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Inside sales – it is a new dawn and sales training needs to shine

Sales Training Connection

As the intensity of the spotlight on inside sales increases, attention needs to turn to training. In the past, the level and rigor of the sales training for inside sales has not matched that provided to outside sales groups. Training Design. ©2013 Sales Momentum ®. Instructional Methodology. Sales Coaching.

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It’s bad selling to pursue bad business

Sales Training Connection

One-way to avoid this problem is to “up” the importance of getting better at lead qualification. Getting lead qualification right requires a laser like focus on two issues – funding and fit. ©2013 Sales Momentum, LLC. Finding out information about funding can be difficult.

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Avoid silver bullets and 4 other costly major account selling mistakes

Sales Training Connection

Sales people have a propensity for under investing in lead qualification and subsequently for not walking away from a bad opportunity – especially when they have invested time and resources. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.

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'Gold Calling' Is Alive and Well

Pointclear

Cold calling is all about generating a list, a script and spending some money and hoping a bunch of leads are produced. Originally published on salesandmarketing.com, June 7, 2013. Whether you call it Gold Calling or cold calling 2.0, Gold Calling, Cold Calling 2.0 or cold calling. View the original article By Dan McDade.'

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4 sources for identifying leads in complex B2B sales

Sales Training Connection

Since the technical and support staff in the position to observe such signals are not salespeople, they need to be trained in lead identification and lead qualification skills. In too many situations this training never occurs. ©2013 Sales Momentum ®.

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The Sales Association: BANT is Bunk!

The Sales Association

Bill Barr is owner of Sales Candy, a company that offers games providing experiential training in B2B selling. Labels: Authority , BANT , Budget , lead qualification , leads , Need and Timeframe , qualifying. ► 2013. (1). His blog is [link]. You can reach him by email or call 336-937 0972. at 9:05 AM.

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Inside Sales Event Supports Art and Science of Selling

Score More Sales

Trish Bertuzzi moderated as we debated sales onboarding / training, lead qualification, and about closing deals. I was thrilled to represent “the art of selling” in a live debate with David Nachman, the Chief Business Officer at Velocify. Happily art won – as we all agreed that BOTH are critical for success.