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Chally on Challenger – “Defining sales role requirements is not as simple as comparing apples to oranges!”

Jonathan Farrington

Since the inception of the modern day sales force some 100+ years ago by John Patterson, the founder/leader of (NCR) National Cash Register, the sales profession has been presented with a constant stream of revelations introducing the latest in “trends and techniques” that are needed to compete and SELL successfully in the changing marketplace.

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Sales Targets – Top 4 Reasons Companies Don???t Hit Them

Klozers

. 4 out of 10 Sales people struggle to sell value versus price. The most startling revelation however comes from the statistic that just under 2 out of 3 sales Compensation/Commission plans did not motivate people not to discount.

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Sales Targets – 2 Reasons You Won’t Hit This Year’s Target

Klozers

. The problem however is many Sales Professionals are not hitting sales targets, because they are simply busy doing the wrong things and or, doing the wrong things at the wrong times. Focus on this for 90 days and remove all the ‘ Displacement Activity ; and hitting your sales targets will be easy.

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“….Must Have Previous SaaS Sales Experience”

Partners in Excellence

Sure it may require a consultative/solution selling approach, it requires deep product knowledge, but there is nothing about the technology implementation that necessarily requires specialized selling skills. The skills needed for any other complex product/solution (technology or non technology based) are similar.

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The Top 52 Sales Books Every Sales Pro Should Read

Gong.io

This book is particularly well-designed for sales leaders, managers, and even founder/CEOs — really anyone who owns the responsibility of building a sales organization. It’s definitely not a selling skills book. It’s more of a sales management book (and one of the best ones out there, in my opinion).