SBI Growth

APRIL 14, 2025

One of the biggest challenges for a sales organization is moving upmarket. For example, if you target the small- and medium-sized business market (SMB) and now want to target enterprise customers thats where the money is you need to rethink how you sell. At the heart of these differences is size.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2019

Varner I noticed organizations continually invest time and money to improve sales team effectiveness, but which one? There are hundreds of sales training companies offering thousands of programs in all aspects of selling: call planning, presenting, negotiating, managing key accounts, questioning and more. Author: David L.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 14, 2013

Should senior management play a role in the sales process? Regardless of how big or small the company, top management must understand what is happening in sales for one simple reason — Sales is the group that interfaces with the customer. It’s your job as a sales leader to help them overcome that problem.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A few years had passed since the last time I wrecked an hbr.com (Harvard Business Review online) article about sales. Why Do You Think Harvard Business Review Does This When it Comes to Sales? More Junk Sales Science in HBR Blog Now That You Have a Sales Process, Never Mind I s SELLING an Afterthought in Today's Sales Model?

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

But it is one that has significant impact on your sales process whether you are a salesperson or someone leading a sales team. Ask yourself in your sales process how many times are you making left-hand turns. Rather, become a user of the process with the goal being to get you to an outcome.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bringing it closer to sales, you invested in the CRM application you needed but your salespeople aren't using it the way you had hoped. As a result, you don't have realtime data to populate your dashboard and still don't know what's really going on with your sales organization, their pipeline and the forecast.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2018

Selling Skills. Accurately depict the purchasing process. In order to answer these questions and find out what separates sales winners from second-place finishers, RAIN Group, a sales training company , studied over 700 B2B purchases from the buyer’s perspective to find out what really happened in their buying experiences.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 10, 2014

Have you become too comfortable with your sales processes? Are those processes outdated? Don’t get stuck in processes that no longer work. Sure, it’s not always easy to change, but I challenge you to look closely at your sales processes. Make sure you are evolving them where they need to evolve.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 16, 2014

Are you using social media the right way in your sales process? Unfortunately, many salespeople are not! I meet too many salespeople who spend too much time trying to communicate with prospects and customers through social media – when they really need to be reaching out to those people on the phone or in person. Be […].

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 14, 2017

With technology and the ability to track information comes the risk of over complicating the sales process. They’re excited to show me how they’ve dissected the sales process. Flash announcement… sales is […]. I see this a lot with companies I’m asked to assist.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 22, 2013

This post is about developing Sales Leadership. In particular, the front-line Sales Manager - a critical role responsible for marshaling a team of revenue makers. This post includes a downloadable Sales Leader Curriculum. This tool is perfect for HR Business Partners who serve the Sales function. Sales Leadership.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Blog Closing a Sale Consultative Selling Professional Selling Skills questions sales process' I think it’s appropriate to share what I believe are 5 great questions: What are the outcomes you’re expecting? I like asking this question […].

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 20, 2013

Sales is all about getting the customer to talk, so doesn’t it make sense to ask short questions? Another thing that makes these so good is the fact they can be used on any type of sales call at almost anytime. The more comfortable you are in asking short questions, the more flexibility you will have in your selling skills.

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The Sales Readiness Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Sales success requires salespeople to have both selling skills and a sales methodology. Selling skills are crucial for effective sales conversations, while a sales methodology provides a structured approach to the sales process.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

As the economy continues to show hints of progress, and business picks up, it is important to understand the nature of the improvements in sales you and your company experience. More than ever, having a defined sales process, with supporting metrics is a must. sales vs. 1. Increased market share is always a good thing.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 30, 2024

Why SaaS Leaders Need to Start Coaching Selling Skills SaaS sales leaders struggle to balance deal-focused coaching and skill development among sales teams. Visibility and Accountability : In many SaaS companies, there is a high level of accountability for achieving sales targets.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Most of the calls and emails we receive come from companies with flat or declining sales. Mark Roberge, Sales VP at Hubspot , is responsible for building one of those kick-ass sales forces and he contributed a guest post to Software Advice on Building a Sales Team the Hubspot Way.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2013

