Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

In those times, a seller’s dynamic personality was all that was needed to keep buyers focused. When buyers are staring at a screen during a virtual meeting, they can more easily multitask. . A lot of this is happening during your virtual sales meetings without you even realizing it. . Working on other projects.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

As with many things it is rarely the case of one versus the other but more of which is more appropriate for the scenario, and in sales for achieving the objective you set out to accomplish. Sellers can and should take the concept of open ended and closed ended, and apply it to actual sales meetings.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Author: Mike Schultz, President, RAIN Group Breaking through and setting sales meetings with C-suite buyers is tough. They’re off-the-charts busy, bombarded with sales messages, and gatekeepers keep them well insulated. Seventy-five percent of C-level and VP level buyers are influenced by customized offers.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One day you might have to explain to your children that companies once had sales meetings in person, in a room with the lights dimmed and something called a PowerPoint presentation. (If Now we all use Zoom for our meetings. And this is why your sales meetings suck. Sales excitement vs. sales enablement.

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SalesHood

APRIL 15, 2022

What the Pandemic has shown us is that buyers have less time to devote to meetings and connecting with vendors and actually prefer more digital self-serve methods to their buying. Buyers are actually preferring to do more and more of their research online independently.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

So much has been said about how sales meetings should be carried out and I’m sure you’ve read most of them. The sales meeting can make or break any deal, so it makes sense to get this important stage of the sales process correct. Firstly, ensure the buyer is in the right ‘state of mind’ to progress.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 25, 2012

Your Monday morning sales meeting needs to set the tone for the week, the successes, challenges and activity required to move prospects forward between now and Friday, thus making the week contribute to a successful quarter. Here are a few simple to implement steps you can take to assure this. First, keep it short focused and on track.

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Salesmate

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

You need to stay focused, get past the gatekeepers, connect with the right decision-makers, and convince them to meet you. You should be able to get the decision-maker at ease as quickly as possible for setting a meeting. Effective B2B appointment setting tips to get more sales meetings. Don’t take a lot of time.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 17, 2021

On a video call, or even worse, on the phone, it’s hard to gauge how a buyer is feeling and respond accordingly to continue moving in the right direction. After reviewing notes, ensuring audio/video is working properly, and clearing video backgrounds of distractions, sellers have a lot to juggle during remote sales meetings.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

That’s the only reliable way to carry it through to a successful end so the sales process keeps moving and feels great for your buyer. Prepare for your sales meeting in advance. The best salespeople don’t wing their sales meetings. Nothing lets you take hold of a sales meeting like this tip.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

They are two extreme sides of the preparedness coin, being over and under prepared at the same time, to the point where the two not only cancel each other out, but help you blow sales meetings, over and over. Value here meaning helping the buyer achieve their objectives, not giving them a discount.

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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The post Are Buyer Personas Sabotaging Your Sales? One of the most popular “best practices” in B2B sales and marketing is to create buyer personas. Typical buyer personas include a character sheet full of your prospects’ demographics, challenges, goals, and KPIs. Buyer Personas Don’t Create Urgency to Change.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Sales meetings often expose lazy or short-term mindsets and, sadly, waste most of the participant’s time. In my career I’ve held Sales Manager and Director of Sales roles for public corporations. Public embarrassment in a sales meeting is actually a form of bullying. I’ll start with a confession.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

With all of the distractions and channels we use to communicate, both personally and professionally, it’s no wonder that it’s nearly impossible to get through to buyers. Through the RAIN Group Center for Sales Research , we surveyed 489 sellers in 26 industries and 488 buyers representing $4.2 Direct Mail.

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Gong.io

MAY 6, 2020

We analyze sales interactions from our product users (anonymized of course). That includes everything captured by Gong’s software during web conference meetings, phone calls, and emails. Then we analyze how seller and buyer actions impact deal success. . In other words, your buyer is uncertain about what’s next.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

There is nothing worse than finally getting a meeting with a buyer you have been chasing for some time, only to completely blow the meeting. Often it is no more than excitement that your buyer says something that aligns with your view or offering. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Stop asking the obvious – While most sales people have bought into the idea that you catch more sales with questions than pitches, there is more to it than just “asking questions”. The difference buyers look for is not in the product, but in how it is sold.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2021

Entirely different than a salesperson would approach a sale. The best salespeople use their curiosity to understand how they can facilitate the buyer’s desired outcomes. Who cares, you are not the buyer, they may love it. While some of the biases will slow down your sales, they will usually derail your prospecting efforts.

