Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And of course, as we move ever closer to the holidays, there are lists aplenty on the Top Gadgets, Luxury Items, Gifts for Her, Gifts for Him and Gifts for Kids to peruse. But it's also the time of year when I publish my list of the Top 10 Sales and Sales Leadership Articles of the year.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Sales leaders need to remember that they, too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. The most effective ways are networking with a peer group of like-minded sales leaders who face similar challenges and utilizing a sales leadership coach. Realistically most senior sales leaders don’t engage in networking regularly.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 3, 2018

If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. As the Head of Sales, you are still in 2017 my friend but you really need to have your head in 2018 deciding what you are going to do. Now very few sales leaders have an execution plan.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 3, 2020

STAGE 3 – THE VALUE ADDED SALES PERSON. We cover a lot of material on how to be a trusted advisor within our Online Sales Training and our Key Account Management Training courses. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image at Bigstockphoto.com. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

We see deals in our sales pipeline postponed or disappearing. Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up? They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. So, what do you do?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2021

In 2005 I took my passion for sales development and my passion for baseball and married them together to write the best-selling book, Baseline Selling - How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. Meet Tom Schaff, the Sales Commissioner of Major League Sales.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My client was thrilled, of course. Decrease the cost of sales. Flash Sale. The year was 1996.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 8, 2023

Yesterday, Andy Miller and I delivered onboarding training to a group of new partners at Objective Management Group (OMG). With yesterday for context, I will answer the following important question: Which is better – live training, self-directed training, or blended training? With self-directed training That.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 31, 2020

We’ve had over 82 sales training programmes postponed! Some have moved over to virtual channels like webinars and online training but a lot are just waiting it out. Be proactive and make sure all of your contacts know you’re open for business (if you are of course!). I’m being bombarded with sales pitches at the moment.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 21, 2020

Do you often hear people say ‘Oh, I’m not in sales…I can’t sell anything!’. Or they can hinder that sale just as easily. 1) Understand that every call/meeting is a potential sales opportunity. Without realising it, the way a contact is handled could make or break a sales opportunity for a new prospect. Happy Selling!

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. The trick of course is finding them. It can be a critical step in filling your sales pipeline with great opportunities. Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 3, 2025

As a result, my performance on the golf course is erratic, with scores ranging anywhere from 92 to 102. Lets explore how these two factors perception and consistency impact sales performance. Id like to blame my poor visual perception for my subpar golf game, but the real culprit is my lack of consistency in practice. Im inconsistent.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021?

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Instead, your real value lies in developing your overall sales skills, so you help your clients to improve their business over time. Without the ability to be recognised as a key player at the social level, you run the risk of working incognito, and this cannot help you develop your overall sales skills in the long term. Happy Selling!

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Earlier this year I published an article titled 5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program. The results from Sales Mastery sales executive survey showed that 1/3 of executives surveyed, said that “ sub-optimal sales manager coaching” is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He asked me what I was up to these days, and I told him I was an inside sales consultant. I asked him what he was up to, and this is when the chill hit me: he said he was starting a new sales job today, and then he rolled his eyes as if to say, “And this one will suck, too.”. My sales and income soared. I remember,” I said.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

That’s why most people get burned out in sales. That’s why most salespeople find sales discouraging. That’s why many sales teams don’t make their quotas. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! </strong> appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. Who’s next?”

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 27, 2022

The research is clear: Diversity drives sales. Diverse sales teams can make more meaningful connections with your increasingly diverse customer base. Research on the benefits of diversity in the workplace prove it isn’t just a nice-to-have; for modern sales teams, it’s a must-have. 12% higher sales attainment.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

These conditions can present challenges for sales organizations, where in-person meetings and events are typically part of “business as usual.” With internal meetings (training bootcamps, sales kick-offs, role play sessions, etc.), such as sales onboarding and training sessions, and even sales meetings?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sales training has never been more criticalor more challenging. Without the right knowledge and messaging, your sales team wont just struggletheyll lose deals before they even begin. Thats whereGenAI for sales trainingcomes in. The Role of GenAI in Sales Training Sales training must be fast, flexible, and relevant.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 14, 2025

Instead, sales negotiations often happen until the buyer and seller reach a mutually beneficial agreement. B2B sellers must master the right sales skills to expertly navigate these negotiations and start closing more deals. Some people find sales negotiations uncomfortable. Why does sales negotiation training matter?

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 9, 2019

Of course, the world doesn’t work that way, and there will be prospects and customers who will reject your advances and avoid you at all costs. Many salespeople will persist with a sales message and keep forcing their products or services over email or phone. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . Of course, different industries face different realities. . However, there are two fundamental activities that successful sales organizations have been able to continue doing despite COVID. COVID has impacted everyone.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2018

Sales pros always agree that they get their most qualified leads when they get referrals. It’s a cop out, creepy, and a sales faux pas. Find out how they know your prospects, what’s important to the prospects, what their challenges are, what they value, how they communicate, and what might get in the way of your sales success.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

If you run a small company, you usually end up being one of your company’s early sales people. I graduated from Wharton’s MBA program in 1993 and had no sales training at all. Along the way I read every sales book I could find and then over time became friendly with many of the authors. Closing is easy. Baylor University.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When resistance appears, it does not matter if the sales process, methodology, tactics and strategies are good or even great, unless salespeople are equally great at first lowering the resistance.” What might the whipped cream equivalent be for the resistance you might encounter later in the sales cycle?

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2024

However, as a sales organization, we know time is fleeting. One of the most effective ways to ensure your team’s success is investing in training and development. In fact, Qwilr notes the following sales training statistics : Today, 70% of sellers lack formal training. The average ROI of sales training is 353%.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In my book, Power Phone Scripts , I talk about the secret of sales. Yes, there is an actual secret to successful sales, and by following it you not only will overcome failure and frustration, but you’ll make more money, so much more easily, that sales will actually become fun. Response: “Of course you do, and that’s great.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 4, 2019

Nothing wrong with this, of course. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. The post How To Build Value Before Having To Add Value appeared first on MTD Sales Training. It adds meaning to why they are positioned where they are. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 14, 2024

This is not an analogy about inflatable trampolines, but it is about the analogy between pumps and sales and for variety, it will be two separate stories instead of one culminating in pumping up sales. Last week the CEO reconnected with the sales team to check if everyone was selling properly. It was time to replace the pump.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 15, 2023

This is the sixth in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Dave is also the author of the “ Sales Manager Survival Guide.”​ This interview is with Dave Brock. Dave: Yes.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2024

In today’s article, I introduce my first innovation of 2023, the Sales Goals Grid, but first, some context and the back story! I am excited to return to my roots and grow the sales consulting and training firm I started in 1985, Kurlan & Associates. Happy New Year everyone! I may have exited OMG, but I am not retiring.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 12, 2020

In today's blog post, we discuss the technique of going for the "No" early in the sales process. It may seem counterintuitive, but countless studies have shown that humans desire what they can't have.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Sales leaders accomplish the same thing when they prepare a salesperson with powerful messaging and talking points. Moses returned to God and spoke of this obstacle, or in sales terms, objection: There was internal competition! As with God and Moses, both sales coaching methods should have a role-play component.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 12, 2024

The answer, of course, is your prospect! The problem for many sales reps, is that they prefer to pitch and talk at prospects more than they actually ask questions and listen. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Who do you think knows why your prospect buys? Or who they like to buy from?

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