Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

But, too often, when our customers have a change initiative, or a problem solving initiative, or a buying initiative, we assume the they know what they are doing. Part of the role of managers and leaders is to identify problems and changes that need to be made. And each time the problems/issues are different.

Customers 79

Customers Closing Process Product 79

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 29, 2024

Why do you think we have this problem? The conversation is either an outright pitch for the product, or it starts with a provocative assumption of a problem, then focuses on the product that solves that problem. They want to talk about their problems. It was a provocative outreach. They want to discuss.

Start-ups 81

Start-ups Conversion Pitch Prospecting 81

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We wanted people to connect and discuss real problems and challenges with other peers. Over 300 old and new faces flew to Austin to spend two days full of networking and talks on growth and experimentation. Add to that breakfast tacos, a lot of beer, and three parties. These are the highlights of each one. Great talks.

B2B 94

B2B Objectives and Key Results Relationship building Growth 94

The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 14, 2021

First, they make the assumption that they’re going to go ahead and buy if they are the right fit for what you’re selling. Also known as assumptive closing questions ; MLM closing questions are very effective because it puts the potential client in a ‘buying state of mind’. Why Effective MLM Closing Questions Work So Well.

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Closing Clients Sales Presentation 144

The 5% Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

First, they make the assumption that they’re going to go ahead and buy if they are the right fit for what you’re selling. Also known as assumptive closing questions ; sales closing statements are very effective because it puts you potential client in a ‘buying state of mind’. Why Sales Closing Statements Work So Well.

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Closing Sales Clients Presentation 145

The 5% Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

First, they make the assumption that they’re going to transition and buy if they are the right fit for what you’re selling. Also known as assumptive closing questions ; transition statements in sales are very effective because it puts you potential client in a ‘buying state of mind’. Why Transition Statements Work So Well.

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Closing Clients Sales Presentation 143

Martech

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

There will be a significant movement toward improving people’s problem-solving skills as they learn to use automation with their human brains. I remember when the web was brand new, unknown and scary to many people. The company I worked for was extremely traditional and vowed never to have a website or allow employees to use email.

X-functional 114

X-functional Cross-sell Territory Retail 114

ClickFunnels

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The post How To Sell Anything – A Practical Guide To Better Sales appeared first on ClickFunnels. Jordan Belfort and his blockbuster movie, The Wolf of Wallstreet, popularized the idea of being able to sell anything to anyone, a la “sell me this pen.”. Of course, that’s an oversimplification of the sales process. Know Who You’re Talking To.

Sell 215

Sell Up-sell Negotiate Follow-up 215

The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Types of gap selling discovery questions include open-ended questions, assumptive close questions, close ended questions, and tie-down questions. Assumptive Close Questions. Assumptive close questions are gap selling discovery questions you ask where you’re assuming the response prior to getting an answer. Qualifying questions.

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Sell Clients Technique Closing 145

The 5% Institute

MAY 7, 2021

Put simply – trial closing questions are sales questions you ask your potential clients, that make the assumption that they’re going to proceed with the sale, or that they will make some kind of buying decision. First, it makes the assumption that there are benefits of owning your product or service.

Closing 139

Closing Clients Sales Presentation 139

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 4, 2023

It's important to regularly check the accuracy of your assumptions about the viability of the deals in your pipeline against hard evidence that those deals are advancing in line with your sales process. Please note that this episode was recorded in a restaurant in Milan Italy. The content quality is excellent. The sound quality not so much.

Pipeline 101

Pipeline Sales Closing Prospecting 101

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

These would, through some magic, always align with the customers’ very structured process, Problem Definition, Needs Definition, Evaluate Alternatives, Select/Buy A Solution. We were closing and the customer was still defining the problem), the probability of winning decreases by 15-20%.

B2B 127

B2B Up-sell Contract Start-ups 127

Search Engine Land

APRIL 5, 2024

Why we must do SEO audits Before we dive into the problems with SEO audits and what you can do about them, I would like to provide three arguments for why we need them. There were solely assumptions on why the traffic dropped. There were solely assumptions on why the traffic dropped. You want to know about the status quo.

