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Homicide Detective Makes Best Case for Sales Process

Understanding the Sales Force

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Similarly, many prospects are also non-believers in your product or service.

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Sales Process for the Anti-Sales Process Crowd

Understanding the Sales Force

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by John Radkins, for his Sales Machine Blog, and he asked me to explain sales process for those who don’t want to be restricted by sales process. Think of the sales process as a journey rather than an adventure. The same thing happens in selling.

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How Building a Stone Walkway Makes the Case for Sales Process

Understanding the Sales Force

I was watching a crew install a walkway made up of very large stepping stones. It’s quite a process for the crew to complete this project. If they were anything like the bottom 56% of all salespeople, who don’t effectively follow a sales process, they would begin with step 4 so that they could quickly get to steps 7-9.

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The Customer Focused Sales Process

Partners in Excellence

We’ve long known (whether we use it or not) about the “sales process.” ” Virtually every organization has some variant of a sales process with stages we move through and, possibly, critical activities we should be executing within each stage. Then we go through some sort of discovery process.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce.

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A Complete Prospecting System

The Pipeline

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. But while prospecting part/start of the sales cycle.

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Why Would I Refer You if You Don’t Follow Up? [February Referral Selling Insights]

No More Cold Calling

You’ll end up paying for it. She made it clear that she wasn’t the final decision-maker and said she would follow up. I always have a follow-up call scheduled before I send anything, but I didn’t this time. I trusted that she would follow up. Just make sure you follow up. Salespeople love their sales apps.

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