Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. We know prospecting is important, but we don’t do it on a regular basis.

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LeadFuze

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Ever felt like you’re sailing in the rough seas of sales, struggling to keep your boat steady against unpredictable winds? Navigate these waters with ease – join us as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sales training podcasts. What is the podcast about sales prospecting?

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by GDJ Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Simplify the Appointment Process for Prospective Clients Successful selling requires a meeting of the minds between the buyer and the seller. The goal is to earn a returning and referring clientele, known as The Smooth Sale.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. Tips for adoption of social selling training.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 25, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Improving Your Business Prospects One Step At A Time. Our collaborative blog provides insights for ‘Improving your business’ prospects one step at a time.’. Specifically, looking at how you can hope plus take action for improving your business’ prospects one step at a time. _.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 22, 2014

What if you spent several hours working on a prospecting strategy for success – if in fact you really were reaching NO ONE now? Get your work done – be focused and create a successful vision for next year. ” Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2024

From making the first contact to nurturing a lead, sales prospecting is a delicate art. The method your sales reps use to contact the leads affects your bottom line and customer relationships significantly. After all, 43% of buyers think impression matters , and you get only one chance to make a memorable first sales impression.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Plus, insights from sales experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about using AI in sales ethically. Thoughtful execution ensures AI can be trained correctly.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Sales training accounts for less than one-third of what you should be doing to enable sales. If your sales enablement initiative is not having a big enough impact, it could be because of the common mistake made by companies to confuse training with enablement. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 11, 2014

Have you ever presented a “ sales golden nugget ” that your audience didn’t understand? It is so compelling, yet your sales training class did not grasp it. This post is about the importance of sales training fundamentals. The best sales training content is forgotten without memorable delivery.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 13, 2022

No doubt the question, ‘How do you see effective sales training?’ raises memories of poor experiences with previous training. Those who apply the technique are the ones who can provide concrete answers for effective sales training. Steps for Effective Sales Training. Prospects Become Your Guide.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 3, 2020

The realities of COVID-19, coupled with legacy sales issues, are making it more difficult for sellers to set appointments with new business prospects. Simply put, helping sellers develop expertise in the Identify and Connect steps of the sales process is needed and will provide a high ROI on training time.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But recruitment is not the only service LinkedIn can provide and as a business owner or sales professional you should now realise what a fantastic tool LinkedIn can be…if you know how to use it. So the real question then is how do you use LinkedIn to prospect and connect to potential leads? Prospecting On LinkedIn. Sean McPheat.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

You’ve been there before; ten minutes into the sales interaction, the prospect is demanding to know the price. You do what you can to avoid divulging the price prematurely, but the prospect insists. In most cases, the prospect will realise what they are doing and back down. When the prospect continues the, “How much?”

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. For sellers, context is everything.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

One of our trainers asked on a sales course recently how they open their visits with customers. Many offered the idea that they should build rapport with customers by commenting on the weather, some items the prospect has in the office, what their journey was like that day, and so on. Obviously, it’s very little. Happy selling!

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. Here are three strategies you can leverage right now to enhance your customer experience and make prospects feel like doing business with you. Map out your Buyer’s Journey with t-shirt moments and watch your sales soar. Later, I incorporated this idea into our training programs.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 6, 2019

The use of an online sales training platform can have multiple benefits within any sales organization. Due to time pressure, cost and changing learning preferences, classroom-based or day long sales training is becoming obsolete. Online sales training platform. Benefits of sales training.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

If you want your sales team to efficiently and consistently close deals, you need to arm them with the resources and materials they need to be successful. Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

If you want your sales team to efficiently and consistently close deals, you need to arm them with the resources and materials they need to be successful. Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 16, 2024

As a sales manager, you may feel this pressure more than other department heads. You can increase team productivity by personalizing coaching and improving efficiency in sales team processes. They may have recognized that their reps face bigger challenges in guiding leads through the B2B sales funnel.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 5 of the BEST Sales Tips Ever. Negotiation.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

Photo by Andrea Schit z via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Know How To Increase B2B Sales? As a result, B2B companies don’t have to underrate the importance of building a robust sales strategy that targets high-value prospective clients and convinces them to transact with their brands.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. FREE Resources.

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Smooth Sale

AUGUST 11, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Struggle with Being Nice to Prospects? An early morning friendly conversation brought up the topic of struggling with being nice to prospects. In all honesty, sometimes it is a struggle to be nice to prospects and, occasionally, a client. My Story : Being Nice to Prospects.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Every year, billions are spent in sales training. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. The billions spent represents spending in buying, developing, and delivering training. But it’s worse than that. What do we do about it?

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Marc Wayshak

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Or maybe you’ve been in sales for a while, but you’d still consider yourself a sales beginner. In fact, acknowledging that you’ve still got a lot of sales training basics to learn is the first step to starting to crush your sales. Check it out: Sales Training Basics Tip #1: Know your first 30 seconds.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 1, 2023

Embarking on the journey of SaaS Sales Training can feel like navigating a labyrinth. The truth is, without proper SaaS sales training, scaling your software company becomes an uphill battle. Consider this: You’ve just onboarded a new sales rep who promises to skyrocket your revenues. Sounds familiar?

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s not the first time you’ll hear this, and it’s not the last: training new sales reps is crucial. But the most vital thing to remember is that training isn’t just for onboarding. Ongoing training and continuous development are crucial to a rep’s and an organization’s success. Training isn’t just for onboarding.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling , and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone pursuing a career in sales. But before we start, let’s define what sales prospecting is.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. powered by Sounder. powered by Sounder.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Learn something from every sales call.

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The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Sales training topics that actually get results can be challenging to nail down. There is the hard sales skills V soft sales skills debate not to mention social selling, customer profiling, outreach tactics and all the steps in the sales process. The rise of relevance in sales.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 20, 2021

Soft skills sales training is becoming just as important as the hard skills training, we are most familiar with in the world of training. We know we live in unprecedented times but most of all, when it comes to the sales profession, these are times of profound change. Soft Skills Sales Training Checklist.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

Sales training is a big investment. Not only are you paying for the training itself and related expenses, but your sales team is also losing prime selling hours to attend workshops and sessions. Nonetheless, this investment can reap significant benefits and set your sales teams up for success.

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