Hospitality 100

Hospitality Consult Clients Construction 100

Martech

MARCH 4, 2024

It might not be your fault Some marketing automation problems result from bad planning, but often they’re a result of an unanticipated change in an underlying assumption. This saves time and greatly expands what your marketing team can accomplish with limited resources. Most systems can manage that. Here are two ways to manage this.

Campaign 125

Campaign Cross-sell Contact Follow-up 125

Martech

MARCH 6, 2024

There’s a problem with the infusion of generative AI into marketing: finding people with the skills to use it. This isn’t just a problem for marketing, of course. I run into this assumption from some places where they think, “Oh, it’s natural language, you don’t need training.” Nobody knew what to ask.

Engineering 99

Engineering Campaign Presentation Consult 99

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Improve problem-solving skills. In a LinkedIn Learning course called Using Questions to Foster Critical Thinking and Curiosity , author and Master Certified Executive Coach Joshua Miller makes a compelling case for curiosity. If only it had the same ring to it…. After all, following where our curiosity takes us requires some free time.

Objectives and Key Results 131

Objectives and Key Results Follow-up Finance Closing 131

Highspot

DECEMBER 2, 2021

To be a truly effective coach, Forrester reports that “sales managers must shift from short-term thinking and last-minute individual heroics to data-driven, sustainable performance improvement” (Sales Enablement: Planning Assumptions 2022, Forrester Research, Inc., Here are the five areas you’ll want to focus on in 2022.

Drivers/motivators 98

Drivers/motivators Technique Conversion Start-ups 98

Cerebral Selling

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Assumptive priming (discovery tactic) – Kickstart the conversation by showcasing your knowledge of like-minded customers and business challenges. Despite dealing with economic and geopolitical curveballs for the past 2+ years, uncertainty in the market shows no signs of slowing down. call me back when the storm passes.

Objection handling 207

Objection handling Sales Construction Growth 207

Iannarino

JUNE 25, 2021

Sooner or later, reality will overcome any set of human assumptions, a process exacerbated by an environment of disruptive change. Rather than starting a conversation by asking the client what problems they are having, you help explain why they are struggling. Here are five areas where you can play that role. Understanding Their World.

Contact 222

Contact Clients Prospecting Up-sell 222

Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The basic assumption is that accumulating more PageRank-passing backlinks will eventually boost rankings and drive converting traffic to the website. There are other problems with an SEO strategy based on PageRank-passing link building, too. However, following this strategy is often dangerous due to potential Google Search violations.

Gambling 115

Gambling Cross-sell CTR Represent 115

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

You’ll spend a ton of time researching, making a lot of assumptions that are usually wrong, and slowing things down. You’re solving customer problems and hopefully becoming a problem for your competitors. They’re paying for solutions that solve their problems today. What does shipping at 60% mean? The takeaway?

Product 94

Product Construction Trust Start-ups 94

SalesProInsider

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The problem with that is there is a gap because…. The following quote by Roy T Bennett from The Light in the Heart captures the main message for successful virtual sales follow up in this episode of Virtual Selling, Concreate Results. Roy says: “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.”. Stay Top of Mind. The Follow Up Gap.

Follow-up 118

Follow-up Conversion Sales Up-sell 118

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

First this is of a problem, then it is of a solution, and finally it is of their options. The first is when the buyer is confident they understand the problem they need to solve. The second milestone is when the buyer is confident they understand how this problem can be solved. This is probably done with the best of intentions.

Customers 95

Customers Non-Profits Prospecting Education 95

The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Don’t Make Assumptions. Assumptions can kill sales – because it positions us in a frame of mind that we know better than our potential clients; which can break rapport and show a lack of empathy. Many Sales Professionals and Business Owners go about their sales conversations the wrong way. Customer Pain Points – Your Ultimate Guide.

Customers 143

Customers Real Estate Non-Profits Consult 143

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 23, 2021

One of the biggest problem areas I see is in linking demand gen/prospecting with overall business results. The problem is, even if they achieved those goals, sales would come in at about 75% of the overall plan! Let me give an example to illustrate. They set very aggressive goals–more than double what they had done historically.

