Hubspot

MARCH 2, 2018

Common Sales Objections. I can't sell this internally.". Every prospect you speak to has sales objections, or reasons they’re hesitant to buy your product. Why are sales objections unavoidable? To be successful, reps must learn how to both discover and resolve these objections.

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criteria for success

AUGUST 1, 2019

Have you ever met that ideal prospect who agreed with everything you pitched and immediately bought whatever you were trying to sell? So in order to close more deals, sales reps need to have a thorough understanding of the [ ] The post The Objection Handling Process: What Sales Reps Need to Know!

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The 5% Institute

AUGUST 2, 2022

These sales drills are a great way to make your usual sales training sessions fun, enjoyable, and easier to remember. When sales drills are fun, there’s a better return on your time spent. In this article, we’ll explore five effective sales drills that you should do with your sales team. Validate the objection.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 13, 2022

Here’s a pop quiz for sellers and sales enablement folks. If you are a sales enablement person, Does your sales training/learning program included formal training and development on change and change management? Our sales training programs spend a lot of time helping us develop skills around what we sell and how we sell.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Open ended sales questions are a crucial aspect of the sales process. Additionally, we’ll cover some of the common mistakes to avoid when asking open ended sales questions. What are open ended sales questions? What are open ended sales questions? Why should you ask open ended sales questions?

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The digital landscape has transformed the way we conduct business, and one significant development is the advent of the digital sales room. Traditional sales methods have given way to more efficient and effective digital tools, and the digital sales room is at the forefront of this transformation. What Is a Digital Sales Room?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 15, 2022

We tend to focus on “If you do this one thing…” As a result, we may focus only on prospecting, or only on objection handling, or anything else. The post The Importance Of “Flow” In Selling first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 23, 2023

In sales, customer objections are a fact of life. But running into the same objections time and time again can make selling feel more like Groundhog Day, especially when you know they’re coming! Here are three powerful ways to use inoculation in your sales motion. We had successfully inoculated them.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

When I think about different types of sales calls, some of the first terms that come to mind are terms like warm calling or cold calling. 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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Lead Fuze

JULY 18, 2023

Learning how to handle objections in sales calls is a crucial skill for any sales professional. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the art of handling sales objections effectively. We will also highlight the importance of building trust with prospects through effective objection handling.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2020

A reader asked me, “Dave, when are you publishing a book on complex B2B selling? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books on the topic–and look at how little they have really contributed to changing how we sell and improving our ability to create great value. I’d start by never talking about the selling process.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 3, 2024

We scour social channels for shortcuts; what are the easiest ways to prospect, how can I send more emails/make more calls, how do I close more deals with less effort, how do I leverage tools like ChatGPT to do the work for me, and on and on…… ? The same prospecting scripts–so nothing is different or stands out.

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The 5% Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Sales team building games can be a great way to break up your usual sales team meetings , because it allows your Sales Professionals to enhance their personal development in a lighter way. Not All Sales Team Building Games Are Equal. Our five prescribed sales team building games will help you achieve both.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2017

A lot of work in the sales process focuses on handling objections. I’m going to make this simple for you and give you three steps that will help you handle just about any objection that you come across. First, pause … Read More »

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The 5% Institute

JUNE 27, 2023

In the world of business, sales play a crucial role in driving growth and profitability. A well-executed sales motion can make all the difference in achieving sales targets and establishing a strong market presence. The Importance of an Effective Sales Motion An effective sales motion is vital for business success.

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The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Sales training activities, exercises and games are a great way to make your usual sales training sessions fun, enjoyable, and easier to remember. When sales training activities are fun, there’s a better return on your time spent. 5 x Effective Sales Training Activities to Boost Your Sales Skills.

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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. Sell time on your calendar.

