Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I'm exposing myself to criticism again today. It seems that each time I use a political example, I'm attacked for making a political statement. I simply use examples, from both sides, to illustrate sales lessons. Sales Force Lessons from Gates, Crowley and Obama.

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Salesmate

MAY 22, 2020

You’ll hardly meet a sales rep who has never faced the “price objection”. Almost all sales professionals have faced this objection in their sales career. Some sales reps grumble while others tackle it wisely. Price objection is like a poison that can kill your sales. You just need to find it.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 1, 2019

A team without sales objectives is like a ship without a sail. The boat is at the whim of the wind and sea, and your sales team is directionless without clear guidance. Set your sales team up for success by developing sales objectives. So, what are sales objectives? What are sales objectives?

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 24, 2024

For their example, the author used salespeople who were promoted to sales managers based on their sales performance, but not because they had any specific skills or capabilities to be effective sales managers. Their sales management performance was poor. I make analogies to sales USING those topics.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Not all objections are fatal, most, based on how we interpret and handle them, can usually add to the conversation and ultimately to converting the objecting prospect to a client. While there is a lot more to succeeding in sales than handling objections, mishandling them is usually fatal, and is why most salespeople dread objections.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sales objections are a common occurrence during a typical sales cycle. Therefore, learning how to effectively handle objections is crucial to hitting goals, crushing sales quotas , and developing a successful sales career. Whether you’re new to sales or a seasoned professional, today’s post is for you.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In a sense, dealing with objections from customers is a similar process. Rarely do customers tell you the whole story when they present an objection. Most times, it’s a short phrase or sentence that doesn’t cover the real reason for the objection. Examples could include: I need to get further quotes. Happy Selling!

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Close

JULY 28, 2022

Nothing defeats an inexperienced salesperson faster than unexpected sales objections. But even a perfect pitch can be ruined by poor objection handling. Most salespeople invest hours perfecting their pitch without a second though to what comes afterwards.

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Close.io

MAY 1, 2019

Nothing defeats an inexperienced salesperson faster than an unexpected objection. But even a perfect pitch can be ruined by poor objection handling. Instead of hoping your prospects won’t have objections (they always will), spend some time preparing for them in advance. This objection is another example of good intentions.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I'm exposing myself to criticism again today. It seems that each time I use a political example, I am attacked for making a political statement. I simply use examples, from both sides, to illustrate sales lessons. Sales Force Lessons from Gates, Crowley and Obama.

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SBI

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Six Essential Skills for Responding to Sales Objections. By Randy DeHaan, Director of Sales, Chorus.ai. Every sales rep has experienced it: A call is going well until a prospect voices objections that throw you off, leaving you searching for a response as the silence grows.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Data from Objective Management Group's (OMG) evaluations and assessments of 1.8 That could explain a lot of lost sales, but why? It is very easy to demonstrate this by using the current political atmosphere as an example. It is very easy to demonstrate this by using the current political atmosphere as an example.

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Selling Energy

JUNE 6, 2023

Before you make a phone call – whether it’s a cold call, a call to a prospect, or even a call to a long-time client – you should ask yourself, “What is my objective?” You need to have a strong objective before you pick up the phone. Here are some examples of weak and strong call objectives.

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Salesmate

MAY 22, 2020

You’ll hardly meet a sales rep who has never faced the “price objection.”. Almost all sales professionals have faced this objection in their sales career. Some sales reps grumble while others tackle it wisely. Price objection is like a poison that can kill your sales. You just need to find it.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

We’ll also see some ideas and examples to help guide yours. Types of Business Proposals How to Write a Business Proposal Business Proposal Templates Business Proposal Example Tips for Writing a Business Proposal Business Proposal Ideas It's a common misconception that business proposals and business plans are the same.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 23, 2018

But it is important to remember that there is a big difference between an objection and rejection. I can object to an element of your viewpoint without necessarily rejecting your entire argument or you as a human being. Here are three things that take the sting out of objections, and may for some, make them a first goal of the call.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 17, 2023

Objections are arguably the single most dreaded aspect of selling. Most salespeople spend their entire careers attempting to avoid objections from prospects. And when they do encounter sales objections, they scramble to overcome them. There are so many sales objections we hear about all the time.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2018

As a B2B sales rep, you already know objections are an unavoidable part of your job. Yet, as we explained in a recent blog post , there are many tips and tricks sales reps can use to bypass common objections during the sales cycle. Four Ways to Establish Value in the Face of Price Objections. Keep reading.

