Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For that, let’s briefly look at the shift from transactional to consultative selling. Transactional Selling In many ways, the rise of sales stereotypes can be attributed to transactional selling. Consultative Selling Consultative selling is characterized by developing trust and providing greater value.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Consultative Selling Skills - Caliper calls this "Gathers and Analyzes Information" and scored the candidate at 48%. OMG looks at the specific skills necessary for selling consultatively and scored the candidate at 22%. Reaching decision-makers. The candidate scored 60% on Caliper and 92 on OMG.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

On the other hand, depending on which experts you listen to, sales success boils down to how effective one is with either Inbound, Social Selling, Consultative Selling, Qualifying, Value Selling, Solution Selling, Relationship Selling, acceptance of the Buyer Journey, Sales Process, Sales Methodology, Prospecting, Telesales, Reaching Decision Makers, (..)

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. Deal With Decision Makers When negotiating, it’s essential sellers know all the decision makers , especially those with final authority.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Top Four Reasons Why Salespeople Struggle to Reach Decision Makers. Magazine Gets it Wrong on Consultative Selling. Here they are in no particular order - My Top 10 Articles of 2013: SALES. The Key to Powerful Sales Conversations. SALES MANAGEMENT. Actual Coaching Call - Use it to Coach Your Salespeople to Success.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2013

Magazine article that was way off base about Consultative Selling. Skills and Tactics - How am I supposed to know how their decision making process will work? Stupidity - Why do I need to speak with the decision maker? Make sure the sales training is truly Consultative Selling - no short cuts. (c)

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 5, 2014

Top 3 Reasons Why Salespeople Fail at Consultative Selling? Top 6 Reasons Decision Makers Fail to Attend Your Meetings. Top 10 Keys to an Effective Sales Hiring Process. Top 16 Problems with CRM. Top 10 Reasons For Inaccurate Forecasts. Top 10 Ways to Increase Sales. Top 5 Insights From Latest Sales Organization Studies.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Quickly improve your ability to ask great questions, push back, talk about money, become rejection-proof, overcome call-reluctance, control your thoughts and emotions, reprogram your self-limiting beliefs, become a better decision maker and much more. Be Productive.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The decision maker won't meet with you. These weaknesses can neutralize entire sets of skills, from Hunting skills to Consultative Selling skills, to Qualifying skills to Closing Skills. You don't need to know why we want to move away from our current vendor. You have to go through me.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 28, 2012

Some have no competition, others have plenty of money and a few allow unlimited access to senior decision makers. One of the biggest questions for companies today is the challenge of whether their salespeople can make the transition from transactional (demo or present, quote or propose, close) selling to consultative selling.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For dyed-in-the-wool, traditional sales reps, consultative selling can sometimes seem intimidating at first. This should come as no surprise, especially when you consider consultative selling takes the “normal” sales process and, for all intents and purposes, turns it on its head. What Is Consultative Selling?

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Just look at these statistics and you will see why cold calling is fast becoming a dying art form: 73% of decision makers won’t accept an inbound cold call – Market Transformations. 2 out of 3 decision makers place more trust in their own research than in sales people – Market Transformations.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 2, 2020

Every day, decision-maker’s email inboxes fill up with notes from salespeople pitching for a meeting. The decision-maker doesn’t know any of the salespeople who continually send them the same emails. Relationship selling is still a part of consultative selling.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Identify each stage a decision-maker goes through in the sales funnel, from awareness to consideration and decision, and tailor your sales steps accordingly. Make Tools, Content, and Resources Available Arm decision-makers with effortless access to the necessary tools and information they desire at each stage.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Build trust through security: Reassure decision-makers about the safety and reliability of your product. Benefits of Value Selling Value selling is a customer-centric approach that offers multiple benefits to businesses. Showcase cost savings or potential ROI.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In sales, today’s decision-makers certainly are getting smarter. ” Successful selling in today’s complex environment requires training with a variety of tactics. Training on virtual selling , social selling , and consultative selling are skills all sales teams can practice to improve.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

And they can do that by using a consultative sales approach. What Is a Consultative Sales Approach? . Consultative selling is a needs-based selling approach that focuses on building a relationship with a prospect or customer, and identifying solutions to their challenges through open-ended questions and active listening.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For dyed-in-the-wool, traditional sales reps , consultative selling can sometimes seem intimidating at first. This should come as no surprise, especially when you consider consultative selling takes the “normal” sales process and turns it on its head. WHAT IS CONSULTATIVE SELLING ? First things first.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2019

