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Expert Closing Techniques

Anthony Cole Training

In the old days of selling, closing was about what happens at the end of a client or prospect meeting did we get them to sign something, give us the green light, or seal the deal? The activity was about applying pressure on the buyer to make a decision NOW.

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Getting Salespeople to Prospect When They Aren’t Prospecting

Understanding the Sales Force

I spent some extra time with them and realized they were both swinging with their eyes closed. If I could get them to swing with their eyes at least partly open, they might get their hands and bat close enough to the ball so that maybe the ball might hit their bats. That was a pretty optimistic thought for a realist like me!

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Sales Reps Not Closing Sales? Try This

No More Cold Calling

This broken link is to blame for sales teams’ biggest closing mistakes. “My My salespeople can’t close.” But not closing sales is never the real problem. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. It’s just a symptom.

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Sales Signals: How to Leverage Data & AI to Reach Prospects First

Zoominfo

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Most go-to-market teams understandably focus on new funding rounds as a signal when prospecting.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

This frees up valuable time for sellers to focus more on building relationships and closing deals. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn five practical ways you can use gen AI to streamline your workflows, provide more value to your prospects, and, ultimately, close deals faster.

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How to Get Ready for Quota-Busting Sales Success

Understanding the Sales Force

A similar scenario where salespeople spend time getting ready before conducting an act happens with prospecting for new business. While not all salespeople are required to prospect, those who do often follow the gift giving ritual where they spend quite a bit of time getting ready before making their calls. So it’s the opposite.

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How to Use AI to Close More Sales

Hubspot Sales

When a prospect first reaches out for more information, I’ve found that engagement is at its peak. Many times I’ve been frustrated trying to chase down a once-excited prospect whose priorities have already shifted to the next item on the list. Wondering how to achieve this lofty goal? AI can help.

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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity

While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal. Take the following stats into consideration: It takes 5 minutes to connect with a prospect via direct dials, but takes 22 minutes using company switchboard numbers.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play.

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5 Essential Pieces of a Prospecting Solution

As organizations chase new revenue targets, B2B sales leaders must examine cutting edge prospecting solutions that proactively help reps identify, connect with, and close qualified buyers faster. Steps your buying committee must go through when purchasing a prospecting solution.

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7 Keys to Creating Massive Value in Your Sales Meetings

Speaker: Marc Wayshak, Sales Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Founder, Sales Insights Lab

Engaging prospects in a strong two-way dialogue is something most reps struggle with. Specifically, you’ll learn how to: Engage prospects with authority. Keep your prospects’ attention. Get prospects talking about their key challenges. Achieve buy-in during sales conversations. Achieve buy-in during sales conversations.

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Boost B2B Sales Productivity & ROI Growth with Automation

It also provides valuable insights into customer behavior, which can be used to target the right prospects and close deals faster. Automation allows companies to streamline their sales processes, reduce manual errors, and improve communication and collaboration among teams.

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. What if there was a way to hit quota while shortening the time it takes to close a deal without dropping your price? How in the world are you supposed to survive as a seller?

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Best Practices for Engaging Your Go-To-Market Sales Teams

Speaker: Ruth Stevens, President of eMarketing Strategy

The next step in the process is to provide leverage to sales as they engage with the prospect, close the deal, and then nurture and deepen the customer relationship. But guess what: It’s after the sales team has gotten into the act where marketing can have an even bigger impact on results.