The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

John is author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller Rainmaking Conversations: Influence, Persuade and Sell in Any Situation. Methodology: A system of strategies, principles, rules, guidelines, tools, learning approaches, language, and evaluation methods for selling. Download Now! high profit selling. cold calling.

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Negotiation Ideal Customer Profile Journal Guidelines 158

criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Consultative Selling Step 1: Establishing Comfort and Trust. One of the most foundational consultative selling skills happens at the very beginning of an opportunity. Many people interpret this skill as becoming friends with the prospect, but that isn’t necessary or even always appropriate. Where to Begin.

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Consultative Selling Selling Skills Up-Sell Buyer 105

RAIN Group

MARCH 31, 2021

Note: You can download this article as a PDF to save it for later! Developing relationships, collaborating online, leading virtual sales conversations, gaining and keeping attention, leveraging technology, making the ROI case, delivering value—these are hard to do regardless of the sales and economic environment.

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Selling Skills Research Face-to-face Tools 52

criteria for success

MAY 24, 2022

You should role-play your 30-second commercials until they sound comfortable and conversational. Remember, nothing ever sounds the same in conversation as it reads off of the page. Download eBook. Leaving compelling voicemails is one of the most difficult basic selling skills to master. Download eBook.

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Meeting Training Face-to-face Objections 97

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. You have to get wide when you sell into organizations with 2,000+ employees.” . If you’re selling alone, you’re leaving money on the table. If you’re selling alone, you’re leaving money on the table. . (PS:

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Closing Data How To Sports 162

Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And reps are using automation tools to do role-playing, perfect messaging, improve virtual selling skills, and have personalized conversations and interactions with buyers, he said. As a result, sales readiness increases , reps have more productive conversations, deals move faster, and more sales are closed. Amand said.

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Sales Enablement Microsoft Coaching Webinar Metrics 118

Gong.io

MARCH 19, 2020

Do whatever you need to do to be in the conversation. . in our Inside Sales Skills Bundle. #4 4 Control the Conversation. That’s right, if you want to keep your prospect engaged (and slightly on their toes) call on them individually when it makes sense to have their input on the conversation. . 6 Switch to Multiplayer.

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Gong.io

MAY 9, 2019

It’s the most important conversation in the sales process. If it goes wrong, you’ll be playing catch during all of your conversations, until your prospect eventually ditches you. Psst… we have a checklist of discovery call prep tips in this free, downloadable cheat sheet ). you can easily move into further exploration.

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Face-to-face Buyer Distribution Follow-up 107

Allego

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For reps to build up their selling skills and gain the insights they need, they require ongoing coaching from sales managers. For instance, when reps conducted their selling from the office, managers could attend sales meetings or listen to their reps’ calls and offer feedback on improving their approach. They’re made.

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Face-to-face Coaching Scale Sales Coaching 96

Pipeliner

JANUARY 4, 2018

Because of this lack of training, there are two common mistakes often made by sales managers as they set out to develop their team’s selling skills. Instead, ask good coaching questions to learn the root cause about why they’re not applying the knowledge or skills they’ve learned. Good Selling! Download a free trial now.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Selling Skills Outbound 74

Gong.io

APRIL 9, 2019

You can use conversion rate data to identify what stage of your sales cycle your reps struggle with (more on that later). And you can use sales CALL data to identify where reps need to improve during their customer conversations. I knew how to SELL. After a long conversation, the truth came out. I felt like a pawn.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Top of Funnel Call-back 121

Gong.io

APRIL 2, 2021

Download the free printable cheat sheet. Second, the person who asks the questions controls the conversation. You control the conversation when you state your name and your company’s name up front, because the next question comes from you. And the good news is that you’ve already had this same conversation hundreds of times.

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Meeting Prospecting Cold Calling ROI 124

Mereo

MARCH 30, 2023

When conversation intelligence (CI) software first appeared, many industry leaders questioned whether it would be adopted. Yet, the capabilities and potential of the selling tool have swept the naysaying aside. It has a solid place as part of today’s sophisticated selling processes.