There’s SPIN Selling, The Challenger Sale, SNAP Selling, Conceptual Selling, Consultative Selling… The list goes on. Conceptual Selling. Consultative Selling. Customer-Centric Selling. Inbound Selling. NEAT Selling. SNAP Selling. Solution Selling.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The decision-maker won't meet with you. These weaknesses can neutralize entire skill sets, from Hunting skills to Consultative Selling skills to Qualifying skills to Closing Skills. You don't need to know why we want to move away from our current vendor. You have to go through me.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Here are a few you might recognize: B2B or business-to-business sales : Designed for B2B-style businesses that target their sales pitch toward key business decision makers (typically C-suite level leadership or managers) who are responsible for purchasing products, services, and software for their company.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Consultative Selling Skills (Caliper calls this "Gathers and Analyzes Information" and scored the candidate at 48%. OMG looks at the specific skills necessary for selling consultatively and scored the candidate at 22%). Selling in a competitive environment. Selling value. Reaching Decision Makers.

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RAIN Group

MAY 1, 2019

By asking questions, you can discover the buyer's buying process, learn about the key decision makers involved, and qualify the opportunity. The questions you ask help you uncover buyer needs and desires, connect with buyers, and demonstrate your expertise. Questions allow you to ensure that you and the buyer are on the same page.

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Richardson

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The team of decision-makers is distributed. Developing a relationship requires more work today than ever before. Most sales reps must engage customers virtually. Stakeholders are distracted with evolving business models.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When incorporating this system into your sales strategy , it’s crucial that your sales reps remain subtle, stick to a consistent plan, and make decisions based on logic, not emotion. Each consultative selling stage is captured in the seven compartments of the Sandler Submarine.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Robert Miller and Stephen Heiman created the idea of conceptual selling as a more effective way to close the high-value, complex deals that are common in enterprise sales. It’s a particularly effective tactic when dealing with multiple decision-makers. . There’s no one-size-fits-all scenario in consultative selling.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 6, 2018

It varies widely from company to company, and may include things like delivering a quote or proposal, negotiation, achieving the buy-in of decision makers, and other actions. Instead of the seller convincing the buyer to make a purchase, in the Sandler methodology, the buyer is almost convincing the seller to sell to them.

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Sales Hacker Training

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

A consultative selling approach is key to running a well-oiled sales team. To me, the difference between a traditional sales process and a consultative one looks a bit like the difference between a doctor and a therapist. What Is Consultative Selling? The #1 Trait of Effective Consultative Selling.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A few years had passed since the last time I wrecked an hbr.com (Harvard Business Review online) article about sales. If you haven't been reading the Blog for the last sixteen years you may have missed my previous fourteen take downs. Why Do You Think Harvard Business Review Does This When it Comes to Sales?

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Sales Aptitude tests measure only what an individual knows about transactional (not consultative) selling - but not how they are likely to perform. They report on what they measure and the measure what they collect - answers to questions that are asked in a social context rather than sales context.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 11, 2020

This is why some organizations started to refer to consultative selling as “commercial teaching.” When you speak with a decision-maker, you often find that the decisions they make share two things. Second, they lack an awareness of other factors that might change their decision and their results.

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 15, 2019

Consultative selling helps to avoid this problem. Consultative sales is a method of sales where your salespeople act more like advisers than salespeople and recommend solutions to potential customers based on their needs and problems. Who is the lead decision maker? What is their budget?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Farmers are good at technical, team, relationship, and consultative selling. They’re the masters of smooth, soft selling and are not afraid to ask for a prospect's business. Repairpeople are ideal for technical and consultative sales. They tend to leave some half-alive opportunities in their wake.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

To do so, companies must teach consultative selling, which emphasizes uncovering a buyer’s business motivations and needs and learning how to connect with common and hidden buying influences. Instead, they seek sellers who provide compelling insights and value-added perspective that buyers can’t find themselves.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This includes market understanding, solution selling, and long-term relationship building. B2B salespeople must know how to navigate complex negotiations and adjust their approach to meet each decision-maker’s objectives. Realign training to emphasize relationship building, consultative selling , and customer success.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

In today’s marketplace, consultative selling is a critical differentiating factor. To stay relevant and get ahead of the competition, your salespeople must be capable of selling not only your offering but also of selling themselves as strategic advisors capable of helping solve their prospects’ and customers’ business problems. .

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While Challenger focuses on teaching, tailoring, and taking control, Sandler emphasizes a consultative selling technique. On the other hand, if you’re dealing with educated decision-makers in complex selling environments, the Challenger approach could be more suitable.

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