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Buyer’s journey vs. customer’s journey — what makes these paths different, and where they intersect

Hubspot

You can break into three main stages: The buyer journey focuses entirely on the pre-purchase experience and involves the questions, doubts, and motivations that drive someone to buy. Instead of using standard templates in their demos, they customize everything around the prospect’s real sales playbook, objection-handling examples, and KPIs.

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70 Words That Win: Sales Terms Every Rep Should Know

Salesforce

70 key sales terms explained Sales terms reps should avoid Quick guidelines for clearer communication What are sales terms? This metric reflects how well you retain customers: Churn rate formula = (Total customers/Number of customers lost) 100 Closed-won Indicates that a deal has been finalized, resulting in a new customer acquisition.

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GTM 134: When to Hire Your First Sales Reps (And How to Get It Right) with Joe DiMento

Sales Hacker

Discussed in this Episode: When to hire your first account executives Key traits to look for in early sales hires Structuring compensation for first sales reps Should you ‘hire the buyer’ to be your sales rep? As a key GTMfund partner, they equip sales and marketing teams with top performers. To this point of generosity.

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How to Increase Sales Effectively: Expert Strategies for 2025

Salesforce

Make these goals actionable with a balance of activity key performance indicators (KPIs) and outcome metrics. Outcome metrics focus on results (like revenue generated, deals closed, and win rates). AI-powered tools can quickly identify common pain points, objections, and recurring themes. The S.M.A.R.T.

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7 Winning Steps for Effective Objection Handling

Salesforce

We learned very quickly that the biggest obstacle to closing new business isn’t the objections themselves, it’s how the team manages the objections. The key to effective objection handling is using a question-based framework that puts the prospect at ease. Why is objection handling important?

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7 Elements of “Insanely” Persuasive Product Demos

Gong.io

This is a result of being too heavy on product training and not heavy enough on sales training. That means you’ll keep your talk short and punchy, sticking to a 9-minute rule for your main demo. And there’s one other part of the discussion you’ll want to steer with a strong arm: objection handling. Please don’t.

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9 Shrewd Negotiation Tips Proven to Close More Deals

Sales Hacker

The key is to create a negotiation strategy in advance, which helps you talk about price and other important elements of the deal. If you’d like to go into a sales negotiation with a constructive mindset and achieve the optimum result for your company, follow these tips in developing your own negotiation strategy.

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