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Software Software Conversion Sales Enablement 41

Pipeliner

MAY 1, 2019

They need to transition from one selling skill to another when engaging the twisting path of the buyer’s journey. For more information and to access our insights for overcoming these challenges please download the full report by clicking here. Top Selling Challenges of 2019. Challenges have become more varied.

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Face-to-face Negotiation Scale Selling Skills 75

Allego

MARCH 23, 2023

That’s where conversation intelligence comes in. Using data from conversation intelligence software , sales managers can identify sales reps’ skill gaps, pinpoint where revenue is won or lost, prescribe training to fix specific behaviors that lose deals, extract best practices for their entire team and keep deals moving through the pipeline.

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Data Face-to-face Remedy Conversion 62

Allego

JULY 28, 2022

Magnacca was one of four Allego executives featured on the IT Visionaries Podcast, The Sales Development Podcast, Sales Enablement with Andy Paul, Salesman.org Podcast, Sales Leadership Conversations Podcast, and The Sales Hacker Podcast. Selling Today Is Hybrid—and We Won’t Be Going Back.

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Sales Enablement Strategy Top of Funnel Face-to-face 115

Gong.io

MARCH 27, 2019

So, better selling skills is a big part of that answer. Their conversations look like this: Here’s how to do that: SIGNAL to your buyer that you want a long response. It doesn’t feel like a natural conversation. HOWEVER … those numbers don’t apply when you’re selling to a C-Suite executive. More conversational.

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Call-back Face-to-face Buyer Follow-up 111

Allego

OCTOBER 15, 2024

They’ve read the reviews, downloaded your white paper, studied the competition, and formed their own opinions about the product. It shifts the conversation from “Here’s what my product does” to “Here’s how I can help solve your problem.” Download the Sales Coaching with AI Handbook to learn how.

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Consultative Selling Lead Rank Lead Scoring How To 62

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Written by a legendary sales consultant with going-on four decades of selling experience, The 25 Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople is a must-read sales book – whether you’re a novice or seasoned veteran. 9 Elements of Highly Effective Sales Conversations. It’s definitely not a selling skills book. Accelerate!

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Negotiation Tour de Force Influencer Lead Rank 111

The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 18, 2021

By giving them a level of responsibility of their own self education and progress also creates opportunities for sales managers to have more meaningful performance conversations that drives real behavior change. Drive high adoption of learning via micro learning sales videos, lesson downloads, quizzes, and templates.

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Training Hiring Remedy Video 98

Allego

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Because selling, especially in relationship-driven industries such as financial services , requires making and sustaining connections with people. During our conversations, they shared the most important skills sellers should learn or improve on today. Here are eight of the top skills they say people should have.

Face-to-face 103

Face-to-face Pivotal Licensing Selling Skills 103

Vengreso

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Through engaging storytelling, he unveils the pivotal role of virtual backgrounds in sparking conversations and establishing rapport in the digital landscape. 00:15:14 – Leveraging LinkedIn for Sales Outreach The conversation delves into the significance of using LinkedIn for B2B sales outreach. – Mario Martinez Jr.

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Tools Social Media Channels Sales Methodology 71

Gong.io

JUNE 17, 2021

His best-selling book, Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It , shares proven negotiation techniques that can be directly applied to any sales situation. Here are the top 10 insights he shared during that conversation: 1. Experiment with it in small-stakes conversations. Focus on training .

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Negotiation Call-back Buyer Motivation 133

Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

This data (along with every other data point we’ll cover) comes from analyzing almost two million recorded sales conversations with AI. It’s an indicator of having a balanced two-way conversation, rather than a “checklist style” interrogation. It creates a balanced feel to their sales conversations.

