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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2024

On this page you’ll find everything you always wanted to know about how to get Baseline Selling content and training – all in one place. Baseline Selling is a proprietary sales process and methodology that Dave Kurlan developed in 2005.

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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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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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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. To give sellers a fighting chance, sales leaders need to build an effective, flexible sales enablement program.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Training Programs to Empower Employees and Business Growth In today’s dynamic business environment, investing in employee training isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Author: Andres Lares Negotiation is a soft skill and as a result it requires both training and real world experience to improve. As managers and sales leaders, how can you bridge that gap between theory and practice for your teams? Yes, we train through poker. Negotiation Skills are Improved Through Training and Experience.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Once you take the time to write an effective script (or hire a professional like me to write it for you or your team), then you can deliver the absolute best messaging and the most effective sales techniques THAT WORK. Top producers aren’t afraid of making calls, and they aren’t thrown off course when they get an objection.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 19, 2023

Most sales executives realize the impact of managers, not sales coaching. They know that sales coaching is one of the most significant levers to drive superior sales performance. Source: Selling Signals Based on these statistics the answer is: Sales managers are not sales coaching! To Coach Or Not To Coach?

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And that, somehow, leads me to sales performance. If they haven’t been exposed to professional selling methodologies and sales processes, and had those demonstrated to them via expert, unscripted role-plays, then they would have no clue that the presenting and proposing they have been doing is woefully inadequate.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Coaching Competency is the most critical part of a sales manager's responsibilities; it is also the most difficult skill set to learn and master. Of course, all of these point to the importance of constructive sales feedback while coaching. Not all coaching is helpful and constructive.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2023

One guy—mid 40’s, tall and lanky—started walking towards the Starbucks, and when he entered the store, I recognized him from many years before when we were both struggling inside sales reps trying to sell investments over the phone. I invested in Stan’s training program, “Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.” Yes” I said.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2023

Sales leaders need to remember that they too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. As a former sales executive, I always understood the importance of investing in my own development and the advantages of networking, and yet I always found myself too busy to do either. Executive Coaching Pumps You Up!

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