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Soft Skills Sales Training

The Digital Sales Institute

Soft skills sales training is becoming just as important as the hard skills training, we are most familiar with in the world of training. Salespeople may have the technical knowledge, the hard sales training, the product knowledge, the sales presentation skills plus the functional skills to work through the entire sales process.

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The Best Way to Sell Is With a Story

Sales and Marketing Management

Nearmap, the company I work for, captures, manages and delivers high-resolution aerial imagery to engineering and construction firms, governments, property and real estate companies, solar installers, telecoms, and others. That line of storytelling works well to help close a solar installer, but might be lost on a construction company.

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Snake Oil Salesmen Are Alive and Very Busy

Increase Sales

Fast forward to the 21st century and once again we have similar snake oil salesmen selling “guarantees” to small business owners when it comes to securing page one on Google. Believe it or not during this workshop, I received two email messages from snake oil salesmen both guaranteeing Page One on Google.

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The Adapter’s Advantage Podcast: Episode 17 Featuring Frank Cespedes

Allego

In episode 17, sales management authority Frank Cespedes explores how the pandemic has impacted sales training, what sales managers need to know about the new selling environment, and the biggest trends in sales learning. B2B sales—and sales training—have been upended by the pandemic. And that’s a big deal. Subscribe Today.

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How to Talk with Customers during Coronavirus Fears

Alice Heiman

As an example, look at the impact coronavirus has had on the tech industry : Dell, Amazon, Twitter, and Google have all announced some major actions (including work-from-home mandates and canceled events) in response to the outbreak. Train your salespeople to address the topic and any related fears directly.

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CMO Secrets to Impacting the Sales QBR

SBI Growth

Stand up and battle constructively with an eye toward solving problems. Guideline Toolkit: Training and steps on how to leverage LinkedIn. CMO’s who engage directly with sales leadership are on a path to constructive actions. Vince Koehler on Google+. If marketing is going to be ambushed by sales, then dive into the fray.

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Goal Setting: The Number 1 Reason You Don't Hit Your Goals | Donald Kelly - 1382

Sales Evangelist

Go for constructive motivation instead of restricted motivation. Constructive motivation stems from yourself; it’s the push that’s not coming from the managers setting this quota or that. In this way, the restrictive motivation turns into constructive motivation. If you do have a quota, make sure to own it.