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The Complete Guide to Closing More Deals Using Consultative Selling

Mindtickle

The most successful sales organizations are adopting a consultative selling approach to meet buyers’ lofting expectations – and start closing more deals, faster. In this post, we’ll explore what consultative selling is, how it differs from traditional selling, and how it can set your organization apart from the competition.

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6 Consultative Selling Techniques to Close More Deals

Highspot

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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4 Consultative Selling Techniques to Close More Deals

Highspot

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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Inc Magazine Gets it Wrong on Consultative Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

He fails to mention that the top 26% of all salespeople rank that high because they do sell consultatively. The smartasses are some of the remaining 74% who think they are selling that way but simply ask a few lame questions prior to plunging ahead with their ill-timed demos and presentations.

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To Salespeople, Demos and Presentations are Like Snack Food

Understanding the Sales Force

They aren't aware that continuing to present, demo, propose and quote are unhealthy approaches for the pipeline. Demos and presentations are the sales equivalent of sugar (we like them and they make us feel good.) Your salespeople must embrace and master consultative selling. (c) It's time to face the reality of 2013.

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The Top 3 Reasons Why Salespeople Fail at Consultative Selling?

Understanding the Sales Force

There are three reasons: In the previous paragraph I wrote that the consultative approach is difficult for some salespeople to implement. Consultative selling requires that salespeople ask an awful lot of questions. I didn''t write that it is difficult to learn. Good, tough, timely questions.

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OKR Framework for Sales: The Key to Effective Consultative Selling

Sales Hacker

The notion that consultative selling is the optimal way to sell has been around since the last millennium. The concept was coined in the 1970s in the book Consultative Selling by Mack Hanan. To compete in this “new buying normal,” we need to modernize what we mean by and how we execute consultative selling.