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The Bob Chronicles - The Difference Between Selling Skills and Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

In the spring of 2020, I sprained my ankle and it never improved. You never know when you will need to relieve stiffness and/or pain. Actually you do know. If you drove more than two hours today or slept in a hotel bed last night I'm certain you'll need to crack your back and neck.

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The Science of Basic Selling Skills

Bernadette McClelland

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 …”. The Basics of any form of Leadership.

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Keep Your 2021 Sales Pipeline Full Using the Selling Lessons of 2020

Sell Integrity

This past year laid bare some critical underlying selling skills and cracks in their sales pipeline that sales leaders were able to ignore or avoid while focusing on more immediate concerns. Now that 2020 is in the rear view mirror, most of us are ready to bid good riddance to an incredibly tumultuous year and do our best to forget it.

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4 Virtual Selling Skills to Prioritize

Carew International

A recent Inc.com article explores LinkedIn’s 2020 Global State of Sales Report. Here are four critical skills all sales professionals should prioritize in order to build trust throughout the sales process. How do you rate among these four skills? How do you rate among these four skills? Solving before selling.

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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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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.