Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. Or possibly our problems are that too many sales people just don’t want to prospect?

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Smooth Sale

MAY 25, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Improving Your Business Prospects One Step At A Time. Our collaborative blog provides insights for ‘Improving your business’ prospects one step at a time.’. Specifically, looking at how you can hope plus take action for improving your business’ prospects one step at a time. _.

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The Sales Heretic

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Two stories that were recently shared by participants at a couple of my training seminars illustrate how to capitalize on this principle. The first example was related [.]. And giving things away can be an extremely powerful sales tactic.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. Here are three strategies you can leverage right now to enhance your customer experience and make prospects feel like doing business with you. Later, I incorporated this idea into our training programs. Customer’s need to feel good doing business with you. Create T-Shirt Moments.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2019

On the field, that is with a prospect in Discovery, sellers need to be counter-intuitive. Many working on old timeframes and presumed related work-flows, get frustrated as the cycles stretch. Shortening the cycle, but not increasing your number of prospects, just leaves you a lot of idle time in Q4.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2019

Selective Training. The skinny legs for many sellers are prospecting. Not much new in that, sales people have always preferred almost any other sales activity to prospecting. Specifically, direct prospecting , not indirect, not merely answering an inbound call generated by marketing. Only The Shell Has Changed.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I want the security of knowing my money is safe, don’t care or need to know the type of encryption, centralized or decentralized database, layers of this or that, years of experience, who else uses it, blah blah blah… any of that product related stuff sellers love to believe. Rosetta Stone. Bore Them to S**t with Bits and Byte.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 30, 2019

Author: Greg Flynn Imagine a marathon runner starting a race without having trained or even stretched beforehand. Often, incorporating presentations from successful, tenured reps can add an element of relatability and give new hires a model to aspire to. Or a restaurant serving newly conceived meals that no one had sampled previously.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are 4 of the most frequently asked questions we’ve been receiving and our ideas relating to them: QUESTION. In most situations, you can assess pretty quickly how receptive and open a prospect is if you’re face to face with them. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image at. The majority of our sales are face-to-face.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

The key here is a pre-established list of questions related to the organization’s core sales rep skills, competencies, and behaviours. enables managers to select top performers, focus training for each rep, and coach to the specific needs of the sales rep. Assesses prospecting potential and closing style.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Two colleagues complained they were so involved in their work, they didn’t have time to prospect. People are so focused on their projects, and they don’t make time to prospect. If you’re heads-down on your projects and don’t prospect, you’ll have no pipeline when you surface. Why didn’t he think to ask for referrals?

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

There are essentially two things you should reflect on after you’ve met with a prospective buyer…the how and the what. His advice has stayed with me over the years and I trust it will help you also to improve your client relations. MTD Sales Training. In other words, how did the dynamics of the sales conversation go?

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. Great sales emails typically reflect a deep understanding of who the prospect is and what they care about. So forget your product features and brush off the benefits, because you’re going to connect with your prospect on a (virtually) human level.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 11, 2020

If your prospect says yes, then there’s an opportunity here and you’ve uncovered it. If your prospect says yes, then there’s an opportunity here and you’ve uncovered it. If your prospect says yes, then there’s an opportunity here and you’ve uncovered it. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! That’s good to hear.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

But seriously, people talk about what they know, so if we help them understand what prospects want to know about, which is not product oriented. Rather than having your reps go through another training de-jour, send them to a business course, buy them The Ten-Day MBA. ” The silence also works and wares on the prospect too.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 29, 2019

Why it’s important to train from the trenches. From now on, I am going to make it a fixed rule that no unit, from the time it reaches this theater until the war is won, will ever stop training.”. I also learned about the intense training that our allied troops underwent and the critical importance of ongoing training.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 17, 2018

And that’s an important analogy when it comes to you building your value with a prospect or customer you’re dealing with. ” How would you know if speed was an important currency the prospect is using to make a decision? MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. So, value is relative.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The sales professional tells their prospect that after all of their discussion, even though they had initially appeared to be a great fit, the salesperson might have misread, and seem to be speaking two different languages. “If If you’ve done your job well, the prospect knows they are a good fit. Price is relative. The “Yes” game.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

