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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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What Having Cancer Taught Me About Sales

Cerebral Selling

I was instantaneously thrust into a world of tests, scans, special doctors, surgeries, follow-up treatments, and the crazy rollercoaster of emotions that go with all the above. However, despite my secrecy, there were people I opened up to immediately about my experience. For a time, my future had been stolen. 100% of buyers are humans.

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How to create a sales process map for your sales team

PandaDoc

The key goal of sales process mapping is to help your team accelerate performance by defining and then optimizing visualized steps to help them rack up more wins. The term “ map ” here is used as a generalization since it could be a flowchart or an infographic — the choice is always up to a team. The same applies to sales.

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The Invisible Salesperson

Adaptive Business Services

I remember when I first got into B2B sales selling expensive office equipment. While techs never had any quotas, they were encouraged to sell time and material service, maintenance agreements, and supplies. Throw away the objection handling and conquering techniques. If you screw up, own up.

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Proven Strategies for Effective Sales Management

Highspot

Incentive and Compensation Strategies Compensation, quotas, and incentives help attract top talent and motivate them. A well-crafted compensation plan is at the core of a productive sales team based upon the dedication it requires to meet those quotas, attain the compensation the sellers desire, and become the best of the best.

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5 Key Strategies for Building a Team of Unicorn Sellers

Sales Hacker

It’s based on an outdated way of thinking that selling is an art – perfected only by a select few. Revenue leaders who accept this notion often cross their fingers during the hiring process, hoping they’re lucky enough to find the rare “unicorn seller” with those innate, unteachable skills that translate to quota attainment.

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Are You Being Helpful?

Partners in Excellence

We tend to overcomplicate things, particularly selling and leadership. Some focus on skills like objection handling, closing, negotiation. Some focus on skills like objection handling, closing, negotiation. Some might have broader approaches like solution, consultative or insight selling.