criteria for success

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As a sales manager, how do you improve your team’s performance? These tactics may improve salesperson productivity if they’re already doing the right things, but selling requires deliberate practice. If you want to make a real difference in sales performance, the key for many salespeople is coaching. Let's Talk Sales!

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Richardson

MARCH 23, 2021

The differences between hard selling and soft selling comes down to one factor: time. A hard sell is an attempt to get the buyer to take action now. In contrast, a soft sell is a gradual approach. When a sales professional embraces soft selling they are taking their time.

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Julie Hanson

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2022 has raised the bar on virtual selling skills. If you want to remain competitive in 2022, it’s time to level up with these must-have virtual selling skills! Must-Have” vs. “Most” Virtual Selling Skills Most virtual selling skills are simply traditional selling skills rebranded under the virtual selling umbrella.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Selling Skills To Master. There are a multitude of selling skills to master to navigate your way into today’s selling environment. Listening Selling Skills. Listening Selling Skills. Customer Focus Skills. What the most important issues are for the client.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 13, 2022

I’m writing the management team to suggest they expand their services and offerings to sales people. I’m David, Sales Consultant, at [Name Withheld] Digital Marketing. The post Critical Selling Skill: Literacy first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2018

Selling Skills. In order to answer these questions and find out what separates sales winners from second-place finishers, RAIN Group, a sales training company , studied over 700 B2B purchases from the buyer’s perspective to find out what really happened in their buying experiences. Top 10 Sales Representative Skills.

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Mindtickle

JULY 5, 2023

Sales Enablement & Global Leadership at American Express. With extensive experience as both a sales leader and a performance coach, Jeffrey brings valuable insights to the table. Hatchell, an accomplished author and the Vice President of U.S.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Amy is a leader in modern sales strategy. She helps mid-market organizations to grow sales through sales strategy advisory skills development programs. Her book “The Modern Seller” is an Amazon bestseller, plus LinkedIn also recognizes her as a top sales voice. Approach to Consultative Selling.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And we have the convergence of information overwhelm, increased sources of distraction, accelerating change, and skyrocketing complexity–in our customers markets, in their own organizations, with competition/partners, and within our own organization. At the same time, sales performance continues to stagnate or even decline.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 23, 2011

To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills. Tweet Share Everyone talks about “how to sell” Not me. In order to struggle less, you must begin to make the transition from “making a sale” to “creating a buying atmosphere.” What is selling about? Online Training.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 15, 2020

When customers step through the door, they expect a certain level of customer service. Your customer will expect an experience that is free-flowing and completely hassle free and can set you apart from your competitors if you do it right. They expect you to know your customer. Do you know your customers wants and needs?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2018

Advanced Selling Skills. Core performers seek to gather information in preparation for a sales call, but star performers focus on testing information in preparation for a sales call. But what about more advanced skills? Advanced Selling Strategies. Customer prep 101. Customer prep 101.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2018

It’s a start up, the CEO wanted help in developing sales skills. But as the discussion progressed, it was clear the CEO didn’t understand who their customers were. Yet the CEO and many participants in the discussion were convince, all they needed to do was improve their selling skills.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Call your best customer. Because your best customer will pump you up, possibly give you some more business and definitely help you build momentum for your day and week. Check out the video to see what I mean: Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The […].

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Selling Skills or Selling Process? A person with strong selling skills.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 9, 2014

You just landed a good sale — or at least you thought it was a good sale. Your hesitation in feeling great is knowing you had to give the customer a discount to close it. In your mind you feel the discount was necessary, due to the pressure the customer was placing on you. Little […].

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 4, 2022

In the pre-COVID days, sales managers would ride along with a sales rep for the day. They would observe calls, ask questions to help the sales rep evaluate what worked well and didn’t work, and have the rep come up with ways they would commit to improving their selling skills. Step 2, is Coaching Focus.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 26, 2014

We all have sales calls that occasionally don’t go well. We start to get the sense early in the sales call that this person is not going to be a good customer or even going to buy at all. How do you end a call like that? Do you end it with respect […].

