Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Sales Tips: Bad Assumption #3 - "I Just Compete with Vendors". There is a tremendous advantage when a salesperson can gain access to a Key Player, take that person from latent to active need, and establish themselves as “Column A” (the vendor that most closely matches the buyer’s requirements).

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Vendor Cancellation Proposal Software 40

Smart Calling

MARCH 22, 2018

Do you really know where you stand with the prospects in your follow-up files right now? Although some reps argue that at least they are making contact and “touching” their prospects through their messages, I reject that totally. Come on, really now? Here’s why: 1. You waste time, and money, on a couple of levels.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2019

The three-day agenda combined information sharing, skills development, team workshops and fun, which I’m sure sounds pretty familiar. This sounds pretty basic but in many sales kickoffs, aside from large general sessions, teams for training workshops are broken out by segment (geography, size, industry, function, etc.)

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InsideView Scale Exercises Call-back 223

Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 27, 2014

Sales Prospecting: Is Cold Calling Dead? Many prospects that have answered cold calls probably hope the rumor is true and are actively trying to spread it. attempts to reach executives while at the same time discovering that few sellers made more than 3 attempts to contact prospects. What to do? Need some help to increase sales?

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Cold Calling Prospecting Collateral Study 91

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 23, 2018

After all, they are hired, and compensated, to go out there and hunt prospective clients. The day-to-day experiences of “living” with suppliers, vendors and consultants are what add up to whether customers are retained, or not. Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event.

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Retention Customer Revelation Loyalty 154

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Consisting of how-to training videos and advancing to a one-day instructor led workshop and certification program, the Value Expert Sales Training is designed to help sales reps improve their customer conversations, evolving from a typical company / product-focused pitch to a more collaborative and effective challenge / value-focused approach. “A

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Vendor Training B2B Channels 70

Women Sales Pros

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Strategies to Increase Retention, Expand Relationships and Drive Referrals This week I moved my business from one of my long-time vendors – hired someone new. The new vendor is not any less expensive, does not have a better product and is actually slightly less convenient to work with in terms of availability and response time.

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Customer Vendor Hiring Referrals 107

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Second, insist that your sales training vendors design and implement a reinforcement program that will be delivered through your managers for everything you buy. Too many vendors are glad to take your money, deliver a workshop, and say “good luck, God-speed,” as they rush off to their next workshop.

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Training Vendor Coaching Negotiation 82

Customer Centric Selling

JULY 17, 2013

Sales Training Article: Prospects within Your Customer Base By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Most everyone in sales appreciates how difficult it is to secure new clients. There is no mention of whether that Key Player works for a client or a prospect. Prove your capabilities.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 29, 2015

No Prospect. When launching CustomerCentric Selling® in 2002 the first core concept of our process was: No goal means no prospect. While not intended for Internet visitors when written several years ago, the core concept “No goal means no prospect” seems more relevant than ever. Sales Tips: No Goal?

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Prospecting Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 40

Don on Selling

JANUARY 3, 2020

You may also pay extra fees to attend exclusive breakfast or lunch workshops. While some networking events are free, some vendors may charge a small fee to weed out freeloaders and curiosity seekers. You may be able to squeeze in some extra work between workshops or the early mornings or late evenings.

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Trade Show Hotels Vendor Conference 52

Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 3, 2020

There may not be anything that improves your character or skills quite so much as not being able to rely on any factor outside of the value you create for your prospective client to win big deals. When you are building a list of potential prospective clients, you need to prioritize your list. There was a time when leads were rare.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 122

The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

in addition to presentations there were a number of vendors. All around the other vendors all were accepting credit cards, bit my man! Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. One had a really neat utensil that caught my interest, I wanted to buy it and asked which plastic cards he accepted, he told me none.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Vendor 265

Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 31, 2014

They devour information posted on vendor websites. If they get serious about offerings, they solicit feedback from people about experiences with vendors and offerings by leveraging social networking. This can provide validation because vendors control website information. to warrant expenditures.

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Research Buyer Buying Cycle Vendor 92

Julie Hanson

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Each day your prospect navigates through a steady stream of vendor e-mails, voice mails, proposals, presentations and demos. Each vendor claims to be the best. Your prospect is like a busy casting director sifting through a parade of well-qualified actors all competing for the same role, all reading from the same script.

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Decision Maker Proposal Vendor Sales Qualified Lead 112

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 6, 2024

Cultural competence enables sellers to build stronger relationships with buyers and vendors. This drives everything from prospecting emails to content creation and discovery questions. Offer ongoing diversity education and workshops to foster awareness, empathy, and alignment within the sales team.

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Hiring Demographics Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

We all know that with the lack of in-person meetings, buyers are able to meet with a lot more vendors than they used to. If I’m fortunate enough to get some time with a prospect during a sales cycle, I need to be sure I can add real value and that they will remember this interaction. Prospects will value that.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank Scale 105

ROI4Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Do you really know what your prospects are looking for? Were you told by your development group or marketing why your prospects buy? Research from Sirius Decisions indicates that most buyers are 70% through their buying cycle by the time they talk with a vendor. Conduct a Value Inventory Workshop. (Or Dismiss it!

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Decision Maker Buying Cycle Influencer Exercises 54

Vendor Neutral

JULY 16, 2021

Mark Hunter helps companies and salespeople find and retain better prospects they can close at full price. Hunter accomplishes such through his keynote speaking, sales training, consulting services, and 3 best-selling books: A Mind for Sales, High-Profit Prospecting, and High-Profit Selling.

