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7 Winning Steps for Effective Objection Handling

Salesforce

As you can imagine, selling was a struggle through all of it. 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.

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4 Steps to Help Your Sales Team Nail Objection Handling

SalesLoft

For sales teams, there’s simply nothing worse than progressing a deal through the pipeline only to have a no-go objection come up at the 11th hour. Move the deal back to an earlier stage where the objection should have been addressed, which involves re-engaging other stakeholders to resolve it.

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Why 3x Pipeline Coverage Is a Terrible Strategy

Salesforce

The sales pipeline should be three times the annual quota.” You might know this as the “3x Pipeline Coverage” rule. ” Then I became a chief revenue officer, and the pipeline suddenly became real. I’d sit down with sales reps for pipeline reviews , and we couldn’t answer the most basic question: “How big is big enough?”

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Why Are You Still Using Your Old Playbooks?

Partners in Excellence

The world has changed, but we are still doing the stuff we’ve always done–at least in selling. We may have buffed them up a little to make them look shinier, but underneath they are what we have always done. We engage in linear selling processes–Prospecting, Qualifying, Discovering, Proposing, Closing.

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82 Open Ended Sales Questions (Ultimate Guide Included)

Veloxy

If your CRM records are dominated by close ended data, you’re likely losing out on a lot of pipeline and closed deals. Avoid current and future objections Go back up to the top of this blog post and review Jordan Belfort’s three-step open ended sales sequence. Gone are the days of selling one to one.

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Sales Velocity: The Complete Guide to Growing Revenue Faster

Veloxy

It’s the most important metric to a Chief Pipeline Officer. Sales velocity measures the SPEED at which deals move through your sales pipeline, resulting in shorter sales cycles, higher conversion rates, and increased revenue generation. What is it? It helps you gauge the potential revenue associated with each opportunity.

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How to Become a Good Seller: Essential Strategies and Tools

Lead Fuze

To be a successful salesperson, one must acquire the aptitude to excel in selling – whether as an employee of a large company or as the proprietor of a small business. We’ll also explore effective follow-up strategies using advanced tools like HubSpot, along with other beneficial resources for sellers. So keep trying.