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Consultative Selling, Commitment and Training - Like Oil & Water

Understanding the Sales Force

We recently evaluated a sales force where the salespeople had, on average, only 18% of the attributes of a consultative seller. asked the Director of Sales. Achieve Global has come in 3 times in 3 years to teach consultative selling!". So why didn''t the training on consultative selling stick?

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Consultative Selling: How to Transform Your Reps into Trusted Advisors

Allego

They want to know exactly how your solution will help them, and they want expert-level consultation about the return on investment your product offers. This where consultative selling makes all the difference. In today’s sales environment, it’s not about pushing products; it’s about becoming a trusted advisor.

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Two Words a Sales Manager NEVER Wants to Hear

The Sales Hunter

If and Then : The two words no sales manager ever wants to hear. ” The reasoning goes like this: “ If we could cut our price, then I know I could close more sales.” ” This is nothing more than the typical blame game played by salespeople when they can’t sell.

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5 Reasons You Don’t Want to be a Sales Manager

The Sales Hunter

It is time to get it out on the table and say once and for all that if you are a sales manager, you are in a dead-end position. If you are a salesperson and you want to be promoted to a sales manager position, it’s time to change your thinking. Sales managers manage processes.

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VIDEO SALES TIP: Best Way to Engage a Sales Manager in the Process

The Sales Hunter

A sales manager can help tremendously if they occasionally go on sales calls with their salespeople. I call this the “four-legged sales call.” ” Problem is too managers won’t do this at all — or when they do it, they do it wrong. ” Sales Motivation Blog. .

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3 Exercises to Hone Your Team’s Consultative Selling Skills

criteria for success

As a sales manager, how do you improve your team’s performance? These tactics may improve salesperson productivity if they’re already doing the right things, but selling requires deliberate practice. If you want to make a real difference in sales performance, the key for many salespeople is coaching.

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Using Sales Managers and Executives to Close More 4th Quarter Sales

The Sales Hunter

One of the easiest things sales managers and senior management can do is to call every person they know at a client company. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. Sooner you make the calls, the better. Objective of the calls is three-fold. It’s your business.