The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 4, 2024

Closing a lucrative deal within a tight one-month timeline might seem like an impossible feat. Here are some effective strategies for closing a business deal in a short timeframe. Striking while the iron is hot can make all the difference.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

You had a great sales interaction: Both you and the prospect were calm and comfortable. Below are three powerful closing questions that will ease the tension and help you maintain the flow of your sales interaction as you begin to ask for the order. #1 MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo.

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Grant Cardone

MARCH 21, 2024

Closing sales is not some mysterious process known only to a select few. However, there are definitely mistakes you are making if you are not closing deals. The post 10 Mistakes Keeping You from Closing Sales appeared first on Grant Cardone - 10X Your Business and Life.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 25, 2022

If you don't enjoy reading my baseball analogies, you can ignore this but I must warn you that today's analogy will reveal the two underlying causes for sales opportunities getting stuck in the pipeline and not reaching a close. If you don't care about that then bye-bye until the next article.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 3, 2020

Unleash the 10X Factor to Close the Sales Gap. Do you want to close the sales gap? Now is the time to get sales on track. Even though we are still social distancing and face to face selling may not resume until 2021, you are still responsible for sales results. Doing nothing is not an option!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 31, 2022

I was giving a training today and emphasizing the importance of directing the sale, assuming the deal, and leading the prospect through the close. As I did, I reminded the team of closers of my very favorite closing phrase, and one that has literally made me millions of dollars in my career. Get Access Today.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 30, 2022

At least some part of sales negotiation has shifted permanently to online. The post Refining Your Closing Process to Accommodate Online Negotiations appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Body language and other aspects of in-person conversations won't play a role, but other strategies have become more important.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! If you get this objection—while closing or qualifying—then the worst thing you can do is try to answer or overcome it. It forced me to listen rather than ad-lib poor sales techniques—perhaps some of the things your team is doing right now….

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 12, 2022

In inside sales, too, you can become a better sales producer if you concentrate on the simple things and doing them better. Bottom line—if you don’t get it right during the qualifying call, then you’ll never increase your closing ratio. #2: 2: Ask for bigger orders on every close. But how often do you actually do it?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 14, 2022

Capturing the attention of the increasingly elusive B2B buyer has become harder than ever as more sales interactions happen in digital channels, buying committees continue to grow and buyers conduct more self-guided research. The answer lies in building a full-scale, comprehensive sales enablement strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 19, 2023

The post How to Reinvigorate Sales Staff to Close More Deals in Tough Times appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. With the right strategies, leaders can empower their teams to deliver their best performance. Here are some proven approaches.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 6, 2021

This may sound elemental, but I rarely hear sales reps use it when speaking with gatekeepers. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! The post Two Simple Words to Open More Doors—and Close More Sales appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. The first word is “please.”. Get Access Today.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 15, 2020

If you want to close the gap you need to act now! Sales leaders I speak with have done a fabulous job keeping their sales teams motivated, helping them transition to virtual selling and whatever else they needed to do to adapt to the new normal. This is a call to action for all sales leaders! 3 Steps to Close the Gap.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Until the pandemic is over (and maybe beyond that) businesses must adopt new strategies to close sales deals. The post How to Keep Closing B2B Deals Amidst the Pandemic appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Revegy

MARCH 18, 2024

According to John Arnold, Principal Analyst at Forrester, technology and business decision-makers in sales are almost twice as likely as their marketing counterparts to say that marketing teams work independently of other internal functions.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 12, 2024

A guide to closing sales with ABC, or “Always Be Closing,” is a learning journey for salespeople looking to improve their sales performance, or “Return on Sales Effort (ROSE). Closing sales is about consistently moving customers towards a desired action or outcome. Handling Sales Objections.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Your closing presentation didn’t quite work. Your first choice statement (Close A) has been met with reluctance from the prospect because of high risks involved. Your Close B has given them food for thought and enabled them to weigh up the consequences of the delay for their business. It’s all going so well. Happy Selling!

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

First things first: People buy from people first, product second , according to Director of Sales Steve Wernke. Here’s how to manage so much winning, with 9 tips from our top sales closers. To make customers feel good about the sale, throw in three freebies, in this order: additional support. The Rule of Three. price discount.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 21, 2021

We recorded a video on Laying the Foundations for the 8 Steps to More Effective Closing to close more business more quickly with higher margins. And we talked about the foundation. Today we are going to get into the actual 8 Steps of Becoming an Extraordinary Closer.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

You might not think that automatic sales dialers have that much to offer you. What Is A Sales Dialer? A sales dialer is pretty much what it sounds like: technology that automatically dials numbers for salespeople. You’re a sales representative. Here’s where the sales dialer comes in. You have hundreds.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To any sales professional, maintaining the fine line between persistence and pushiness can often be challenging, especially as the year-end approaches and the pressure to close deals mounts. So, how can you close deals without resorting to high-pressure tactics that could alienate your customers?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. But this is often easier said than done. How did you hear about us?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 18, 2024

We're tackling a crucial aspect of sales that's as important as your morning coffee: sealing more deals. To close more opportunities, it's critical that we limit or completely remove as many objections during the presentation as possible. One way to do that is to remove the surprises.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I received my first formal B2B sales training in 1977. As you might guess, given the decade, it was heavy doses of handling objections and closing the deal. As you might guess, given the decade, it was heavy doses of handling objections and closing the deal. Closes”, by nature, have always seemed to be adversarial to me.

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Marc Wayshak

JANUARY 26, 2023

Don’t you just hate it when the sale seems to be going well…but at the end, the close ultimately proves elusive ? It might seem like the end of the sale is the key moment to close the deal. But in reality, the earlier part of the sales conversation is what ultimately results in a closed deal—or not.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Salespeople are always asking me for the closing techniques that work the best. Pick a Date Close […]. Blog Closing a Sale Professional Selling Skills closing a sale closing techniques sales closing' Blog Closing a Sale Professional Selling Skills closing a sale closing techniques sales closing'

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 24, 2023

A closing call is like the finish line of a marathon. As a salesperson, you’ve invested a lot of time in your prospect by the time a closing call rolls around. You’re under pressure to meet quota, and losing a deal at the buzzer indicates to your manager that you’re not in control of the sales process.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 7, 2023

If a referral closes up to 70% of the time, why are we spending most of our effort on strategies that close less than 1% of the time?! A typical B2B sales strategy relies on Sales Development Reps (SDRs) making cold calls or cold emails to try to set up an appointment for an Account Executive (AE) to deliver a sales pitch.

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Zoominfo

MAY 7, 2021

The nickname was his team’s way of both cheering him on and also playfully acknowledging the elephant in the room: He wasn’t closing any deals (or, in other words, he — despite his last name — “was not yet a lion”). Fast forward seven years later, and Lyon has just closed the biggest deal in ZoomInfo history: an eight figure deal.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

AI has the potential to streamline and automate repetitive tasks, making it simpler for small businesses to manage their marketing endeavors and permitting salespeople to focus more on closing clients. This insight will assist in creating customized pitches, increasing the probabilities of closing deals and overall efficiency.

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