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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

In the face of all this, for the most part we are training our sales people in the same skills I learned many decades ago, and my predecessors learned decades before that. To be fair, the training programs have advanced somewhat in their current implementation, though much of it seems cosmetic.

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Banking on a Consultative Selling Process to Meet Organic Growth Goals

Anthony Cole Training

5 Reasons Consultative Selling Skills/Techniques Inhibit Organic Sales Growth.

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Online Sales Training Platform

The Digital Sales Institute

The use of an online sales training platform can have multiple benefits within any sales organization. Due to time pressure, cost and changing learning preferences, classroom-based or day long sales training is becoming obsolete. Online sales training platform. Benefits of sales training. Benefits of sales training.

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Sales Management Training: 7 Skills to Lead a High-Impact Sales Team

Highspot

Unless you invest in a good training program (and your people). A full 58% of business managers claim they received no management training at all ahead of their start date. Even more alarming, recent Sales Xceleration research uncovered only 20% of companies allocate funds for critical sales leadership training. sales guidance.

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Sales Enablement, Upping The Game….

Partners in Excellence

Something I seldom see in sales enablement training and development programs are things that help sellers better understand the worlds of their customers. SE tends to do an outstanding job on product training, sales skills/process/methodology, relevant content, and tools. I was one of 3 people who didn’t work at a bank.

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How Real Sales Learning Happens

Sales and Marketing Management

Cespedes, Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca A lot of sales training misunderstands how salespeople learn. They pick up lessons about how to pitch, answer objections, use marketing collateral and other aspects of selling for that product in that market, while gaining confidence in their abilities. Author: Frank V. Blended Learning .

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Why Emotional Intelligence Training is Vital for Sales

LeadFuze

Most of the sales training we see today focus on fast-track training. With more emphasis placed on social selling and our ever-changing buying climate – it’s inevitable that salespeople look for new ways to understand buying behaviour. Emotional intelligence training and sales go hand in hand. Management style.