Customer Centric Selling

JULY 29, 2013

Sales Training Article: How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling. By John Kearney, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Sales Operations leaders have seen the power of Social Selling. Sales cycles that begin with an online referral are closing more rapidly. Marketing worries about the brand''s consistency.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. Marketing automation software generates the data marketers need to provide new levels of support to sales.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 3, 2013

Sales Training Article: Where''s All This Buying? A survey by Sales Benchmark Index showed 52% of sales cycles driven by sellers result in no decision. A final thought: With sellers involved 52% of sales cycles end in no decision. Need some help with your sales performance?

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 12, 2013

Sales Training Article: How the Big Deal Review Will Rescue Your 2013 By Greg Alexander, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) 41% of b2b sales organizations missed the Q1 revenue target. We publish an un-gated sales and marketing best practice daily. The sales cycle in a complex sale is between 6-12 months.

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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. Companies that live in the second half of the sales cycle will increasingly find themselves in a competitive battleground.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

For more information on each one and to see more choices for each category, check out the original article here: [link]. Lauren Carlson is a write and market analyst out of Austin, Texas. You can see her articles regularly on the Software Advice blog. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

To get more insight on that, you can read a related article “ Working Backwards From Your Goal To Get Ahead “ Look forward to your comments, and invite you to visit our YouTube Channel to view other SellBetter sales videos. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

No matter how difficult your market or month is, there’s always something to celebrate. This can be an overview of new research, feedback from a recent customer briefing, review of new market trends or analyst data, or even a quick presentation or interview (live or recorded) with an actual customer. Hiring Sales Talent.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

But during the last few years, new nomenclature has emerged, such as proof of value (POV), pilot, guided trials, and workshops that can cause confusion both with prospects and account executives as to what should be used to win the opportunity. Application of this evaluation is typically applied to more transaction-oriented sales.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. A well-designed program, paired with a robust training software , will empower your sales reps with the knowledge they need to deliver value and close more deals. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 28, 2018

This article outlines the results of a B2B Buyer Experience survey by TimeTrade. For this specific survey we spoke to more than 300 B2B buyers, representing a cross-section of goods and services, company sizes and vertical markets. Post-sale, the numbers were equally stark. Make no mistake: we live in a digital world.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 20, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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Women Sales Pros

MARCH 22, 2019

Now before you put this article down because it’s beginning to sound like doomsday, know that a down shift in the economy is not necessarily a bad thing in fact it is a very normal thing. The market has been hot, cold, ripe to do business in, and a serious challenge. Increase Sales – the tougher the economy, the longer the sales cycle.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 19, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sales Training Article: Motivation Absent Requisite Skills. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net A few years ago I spoke at a sales conference. Inbound leads should be considered buying, not sales cycles.

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Product Management University

JULY 26, 2021

Don’t let this become an obstacle to good top-of-the-funnel marketing. Contact us about a demo workshop where you’ll learn how to deliver outcome-based value demos that shorten sales cycles and create a greater urgency to buy. Related Articles here. Guess what?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The same can be said for sales enablement. Earlier in my career, I helped build a global sales enablement team at Oracle Marketing Cloud that designed, deployed, and measured a sales onboarding program integral to a business unit responsible for $675M in annual recurring revenue. They’re won during planning and practice.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 5, 2019

And last but by no means least, doing something inappropriate, unprofessional or unethical at some point during the sales cycle can earn you a one-way ticket to Ghostville. Our job as sales and marketing professionals is to understand what our prospective customer deems valuable––and find a way to give it to them.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 6, 2016

Pre-Internet, it was common for mid-level managers to work with a seller from a vendor to get far enough into the sales cycle to generate a bid or proposal. Fast forward to today’s market and for inbound inquiries, it is far more complicated. Sales cycles will likely be shorter when starting at high levels.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

The Wall Street Journal called my blog one of the Top 7 blogs sales blogs anywhere on the internet and hundreds of my articles on unconventional sales tactics have been published. We should team up for the ultimate “outrageously irreverent” sales conference. Gutsy article, and absolutely accurate.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Sales Training Article: Coordinating Silos By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation of the IIWII articles series; read last week's article here. VP Marketing. VP Sales. Sales is the customer of Marketing.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

Too many sellers make it hard on themselves by trying excessively hard to put on their marketing caps, rather than simply writing to the prospect as a person. You don’t want your email to be sloppy, of course, but you don’t want it to look like a strict marketing message, either. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Cycle.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

Identify Your Market – Find a market that interests and excites you; a market you’re comfortable with and knowledgeable about. To sign up for her free sales articles and teleclasses on closing more sales, visit [link] or connect with her on Facebook. Great article! Hiring Sales Talent.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Sales eXchange , Tibor Shanto. Great article Tibor. Sales eXchange – 119 [link] via/ @renbor. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings.

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 27, 2015

If they came from Operations they would likely have a harder time calling on people in Finance, Marketing, IT, etc. #3 By that I mean they are extraordinary at what they do, but every sales cycle is different because they rely largely upon intuition. Next public workshop is coming to Boston, August 3-6.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Sales Training Article: The Sales SVP Guide to Finishing the Fiscal Year. By Mark Synek, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) For most of us, the fiscal year ends just 29 days from today. How should the top sales leader in the company utilize this limited time? Download the SBI Sales SVP New Year''s Guide here.

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

With B2B e-commerce sales predicted to exceed B2C e-commerce sales by 2020, B2B selling is constantly growing. So, what are B2B sales, and how are they different from B2C sales? In this article, you’ll learn how businesses use varying strategies to sell to each other and what type of software they can use.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

Every sales manager should check out this article to learn that they are creating this problem by actually encouraging these myths and costing sales by wasting time and taking an emotional toll. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

To do that, perhaps the question leading to the premise of the article should have been: “How many conference sponsors have bought sponsorship online; how many of you have done that without speaking to a conference rep?”. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Reminded me of the debate between Sales 2.0 and Sales Un-dot, especially when you are exposed to the passion and noise from all these camps. The challenge with the “boxed” or proprietary approaches is that they tend to start with a specific challenge in a specific vertical or type of sale. Hiring Sales Talent.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

Sales Skills , Tibor Shanto. Good article and good food for thought. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

Let’s begin by stating clearly that cold calling is alive, doing well as part of an overarching client acquisition process that includes other elements such as referrals and inbound marketing; in fact the only time it does not work is when you don’t do it, which is why it doesn’t work for many who choose not to do it.

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 3, 2013

Sales Training Article: Get to the Point By Geoffrey James, INC. Sales Source If you''ve got something to say, say it in as few words as possible. Translation: "We must measure whether or how much our sales training programs increase our revenue." Need some help with your sales performance? Get to the point.

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Cience

AUGUST 31, 2020

Eric Quanstrom , Chief Marketing Officer of CIENCE Technologies, put it best: Businesses that successfully ran largely remote workforces before the pandemic tend to exhaustively document their processes and knowledge. Markets have shifted considerably since the beginning of 2020. Looking to build a new normal in your sales funnel?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 3, 2012

I put it in my to read file and as I fly to Hong Kong (16 hours) to lead a clients sales leadership workshop I pulled it out to read and contemplate. As a salesperson and sales manager for many years I clearly understand the concepts and logic behind a solution sale. At 35,000 feet it woke me up. Are their agile?

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