SBI Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Is your team embracing each trend or fighting them? Top 5 Most Obsolete Sales Practices: Solution Selling - developed in the 80s when hair bands were popular. Some have embraced it and some are still in denial. This blog represents a test. Look at the top 10 innovations and ask yourself each question below.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 1, 2019

Whether it’s figuring out who you should deploy to the field, to who should be a coach and keeping up with industry trends. Putting science into sales creates the idea of solution selling, it gives sellers an approach that’s backed by research on how to attack deals, rather just pitching a product. Outline of episode. [1:21]

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, companies are using antiquated approaches like Solutions Selling rather than focusing on buyer-centric sales processes. In 2010, McKinsey published a study called Solutions Selling: Is the Pain Worth the Gain? In the study, they found 75% of solutions selling implementations fail.

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Salesmate

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Businesses are well informed and have good knowledge about the current market trends. The solution selling sales approach. This is a simple sales approach where you discover the prospect’s needs and recommend a solution to address those needs. Such efforts are required to climb the ladder of success.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 5, 2019

Solution Selling Methodology. Solution Selling is based on a sophisticated approach to discovery and question asking called “the 9-box vision process model,” which looks like this: The sequence can be broken down into three phases : Diagnose reasons: Start by identifying the critical business issue using open-ended questions (box 1).

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 21, 2022

How Does Guided Selling Work? Guided selling is similar to solution selling , in that it uses collected sales and customer data to offer recommendations about products or services that meet consumer needs. Guided Selling Examples. So what does guided selling look like?

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 6, 2022

Then it dawned on me, with consultative selling, solution selling, and value selling, and a plethora of others, why hadn’t anyone developed “Perspicacious Selling?” This is very similar to the consultive or solution selling methodology. I had not noticed it in common sales vernacular.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 29, 2018

This approach was also known as “alligator selling,” because the salesperson had a big mouth and little ears (i.e., The ghost of sales present: solution selling. At its core lies the concept of asking big, open-ended questions to understand customer needs before crafting a potential solution. Slide 3: “.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 18, 2013

During the mid-90’s solution selling was all the rage. Every trend points to the 2014 number being made or missed based on selling in the orange. If executed correctly, you will impact the ’13 number. You will instill a new discipline to ensure the ''14 number gets made. You Have Made This Shift Before.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Because of the branding, Consultative Selling has become one of the “ings” in our field like: SPIN Selling, Conceptual Selling and Solution Selling? Now, why is it worth making this point about confusion in regard to selling consultatively? Buying trends. We would suggest there are at least two.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 16, 2023

Truth is somewhere in the middle and I always tend to advise as few as possible–trending to a single process if that makes sense. For example, personally, I’ve always thought of Challenger as being optimized to the front end of the Selling/Buying Process. Some tend to be optimized for certain aspects of the process.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Instead of starting a call by saying “here's what we are doing and here’s how we can help you with” start with, “I've been talking to some folks, and here are trends I am seeing in the industry, are you seeing this as well?”

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Tony Hughes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Social, Mobile, Cloud and Big Data have dominated the ‘trend’ conversations in 2014, and all four will continue to gain momentum as change agents in B2B and B2C business. Everything old (value selling, solution selling, insight selling, trusted advisor, etc.) Sales, the final frontier.

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Emissary

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Traditionally, B2B tech sales teams have relied on solution selling, the process of helping a company analyze its problem and then selling a “solution” made up of tech products and services. Yet, as far back as 2012, Harvard Business Review declared “The End of Solution Sales.”

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Lessonly

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When you push yourself to learn more and apply your knowledge and experience during the sales process, it looks like: selling based on value, not price, larger, more complex, bespoke deals, and. I didn’t know it then, but I was talking about solution-selling and value-based sales—the fun stuff! They also need to practice.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

For companies, there are both pros and cons to this trend. If managers can discover ‘product A’ materials are being delivered at a significantly higher rate than ‘product D’ materials it could uncover important trends that impact forecasts and indicate market trends. In its favor is the potential cost savings.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

No matter the current trends or technologies, what size company you work for, or the types of products you sell, they are simple issues to understand but very difficult to solve. I need to perform ‘big data’ analysis if I want to understand underlying trends, identify risks in the forecasts, and hold my team/s accountable.

