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Consultative Selling, Commitment and Training - Like Oil & Water

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan First the links. The Huffington Post and the Hubspot Blog both published an article, by Dan Lyons about OMG and Kurlan and what it takes to succeed in sales. We recently evaluated a sales force where the salespeople had, on average, only 18% of the attributes of a consultative seller.

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The Top 3 Reasons Why Salespeople Fail at Consultative Selling?

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I have been teaching and writing for years that buyer-focused selling, a consultative approach to sales, is the best approach for differentiating, adding and being the value, maintaining and increasing margins and winning a larger percentage of opportunities.

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New Movie Has 3 Great Lessons for Salespeople and Sales Managers

Understanding the Sales Force

As good as this movie is, it comes with a bonus because it also provides three exceptional lessons for salespeople and sales managers. This article is not a review of the movie but it was a terrific film and worth the time to watch it. Let's take a look!

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Consultative Selling: How to Transform Your Reps into Trusted Advisors

Allego

Imagine this: Your sales team is chasing down leads, trying to squeeze value into every interaction. 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.

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How Sales Managers Undermine Price

The Sales Hunter

Sales managers without even trying are very good at taking profit right out of their company. Sales managers place inordinate pressure on salespeople to close the sale immediately, and in so doing, they are telling the salesperson to cut the price as a way of getting the order now. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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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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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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