Partners in Excellence

APRIL 13, 2022

Lately, I’ve been watching some eLearning programs on objection handling. It suddenly struck me, there’s a unique arrogance we sellers have about the concepts of objections. Too often, the underlying thinking seems to be that salespeople are the only people that encounter objections.

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

So has the routine sales pitch. The days of the “ideal buyer” have gone the way of the dinosaurs. In this new marketplace, your next hit might come from a company’s CFO instead of the customer service team you work … Read More »

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Lead Fuze

JUNE 30, 2023

Successful salespeople recognize that it’s not just about sealing the deal; they must comprehend their prospective customers, make use of suitable instruments and strategies, and continually refine their selling process. Mastering objection handling techniques such as Sandler’s Reverse Negative approach will be another focus area.

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The 5% Institute

MAY 9, 2023

From prospecting and lead generation to objection handling and closing techniques, we will cover a wide range of topics that are essential for B2B sales success. This includes knowing how to identify potential customers, build relationships, qualify leads, handle objections, and close deals.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These are important to understand of course, but salespeople aren't always going to call just to pitch to a potential customer — the job encompasses so much more. Sales professionals not only convert prospects into buyers, they hold the power to negotiate, upsell, and even problem-solve after the initial purchase is made.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. It starts with prospecting for potential leads, then moves through to negotiation and closing the deal. Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs. Close: This is where all the hard work pays off, turning the prospect into a customer.

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Hubspot

MAY 10, 2022

Text messaging for sales is an excellent way for you to stay top-of-mind as your prospects consider their product options. Sending sales text messages to your prospects to nurture them all the way until conversion. Sending sales text messages to your prospects to nurture them all the way until conversion. Text STOP to opt out”).

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The 5% Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2020

1 – Objection Handling. The first on our list of sales team building games, is objection handling. Many Sales Professionals if trained correctly, will use something like our five-step objection handling breakdown ( that you can find here ) to overcome sales objections.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Better understand customer needs and pain points If you were to ask ten prospects, “Do you wish you could improve the productivity of your team by two or three times?”, On the other hand, if you were to ask ten prospects, “What do you think is preventing your team from doubling their productivity?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. So, today, we’re going to cover four prospecting tips for breaking into Enterprise Accounts (plus some bonus tips at the end). Building rapport with prospects. Leveraging information to become your prospects doctor. Their calendars are blocked with 76 meetings.

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The 5% Institute

AUGUST 14, 2023

Identify potential leads, prospects, and key accounts. Developing Initial Prospect Relationships Start reaching out to your prospects and introducing yourself. Refine your pitch, work on objection handling , and practice active listening. Focus on establishing rapport and understanding their pain points.

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The 5% Institute

AUGUST 10, 2023

This is where skilled appointment setters come into play, acting as the bridge between businesses and prospects. They are excellent communicators who can navigate through objections, answer questions, and leave a positive impression on the prospects they engage with. What Is An Appointment Setter?

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Prospects qualified? This isn’t just a quick pitch, however. The most successful sales calls include tailored presentations and focus on building trust with prospects by addressing their unique pain points. A sales call is a conversation between a salesperson and a prospect about the purchase of a product or service.

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

The Changing Landscape of Sales Skills Sellers are experiencing a pivotal shift in when, how, and why prospects need them. Incorporate these topics into your classroom and in-context sales training and onboarding program to equip sellers to engage with prospects and close deals more efficiently.

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The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

1 – Objection Handling. The first on our list of fun sales training games, is objection handling. Many Sales Professionals if trained correctly, will use something like our five-step objection handling breakdown ( that you can find here ) to overcome sales objections.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? There are a few ways to get out of objections, and one is the defusing objection framework. People who Raise Objections Are Real: What to Avoid. When you feel like your prospects are objecting to what you’re saying, then this is the right place for you.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

AI acts as a customer or prospect, providing feedback and coaching based on the rep’s performance. These virtual assistants can generate natural language responses and recommendations, helping reps refine their sales pitches , overcome objections, and meet quotas more effectively.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

3 ways to optimize your sales cycle Follow a clear path from prospecting to close Sales Cloud gives you the tools to navigate every sale easily, tracking each stage in the sales cycle and surfacing recommendations for actions that will get you to closer faster. For example, prospecting is a stage in the sales cycle.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Hyper-targeted prospecting: AI is a personal research assistant who never sleeps. Real-life example: Creating ChatGPT parameters Nothing is more tedious than getting a long email from a prospect you need to pull key ideas out of and rewrite for the CRM. Researching ICPs and pain points Need to know more about your prospects?

