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How “Sales-speak” Limits Us

Partners in Excellence

For example, finance types talk about debits, credits, accruals, depreciation, assets, liabilities, and so forth. Sales is no different, we have our own vocabulary, terms like prospecting, qualifying, objection handling, pipeline, funnel, discovery, closing, quota. Every profession has it’s own language.

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Why The Best Salespeople Are Phenomenal Project Managers

Sales Hacker

Demos, objection handling, closing. In the modern sales floor, sales representatives interact, share goals, and work together with their peers from business development, account management, sales ops, marketing, finance, and other teams. Accountability and drive can help sellers achieve quota even in the midst of setbacks.

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10 Practical Strategies to Improve Sales Performance & Close Deals

Highspot

In fact, leaders reported that 91% failed to hit sales quota expectations this year. Sales performance refers to how well a sales team delivers results, such as hitting quotas, following up on leads, and converting prospects into customers. Having 3-4x your quota in the pipeline suggests ample opportunity to meet targets.

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15 Sales Skills That Separate The Best Reps From The Rest

Gong.io

Sales reps who live at 120%+ of quota have a talk-to-listen ratio of 46:54. 10 Sales Skills for Objection Handling: Pause. Objections are inevitable. Rarely does a deal cross the finish line sans objections. Objections are a natural, very normal part of sales. . Call it whatever you want — it’s essential. .

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Top 14 Sales Skills Every Sales Rep Must Master

InsightSquared

All of these options are fair game for quota-carrying ISRs to begin their prospecting. Objection Prevention. Great sales reps practice the art of proactive objection prevention before they arrive at objection handling. Objection Handling. Understanding of Prospect Roles and Influence.

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6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support @ACollaborator

SBI

Their bosses are raising their team quotas all the time, and they cannot understand how anyone could struggle to sell your product or solution. Not enough leads from marketing — no support from engineering – finance is pushing back on the discounts needed to sell the product. Objection handling. That’s right.

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15 Sales Skills That Separate The Best Reps From The Rest

Gong.io

Sales reps who live at 120%+ of quota have a talk-to-listen ratio of 46:54. 10 Sales Skills for Objection Handling: Pause. Objections are inevitable. Rarely does a deal cross the finish line sans objections. Objections are a natural, very normal part of sales. . Call it whatever you want — it’s essential. .