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Virtual Selling Is Not The Same Thing As Digital Buying

Partners in Excellence

According to much research and too many pundits on social media, the future of selling is virtual–or perhaps hybrid. But we are sharpening our virtual selling skills. ” Some in marketing and sales revel at this shift in buying behaviors. Well yes, kind of, but we are really missing the point.

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Your Sales Kick-Off Meetings Are a Waste of Time!

Igniting Sales Transformation

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. Though the “goal” is to set the stage for sales success, SKO agendas are dominated with things that do not help salespeople be better at the craft of selling.

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20.5 Attitude Gems For You To Read And Study | Jeffrey Gitomer.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Revel” and “lament” are choices. It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you. Sound familiar? Attitude manifests itself in your RESPONSE to events. Every obstacle presents an opportunity, if you’re looking for it. Your choices. Hard work makes luck. Get Sales Blog Updates.

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Freeing Up “Time To Sell” Is BS!

Partners in Excellence

For example, learning–whether its about new products, selling skills, business/financial acumen, creativity, critical thinking…… Sales people who aren’t investing time in learning will not be competitive. The sales person has a responsibility for providing information to their management and companies.

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Sales Targets – 2 Reasons You Won’t Hit This Year’s Target

Klozers

As discussed in our post on the Top 4 Reasons Companies Don’t Hit Them , many Sales Professionals simply, a) either do not know or do not employ basic selling skills, b) move something forward in their sales pipeline or c) move something out of their sales pipeline. 2) Change  or lack of it. .

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Sales Targets – Top 4 Reasons Companies Don???t Hit Them

Klozers

. 4 out of 10 Sales people struggle to sell value versus price. The most startling revelation however comes from the statistic that just under 2 out of 3 sales Compensation/Commission plans did not motivate people not to discount. Only 1 in 10 companies rated their people as proficient at selling value versus price.

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“….Must Have Previous SaaS Sales Experience”

Partners in Excellence

Sure it may require a consultative/solution selling approach, it requires deep product knowledge, but there is nothing about the technology implementation that necessarily requires specialized selling skills. The skills needed for any other complex product/solution (technology or non technology based) are similar.