Prospecting 68

Prospecting Sales Customers 68

Martech

MARCH 12, 2024

You’re likely familiar with the Pareto Principle, the old 80/20 rule and how it applies to marketing — 80% of your profit comes from 20% of your customers. You also know who those “best” customers are. The metric that illuminates your best customers is customer lifetime value. But do you know who your next best customers are?

Customers 98

Customers Drivers/motivators Construction Legal 98

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

First, let’s dive into bandit testing and talk a bit about the history of the N-armed bandit problem. Table of contents What is the multi-armed bandit problem? What is the multi-armed bandit problem? In regards to optimization, the applications of this problem are obvious. Question is, when? What is bandit testing?

A/B testing 113

A/B testing Campaign Intrinsic Conversion 113

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2021

But there are several problems with the way we do this: First, too often, we really don’t do discovery, we focus on pitching our products and companies, not taking the time to understand what the customer is trying to achieve. There’s a problem with “our” discovery process! The customer is trying to learn.

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Process Pitch Customers Presentation 74

Search Engine Land

APRIL 26, 2024

The March 2024 core update has been a volatile, mammoth update. It’s been a long and turbulent road for some. It can be overwhelming when you hear that an update has finished rolling out. With so many moving parts, pinpointing results and actions for your website can seem like an impossible task after a Google algorithm update finishes rolling out.

X-functional 122

X-functional User Experience UX Follow-up 122

Salesforce

JANUARY 3, 2024

Maybe they spent most of their time patching up the backend and slapping duct tape on design problems. Maybe they spent most of their time patching up the backend and slapping duct tape on design problems. This impacts both the UX and the business. Inevitably, issues require taxing rework and resources. It was harder than he thought.

UX 105

UX User Experience Clients Meeting 105

Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Picture this: you’ve invested so much time and effort into a potential deal and victory feels within reach, only to see it slip away to a competitor or the client decides to back out at the last minute. It’s a setback that makes you reassess your approach and wonder – what went wrong? How Does the Sales Closing Process Work?

Closing 52

Closing Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Technique 52

The 5% Institute

APRIL 14, 2021

Executives require sales training for a number of reasons; it helps them have the knowledge to train their staff, ensure consistency is followed within their sales team, and to make sure all your potential clients have the same positive experience. Sales Training For Executives. . Sales Training For Executives Topic #1 – Sales Process.

Objectives and Key Results 139

Objectives and Key Results Sales Clients Objection handling 139

The 5% Institute

JUNE 13, 2023

This research analysed thousands of salespeople across various industries and identified five distinct profiles: the Hard Worker, the Relationship Builder, the Lone Wolf, the Reactive Problem Solver, and the Challenger. They excel at customer service and are skilled at resolving problems.

Sales 52

Sales Drivers/motivators Trust Conversion 52

SalesProInsider

JANUARY 8, 2020

Don’t make assumptions or leave them with assumptions that create uncertainty or a chance for more research and talking to competitors. With clear actions or decisions, you allow the buyer to more quickly get a solution to their problem, opportunity, want, or need. Then I visited a large retailer who also offers cell phones.

Retail 99

Retail Contact Up-sell Process 99

Martech

APRIL 19, 2024

It’s one of the oldest debates in lead generation: quantity vs. quality. Marketers who are judged by the number of leads they generate will push for quantity. But big-ticket purchases in B2C and B2B will help marketers see ROI with a small number of wins, which pushes some marketers toward quality. Meta saw 16.6% There were more than 1.1

B2C 112

B2C Lead generation B2B Campaign 112

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This uses the principle of Test Driven Development, which is less focused on products with perfect codes detached from human reality but more on creating products that solve problems. For instance, their earliest product responded to the online payment problem startups were experiencing. Lyft was one of the earliest users in question.

Minimum Viable Product 98

Minimum Viable Product Product Drivers/motivators User Experience 98

The 5% Institute

MARCH 9, 2021

Put simply; this means to have the ability to use a range of skills that assist with reasoning, logic, and problem solving to help your potential clients during the sales process. Premature presentation is the approach of using a sales pitch ; or presenting your offer before you have removed all assumptions from the sales process.

Sales 115

Sales Pitch Presentation Clients 115