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The Science of Basic Selling Skills

Bernadette McClelland

4. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. According to the World Economic Forum, ‘by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill sets. of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today …”. 3. Listen a lot more than you talk.

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Developing Master Sales Coaches

Steven Rosen

Are your sales managers ready to crush it in 2020 or will it be another frustrating, mediocre 12-months? Most sales managers lack the skills, tools and methodology to effectively coach their team so the reps just try to ‘wing it’ as best they can. You may be considering implementing a technology or selling skills initiative.

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37 Sales Leadership Stats to Know in 2020

Hubspot Sales

Sales leaders who did not invest in remote selling fell behind — 50% of this subgroup did not hit their sales targets this year. After a significant dip in March 2020, American businesses experienced a 45% increase in deals won in September 2020.

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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. And, there’s always endless product training (actually most of sales training ends up not being selling skills, but instead product training.). But there are limitations to this.

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8 best sales podcasts every sales rep must listen to in 2020

Salesmate

Jeb Blount is a sales leader and author of famous sales books like “ Fanatical prospecting,” “Objection” and “Sales EQ”. In his “Sales Gravy” podcast you can find tips for overcoming fears in sales, increasing productivity, handling objections, boosting your call back rate, and many more insightful sales-related topics. Host: Donald C.

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Sales Training Courses: 5 Best Courses For 2021

LeadFuze

An ABM marketer’s objective is to provide content that is stage-specific. 2 JBarrows – Driving To Close 2020. Drive to Close, JBarrows’ hallmark sales training courses, is designed to engage the sales staff and maximize sales skill sets. 5 Sales Readiness Group (SRG) – Comprehensive Selling Skills.

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Ham and Egg: How Team-Based Selling Boosts Win Rates

Sales Hacker

Scott pulled the research from Chorus, which reported that over five weeks (~May-June 2020), 88% more directors have been joining calls and 72% more executives are joining sales calls on the sell side. Which objections arise that trip them up, and who can help defuse them? Who will defuse the detractor’s objections?

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