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Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

Meet Exceed sales goals. Pick any (or all) of the above, and you have the reason sales playbooks exist. A sales playbook serves as a guide or a model for capturing best practices for each and every potential sales situation. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: . Sales enablement materials. Team processes.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 6, 2021

You view objections as negative, right? The last thing you want to hear is that objections enable buying. Well, I looked up the word “objection” and Merriam Webster's definition includes the following: a reason or argument presented in opposition. Synonyms for “objection”: Challenge. Difficulty.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Remember that last sale that you made where you ran into an objection? We all know that selling doesn’t really start until we run into an objection. The reason is, objections allow us to get an idea of what our prospect is feeling internally. We’re going to focus on overcoming objections in five steps.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 4, 2019

It’s one of the most-frequently asked questions on our sales courses – ‘how do we overcome objections to our proposals?’. It’s often asked by salespeople who face similar concerns and objections in every call, almost becoming an expected retort for every call. So, how can you stop objections before they are raised?

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The Pipeline

JUNE 1, 2017

What they are really trying to avoid is the rejection part of the call, “The Objection” That’s why alternate means of engagement have such a great appeal for the masses (washed or unwashed, you decide), whatever your view of social selling, there is no direct rejection. The net effect is the same, no engagement, no prospect.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 31, 2023

Why is sales enablement important? Most people have a basic idea of what the term “sales enablement” means. But you may still wonder why sales enablement is a priority for almost 2/3 of sales organizations out there. Example: Assessing sales readiness. That’s one (very simple) explanation.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

One certainty for salespeople is that, at some point, they will handle objections. In deals ranging from the transactional to the complex and at any point in the sales process, chances are someone will scrunch their face, purse their lips, or straight up shake their head. Another common objection stems from a competitor’s offer.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Chris Orlob, John Barrows, and Mark Roberge know a thing or two about how to create this unfair advantage and dominate sales. Chris was an early Gong guy (Nov ‘16 start date) where he’s served as the Senior Director of Product Marketing followed by the Head of Sales for Existing Accounts. He’s now the Multi-Product Lead.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 27, 2021

Navigating rejection and helping your potential customers move through their objections and reservations are the name of the game when working in sales. What are the most common objections you get during the sales process? Do you find you get the same objections over and over? How do you handle them?

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Marc Wayshak

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There’s nothing worse than getting through the entire sales process—feeling like things are going really well—only to hear one of those dreaded objections at the end. When it comes to overcoming objections in sales, there are tactical, step-by-step measures you can take to avoid getting commonplace pushback from prospects.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s not hard to set sales objectives. Any sales leader can ask their team to increase sales by 50% or cut customer churn in half. . What’s difficult is setting achievable, effective sales goals that have a genuine impact on your company’s long-term strategy. . What different sales objectives look like .

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The moment a customer voices a sales objection, it’s tempting to do two things. Hearing sales objections make a rep want to: Say these words: “I’ve got the perfect solution for you!”. Handling sales objections well is a skill that separates good reps from their top-performing peers. Smokescreen Objections.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 22, 2019

Top sales reps—the ones making the most sales and commissions—know how to handle repeatable selling situations. Instead of ad-libbing, they have learned, internalized, and use best practice responses to the objections and stalls they get over and over again. Who Should Attend? Upcoming Schedule.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

There’s no overestimating the importance of a good sales pitch — but where do the best pitch ideas come from? Do you always have to use sales pitch templates or is it better to do what feels best? Fortunately, there are plenty of good sales pitch examples out there to light the way. What makes a good sales pitch?

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LeadFuze

JULY 25, 2021

9 Overcoming Sales Objections Strategies for Getting Your New Product Launch Marketing Plan on Track. Even when they do, overcoming sales objections needs to be your next goal. Overcoming sales objections of all of those leads is possibly the biggest differentiator between those who succeed and those who don’t.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 30, 2016

We are all used to the prospect coming up with some kind of doubt about your claims on the validity of your product, or looking for discounts on your services when you have spent a lot of time. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Today is moving day for Objective Management Group. You would have to return to the 1980's to see those things and when it comes to their operations, some sales organizations are still in the 1980's. For example, check out these statistics from OMG's evaluations of 30,000 sales teams and more than two million salespeople.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2012

In the first five installments of this series we looked at the nature of objections by potential prospects and how to best use them to transition an interruption to a conversation. But there is another aspect to objections that is common and can also be dealt with, what I call the Non-Objection.

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Crunchbase

MAY 26, 2022

So how do you overcome sales objections? In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know to overcome sales objections, share tips on how you can respond to prospects, build a solid sales objection strategy, and close more deals. Building your sales objection strategy. Image Source.

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