Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

In turn, businesses have to adapt and innovate in virtual selling. Discover how mastering virtual sales strategies can elevate customer interactions, even in complex sales cycles. What Is Virtual Selling? What Does Virtual Selling Look Like? Virtual selling is a technology-driven approach to sales.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 14, 2013

Should senior management play a role in the sales process? Regardless of how big or small the company, top management must understand what is happening in sales for one simple reason — Sales is the group that interfaces with the customer. It’s your job as a sales leader to help them overcome that problem.

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Mereo

MAY 12, 2022

Many in the B2B industry are buzzing about the death of in-person sales training programs. Just last month, I joined a fellow Mereo principal for an in-person sales enablement session — this client’s second in-person engagement in 2022, with many bi-weekly virtual coaching and reinforcement sessions in-between. Read on to learn more.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 16, 2019

Each conversation we have and each sale we make leads to the next one; there is no such thing as a dead end conversation. Watch my video below: My mother always said good news travels fast but bad news travels even faster. Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today we feature a blog by Michael DeRosa, the director of professional development at Travelers Insurance, and one of our 2019 Miller Heiman Group Icons. Channel selling is a different breed of selling from direct sales. Use Sales Training to Differentiate in a Crowded Market.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Sales kickoff (“SKO”) season is under way. It’s likely you and your sales team are getting ready for yours. You’ve invested lots of money to secure your hotel, travel and events. Your sales leaders assure you it’s not a big boondoggle. For you, this feels like an opportunity to enable your sales team.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

When you have 2 out of 4 flights cancelled in a span of 3 days, and both cancellations result in overnight stays and missed meetings, you do have to wonder about air travel. My trips were all scheduled around sales call and client update meetings, as well as a board meeting and a networking breakfast. ” Sales Motivation Blog. .”

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The Sales Readiness Blog

MAY 22, 2022

Hybrid work is here to stay, and the new normal for sales professionals has become more apparent. Gone are the days when salespeople were road warriors traveling to meet each customer. Now, a typical day may include a full day of back-to-back Zoom sales calls.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I was listening to a Boston Sports Radio Station, the same one I wrote about here. Low Pay - At the college level, the name of the game is recruiting - an extremely time-consuming, travel-centric job. It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Now the economy is growing again and you are looking to hire more sales talent for your team. The bad news is your sales managers have maxed out their bandwidth with their current responsibilities and daily activities. This leaves you with a critical decision regarding how to ramp up the new sales hires. That’s the good news.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2020

The sales podcast offers a wealth of information that can help you level up your sales game. These podcasts can help you in improving your sales approach and conversion rate. All you need to do is invest a little time listening to sales podcasts by various experts. The best sales podcasts you shouldn’t miss.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 7, 2014

Salespeople not performing, dragging you down, and compromising your team‘s sales effectiveness? Perhaps you didn’t equip them with the skills and tools to do their job. On-boarding a new sales rep requires more than providing a desk, a phone, and a password. Where Should Sales Managers Spend Their Time?

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 8, 2022

While we focus on developing our virtual selling skills; do you have the right camera/lighting, an appropriate background, are you dressed appropriately–at least from the waist up, are you looking at the camera, not the person’s image on screen…… our customers are doing something different.

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Sell Integrity

MAY 25, 2021

To ramp up sales performance and strengthen your sales pipeline, you have to develop your salespeople’s confidence; inspire them to be more proactive; improve their ability to build trust and rapport in an increasingly digital world; and equip them to engage in buyer-centric, results-driven conversations.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 19, 2018

This week I (along with much of the traveling public in the U.S.) The sun will still come up in the morning. I use this line a lot as a way to keep myself focused on the big picture. have experienced weather delays that just never seemed to end. What I thought was going to […].

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

In my continuing blog series on how to handle the stalls, objections, and real-world situations in sales caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, below you’ll find some suggested email responses to situations you may be running into. In doing so, you remain in control of the sales situation. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, SalesLoft, Outreach, and every other sales organization of companies globally have as a result of Covid-19 been forced to pivot. A virtual sales training program can and will help remote selling teams and sales management grow sales opportunities and close more sales pipeline.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 9, 2020

Shifting Initial Sales Meetings From Face to Face to Video Calls One of the most effective points in the sales process to leverage video sales calls and virtual selling skills is the initial meeting. The initial meeting is first step in the sales process. Most reps never even get close to ten a week.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 13, 2017

From there I was to travel to Stuart, Florida, for an 8 AM meeting the next morning. (Go Last week I awoke in Nashua, New Hampshire, to spend a few hours with a great client talking prospecting and customer service. Go ahead and Google the cities if you’re not familiar with the location of each.) Nothing […].

