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Solution Selling Is Exactly What Today’s Buyer Wants

Sales Hacker

Have you ever walked into a store, told the salesperson what your requirements were, and they pointed you in the direction of the solution that answered your needs? You’ve just been “solution-sold.”. Solution selling gained traction in the 1980s and has been popular ever since. What is solution selling?

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How I Work It – Social Selling with Tom Pick

Adaptive Business Services

Realized I didn’t want to do that forever, so I went back to school, got my MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School, spent 14 years in corporate marketing, 10 years with a small B2B-focused agency, then started my own consultancy in 2017. How do you integrate social selling with traditional selling methodologies?

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What To Know About Sales Efficiency: Metrics, How to Improve It, and More

Gong.io

But unlike the other two examples, sales managers aren’t usually backed by multi-million dollar teams supplying them with insights to drive improvements. The payback period is the length of time it takes you to be paid back the cost of acquiring a customer. Solution Selling. Challenger Selling. Payback period.

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B2B Sales Training Techniques and Best Practices

Highspot

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. This includes market understanding, solution selling, and long-term relationship building. Technology Training Technology training keeps sales teams up-to-date with the latest tools and solutions to streamline the sales process, from CRM systems to data analytics.

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7 Skills Every Sales Manager Needs

Gong.io

A successful sales manager with strong leadership principles will work closely with reps and give them the support and confidence they need to sell effectively. Yes, coaching is essential (and we’ll expand on it below), but sometimes, reps just need a manager who believes in them and is willing to back them. . Solution Selling.

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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

Pointclear

While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones. If Sales has to make 100 phone calls to determine which 3 are worth something, they won’t invest the time, and it’s not smart for your company to ask them to.

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Key Take-aways from 3 Compelling Sessions at #DemandCon

SBI

Most interesting stat : 92% of prospects NEVER respond to a cold call or email. Most interesting stat: Every day, 50,000 new, unique users sign up for Docusign’s esignature solution (27million users to-date). Most interesting quote: It’s not just about email analytics (number of opens, click-throughs, etc.) Why don’t they?