Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 9, 2012

They possess a Non-Supportive Buy Cycle. It's not even lack of training, as much as it's lack of the correct training. It's not even lack of training, as much as it's lack of the correct training. They Become Emotionally Involved. They are directed by Self-Limiting Beliefs. c) Copyright 2011 Dave Kurlan

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Are sales cycles either nonexistent or getting even longer? Have gatekeepers had some form of combat training? The problem is not you or the sales cycle – they are just symptoms of the real problem. Leadership Questions Sales Buying Process Change Modern Day Salesperson Sales Training Trusted Advisor Value'

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2013

It led to a significant number of comments with one of them being this question: "Dave, in your opinion, with all the training that is available and has been delivered to sales people over the years, how come sales people still fail at executing an effective approach to qualifying a prospect. Forget what we want to call the approach.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

In turn, they learn to accelerate deals through the buying cycle. Sales Training- Great sales teams know they have to push themselves to improve. They understand their objectives and fears. They also know how they make a purchasing decision. They learn to speak the buyer’s language.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Now it’s one thing if you’re one of those “wait to be found sellers”, the buyer is way ahead of you in their buying cycle, and you’re just one of a number of participants in the bathing suit contest. They haven’t been trained again, because it is still about selling the product.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

This becomes the foundation for scalability and in training new reps. According to IDG Connect*, less than 40% of buyers say they spend their time in the buying process either interacting with your sales team or reviewing promotional content. Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Consulting. example: tid = 123.

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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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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 19, 2018

Sales Tips: 2 Factors That Determine the Length of Buying Cycles. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Learn about their buying cycle, not your selling cycle. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Everyone agrees with the top goof up sellers make on LinkedIn as mentioned last week – the old “Quick Connect” as I call it. Move forward wisely.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Most sales were incremental or competitive displacement when prospects were in an active buying cycle. Will a focus on training and coaching be undermined? Suppose HR and Sales have built great training and coaching materials. Or, the sales force has been trained on using social media in selling.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Senior executives are not equally engaged throughout the buying cycle. In general, they are involved early and late and delegate most decisions in middle part of the buying cycle to others. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.

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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. It takes time to build trust. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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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? MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. The post How To Map Out Your Buyer’s Journey Pre & Post-Sale appeared first on MTD Sales Training. What can’t you provide that the customer might want?

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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).

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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. This is a post for any Sales Leader considering or using a buyer-driven sales process.

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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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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 16, 2018

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. To learn more about the most high-touch prospecting strategy of all, check out my new referral sales training courses on LinkedIn Learning.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 23, 2019

Have a marketing plan to remain in touch with those people who aren’t active in the prospecting or buying cycle. Commit to the customer and their needs, not just on what they sell. Own your prospect’s process. Maintain an optimistic attitude. View prospecting not as an activity, but rather as a lifestyle that you live.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

A Lack of Training. 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. There’s a group of people around that decision that wasn’t there before,” Hays says.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

2) Where are you currently in the buying cycle? This will give you clarity on what the next decisions are going to be in the buying process and stops you from going too fast too soon. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 28, 2010

Leadership Training (2). sales management training (4). Sales Training (5). training sales (25). Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. At Anthony Cole Training in our Effective Selling System, we call this the TMR (Time, Money, Resources) step. It is the way we buy stuff.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This disintermediation with sales has effectively given control of the sales cycle to the buyer. Industry: The vendors in the marketing automation space provide training and education, but it is very focused on how to use the systems they sell. But all is not lost.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2017

10) Discover the prospect’s buying cycles. 21) Technology is changing the buying cycles of buyers, so build your knowledge of all the technological advances in your industry. MTD Sales Training. The post 33 Sales Tip & Techniques appeared first on MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Score More Sales

MAY 16, 2012

Finding ways to shorten your prospective customers’ buying cycle which brings revenue in sooner is a very good thing. Most systems are under-utilized because of a poor roll-out and non-existent ongoing training. Whichever scenario you are in, there is hope as long as you are clear on two points: 1.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2012

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. Buying cycles are getting longer with more touches happening before sales engagement. Buying processes are changing and involve unique decision models.

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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. Since a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, you may have 3 of these people covered, but that fourth one is going to do you in. Who are these people?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

above (a whole one), on their way to work, sitting on the commuter train thinking about their to-do list. As you move back from the punchline, you can create a journey that aligns with the outcomes they were thinking about on their train ride. It will also accelerate your cycle, by helping the buyer(s) shorten their buying cycle.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, one of the underlying success factors for developing the right strategy relates to timing – when in the buying cycle do you want to engage at the senior level and what do you need to do before you get there? . Senior executives are not equally engaged throughout the buying cycle. ©2013 Sales Momentum ® , LLC.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Not only will companies need more inside reps, but they will also need people well trained in the products and services they sell, people who can talk and engage prospects without a script. And key decision-makers continue to be on the move and even willing to change positions and companies in the middle of the buying cycle.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 30, 2021

Through the entire buying cycle, we focus on value creation and articulation. We train the customer that our value is significantly less than what we say, because we are willing to significantly discount to get the order. Things like, “keeping their job,” “simplifying their lives,” etc.

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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. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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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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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2015

It’s that time of year again, there are lots of posts around the popular research that indicates, “Customers aren’t engaging sales until they are, 57, 70, 90 (depending on the research you read) through their buying cycle.” As a result, the sales professional is key in helping customer initiate the buying cycle.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 18, 2014

With the rise of more committees, there are more people involved in making buying decisions, sellers are engaged later in the buying cycle, and, increasingly a lot of the selling is going on when you not there. The longer and more complex the buying cycle, the more important this notion becomes.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2024

The old Challenger data shows customers typically involve vendors when they are about 60% through their buying process. That data is at least 10 years old, and based on what we see in most buying cycles is that buyers defer vendor engagement until as late as possible. We train our people in our products and their superiority.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Leadership Training (2). sales management training (4). Sales Training (5). training sales (25). Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. This changes the entire buying cycle for many who sell in todays marketplace. Best in Class Sales Training. Increase Sales (22).

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Because of the foundational nature of this idea, it is always a good idea to pay attention when someone adds new insight about how customers buy. In a McKinsey article asked a fundamental question – Is the buying cycle linear? Their short answer was – No. ©2013 Sales Momentum ® LLC.

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