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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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Be honest: Do you dutifully send an email and then ask when you can follow up when you get this blow off objection? Believe it or not, over 90% of sales reps do just that. This tells you how cooperative your prospect is, and so how cooperative they will be throughout the sales cycle. Blow you off with another objection.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. 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.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 17, 2022

Jeffrey Gitomer tells a great story about how he once bet a client his entire training fee on whether there were more than eight objections their sales team got on a regular basis. 7: #8: Turns out, this company’s “complicated sale” had just six objections they got 90% of the time. 2: Have to get approval. #3:

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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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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work? Closing is about finalizing a sale and creating a lasting relationship that can lead to more opportunities.

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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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Gong.io

JUNE 18, 2018

Sales influencers have hypothesized about every phase of the sales cycle. They tell us exactly what works and what doesn’t on sales calls. Our team of data scientists has analyzed more than 1,000,000 recorded sales calls. In this round, we analyzed the best way to speed up every phase of your sales cycle.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a result, much of the evaluation, investment, and rollout of virtual training technology in 2020 was rushed, limited in scope, and poorly planned. How to maximize customer training investment. Intelligent, strategic investment in customer training is crucial to remaining competitive in the upcoming year.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2021

Selling in the face of sales objections can be tough. We analyzed 224K+ sales calls spread over 2 million minutes to uncover the truth about the impact of the most common sales objections on deal outcomes. Are sales objections just a mind game? Are all sales objections equally bad?

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

With the US economy still sluggish ( 2013 GDP at 1.6 ) along with the enacted and yet to be enacted governmental policies, uncertainty in the marketplace is the shadow obstacle behind many sales objections. For those in sales, uncertainty has indeed become the shadow obstacle behind many sales objections.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s In Conversation – How to Shorten the Sales Cycle. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. Objection Handling.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2022

Yes, your first responsibility is to increase the skill of the sales reps on the team. But just as important, your training also impacts your customers, the company’s revenue, and possibly your shareholders’ investment in your company. What is Sales Training and Development?

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Objection handling is tough. Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 8, 2017

Instead of kicking sales personnel when they’re down, we need to effectively strategize how to train and guide them during those occasional, inevitable failures. Training Your Sellers to Win Through Failure. Your sellers must realize that failure and rejection are a part of the sales cycle and needn’t be linked to their egos.

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Sales Hacker Training

JULY 24, 2020

If a salesperson knows their product like the back of their hand, there’s hardly a question or objection they can’t answer and overcome. That’s why ongoing product knowledge training needs to be a priority in every sales team. The Pitfalls of Poor (or no) Product Knowledge Training. What Should I Include in My Training?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2024

At the end of 2023 and 33 years after I founded the company, I exited Objective Management Group (OMG). I am excited to return to my roots and grow the sales consulting and training firm I started in 1985, Kurlan & Associates. The company is now in the capable hands of Ben Tagoe, its new CEO. Not by any stretch.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 13, 2021

Stay Ahead With These Sales Training Courses this 2021! Predictable Revenue, sales hacking, and now account-based everything has massively impacted the sales profession over the last 10 years. In partnership with LeadFuze, Sales Hacker has launched FREE LeadFuze Certified Sales Hacker Bundle.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

For the longest time we were encouraged to use the BANT as a means of qualifying potential buyers, and I guess by extension shorten sales cycles and get more sales. The means is to shift the focus from BANT related areas to the buyer’s objectives. One of his needs was not sales training. Tibor Shanto .

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The Pipeline

JUNE 1, 2015

People often confuse training for a bunch of things that may or may not need to be present to achieve what they really want to achieve which is usually, change, and more specifically a change for the better, improvement. Training is an easy check mark on the KPI card, but improvement requires, planning, effort, and patience.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Objection handling is tough. Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and a quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

Sales training programs offer your reps the opportunity to develop their sales skills and connect with customers more meaningfully — when set up and executed properly. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you need formal sales training and how to guarantee its success. . Benefits of sales training.

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Gong.io

JUNE 18, 2018

Sales influencers have hypothesized about every phase of the sales cycle. They tell us exactly what works and what doesn’t on sales calls. Our team of data scientists has analyzed more than 1,000,000 recorded sales calls.prospect with an objection. Automate as much of the training process as possible.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

There are nearly 15 million salespeople working in the United States, and they spend weeks or even months training for success in their role. Given the different responsibilities, industries, and team structures salespeople encounter, it’s hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to sales training. Get certified.

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Force Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This blog is part of our Mission Critical Success Series, where we dive into the strategies leaders are using to execute on mission critical sales objectives during times of economic change. Each week, we will cover a different essential area of sales effectiveness.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 26, 2021

Listen as Nadia shares how to overcome the most common objections in B2B sales. Nadia Rashid is the SVP of Sales for Seismic on the East Coast. Defining Objections For Nadia, objections are obstacles. Objections are buyers’ concerns that salespeople need to overcome. Ensure that you’re listening.

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BrainShark

MAY 3, 2022

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Helps you track sales reps’ learning progress. How long will your training materials be?

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 26, 2021

Listen as Nadia shares how to overcome the most common objections in B2B sales. Nadia Rashid is the SVP of Sales for Seismic on the East Coast. Defining Objections For Nadia, objections are obstacles. Objections are buyers’ concerns that salespeople need to overcome. Ensure that you’re listening.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 26, 2021

Listen as Nadia shares how to overcome the most common objections in B2B sales. Nadia Rashid is the SVP of Sales for Seismic on the East Coast. Defining Objections For Nadia, objections are obstacles. Objections are buyers’ concerns that salespeople need to overcome. Ensure that you’re listening.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 27, 2023

We receive indirect feedback from some of them during the sales team evaluation phase, when some claim that the questions must be for “in-home sales” or “a one-call close” or “don’t fit selling.” The third time, the feedback is more direct and comes during or after a sales training kick-off.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the sales process, the milestones are also signs that guide you along the way to help you confidently enjoy the conversation, without being called out, in the appropriate time frame for your sales cycle, and finally closing the opportunity. Milestones are anything but restrictive.

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BrainShark

MAY 2, 2022

Virtual sales training is any synchronous or asynchronous learning provided online or via a digitalized experience. This means training can be delivered across multiple locations simultaneously and, in the case of asynchronous learning, at any time that’s convenient for the trainee. Assessing whether reps are ready to sell.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Sign up for our Q3 Make The Number Tour to get access to the LDR Skills and Exercise Checklist to give them the training they need. Unfortunately, most Sales Organizations fail to grasp the growing importance of Lead Development. Look at your Sales Training dollars. One big training event and hit the phones.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Why Sales Training Programs Fail Most organizations use some type of LMS for onboarding new hires or retraining current staff.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Why Sales Training Programs Fail Most organizations use some type of LMS for onboarding new hires or retraining current staff.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 22, 2021

The idea of objections is always common in sales. You can’t get away from it but how do you handle objections? How can you handle price objections in this new COVID world? What’s your view on objections? Objections have always been in sales; these objections are not going anywhere.

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