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Gong.io

AUGUST 1, 2022

That’s the basis behind Gap Selling — a sales methodology developed by Keenan, CEO and president of A Sales Growth Company. The “gap” refers to the space between where a prospect is now and where they want to be in the future. Your goal as a seller is to help prospects fill that gap. What is Gap Selling?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2023

The world has changed, but we are still doing the stuff we’ve always done–at least in selling. We engage in linear selling processes–Prospecting, Qualifying, Discovering, Proposing, Closing. It hasn’t changed since I started selling, despite all the data showing us customers don’t buy that way.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s no different in sales — only instead of game rules, you use a sales cycle to make sure you’re following the right steps at the right time. Let’s take a look at the stages of a sales cycle, and how you can use it to secure regular deal wins. What you’ll learn: What is a sales cycle?

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Lead Fuze

JUNE 30, 2023

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 discuss the importance of persistence and thorough research in achieving your sales goals. No “happy ears” syndrome here.

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Hubspot

MARCH 20, 2018

When we talk about objection handling in sales, it is often focused on the later stages of the buying cycle, usually during negotiations. We focus on pricing and timing issues -- the types of objections that prevent a deal from closing. Prospecting is hard. Second, d on’t sell the product, sell the next step.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 19, 2020

I’ve gone through training in countless sales methodologies. Our own company has developed and implemented sales methodologies used by thousands of sales people–though all of our work is customized to the strategies, priorities, culture/values of the organizations we work with. I admire the author in taking the time.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

So you want to learn what skills the best-of-the-best sales pros use to close more deals, crush their goals, and make boatloads of cash? To emulate what the top sales professionals do, you can: . and hope “sales skills osmosis” works. Millions of sales opportunities. . But the top sales reps are great at prospecting.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Many sales reps feel this way, constantly racing to adapt to the unpredictable. Fortunately, if you’re aiming for peak sales performance in an uncertain world, you’re in the right place. Our guide provides critical strategies and sales readiness tools to ensure your sellers have the core knowledge and skills to thrive.

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Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

Too often, sales reps jump straight into their pitch without even considering their prospects’ needs or asking what they’re looking for. And in most cases, that’s a losing sales strategy. So how can you build rapport with your prospects? That’s where Solution Selling comes in. What is Solution Selling?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the face of all this, for the most part we are training our sales people in the same skills I learned many decades ago, and my predecessors learned decades before that. Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Hard-hitting sales stats. ” Our product gives sales leaders data-backed insights into their sales team. And our Gong Labs team pores through stats from millions of sales interactions to uncover actionable sales tips. Sales Stats for Prospecting. Sales Stat #1: DON’T use ROI in cold emails.

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The 5% Institute

MARCH 28, 2022

Are you looking for a proven sales playbook to use for consistent, repeatable sales? In this article, we’ll detail the 10 step sales playbook that works perfectly for Sales Professionals and Business Owners in service based and consultative industries. The Benefits Of Using A Sales Playbook.

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The 5% Institute

AUGUST 9, 2021

Closing sales training is crucial for not only new Sales Professionals, but also for seasoned Sales Pro’s and Business Owners who want to refresh their sales process , and even learn new skills and ideas. In this article, we’ll explore: The upfront requirements to be a successful Sales Professional.

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Cerebral Selling

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After all, the prospect agreed that solving the problem was important and we even helped them quantify the value of making the purchase. I refer to this in my objection handling course as “ turning the future into the past ”). We forecasted the deal to close but after ALL that work, they STILL didn’t move forward with us!”

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether it is the wording of the title of a prospecting email. Or it might be the formula for the sequence and timing of touches in your prospecting. Or it may be a methodology, process, objection handling technique. The number of words/tone or call to action of that email. But they don’t!

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

There’s no shortage of sales tips online. In fact, Google returns 1,370,000,000 results when you search “sales tips”. Some of those results are Gong’s articles, and what sets them apart is our focus on data-backed sales tips. So when we share an article that includes the “7 best data-backed sales tips,” we mean business.

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SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2023

So one recent survey we did really brought out a healthy debate: does your VP of Sales really need to be a product expert? Many of the comments said it was more important a VP of Sales understand process and leadership more than the product itself. And you at least have to be able to answer the top 20 objections incredibly well.

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The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Fun sales training games can be a great way to break up your usual sales team meetings , because it allows your Sales Professionals to enhance their personal development in a lighter way. Not All Fun Sales Training Games Are Equal. Our five prescribed fun sales training games will help you achieve both.

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