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Is Discounting a Deal Suicidal? Six Ways to Tell

Pipeliner

Six Ways to Commit “Suicide by Discount”. It’s often tempting to discount your way out of sales trouble, but sometimes you’re doing more harm than good. While discounting is sometimes necessary, it’s often the biggest mistake you can make. Full disclosure here: I’m highly biased against discounting.

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12 Reasons Why Sales Leaders Need A MEDDPICC Training Now!

MEDDIC

Why a MEDDPICC Training now? Sales leaders are usually conscious of the continuous need for training for their teams. Your sellers come to you often to ask for an exceptional discount for a customer. “We need to discount at least 30% to be considered for purchase,” they tell you. It’s done.

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New Hire Training for Salespeople: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). But the payoff is salespeople who understand your business, your customer, and your sales methodology -- a wicked combination that leads to bigger returns, faster. Pre-week training.

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The Current State & Impact of Sales Training

Sales Hacker Training

I’ve been professionally selling for about 20 years and delivering formal sales training for approximately 8 of them. I’ve bought and sold a lot of training over the years and have seen it have a significant impact on results and I have seen it fall completely flat. Old School vs. New School. The New School Approach.

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Enablement and Elite Customer Focus: Value Focus

Pipeliner

This installment: The enablement domain, which is any activity meant to improve the performance of the sales function. Generally, it encompasses talent strategy, training, coaching, and content services. An event focus might look like “train and coast”, or “coaching sprint” then coast.

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Mastering Value Selling in the Digital Age

Highspot

Learn how this sales method builds trust and loyalty while emphasizing value. Key Value Selling Strategies Sales Methodology for Value Selling Benefits of Value Selling How Does Value Selling Compare to Other Methodologies? Remember that proper sales training equips sellers with the skills to excel in this approach.

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6 Sales Role Play Exercises to Try with Your Reps

BrainShark

Example: To practice these scenarios, create a role play simulating a buyer asking for a product discount based on a lower price they’ve received from a competitor. Managers should look for reps to demonstrate that they can answer questions by summarizing the business challenge using your company’s sales methodology.