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SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

conferences are in my view essential events for sales leaders that want to hear about the latest trends, technologies and developments in the field of selling. Performance Drivers: Trends and Solutions to Help Your Team Win. The Sales 2.0 Sales & Marketing: A Digitally Arranged Marriage. Sales Performance.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And though this method is perhaps more nuanced than the usual cut-and-dried sales practices, some market trends indicate consultative selling skills are 100% worth the extra effort. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This is another one that isn’t directly a sales book (are you seeing a trend here? This book teaches you how to make the leap from generic product pitch to consultative, solution-driven conversation. The New Solution Selling. In your case, that is selling. Solution Selling. The Fearless Mind.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 23, 2011

Solution Selling: The most common sales approach today with over 60% of sellers, Solution Selling is where vendor’s sales team “seeks out current concerns in a question-and-answer dialogue with customer managers”. However, we find that over 30% of vendors and sales professionals still rely on this antique sales approach.

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

You need to be able to connect the macro trends to what your buyer is potentially facing. These macro trends can be things like digital transformation, cybersecurity threats, or global economic issues. What selling method are you using for your business? UP NEXT: Product Selling vs Solution Selling w/Scott Crosley.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

She is a frequent speaker and blogger on Inside Sales productivity, trends, and effectiveness, and the author of Building Inside Sales: Framing a Best Practice Group and co-author of Sales Speaks: Perception & Ponderings on Marketing Leads.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged. E conomically Focused – buyers are more frugal, with over 95% of technology purchase decisions now requiring a solid business case with significant ROI and fast payback according to IDC.

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Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 2, 2012

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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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

It involves estimating future sales based on historical data, market trends, and other relevant factors. One common approach is the time series analysis, which involves analyzing historical sales data to identify patterns and trends. We recommend that you read this article and listen to this very informative podcast on this very topic.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Solution Selling. Solution selling seeks to help customers understand why your product can solve a problem that the buyer has already identified. Using this sales framework, salespeople will focus on moving buyers forward quickly and efficiently.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

According to IDC’s annual 2012 Buyer Experience Study published in November it was not Product Information, Peer/Customer References, Industry Trends, Competitive Comparisons and Case Studies, but by a large margin, Financial Justification / ROI. I think this question needs to go into the nearest bucket along with “Is Solution Selling Dead?”

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged, with little reason for optimistic spending growth predictions. #2 CFOs are also more involved through all stages of the purchase decision.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Gamification has been called one of the most important trends in technology by several industry experts. Gamification typically involves applying game design thinking to non-game applications to make them more fun and functionally engaging.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

In this session we discussed some important value selling and content marketing research for technology marketers, much of which extends to other B2B segments, with trends and advice you need to excel in 2011. Let us examine each of these IDC trends in detail and what they mean to 2011 strategies and budgets.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

Remix other post topics that are trending in Publisher. A great example is a CEO who had sworn off ever hiring a salesperson again (gaining 500K views in three days of glorious link bat), so I crafted a series of patriotic responses as I feel selling is the backbone of the free market system and even our economic engine of democracy itself.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

Financial justification is the new language of IT selling, where CFOs are more involved through all stages of the purchase decision, and procurement is there to demand a discount if you lead with product and price vs. value.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? Unfortunately, despite best efforts, this is the 5th year in a row this has been the top quota issue.

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SBI

AUGUST 21, 2012

Collect crucial information needed to uncover trends in customer requirements, market perception, or competition, and re-calibrate your sales efforts and resources accordingly. How many reps are out in the field at any particular moment, and where are they? This can provide great insight into the adequacy of territory and account coverage.

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SBI

AUGUST 21, 2012

Collect crucial information needed to uncover trends in customer requirements, market perception, or competition and re-calibrate your sales efforts and resources accordingly. How many reps are out in the field at any particular moment, and where are they? This can provide great insight into the adequacy of territory and account coverage.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

You enthusiastically immerse yourself in the activities and efforts required to learn about and stay up-to-date on the ever-changing array of products, competitors, and market trends.

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