beats the Challenger Sale for enterprise selling. The Need for Perspective.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Enter sales methodologies. Businesses rely on sales methodologies to help their reps consistently deliver at every stage of the sales cycle. Here’s everything you’ll need to know to make the right choice: What is a sales methodology? Why do I need a sales methodology?

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 29, 2011

The shorter content forms, such as blog posts and slide decks, as well as the newer document formats such as eBooks and Infographics, appeal to earlier phases of the buying cycle – better connecting and engaging executive / economic-focused decision makers. Understand the differences amongst different potential solutions and services.

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John Barrows

JUNE 20, 2018

This is why whenever someone asks me the best books, I rarely recommend sales books. Closing happens throughout the sales cycle. The things you do early in the sales cycle is far more important than at the end of the sales cycle. ” Use different tactics in different situations.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Transferring knowledge to sales representatives, and then helping these reps more effectively share this knowledge with customers and prospects is the mission of sales enablement, and it has become a vital best practice to overcome Information Overload, fight Frugalnomics and take control of Internet driven Buying Cycles.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Todays buyers are challenged, suffering from Information Overload and Frugalnomics, and are changing buying cycles through Internet fueled decisions. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

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