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

This was another “traveling apocalypse” week. To make matters worse, this was the third one I’ve had already in 2018. What began as a well planned week covering engagements in 3 cities — Baltimore, Dallas and Los Angeles — turned into anything but that.

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Gong.io

APRIL 22, 2022

Hi Kevin, Read your recent LinkedIn article The 4:1 Give-Get Sales Formula, and as a pretty green AE, it was great advice to remember as I start, and progress my sales career. Hmmm … well … this is part of Evan’s LinkedIn bio: “In my spare time I enjoy traveling, snowboarding, and mountain biking.” Did it arrive?

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Tom Hopkins

AUGUST 28, 2014

This time last week my staff and I were traveling from Phoenix to Las Vegas for our first-ever 2-day Sales Academy. The post I learned 3 things last weekend appeared first on How to Selling Skills. Related posts: The Sales Slump Stops Here. Setting Realistic Sales Goals. Selling Skills Assessment.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 3, 2023

We used to be limited in the time we could spend with customers by the time it took to travel to meet with the customer. Mobile devices, email, Zoom, and so many other technologies help us reach prospect and customers more easily, eliminating travel time. Theoretically, freeing us up to have selling conversations.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sales Managers – it’s what you say and how you say it. A hallmark of a great sales manager is being a good communicator. For example, front-line sales managers are the critical screens through which messages travel from top management to the sales team. ©2013 Sales Momentum ®.

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Mereo

JUNE 9, 2022

Your sales team morale is worth the travel expense. Opportunities for sales leadership to invest in their teams over the last couple years have dwindled — and sales teams have felt the effects. Rain-checked are the days when sales teams gathered at a mixer after a training event.

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Salesmate

DECEMBER 24, 2020

It takes both talent and skills, and a lot of practice to make a genius salesperson out of a regular one. Just like any other occupation, sales require patience and a good understanding of the human psyche. When it comes to virtual selling, many sales reps find it challenging to build a rapport with their potential customers.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

If you’re a sales leader of a 21st-century business, you will not be successful unless your sellers understand how to use sales tools and engagement strategies and their impact on relationship selling. ” Do You Think Relationship Selling is Dead? Those were the good ole days of relationship selling.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital. Organizations must adapt their sales strategies post COVID-19 to meet customer expectations. Whether you’re looking to implement a remote sales strategy or improve your current strategy, keep reading. What is remote sales? Image Source ).

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A review of a sales training course from the perspective of a salesperson wishing to improve their sales skills. This approach to sales training creates the impression that a salesperson should first prove themselves before any more investment in their training. A Sales Training Course Should Include The Following.

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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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No More Cold Calling

MAY 24, 2011

Sales Bookshelf. Home » Hire Joanne As Your Outsourced VP of Sales-->. Hire Joanne As Your Outsourced VP of Sales. Referral-Selling Private Client Program. You need more great clients, more sales, and your sales process and sales strategy need work. Develop your proprietary Sales Process.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Your sales manager will tell you many times that you need to make all your calls and get as many appointments as possible. During travel, think through the results you are seeking. Happy Selling! MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Dollarphotoclub. You don’t really need to be told all this.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Several years ago I was traveling with a CEO. As we were traveling together, I couldn’t help but notice how gracious he was and he thanked everybody he came in contact with. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Recently, I had the privilege to have lunch with two close friends–and great thinkers on Sales Enablement, Sheevaun Thatcher and Kelly Griffith (Kelly and I actually had a few chuckles around how I pronounce things so incorrectly, but she’s Australian… ). Let me go back to my global travels. We make a lot of mistakes.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Sales reps. If you are a company that is selling into one such market, the winning formula is seldom about doing a better job doing what you have been doing. If you are a company that is selling into one such market, the winning formula is seldom about doing a better job doing what you have been doing.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Communication Skills. Retail Sales Trends. This is because bad news travels faster and further than good news.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 4, 2018

What’s a sales kickoff? A sales kickoff is an annual meeting (usually in January) for your entire sales team. Sales kickoff themes. Why choose a theme for your sales kickoff? All sales forces go through periods of high and low morale,” he explains. Sales kickoff agenda. 3) “Beat [competitor]”.

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