I often see it in a different form while training, people who put in just enough. What’s in their core, amore importantly, what’s at the core for the prospect. It is not a lack of ability, they are educated, trained, and enabled for success. Prospects are no better, playing games, intentionally or not. What’s At The Core?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. So, they rely on outdated tactics that fail to engage the 21st-century buyer—tactics like cold calling, sending cold emails, and stalking prospects on social media. Now, you don’t have to call cold prospects to bug them.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. Great sales emails typically reflect a deep understanding of who the prospect is and what they care about. Effective cold email outreach means find something your prospect values – and something you have in common. It’s time to get personal.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s also reported that, when a person suffers from stress, they’re unable to access previous knowledge or training and instead resort to an automatic response—typically shutting down, quitting, or losing confidence. If prospecting becomes part of your day-to-day routine, each call becomes less stressful and the stakes are lowered.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Conscientious sales pros worry about AI bias , transparency, brand reputation, customer experience, and human relations. Thoughtful execution ensures AI can be trained correctly.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Last week I posted a call for understanding the importance human involvement at crucial times along the prospecting experience. When it comes to automation, salespeople are their own worst enemy; they bring unnecessary attention and related questions to themselves and their activities. By Tibor Shanto. It’s About Business.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 10, 2021

With decreasing prospects and the cost of doing business increasing, a squeeze on profits is inevitable. It’s easy to cut back on salespeople, promotion, and training. Train your farmers to cultivate more business with their existing customers. 3) Maximize the ROI on your training budget. Invest in your sales managers.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

Marketers structure their entire strategy around moving prospects through the funnel, towards the ultimate goal of winning a new customer. These are as follows: Top of the funnel: Prospects enter the sales funnel but are still in the “pre-awareness” and “awareness” stages of their buying journey. Why is the sales funnel outdated?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

Example: I’m working with a coaching/consulting organization right now that has many related companies in their portfolio. They have specific, aggressive goals for the acquisition of business (and I mean, really big target revenue goals); They invest in sales training for their team. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 28, 2019

Especially now, when new sales-related tech seems to crop up weekly: data management systems, sales forecasting, customer relationship management software, and automated email marketing platforms. And most likely, video isn’t everyone’s forte, so ease any nerves with ample training. Customers have questions.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by GDJ Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Simplify the Appointment Process for Prospective Clients Successful selling requires a meeting of the minds between the buyer and the seller. Numerous platforms empower prospective clients to choose meeting times based on their availability.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

You’ll discover how you can shift your mindset, win with prospects and build long-term relationships with your clients so you can thrive and advance in your career. Predictable Prospecting. Over the years I’ve received training/coaching from some of the industry’s leading experts. Listen here. Same Side Selling Podcast.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 25, 2018

There are four basic styles of behaviour and these are determined by the way, in which people relate to one another. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. appeared first on MTD Sales Training. The Analytical Buyer. People who lack assertiveness and responsiveness are called Analyticals.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 24, 2022

Here’s how: If you’re qualifying a prospect to pitch later, and you know that price is the biggest objection you get, then qualify for it so you’re not ambushed when you get to the close. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! and then some outliers you get less frequently. But overall, you know what’s coming. Get Access Today.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But other ways to partner productively with your clients and turn them into superfans include offering to train their staff to optimize their existing investment - what is the untapped functionality in your offering which they purchased but are not using? Know your best prospects. Use customer testimonials to win over prospects.

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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. Sales engineering, customer success, and support teams all require content and training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 10, 2019

Author: Tim Riesterer Have you ever had a service problem with a customer and worried about the damage it could do to your relationship and long-term revenue prospects? And, worse, maybe they will spread the word throughout their network and negatively influence other prospect or customer decisions. Maybe they won’t renew.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

These can be sentiments like “That’s a great idea for discussion at our next team meeting” or “I liked the way you handled that prospecting call.”. Previously, Matt also worked as the center’s executive vice president and a senior consultant, and he has more than 20 years of experience in sales and media relations.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

You’re conducting an online sales presentation to a prospective new customer…. Most providers will offer training to all clients free of charge. If you’re looking to take your virtual presentation skills onto the next level have you ever thought about taking some Sales Courses Online or attending a Virtual Sales Training Webinar.

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