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Training Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Objections 92

Gong.io

MAY 4, 2021

We analyze sales conversations and outcomes using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. Here’s why: When you share slides, you move from a conversation to a presentation. But you can avoid them with these two offers: Offer #1 Download our free Discovery Call Cheat Sheet. I froze. .

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Buyer Pivotal Follow-up Research 118

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting is the process of starting sales conversations. Prospecting is crucial to the sales process because without sales conversations the rest of the process won’t begin. Prospecting is crucial to the sales process because without sales conversations the rest of the process won’t begin.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

The Brooks Group

MARCH 12, 2019

You never know when the prospect who said “no” last quarter might suddenly have the budget, time, or immediate pain to motivate them to return to the conversation, especially if they were impressed with the professionalism and knowledge of your rep. DOWNLOAD NOW. Always Learn from Losses. Uncategorized

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Hiring Face-to-face Call-back Up-Sell 96

Gong.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

While every analysis is different, you can expect we are looking at tens of millions of sales conversations and hundreds of thousands of sales emails. PS: Avoid heartbreak with our data-backed Pricing Conversation Cheat Sheet ). From there, you can shift the conversation to what is doable.

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Negotiation Call-back Conference Analysis 99

Gong.io

JANUARY 11, 2022

How do you use email to not only open the conversation but keep it moving through the sales funnel to closed/won? Success = moving a deal from cold call to booked meeting, from meeting to negotiation, from proposal & pricing conversation to closed/won … and everything in between. Now go sell! And so on. .

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Data Top of Funnel Negotiation ROI 112

Gong.io

JUNE 15, 2018

used AI to analyze 24,077 competitive deals and the sales conversations that span those deals. Those conversations were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed with AI, then matched against their CRM opportunities so we could assess the results. Those competitor conversations are scattered, sporadic, and diluted. Let me explain.

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Competition Sales Cycle How To Education 78

Gong.io

MAY 12, 2019

That last bit is important because whoever asks the questions controls the conversation. Sidebar: If you’re not sure how to move a conversation from your opening line to the booking stage, I strongly suggest you download this FREE cold calling cheat sheet. Don’t let your buyer get the upper hand right off the bat.

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Cold Calling Call-back Objections Buyer 107

eGrabber

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At the same time, there are certain elements that can steal your selling time & hinder your sales performance as well. As a salesperson, if you can identify and address those issues, you can get more time to sell. Marketing to an inaccurate prospect list drains your energy and it affects your sales conversions as well.

Ideal Customer Profile 52

Ideal Customer Profile How To Campaigns Lead Generation 52

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Depending on the organization, that may mean identifying and reaching out to potential good fits, answering requests for more information, following up with prospects who downloaded content, prospecting on LinkedIn and other social networks, and more. But account managers also look for upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

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Hiring Salary Engineering Compensation 144

Allego

MAY 31, 2022

4 Virtual Selling Best Practices. Train on New Selling Skills and Processes. Since 2020, the idea of how to adjust selling skills and methodology has been evolving. In 2020, when the pandemic first hit, sellers took their skills, knowledge, and methods and moved them online. Learn More.

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Face-to-face Consumer Buyer Coaching 62

Allego

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Through sales skills training, the rep has learned to read between the lines, listen actively, and ask open-ended questions to uncover the buyer’s underlying concerns. Equipped with this knowledge, they’re able to reframe the conversation, address objections effectively, and highlight how their solution aligns with the buyer’s exact needs.

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Hiring Handbook Negotiation Buyer 62

The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 2, 2021

The major difference is the skills deployed and the timing of when conversations happen. Selling is about conversations, commitments and problem solving. Sales skills such as social selling, lead research, prospecting, conversation techniques and closing those sales.

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Ideal Customer Profile Training Remedy Lead Rank 59

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The process of converting high-quality leads into interested opportunities and ultimately, closed-won deals is no easy task––hence why 50% of leaders are focused on pipeline generation and conversion as a key go-to-market initiative this year.

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