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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Gong.io

OCTOBER 18, 2021

No matter who said it, it’s spot on, especially for those of us in the sales world. Winning in sales is kinda sorta VERY important. If you are not winning (closing deals, for example) in sales, your sales career will be short-lived. There are 5 elements of a winning sales pitch: . A few examples: .

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Gong.io

APRIL 22, 2022

Examples that got replies, were shared on social media, and (many of them) ultimately helped book that ever-elusive booked meeting. Here are 6 of our favorite cold email examples. Cold Email Example #1: It’s not about you (it’s about the prospect). Cold Email Example #2: Take time to personalize. “A In this case, you can.

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This is our list of sales skills with examples to give a glimpse of what it takes to be successful in selling today. Selling is a purposeful and producer focused profession. This leads on to questions such as what sales skills are required for each step or stage? What are sales skills?

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 14, 2024

And when you focus on that and find those examples, you can then make better informed decisions. Twenty years earlier, long before podcasts became popular, my husband and I hosted a live radio show at the studio every Tuesday evening on HighlandsFM Radio in Victoria, Australia to support and market our local business. Let’s Go!

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2018

It’s a start up, the CEO wanted help in developing sales skills. Yet the CEO and many participants in the discussion were convince, all they needed to do was improve their selling skills. There are so many red flags in this situation–while it’s an extreme example, it’s not an uncommon situation.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. Most Critical Skill Gaps. Field Sales vs. Inside Sales. What’s driving this trend?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Cespedes, Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca A lot of sales training misunderstands how salespeople learn. Most learning in sales is through peer learning in specific contexts, and the effects are cumulative because modeling behavior is a big driver of how salespeople develop. Author: Frank V. Blended Learning .

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SalesFuel

APRIL 25, 2024

Dedicated CSMs focus on ensuring that customers achieve their desired outcomes which drives retention and supports your sales career. Smart and Agile Account Management Will Boost Your Sales Career As the primary point of contact, you know your accounts better than anyone in your organization. How much came from referrals?

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Author: Charlotte Powell You don’t need a big sales team to make a lot of money. Small sales teams can perform incredibly well if you get the right balance of skills, motivation, and resources. How can you inspire your sales team to go above and beyond? Run a skills assessment. Run a skills assessment.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 13, 2020

Need more sales? Let’s examine how well your team is practicing basic, effective selling skills. . You might assume salespeople are already practicing these skills, but in uncertain times, salespeople sometimes fall back on bad habits (price discounting and following poorly qualified leads would be two examples).

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley dive right into the execution challenges. We need to identify the critical success factors and narrow them down to three manageable items. “Change management is sales management, and that’s going to make the difference.”

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 6, 2020

We often get salespeople on our programs discussing the most important aspect of sales, and many consider the sales processes that they follow as the most important aspects that will keep the sales and commissions rolling in. When it comes to sales, having healthy mindset is paramount to achieving your goals.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

Mindset determines the actions you take, how you deal with adversity, how much you use good selling skills (and how much you invest in them), and how you adapt to the changing conditions around you. Example: I’m working with a coaching/consulting organization right now that has many related companies in their portfolio.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Most of the calls and emails we receive come from companies with flat or declining sales. Mark Roberge, Sales VP at Hubspot , is responsible for building one of those kick-ass sales forces and he contributed a guest post to Software Advice on Building a Sales Team the Hubspot Way.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2019

Varner I noticed organizations continually invest time and money to improve sales team effectiveness, but which one? There are hundreds of sales training companies offering thousands of programs in all aspects of selling: call planning, presenting, negotiating, managing key accounts, questioning and more. Author: David L.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 21, 2013

Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It’s June and you’re not sure your sales leader is going to last through the year. If you’re a CEO without selling experience, what you need may not be clear.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 24, 2022