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Cold Calling Hiring Webinar Metrics Advertising 52

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2020

As a sales leader, you've probably wondered what impacts your prospects and potential customers. Without rich content to complement their buyer’s journey, prospects and leads most likely won’t stick around to make a purchase. Well, content has become more important than ever for B2B buyers and decision-makers. But that’s not all.

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Collateral Case Study Retention Hubspot 103

Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

MARCH 28, 2010

Sales Training & Management Workshops | 302-478-4443. Prospecting (9). The concepts introduced in this highly-rated book create a foundation for all PBR programs and workshops! Get access to our customized sales performance training programs and management workshops. Category: Prospecting. The Company.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

But during the last few years, new nomenclature has emerged, such as proof of value (POV), pilot, guided trials, and workshops that can cause confusion both with prospects and account executives as to what should be used to win the opportunity. Application of this evaluation is typically applied to more transaction-oriented sales.

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Top of Funnel Revenue Engineering Funnel 73

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

For example, many sales teams spend several hours each day manually qualifying leads, which takes time away from engaging with high-value prospects. Run workshops or surveys to understand the daily challenges of your team members. Attend vendor demos to view options in action. Advanced features tailored to lead generation.

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Lead Rank Sales Process Lead Scoring Outsourcing Services 52

Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I was working with a client a few years ago and saw the CEO and CFO in a meeting to discuss pricing on a transaction for a large prospect. After asking a few questions it seemed clear that they were the vendor of choice and were in a death spiral of discounting. I soon learned they had been negotiating for over two weeks.

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Discount Negotiation Face-to-face Vendor 81

Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 28, 2016

My concern is that sellers may be guilty of confusing buyers because terms used inside organizations are likely to be used in front of prospects and customers. It should be about the client, not the vendor. Take a look at the sales training workshops available to get started and improve sales performance.

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Hiring Buying Cycle Software Software 75

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

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. Make them true partners: Ask them to help select your training vendor and curriculum, review the proposed agenda, choose the venue and date, and so forth.

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Training Hiring Discount Hotels 87

Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Some sales objections are representative of a deeper incompatibility between your prospect and your product, true. By applying the right objection-handling techniques in these situations, you can take steps to reframe the issue and change your prospect’s mind. We’re here to help you understand how to handle objections like a pro.

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Objections Case Study ROI Lead Rank 104

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Rather than a sales focused training workshop on problem solving, what if sales people train with finance, engineering, operations, and manufacturing people? In that workshop, I was learning with them, understanding their perspective, how they thought about things.

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Selling Skills Face-to-face Banking Scale 91

Showpad

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The three-day event will include interactive workshops, general keynote presentations, and targeted sessions split across four tracks. The theme of Unleash this year is “Building the Future of Sales,” and the conference will include trainings and workshops, dynamic breakout sessions, and a reception to get to know your peers.

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Conference Sales Enablement Outbound Inbound 58

Artesian Solutions

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Artesian sees this as unacceptable, especially at a time when vendors can offer so much more, and wants companies to realise the extent to which effective sales training can impact performance. In 2018 Artesian: Trained over 3,000 Artesian users, across 350 training courses and workshops.

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Training Lead Rank Lead Scoring Churn 40

Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

At that time I worked with a CRM vendor. During a workshop I was teaching I asked the VP Sales (Phil) if he was using their offering to forecast. At this point I asked him: Phil, do your sellers tell prospects they’ll have similar forecast accuracy rates? By the mid-90’s SFA needed to die and was replaced by CRM.

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Hiring Forecasting Pipeline Discount 63

Anthony Iannarino

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

For reasons I described in Eat Their Lunch: Winning Customers Away from Your Competition , you might start with sixty prospects, knowing some are not compelled to change, some will be motivated to change, and some will be somewhere between those to two poles. Leadership Workshop: Creating a Culture of Accountability.

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How To Competition B2B Lead Rank 125

Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In last week's blog I offered suggestions for (reactively) gaining access to Key Players when sellers are contacted by lower level staff within prospect organizations. These “no decision” outcomes waste vendors’ as well as prospects’ time and resources. Beyond that it is unlikely other vendors will be evaluated concurrently.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2011

For example, one of my vendors called and shared a new solution that could benefit my business. Yes, he does know what I do and he has even attended one workshop I delivered in which he gave positive feedback. What is ironic is the workshop he attended Triage Business Planning has all the tools he needs. Share on Facebook.

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Sales Training Advice

DECEMBER 19, 2011

You finally got the meeting you sought with a top executive at a prospective client. I’ll get back to why it’s a bad question to use with a prospect you don’t know well in just a minute.). ” Try: “Why do you want to do a training workshop?” So, what keeps you up at night? Judgmental Questions.

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Prospecting Vendor Loyalty Journal 71

Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 17, 2016

The new report, entitled, “ B2B Buyer Loyalty: How a Sales Engagement Can Influence Product Perceptions, Referrals, and Future Business ,”reveals that: “Future business” is the strongest KPI: 46% of B2B buyers say they’ll consider evaluated vendors for future business opportunities with their firms. Leveraging Key Performance Indicators.

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Vendor Loyalty Case Study Government 40

Customer Centric Selling

MAY 15, 2015

A Sales Benchmark Index survey found sellers win 24% of proposals issued and lose 24% to other vendors. Most sellers are unaware of the internal competition for funding initiatives within prospect organizations. While better than nothing, many vendor value propositions are forced upon prospects. Save yours now!

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