Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Believe it or not, most people still believe that sales success boils down to getting a lot of people to agree to watch a demo. Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction' I''m sure I''ve missed a few but you get the gist.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 25, 2018

You’d be hard-pressed to find a sales training program that didn’t reinforce the importance of active listening as a skill for sales success. Most sales professionals know it’s important to listen more than they talk during meetings. Active listening is a sales tool, but the good news is that there’s technology to help!

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Explore a range of sales process examples and learn how to align with the customer’s journey for better buyer engagement , relationships, and sales success. What is a Sales Process? Sales Methodology Sales Process Examples Sales Process Mistakes to Avoid Mastering Your Sales Process With Highspot What is a Sales Process?

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criteria for success

MAY 13, 2020

Our list of common sales problems salespeople experience is about a mile long. As sales leaders, we're often faced with challenges or obstacles. How to Sell Anything to Anyone. A Problem-Solving Guide for Sales Managers, Sales Leaders, and Salespeople. I don’t feel like selling today.”. Download Now.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 14, 2020

Most Sales Managers would agree that completing prospecting activities and hitting sales goals are critical to success.

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Braveheart Sales

MARCH 21, 2023

To sell consultatively, the salesperson must have a deep understanding of the challenges their prospects and clients face and their impact on the organization and them personally. Consultative selling operates in the client’s best interest like a consultant would. Coaching Versus Management Managers tell.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

If you want your sales team to efficiently and consistently close deals, you need to arm them with the resources and materials they need to be successful. Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

If you want your sales team to efficiently and consistently close deals, you need to arm them with the resources and materials they need to be successful. Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Selling is often compared to many activities. But the longer I’m in sales, I’ve come to realize that selling is a lot like fishing. In this article, we outline how you can improve your sales results by applying the best practices of experienced fishermen. . The Right Tools For the Job.

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Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Consultative Selling is dead!” – Oh no it isn’t! There are those who would suggest that “consultative selling” or its successor “collaborative selling” is dead. This is just as appropriate for internal and totally reactive sales teams, as it is for external pro-active ones. This is simply not true.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

These are the luxuries afforded to the typical inside sales rep. But aside from the obvious environmental difference, there’s a lot more that separates inside from outside sales teams, and that’s what we’re going to explore here. What is inside sales? . Inside sales vs. outside sales .

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Past training programs, last year’s tools (which we never used anyway), many things that were highly effective and some which weren’t are no longer valid, displaced by this year’s version. It is no longer fashionable to talk about sales enablement, now it’s revenue enablement. Sometimes, what is old is new.

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Miller Heiman Group

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Over the course of this year, our blog took sales and services on a journey, with stories about practical challenges in growing prospects, advice for sales leaders anticipating a recession, conversations with major sales influencers like Neil Rackham and much more. 2020 starts tomorrow—and that’s got us feeling reflective.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

The SaaS industry has different selling techniques , key metrics , and sales process activities compared to the ones you’d encouter while selling a tangible physical product or a more traditional service like a marketing consultation package. Skip ahead: What Is SaaS Sales? What’s the Length of a SaaS Sales Cycle?

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 5, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Book Review: The Challenger Sale. FREE Resources. Negotiation.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 1, 2020

Sales pipelines are similar to the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This one is too fat, this one is too skinny, and the rarest one of all; this one's just right.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 12, 2020

In today's blog post, we discuss the technique of going for the "No" early in the sales process. It may seem counterintuitive, but countless studies have shown that humans desire what they can't have.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

Sales Process isn't even the only thing that inbound marketers say is dead. They'll have you believing that salespeople are no longer needed, selling is dead, and a consultative approach is dead too. Let's start with my recent Google search for "Sales Process is Dead." But the key word here is tools. April 29 2013.

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 8, 2019

This post comes from Michelle Richardson, Vice President of Research at the Sales Performance Research Center. The Brooks Group is proud to announce the launch of the Sales Performance Research Center. The respondents consisted in majority of sales leaders and sales managers, with various other vital roles weighing in as well.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting? December 2007.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

If you think sales is a simple job, I have a few hundred professional connections who would like a word with you. By mastering your sales interview questions. As a longtime recruiting leader, I’ve worked with countless hiring managers looking to fill sales roles , and I’ve had a firsthand look at their interview process.

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SBI

MARCH 1, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? That has all been upended now.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 20, 2018

But you can change those numbers and by extension your sales outcomes. Many sales people’s inability to go beyond the fences of their products capabilities turns buyers off, they know they are being manipulated to say yes, but there is no conviction (or decision) behind it. The Question. Here Is Why.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson developed the Challenger Sales Methodology. It relies on sales training to empower sales reps to teach, tailor, and take control of conversations. This Gartner data highlights its effectiveness and popularity in B2B sales. Lone Wolves can be high-performing but are hard to manage.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I wrote The Coming Sales Talent Crisis , focusing on the struggles our customers face in their buying journey. Helping our customers requires new sales skills. The traditional solutions and consultative selling skills become table stakes. He cited voluntary/involuntary sales attrition of 42%!

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 13, 2020

Before it is possible to list some of the best sales meeting topics, you must first determine the outcome of a sales meeting. If you are going to take your sales force out of the field and away from selling for an hour, that hour must provide them with something that improves their effectiveness.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 6, 2021

Sales Insights For The Years Ahead. These sales insights for the years ahead to 2025 and even beyond will probably shape how sales organizations go about selling. Old sales strategies and sales tactics playbooks will be torn up as rapid innovation is changing how buyers buy. Sales insights data.

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Klozers

MARCH 30, 2022

Consultative Sales Training – Top question from Google What is a Consultative Sales Approach? Consultative selling is very different to more traditional forms of selling, it doesn’t actually focus on selling first and foremost.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Change, for the win: Consultative Selling Habits. Top-performing consultative sales professionals, too, tend to spend time counting their hoard, and at times struggle to find the motivation to expand their consultative selling horizons to add new clients, and to conquer larger frontiers.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

As with the businesses we work for and with, Digitization will demand we transform sales and marketing. Too often, I think we distract ourselves from understanding the true impact of Digital Sales Transformation by being distracted by technology, sales stacks, social selling, and the shiny toys being promoted.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 26, 2020

In our corporate sales training experience, we've seen that evaluating underperforming salespeople in the pre-hire sales assessment is crucial for success in your business. Why do so many of my salespeople fail to perform as expected? It's a loaded question.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Maintaining a healthy profit margin is (of course) important to the overall success of your sales team and organization. Once your salespeople are out in the field trying to sell your offering, should they have pricing authority (aka the ability to freely give discounts)? Cons of Giving Sales Reps Pricing Authority. Conclusion.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

You have to strike a balance between stretching your sales reps and staying realistic. How do you set the best sales goals? We’ve got the information you need to work through the process, including: What are sales goals? What are SMART sales goals? Why do sales goals matter? 12 examples of sales goals.

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