Sales messaging is a vital part of a sales reps’ daily work. While the perfect sales message will connect and engage the buyer (eventually leading to a sale), a weak sales message will just be ignored, or worse, will damage the reputation of your company. Subscribe to Modern Marketing Engine on your app of choice.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 24, 2022

Sales messaging is a vital part of a sales reps’ daily work. While the perfect sales message will connect and engage the buyer (eventually leading to a sale), a weak sales message will just be ignored, or worse, will damage the reputation of your company. Subscribe to Modern Marketing Engine on your app of choice.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Over the years, many organizations have invested in a new selling methodology that has evolved the sales approach from strategic selling to "challenging" prospects. 5 Business Insights That Take Sales Conversations to the Next Level 1. Grow market share? Is your prospect's goal to increase revenue? Increase profit?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. For example, sales applications should draw on a focused set of data?

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Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If your sales organization hasn’t felt the impact, you’re probably on edge, hoping to get through this economic crunch unscathed. Competition is greater than ever, buyers are cautious, your industry is constantly changing, and sales managers have little time to ensure their reps get the coaching they need. Selling today is hybrid.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Think of politics, the financial market, natural disasters, economic challenges, and paradigm shifts. Leading sales enablement initiatives effectively in a turbulent world is not an easy task Staying relevant and ensuring a steady flow of revenue are key challenges for every business these days. business case)? But we can work on that.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 15, 2023

It’s not a new concept, but as technology advances and customer expectations grow ever more complex, virtual sales — and the people, training and tools that enable it — must continuously evolve. Learn more about virtual selling, how it’s evolved, and what your reps need to know to jump in. What is virtual selling?

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 12, 2024

A guide to closing sales with ABC, or “Always Be Closing,” is a learning journey for salespeople looking to improve their sales performance, or “Return on Sales Effort (ROSE). Closing sales is about consistently moving customers towards a desired action or outcome. Points to consider to close more sales.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Discussing with a salesperson the concerns he or she is having closing sales is something I do quite a bit. He wanted to walk me through one example after another about sales he lost because his boss wouldn’t cut the price. After hearing two examples, I cut him off. Price is purely a state of mind.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Now, if you have been taught to up-sell or add another product onto that sale, it is unusual for people to spend more than 25% more than what they have just invested. According to bigcommerce.com, cross-selling identifies products that satisfy additional, complementary needs that are unfulfilled by the original item.

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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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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 16, 2023

We all know the challenges of a sales career. That’s what makes the sales manager position unique. Sales managers, however, not only work with their teams. In addition, there are many misconceptions of what a sales manager’s role entails. To anyone not in sales management, these points may be surprising.

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Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

Our Unique Selling Point Examples below, are designed to help clients understand exactly what a Unique Selling Point is and how they may use the Unique Selling Point Examples to help differentiate themselves from the competition. Unique Selling Point Examples – definition.

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Klozers

MAY 28, 2014

Before you start to create a Unique Value Proposition Example it might be worth setting the scene in terms of what exactly is a Unique Value Proposition, as there is often confusion with the Unique Selling Point. UNIQUE SELLING POINT (USP). Unique Value Proposition Examples. UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION (UVP). ?

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building. The strategy ensures reps are well-prepared to meet and exceed sales targets.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the world of sales, the phrase “sales effectiveness” is one that’s used often. In fact, many sales leaders are focused on sales effectiveness – and how they can improve theirs. If you pose this question to a group of sales leaders, you’ll likely get a variety of responses. But what is it?

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Some companies talk about sales readiness and sales enablement interchangeably. But it’s not sales readiness versus sales enablement, because sales enablement is part of sales readiness. Sales enablement is one element of your overall sales readiness framework. Build knowledge. Align content.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. We’re going to help you also understand the B2B sales processes, strategies, and more.

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Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

FACT or FICTION: Virtual Sales are HARD. . A recent Gartner research study cited that “An overwhelming 93% of sales reps are experiencing significant virtual sales challenges.” But really, your salespeople are reporting that they are experiencing significant virtual sales challenges? How can this be?

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