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 17, 2014

Often it is easy to notice when your customers or prospects are on vacation, either because of their outgoing voicemail message or their auto-reply email indicating they are away from the office. Pay close attention to these and then use the information when you connect with them a few days after their vacation. Check out […].

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 27, 2014

Many times the sale is won or lost based on the ability of you, the salesperson, to develop an effective relationship. Having an effective relationship with the customer can go a long ways to closing the sale and, more importantly, to closing sale after sale through an […].

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 5, 2013

When was the last time you thanked your customers? Sure, it’s easy to thank them at order time, but I challenge you to look beyond the sale. You likely will learn ways you both can benefit: Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. .

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Then call one of your best customers TODAY! More importantly, you’ll be pleased to see how it builds your confidence and momentum to call even more customers and prospects. Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. That’s right!

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Every sales call is an opportunity to learn insights from one customer — that you can then apply with other customers. I’m talking about broader business insights that equip you to better serve other customers. To see what I mean, check out this video: Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 1, 2014

Sales Jeffrey gitomer sales training Sales Videos selling skills' Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 23, 2014

The 5 type of “customer personalities” you may face on your next sales call: 1. Decision Maker The decision maker (DM) is the person who must sign off for the deal to go through. Be careful. Many people will call themselves the decision maker, but ultimately they really submit to someone else. Influencer […].

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 10, 2014

We all have at least one customer with whom we just don’t like working, right? You may think I am going to say “fire” any customer who falls into this category, but that’s not exactly the path I’m going down. We can’t fire all of our difficult customers.

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Sales Readiness Group

APRIL 21, 2021

One of the biggest challenges for a sales organization is moving upmarket. For example, if you target the small- and medium-sized business market (SMB) and now want to target enterprise customers – that’s where the money is – you need to rethink how you sell. At the heart of these differences is size.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 7, 2014

How should I talk about my competitor when asked by a customer? Blog leadership Professional Selling Skills integrity lead leader sales leadership' The quick answer I give to people when asked this question is, “No, you shouldn’t talk about them.” But I admit — that answer does come with some […].

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Not all customers are good customers. In fact, there are some customers who are just plain stupid. As a public service, I’ve come up with 5 things you can do to avoid dealing with stupid customers. Don’t sell on price. Stupid customers are good for one thing. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 15, 2014

You’ll shock your customers, especially those who are used to dealing with a lot of salespeople. Oh, when I say “naked,” what I mean is going into a customer call with zero sales materials. Excuse me, […].

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 30, 2013

Each contact you make is designed to help you move from thanking the customer for their business to securing more business. Two days after the customer makes their purchase, reach out to them with a phone call thanking them for buying and making sure they received what they wanted with regard to the benefits they were looking to fill.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

You’re trying to close the sale, and the customer stops you in your tracks demanding a discount. Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills discount discounting price value proposition' We’ve all been there. The rationale or the way they ask for it may vary, but the demand is the same — they want a lower price.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 5, 2014

This brings us to the #4 Tip: Know what the customer needs When we know the needs of […]. Blog Customer Service Professional Selling Skills customer needs customer outcomes outcomes'

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 2, 2014

You may have thought you asked for the order, but did your customer know you were asking for it? Surprisingly, there are quite a few times when the customer doesn’t even know the salesperson is trying to close. The situation usually happens like this: Either the salesperson is so timid and scared of hearing […].

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Do you know who your customer is? More importantly, do you know who your customer isn’t? Perhaps the biggest thing that impacts our performance is we don’t know who our customer, we define our ideal customer in such vague terms that we waste a lot of time and brand equity on customers that we should never be selling to.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 8, 2018

These are the methods used in determining customer characteristics. Selling is knowledge combined with experience. The knowledge you gain about your product, your selling skills, and your attitude. Why do customers buy? They will lead you to the sale. There are billions of "Customer Types."

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Some customers are a tremendous drain on your resources. I know what you’re thinking — that the whole idea of “firing” a customer seems very counter-productive. Truth is, though, that some customers cost you more money than they are worth. ” Sales Motivation Blog. .

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