Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Begin Buying Cycles with Pain vs. Goals. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. In the first 20 seconds or so of a prospecting call you will be more likely to gain mind share leading with problems (the inverse of goals).

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

This becomes the foundation for scalability and in training new reps. Work closely with marketing so that you are getting good educational content to where your prospective customers are before they contact you. Take a random sampling of emails going out to prospective customers as well as any other follow-up communication.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 11, 2013

Over the years, I have found some very common responses to our sales and sales management training programs. We are commited to designing a targeted training and development program based on a scientific method of improving and developing sales performance. Our own personal buying process can, and will, often influence how we sell.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Take time to get to know more probable prospective buyers. Learn about their buying cycle, not your selling cycle. Get educated on professional strategies for brand building online before you start throwing messages to valuable prospective buyers so that you don’t prevent or damage relationships.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Culture at another firm required Sales Reps to do their own prospecting and sales. Most sales were incremental or competitive displacement when prospects were in an active buying cycle. The IC plan was changed to diminish Rep prospecting. Will a focus on training and coaching be undermined?

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 26, 2016

Instead, think about how you can get the prospect to think of what you have in terms of how it will benefit them. It may sound something like this: “Tom, many businesses in the construction industry have been able to save over 15% in their long-term buying cycles by using our preferred supplier status discounts. Happy selling!

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 7, 2013

Sales Training Article: The Foundation of Buying Cycles. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net In my mind the most important core concept of CustomerCentric Selling® is: No goal, no prospect.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Experience: What processes does the customer go through when they are in the buying cycle? Is your social media presence attracting the kind of prospects that will be good for your business? This can identify who your ideal prospect might be and acts as a focus for you to target future customers. Happy Selling!

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

That’s why there is a buying cycle– why most people don’t buy on the spot. Start with 25 prospective companies – or 50 or 100 if you can consistently follow up with this number of contacts. It takes time to build trust. Don’t discount the importance of this in building rapport and a relationship.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 16, 2018

The best prospecting strategies require a human touch. McKinsey also created a template of what this human/digital communication preference looks like throughout the buying cycle, based on their surveys of business buyers. Believe that? Far too many sales reps do. They think that digital rules. Read the rest of the article.).

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 23, 2012

During many of our training events for a sales process rollout, we’ll get the question “So I should just identify the buyer’s stage and go from there?”. Here’s an example of the average buying cycle for this type of software purchase. Instead of using the prospect-directed sales scramble, Robert gave them a defined path.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2012

Sadly, most sales training and sales trainers are unable to help salespeople overcome these weaknesses because their focus is primarly the sales skills and methodology that they teach. Non Supportive Buy Cycle (causes them to empathize with stalls, put-offs and objections). Is there anything you can do? Yes, there is.

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Buying Cycle Sales Methodology Incentive Incentives 196

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

One of the keys to increasing sales is getting under the skin of the prospect or your customer, so ascertain the real needs and to get them to understand how they can improve their business using your solutions. 2) Where are you currently in the buying cycle? 3) What kind of relationship do you wish to have with your suppliers?

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

By applying science and metrics to your client and prospect buying cycle, you can impact connection and real support to help them. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Many of our clients don’t take advantage of these tools yet though.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Whether it’s a cold call on a prospect or a follow-up email after a client visit, have the clarity to know exactly what you are trying to achieve. 9) Prospect at the right level within the business. 10) Discover the prospect’s buying cycles. 15) Practice your prospecting calls with your colleagues or your manager.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

A Lack of Training. One side deployed code; the other deployed prospecting campaigns. “On Training wasn’t as immersive as it needed to be, either, says Gupta, who recently co-authored a research paper on this topic for the Journal of Business Research. The answer has little to do with the technology itself.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 8, 2012

You’re done in by lost sales, missed opportunities, misaligned goals, and “no’s” toward the end of a prospective customer’s long buying cycle. Your prospect. To be successful in complex deals, you must understand why the prospect is looking at solutions now as opposed to before or later.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Electronic Starts to Buying Cycles By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII ("It Is What It Is") series. Need some help with your sales performance?

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Buying Cycle Training Lead Scoring Lead Rank 45

Anthony Cole Training

JULY 28, 2010

Leadership Training (2). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales management training (4). sales prospecting (34). Sales Training (5). training sales (25).

