Pointclear

MAY 2, 2013

The Solution Selling blog highlights CSO Insights ’ 2012 Sales Performance Optimization Study where surveyed companies confess to lackluster hiring efforts. Companies can offset these deficiencies with training and performance development. Companies Need to Get Serious About Sales Training Reinforcement.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2018

It's a great book based off one of the largest studies ever done in sales. Problem is, when you're learning how to sell on the job with a giant quota hovering over your head. In the study, they found that –. These days, almost every new hire in sales is told to read " The Challenger Sale.". you don't have any time to read.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 19, 2021

If you focus on solution selling , your reps may give customized solutions to prospects that display how your product will meet their individual needs, whereas teams that use the outbound methodology may focus on outreach tactics like cold-calling. 88% of salespeople with Sandler training said their sales strategy improved.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Increasingly, top sellers are adopting a more effective approach: solution selling. Those who do are able to present bespoke solutions that solve their customers’ unique challenges. In this post, we’ll explore what solution selling is, when it’s used, and how it differs from other selling approaches.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 11, 2020

We train ourselves about our products, become masters at pitching them and comparing them favorably with the competition. A common strength of sales people is our compelling need to sell! The problem is, regardless how strong our need to sell, unless the customer has a compelling need to buy, we are wasting our time and the customers.’

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2013

Results - In a study in 2010 by McKinsey showed that 75% of solution selling projects fail. General Release - You then have to train the entire sales force on the sale process. The best way to do that is “Train the trainer”. The goal here is to build confidence and their ability to train.

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

The evolution to needs-based solution selling helped. But for the most part needs-based selling has been used as a technique to better ‘tell’ the prospect what they need. Social Selling Guidance - A modern prospecting methodology that fills the funnel with opportunities.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Value selling, also known as value-based selling or value-added selling, focuses on unique benefits, not just features. Incorporating value selling into sales training can help your company stay ahead of the competition. Remember that proper sales training equips sellers with the skills to excel in this approach.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to interview Dario Prolio from leading sales training and performance management firm Richardson. They hear “sell the solution” but they don’t know what that means and they don’t know how to do it. Various studies show that they barely use the content that is provided, leveraging only 10-30%.

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Sell Integrity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Value is not about understanding the history of their firm, getting descriptions of the solutions being proposed, or reviewing case studies and testimonials. A value based selling process shifts the focus to envisioning the results of the solution rather than the purchase of a product. The Right Commitment.

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Women Sales Pros

AUGUST 9, 2019

A few years ago, I was talking to a successful colleague who also is in the sales training business. Upon arriving at the company, his supposed-to-be new client apologized and said the company had decided to sell the firm. More perseverance, more follow-up and new selling skills were required to sell these types of services.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

A Forrester Research study revealed that only 15 percent of sales calls add enough value, according to executives surveyed. The Forrester study also showed that just 7 percent of surveyed executives say they would probably schedule a follow-up. Enable Ongoing Situational Training. The problem with this approach?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 6, 2018

Solution Selling. First popularized in the late 1970s and early 1980s, solution selling focuses on the customer's pain instead of his or her own company's products. Products are framed as solutions, and emphasis is placed on achieving agreement on what a resolution of the customer's pain would look like.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 12, 2022

A study conducted by Indeed showed that almost 50% of employees say they’ve made a total career change, and almost 90% report feeling happier in their new roles. Methodologies like: Solution selling: works by recommending specific products and services that will solve the individual concerns of the customer.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Don't just install it, train your people on it thoroughly, weekly and quarterly. or Social Selling is it's often missing the context of the coming Web 3.0 The vision of what strategic social selling can be is a highly focused weapon for change management over time. When I train sales people I train them to execute.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

Sales training program expert tips for anyone involved in sales management or sales enablement some insight into planning any form of sales training. It sounds simplistic to say that sales training is the act of training salespeople or the sales team on the product and sales process.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2014

An interview with Dario Priolo, Chief Strategy Officer for Richardson, a leading training and sales effectiveness firm. Yes, there are several studies that point out how sales reps are being invited later into the decision making process. How can Selling with Insights Training Help?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

#2 – Value Story - Empowering Sales with Value Messaging and Quantification According to SiriusDecisions, the #1 reason why sales reps fail to meet quota (for the 3rd year in a row) is their “inability to effectively communicate the value of proposed solutions”. Percent in 2014 Gartner Forecasts 3.1%

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Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 14, 2013

The Solution. Selling is not a sport. But wouldn’t it be better to learn by examining successful sales experiences, sales case studies, and research about selling, or effective teamwork, strategy, and execution from other functions and departments within our own companies? I haven’t ever seen the connection.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

. #2 - Empower Sales with Value Storytelling and Quantification According to SiriusDecisions, the #1 reason why sales professionals fail to meet quota (for the 3 rd year in a row) is their “inability to effectively communicate the value of proposed solutions”. So how well do your sales professionals and channel partners engage with value?