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Artesian Solutions

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Running an impressive sales meeting is no easy task. Did you know that the average seller spends 19% of their time attending sales meetings ( Super Office data ), they’re therefore a massive part of your role and something you invest a lot of effort in. In sales meetings, we all know that information is power.

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BrainShark

OCTOBER 27, 2020

When sales meetings turned virtual in 2020, sellers had their work cut out for them. Here are examples of mistakes some made – and your teams should avoid. .

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

It’s important to enter each sales meeting with a learning goal in mind. Just like teachers, it makes sense for sales reps to give their prospects tests. After all, it’s unfair to expect a buyer to pick up on what you’re telling them right away, and what is a test other than an opportunity to reinforce knowledge?

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Nutshell

MAY 12, 2020

One of those legends was Social Centered Selling Founder and CEO Barbara Giamanco , who revolutionized the sales industry when she co-authored the first book about social selling, The New Handshake: Sales Meets Social Media. She now hosts the award-winning podcast, Conversations with Women in Sales. GET STARTED.

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The Pipeline

JULY 21, 2020

Ask executives what they would like to experience more in sales meetings? Buyers are tired of questions that just scratch the surface, demonstrating no knowledge or curiosity about their business. The questions that are uncomfortable, not due to their nature, but because the buyer has been avoiding answering them till now.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Be a sense-maker and confidence-builder for your buyers The number of interactions buyers have with sellers is decreasing. Today’s buyers are completing more of their journey solo. In fact, Gartner finds nearly 3 out of 4 buyers say they would prefer to make a purchase without ever engaging with a sales rep.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 14, 2020

He wrote: “We are now in a period where we can actually read the minds of your buyers. However, during a period of uncertainty and the resulting downturn, every customer, buyer, and human being is essentially thinking about the same three things.”. Wondering how your team will keep selling in an economic downturn?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! Sales eXchange – 125. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Compete , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Sales 2.0 , Sales eXchange , execution. .” It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! April 2008.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 21, 2015

Technology has certainly made it easier to market and sell your products, but at the same time the process for gaining and maintaining buyer interest and commitment has become increasingly difficult. Only 59% of sales reps achieving their quota in 2014, down sharply from 67% last year (Accenture).

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Vengreso

MARCH 7, 2019

As a digital sales evangelist, I’m passionate about helping sales professionals see that the B2B buyer journey is one of the most important things for them to understand. That’s because the WAY buyers are buying has changed dramatically with the rise of digital technology. What does that mean for sales professionals?

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Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

APRIL 15, 2020

Whether it be an epic picture of a mountain to signify the obstacles your team has overcame this past year or (as our sales leadership is known to use) an iconic photo of Muhammad Ali on an early morning run, these pictures leave us with a certain feeling. The post The Power of Placing the Buyer First appeared first on Seismic.

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BrainShark

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Executive buyers say more than 80% of sales meetings are “a complete waste of time,” according to research from Forrester. Buyers have rising expectations, and salespeople aren’t providing enough value. The reason?

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 22, 2011

Many times, your buyer will take a look at your up-front price and reject it. Value is alwyas what the buyer thinks it is. If you think it’s goos and the buyer thinks it’s not, it’s not! So here you need to really educate your buyer. Value isn’t waht you think it is.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

Buyers don’t trust salespeople, because many are arrogant and never stop pitching. In fact, just 18 percent of salespeople are classified by buyers as “trusted advisors” whom they respect, according to research by Steve W. It means helping someone when they need help, without expecting anything in return. In a word, it’s fidelity.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 3, 2018

The most effective salespeople know how to read a buyer’s personality style within the first minute or two of meeting them. This information allows them to know what type of communication the buyer prefers, and whether they should open the conversation with rapport-building questions, or get straight to the intent of the meeting.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 3, 2011

So what are the main reasons why buyers make decisions to buy? Having a good long-term relationship with the main contacts is vital to the loyalty required by the supplier to offer the quality of service the buyer will need. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. Happy Selling!

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Yet while 82 percent of buyers accept meetings with sellers who proactively reach out, 58 percent of them say these meetings are not valuable, according to Rain Group.

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Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

survey highlights a significant trend: today’s buyers have clear digital purchasing experience expectations, with a strong preference for personalization and immediacy. Despite this, many sales emails find their resting place in the trash, unopened and unread. A recent McKinsey & Co.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Early on in the pandemic, there was a learning curve as we all adjusted to virtual sales meetings. Tools can’t make the connection between you and your buyer meaningful or memorable. Without it, your prospects figure you’re not interested, and they tune out. I Can’t See You. For that you need new skills.

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