I am speaking specially of advice doled out by some sales pundits that serves more to placate and patronize readers than help them improve their selling skills and success, delivering clichés and politically correct feel good myth, instead of proven and practical road tested advice based on experience.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

Entering this 2025, to embrace a virtual sales program, like our own FlyMSG Sales Pro Plan , could be pivotal for achieving unprecedented business success. The Rise of Virtual Sales Programs As we enter 2025, the landscape of sales training programs is undergoing a revolutionary transformation.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Ensure your sales team makes time to practice these critical prospecting strategies. Building professional skills takes practice— deliberate practice. B2B sales reps don’t get good overnight either. Want your sales team to build permanent, repeatable, effective referral selling skills?

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 6, 2014

It comes down to the sales process you use and how the customer […]. Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills price' But like a lot of ideas, it likely doesn’t have merit. Your price is based on the value the customer perceives they are going to receive.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 18, 2013

Failing to ask for the sale. We in sales are a finicky group. We need to be continually assessing our sales process and challenging ourselves on these six items and ask ourselves how close we are coming to doing them. ” Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2020

The training program, called "Professional Selling Skills," took a then-new consultative approach to sales. But although sales terminology might have changed, the basic principles of the selling process haven’t changed that much. The 7 Steps of the Sales Process. Here they are. Preparation.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 22, 2014

Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills Sales Motivation business disruption business model sales motivation sales process' In fact, even if you’re in a business environment that you believe is “post-disrupted,” you’re going to go through it again. Business disruption is the norm.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I received two assessments for the same candidate: one from Objective Management Group (OMG) and one from Caliper. Caliper's is a personality test adapted for sales. Caliper's is a personality test adapted for sales. The candidate scored 60% on Caliper and 92 on OMG.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 26, 2013

CEOs who stand on the side and don’t think they need to be involved in sales other than discussing the business with the VP of Sales in a weekly meeting are failing to understand their role. CEOs must be engaged with sales and understand what is happening in the marketplace. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 5, 2013

What parts of your sales process are you still using that your customer couldn’t care less about? Below are 6 questions you must ask yourself about your selling process: 1. At what point during the sales process are they doing this? Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 15, 2014

Salespeople want to avoid discounting (or at least most do), yet they say they can’t close a sale without discounting. The issue comes down to not having a focused sales process and the confidence in themselves […].

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2013

If you want to close more sales, you better first do something about these 8 reasons your customers don’t care: 1. Structure your sales process to allow them to see it. Salespeople who are trying to build their self-esteem off their customers shouldn’t be in sales. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Many sales processes will tell you to start with the basic questions. Blog Professional Selling Skills Prospecting prospect prospecting questions sales prospecting' Blog Professional Selling Skills Prospecting prospect prospecting questions sales prospecting' The Who, What, Where and How.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Negotiating should be an option only when the sales process has not been successful. This builds on the strategy of selling first and negotiating second and now puts some specific criteria on it. Blog Negotiation Professional Selling Skills negotiating negotiation sales negotiation'

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog Consultative Selling Professional Selling Skills Sales Motivation sales process' If you can’t identify things you’re doing differently than a year ago, then you’re falling behind.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 23, 2014

This time it’s about how we can screw up a sales call by talking about too many things at one time. Not only do we wind up confusing the customer, but many times we also wind up confusing ourselves. Salespeople are quick to blame the customer as being […].

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 4, 2018

What good is having a sales process if you don’t use it? Not using your sales process is just as bad as not having a sales process at all. How can we expect to be successful as sales professionals if we don’t have a process we follow and believe in? Sales is not hard.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 11, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I read somewhere that data was the key to boosting sales. where opportunities stall in your sales process, why they stall. length of sales cycle by salesperson and opportunity type. % Could it be: Poor Sales selection. Ineffective Sales coaching.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Selling to business can be a great profession for talented sales people who want to work in ‘big time’ sales. Especially as you work with medium and large size companies, B2B sales can mean large transactions and more opportunity to showcase advanced selling skills. Long Sales Cycles.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 19, 2014

What jumped out to me was a dealership chairman acknowledging how the sales process is constantly changing. He matter-of-factly went on to say that forcing outdated sales processes on to current customers just won’t work. His salespeople […].

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