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3 Keys That Determine the Length of Your Sales Cycle

Understanding the Sales Force

Short Foliage Cycle. Which brings me to sales cycles. Do you know what actually determines the length of your sales cycle? A lot of sales leaders and their salespeople believe that sales cycles are determined by their industry, or are specific to the industries they sell to. Understand this.

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3 Reasons Why Objections are Not a Bad Thing

The Pipeline

Most sales people think about objections as being a bad thing, a lot of sales people and worse leaders, get really uptight when it comes to objections. But objections are really not a bad thing, not always convenient or easy to manage, but they are not a bad thing. Allow you to qualify – disqualify buyers.

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28 Effective Tips for Shortening Your Sales Cycle

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On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Sales reps can also pinpoint specific obstacles and make improvements with a stage-focused sales strategy. Prospecting.

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Focus on Buying Cycle to Shorten Sales Cycle

The Pipeline

In Good times and bad, the one thing most sales professionals try to do is shorten the length of their sales cycle. They believe that shorter sales cycles bring several benefits, some indeed materialize, most do not. Crucial being the buyers’ objectives. By Tibor Shanto.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.

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Friday Five – Ways to Shorten Your Sales Cycle

Score More Sales

We know of eleven factors that historically have shortened sales cycles, based on research done by Objective Management Group. Here are a few to think about:

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4 Foolproof Ways to Beat Price Objections

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As a B2B sales rep, you already know objections are an unavoidable part of your job. Yet, as we explained in a recent blog post , there are many tips and tricks sales reps can use to bypass common objections during the sales cycle. Four Ways to Establish Value in the Face of Price Objections.