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The Science of Basic Selling Skills

Bernadette McClelland

Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. 5. Know your prospects. Find the problem, discover solution, present why solution is best for prospect. Bernadette McClelland is a Keynote and Sales Kick-Off Speaker, Executive Sales Leadership Coach, and published author. Build rapport.

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The Value of Sales Leadership

The Sales Hunter

Recently I’ve been working with a number of salespeople making sales calls that stretch across a wide range of industries, and one thing stands out — Sales Leadership. With each person with whom I’ve worked, it is amazing to me how the demonstration of sales leadership makes a huge impact.

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Get off Your Butt and…

Steven Rosen

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, hosts Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the significant changes in sales post-COVID-19. They address the reluctance of sales reps to return to face-to-face selling and the importance of embracing in-person meetings.

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Are You Telling the Truth About Asking for Referrals? [Q3 Referral Selling Roundup]

No More Cold Calling

Sales Leadership Is Missing It Big (and Here’s the Proof). Read “ Sales Leadership Is Missing It Big (and Here’s the Proof) ”). It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. Yes, your most predictable and measurable prospecting tool is your very own sales team, asking for referrals.

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To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills.

Jeffrey Gitomer

To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills. Tweet Share Everyone talks about “how to sell” Not me. In order to struggle less, you must begin to make the transition from “making a sale” to “creating a buying atmosphere.” They concentrate on the system and not the prospect.

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3 Referral Selling Skills All B2B Sales Reps Should Practice

No More Cold Calling

Ensure your sales team makes time to practice these critical prospecting strategies. Building professional skills takes practice— deliberate practice. Want your sales team to build permanent, repeatable, effective referral selling skills? Practice is your sales organization’s future. That feels great.

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High Profit Prospecting: The Critical Role of Sales Leadership in Prospecting

The Sales Hunter

It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room with regard to prospecting. For too long every excuse in the world has been used as to why prospecting is so difficult. The elephant in the room is the environment created by the leadership of the organization. It begins with leadership claiming any shortcoming in […].