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Through the platform, you can record pitch or call practice sessions, which enable reps to learn how top sales performers give pitches. Additionally, you can enable collaborative coaching by letting reps give eachother pitch feedback, while additional features, like Leaderboards, can encourage friendly competition.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most sellers rush to providing answers, to pitching products, features, advantages, benefits. Sellers carefully filter through qualification and discovery questions, trying to narrow them to the critical few that enable them to launch into a pitch. Consider changing our training in “objection handling.”

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Which is a real problem… Because after you’ve put effort and resources into researching and creating a solid pitch and proposal, it only makes sense to come to the table prepared to negotiate with the prospect. Understand your prospect and their business goals. Top Negotiation Tips that Help Close the Deal.

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The 5% Institute

JULY 22, 2020

Sales Training Idea #1 – Objection Handling. There are numerous sales objections your team will come across when speaking with your potential clients, and if they don’t know how to effectively handle them – this can cost them the sale. Related article: Sales Objection Handling – A Step By Step Guide.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 13, 2019

Sales is no different, we have our own vocabulary, terms like prospecting, qualifying, objection handling, pipeline, funnel, discovery, closing, quota. Along with those, we develop tools that help us with those things, for example, objection handling techniques, closing techniques, qualifying techniques, and so forth.

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CloserIQ

APRIL 25, 2019

A sales pitch , no matter how perfect, can quickly be ruined by poor objection handling afterward. It’s a rare day when you pitch someone and they simply submit and ask where to sign. In this post, we’ll walk you through the 8 most common objections and how to respond to each. Your product/service is too expensive.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Hyper-targeted prospecting: AI is a personal research assistant who never sleeps. Real-life example: Creating ChatGPT parameters Nothing is more tedious than getting a long email from a prospect you need to pull key ideas out of and rewrite for the CRM. Researching ICPs and pain points Need to know more about your prospects?

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Gong.io

MAY 3, 2018

And the better you can map out the answers your prospect might have, the better prepared you will be. Cold Calling Tip 3: Don’t Be Afraid to Pitch. Pitching the wrong way is a very common mistake made on cold calls. Cold Calling Tip 4: A Prospect That Doesn’t Say Much Isn’t Necessarily Bad. Cold Calling Tip 2: Educate.

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Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

If you think a morning-fresh, bright-eyed prospect is your best bet, guess again. Afternoon calls have fewer no-shows and prospects stay on the call longer: Mornings? Your prospect is 30% more likely to show up for a call at 4 PM than one at 8 AM. Look at how long prospects talks on successful (3.5 Know when they are?

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Gong.io

JUNE 19, 2018

Step 1 – Prospecting: Get the First Meeting Every Time. Prospecting is your first step in the sales process. Your only job at this stage is to keep the prospect on the phone for five minutes. If you don’t do the talking, the prospect will, and your call will be less successful. Prospects talk uninterrupted for 3.5

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Here are some effective sales negotiation techniques that will help you build trust with prospects, close more deals , and streamline your sales cycle: 1. This not only helps foster long-term relationships but also allows you to tailor your sales pitch accordingly. Let the buyer ask questions and give thoughts or feedback.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Objection handling training exercises. From there, in a mock selling situation with a prospect (either another new rep or someone on the training team), have the rep try to get the prospect to identify the need themselves, and provide the solution (in this case, the obscure product). E-pitch competitions.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Detecting purchase readiness: The skill of identifying when a prospect shifts into a buying state signals the right moment to propose the sale. Initiating a preliminary agreement: Engage the prospect with statements and questions that lead to a tentative verbal commitment. What are the steps in the sales closing process?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Prospecting. Sales prospecting is to find qualified leads that are close to being ready to buy the advertised business or service. Companies start prospecting by formulating an Ideal Customer Profile. So not only do sales reps prospect for new customers, but they also qualify them. Handling objections.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 17, 2021

The mindset of the customer is oriented around their businesses, goals, objectives. Concepts like prospecting, qualifying, pitching, objection handling, closing are objectionable to the customer. Our focus is on our objectives and achieving our goals, so we drive things based on month/quarter/year end goals.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 8, 2019

The unintended consequence is that they hurt their sales team’s prospecting efforts. However, too many organizations make the mistake of combining them into one overall value prop or elevator pitch. Sales should carve up the overarching value prop and segment it to address a prospect’s specific needs. A Real World Example.

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Salesforce

MAY 30, 2023

This covers just about everything in the sales process, from prospecting to lead nurturing and closing. These certifications can cover soft skills like empathy building, or more tactical skills like objection handling. It will help you understand what sways a prospect, getting them to the coveted “yes” at the end of a deal.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Otherwise, why do customers constantly complain about being pitched, sales people not understanding their problems, and so forth. Internal teams don’t think in terms of “objection handling,” but they have skills at resolving differences of opinions, contention/conflict within their own organizations.

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