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The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

As a result, Financial Justification / ROI is now the most important content buyers rely on to make purchase decisions (greatly exceeding the importance of case studies, product demos and thought leadership content), and over 90% of IT purchase decisions now require a formal business case for approval (IDC - 2013).

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

#2 – Empowering Sales with Value Messaging and Quantification According to SiriusDecisions, the #1 reason why sales reps fail to meet quota (for the 4th year in a row) is their “inability to effectively communicate the value of proposed solutions”. Percent in 2014 Gartner Forecasts 3.1% Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Forecast to Reach $3.7

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MEDDIC

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Get ready for the ultimate sales training extravaganza: your annual Sales Kick Off (SKO). But don’t forget, incorporating the proper training is the secret sauce – because knowledge is one of the most potent motivators you can gift your team. Solution Selling and Customer-Centric focus on messaging.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

. #2 - Empower Sales with Value Storytelling and Quantification According to SiriusDecisions, the #1 reason why sales reps fail to meet quota (for the 3 rd year in a row) is their “inability to effectively communicate the value of proposed solutions”. So how well do your sales professionals and channel partners engage with value?

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

For some sellers, that’s meant moving away from solution selling to a more aggressive approach, like the Challenger Sale model popularized after the 2011 book of the same name. Here are five reasons that a consultative approach beats the Challenger Sale for enterprise selling. The Need for Perspective.

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LeveragePoint

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In the hands of good sales teams, strong Value Propositions evolve from Flexible Case Studies early in the sales cycle to Customer Value Analyses during a customer evaluation to a Shared Business Case to Buy that helps sales teams speed the time to closing. Another study shows how it performed in medically managed patients.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, organizations need sales training software to ensure their reps have the training required to be consultative sellers. Solution selling vs. consultative selling: how they differ Consultative selling is a vastly different approach from traditional selling and requires a different set of selling skills.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Employee training. Improve and speed up sales training. The longer reps spend training, the longer it takes to generate revenue, and the more your entire team’s sales efficiency ratio will suffer. . This should be the perfect time period to get new reps selling efficiently without burning them out. Solution Selling.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 8, 2021

For those looking to expand their educational background and become sales associates, there are many virtual or in-person sales training programs that provide the tools needed to grow as a salesperson. Take the time to thoroughly study the products you sell. Study sales strategies — particularly value-based selling.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

To incorporate this selling methodology across sales reps use sales training platforms to implement “The Question Game” into onboarding practices. Switch Up Your Selling Strategies Like solution selling, adopting a consultative selling process means you’ll have to ditch the sales script.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 9, 2023

These frameworks can and should scale depending on new training materials, shifting buyer expectations and what you learn in the ever-changing world of sales. Takeaway : Consultative selling builds trust by being primarily informational instead of promotional. Of course, that’s not to say that a sales methodology is “one size fits all.”

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan According to FreeDictionary.com , the original definition of Methodology is, "the theoretical analysis of the methods appropriate to a field of study or to the body of methods and principles particular to a branch of knowledge." You also know that there''s just something missing!

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

The New Solution Selling. The Little Red Book of Selling. Unbreakable Laws of Selling. The New Strategic Selling. Agile Selling. Spin Selling. If you truly want to be a better leader, better salesperson , better speaker, better writer, or just a better person, you need to study the craft.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

To fight Frugalnomics, savvy marketers will need to make even more investments in 2011 towards content and tools that help buyers assess and quantify the economic impact of implementing the proposed solutions, quantify the cost of “doing nothing&# , and prove competitive cost advantages and value.

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Chorus.ai

AUGUST 13, 2019

It helps reps navigate areas like: Economic Drivers; Economic Buyers; Decision Criteria; Implementation Process; Pain Points; and Landing a Champion who can sell on your behalf. This blue print includes hands on implementation throughout recruitment, training, and launch. Roll out a pricing calculator and proposal approval process.

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Gong.io

APRIL 18, 2022

The SPIN Selling Methodology is similar to Solution Selling. It relies on great sales discovery and question-asking to help customers understand their problems, how impactful they are, and what the best solution might look like. We’ll be focused on just one: SPIN Selling. Clearly, there are more than 12.

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LeveragePoint

APRIL 12, 2019

Obituaries for product selling and solution selling have been written many times. A 2012 Harvard Business Review article , by the Challenger sales team, declared that solution selling has become obsolete with Forbes highlighting the same theme in 2018. Sales training firms are thriving.

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