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How Do I Find The Best Salespeople?

Partners in Excellence

I was just talking to an outstanding Vice President of Sales. ” (I’m using that as a surrogate for what he is really doing.) He asked, “How do I find the best sales people?” I asked him to describe the customer engagement process. It’s a complex sale.

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Homicide Detective Makes Best Case for Sales Process

Understanding the Sales Force

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. My wife thought I would enjoy a book she found at the airport bookstore and I agreed that it looked compelling. As a detective, he always followed the evidence to find the truth. It will be worth it!

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Why a Fear of Cold Calling is Destroying the Latest Sales Generation

Iannarino

The Gist: Salespeople are being taught to fear cold calling by people who should know better. He argued (and I agree) that the phone should start your sequence. Cold calling has consistently been a lightning rod on social media, with a few salespeople advocating for an “all of the above” approach, including the telephone.

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Why You Must First Solve Buying Pain Points in B2B Sales

Iannarino

"Whoever is in a hurry, shows that the thing he is doing is too big for him." —The The Earl of Chesterfield For as long as anyone can remember, salespeople have been trained to identify their prospective clients’ problems and their implications. But by rushing the deal to get to the pain points, you break B2B selling and buying.

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6 Critical Sales Skills I Learned from Being a Research Scientist

Cerebral Selling

In my wildest dreams, I never imagined I’d end up in sales. David in his “Big Bang Theory” Days (1997) I started my career as a research scientist and got into sales (by accident) in 2000 at the turn of the dot-com boom. But I never forgot my scientific roots. I didn’t understand a lot of it.

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The Commoditization of the Discovery Call

Iannarino

Your dream client expects you to know how to help them and what that process should look like. Execute your best sales calls with this FREE Sales Call Planner. In fact, the conversation is so similar that the client finds it impossible to tell the two salespeople apart. One widget is as good as the next.

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The Sales Manager’s Success Checklist

STAR Results

Do you have a success checklist to see if you are on track for a successful year? How can you assess if you are on track? Go through the checklist below and see how many items you have completed ensuring that you are on track. Do All Your Sales Reps Have Strong Business Plans? Sales Manager’s Success Checklist.

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