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Hiring Buying Cycle Ideal Customer Profile Margin 133

Score More Sales

MAY 16, 2012

You have no CRM system and use some combination of e-Mail, Excel, Outlook, and/or sticky notes to “track” your prospective sales opportunities. Finding ways to shorten your prospective customers’ buying cycle which brings revenue in sooner is a very good thing.

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Allego

JANUARY 9, 2025

Further, regulatory pressures, complex buying cycles, and the rise of digital technology have transformed the way sales teams must operate. Compounding the challenge are the complexities of todays buying cycles. And long sales cycles leave no room for guesswork. These arent optional skillstheyre non-negotiable.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Leadership Training (2). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales management training (4). sales prospecting (34). Sales Training (5). training sales (25).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile eBook Webinar Metrics 175

MTD Sales Training

MAY 5, 2011

But what many salespeople forget is that the customer’s view of value changes as they move through the buying cycle. Then they make evaluations as to who they should buy from, followed by the decision phase and finally taking the action necessary to buy the product or service. 5) Putting the choice into action.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2012

For decades now, sales management has put in sales processes and systems to standardize how sales reps manage leads and close deals with prospects. These sales processes and systems typically have been enclosed by three points of a triangle: sales enablement tools, sales training, and sales pipeline or forecasting tools.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Leadership Training (2). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales management training (4). sales prospecting (34). Sales Training (5). training sales (25).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 154

Allego

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In today’s uncertain climate, many companies are slowing their buying cycles or freezing them completely. Nurturing prospects and closing deals when you can’t meet in person is the new normal for sellers in most industries. 8 Essential Elements of Virtual Sales Training. B2B sales have gotten even tougher.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The second layer is encouraging reps to balance empathy with prospects. “[To Instead, focus on the value, so your sales process is rooted in what's good for [the prospect].”. Sure, it would have been easier for his team to reduce the amount of training, but that would have led to lower team morale and poor performance.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 26, 2014

Sales Training Article: "Send Me Some Info". By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Sign-up for one of these sales training workshops to learn how to better engage with prospects. You''ll be better served not to assume that the buying cycle is moving forward.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

There is now no doubt, NO DOUBT that the company I am honored to lead as CEO is the world’s largest digital sales training company. The secrets behind the success of the world’s largest #DigitalSales training company, Vengreso. Why did we focus on flooding the digital sales training space like this? sales Click To Tweet.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

B2B companies are making significant investments in solutions that ensure they have access to data across their prospect base. These investments include technologies and platforms that ensure prospects are tracked in a B2B world. the conversations they have and messages they present to prospective customers.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

Zoominfo

MARCH 29, 2023

This often leads to larger buying committees, more avenues for approval, and elongated buying cycles. Vendr, a SaaS buying platform, recently found that sales cycles for software have settled at about 46 days, a 40% increase since 2020. Your internal structure should enable this type of instant outreach.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 31, 2014

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Recent studies would have you believe as much as 80% of buying activities are complete before salespeople are involved. The Good Buying cycles initiated proactively by competent sellers start at Key Player levels.

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Allego

JANUARY 16, 2025

Also known as everboarding , continuous learning supports and enables sales reps to effectively meet the challenges of constantly evolving buying committees, buyer preferences, and market conditions. Unlike traditional classroom sales training , continuous learning is embedded into reps day-to-day workflow, without impacting productivity.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Rank Strategy 62

Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2023

Speedy customer acquisition without a hefty price tag is the target, but doing it effectively can be a challenge without the right tools and training. Analyzing the firmographic characteristics of target accounts gave them a template for prospecting similar companies in new markets, such as finance and manufacturing.

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Ideal Customer Profile Direct Mail Customer Strategy 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2018

Shorten your sales cycle. The B2B buyer’s journey is long and complex compared to the B2C buying cycle. In B2B deals, the buying committee consists of multiple stakeholders. VR/AR allows you to create a product demo that immerses prospects in your product and shows them precisely how it operates.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 17, 2023

This is called having a Supportive Buy Cycle and while 64% of the top salespeople in the world have it, only 10% of the bottom half of all salespeople and 1% of the bottom 10% have it as a strength. There is a 100% correlation between how salespeople make major purchases and the behavior they’ll tolerate from their prospects.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Sales Training Article: Taking the Path of Least Resistance. By that I mean their entry points within prospect organizations are low, but willing to talk with them. I suggest organizations step back and consider that buying cycles start in one of two ways: 1. Reactively when prospects contact a vendor or a seller.

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Top of Funnel Training Lead Scoring Lead Rank 61