The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Essential selling skills to master whether you are starting out on your sales career, maybe you have just completed your onboarding sales training or you are already an experienced salesperson in reaching out to customers. You can begin by listing out all the skills you need in your current sales role.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

4. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. Whilst these are skills that every salesperson must have and is typically the focus traditional sales training provides, I don’t believe they are the basics , nor do I believe they are the focus for the future sales professional that business wants and needs.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 11, 2023

Selling skills for new salespeople usually have some differentiators from the sales skills that a more experienced salesperson has due to learning about the sales process and understanding all the steps in the sale alongside product knowledge. Plus, any limitations compared to a competitor.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Recently, I worked with a very capable salesperson who had a great sales plan and great leads; yet, she failed miserably in at hitting her number. How do I Overcome my Lack of Confidence When Prospecting: It’s sad to say, but this situation is a major issue and one of the biggest reasons why there’s such a high turnover in sales.

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Core selling skills for inbound salespeople can differ from outbound or enterprise type selling. So, we have prepared a guide to help with the skills that stand out and excel at this sales role. Let’s take a look at the core skills an inbound salesperson should ideally have or be trained on.

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Connect2Sell

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Your selling skills matter a lot in determining whether or not the buyer is going to take another call or a meeting with you and your company. You matter greatly when it comes to whether or not this sale is going to advance all the way to a close.

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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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criteria for success

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As a sales manager, how do you improve your team’s performance? These tactics may improve salesperson productivity if they’re already doing the right things, but selling requires deliberate practice. If you want to make a real difference in sales performance, the key for many salespeople is coaching. Let's Talk Sales!

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

You need to leverage what you do best, because it will ultimately make your selling skills better. Check out the video to see what I mean: A coach can help you excel in your sales career! What do you do the best? What are your strengths? Invest in yourself by checking out my coaching program today! […].

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RAIN Group

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In What Sales Winners Do Differently , we studied over 700 purchases from the perspective of business-to-business buyers to find out what really happened in their buying experiences.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 13, 2022

I’m writing the management team to suggest they expand their services and offerings to sales people. I’m David, Sales Consultant, at [Name Withheld] Digital Marketing. The post Critical Selling Skill: Literacy first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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Richardson

MARCH 23, 2021

The differences between hard selling and soft selling comes down to one factor: time. A hard sell is an attempt to get the buyer to take action now. In contrast, a soft sell is a gradual approach. When a sales professional embraces soft selling they are taking their time.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

With increasingly knowledgeable buyers, complex buying committees, and remote selling, today’s sales reps must elevate their expertise in order to win deals. Although certain sales professionals may believe they possess the complete skill set required to seal any deal, there’s always room for growth.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Selling Skills To Master. There are a multitude of selling skills to master to navigate your way into today’s selling environment. Listening Selling Skills. Listening Selling Skills. Customer Focus Skills. The sales experience does not match the promise.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 26, 2022

She is a leader in modern sales strategy. She helps mid-market organizations to grow sales through sales strategy advisory skills development programs. Her book “The Modern Seller” is an Amazon bestseller, plus LinkedIn also recognizes her as a top sales voice. on all major podcast stations.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2018

Selling Skills. 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. Top 10 Sales Representative Skills.

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Julie Hanson

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2022 has raised the bar on virtual selling skills. If you want to remain competitive in 2022, it’s time to level up with these must-have virtual selling skills! Must-Have” vs. “Most” Virtual Selling Skills Most virtual selling skills are simply traditional selling skills rebranded under the virtual selling umbrella.

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Connect2Sell

JANUARY 15, 2020

How many of these topics are covered in your organization’s sales training program on a regular basis? Check each box that applies.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Amy is a leader in modern sales strategy. She helps mid-market organizations to grow sales through sales strategy advisory skills development programs. Her book “The Modern Seller” is an Amazon bestseller, plus LinkedIn also recognizes her as a top sales voice. Approach to Consultative Selling.

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Mindtickle

JULY 5, 2023

Sales Enablement & Global Leadership at American Express. With extensive experience as both a sales leader and a performance coach, Jeffrey brings valuable insights to the table. Hatchell, an accomplished author and the Vice President of U.S.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition to uncertain economic conditions, the rise in the number of stakeholders and the complexity of buying decisions have introduced new challenges and friction for sales professionals. Fortunately, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly tools like ChatGPT, provide innovative solutions to these sales challenges.

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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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Mindtickle

JULY 15, 2021

If you’re like a lot of other sales leaders, you might struggle to identify the selling skills to measure. There’s no shortage of activities in any sales training program – but what are the key predictors of sales performance you need to track?

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Sales Readiness Group

JULY 19, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella often speaks of how his career – and his company – have been shaped by empathy. He views it as a quality to be consciously cultivated, practiced, and applied – “not just as something nice to have, but as the core to the innovation agenda in the company.”

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the face of all this, for the most part we are training our sales people in the same skills I learned many decades ago, and my predecessors learned decades before that. Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s.

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Carew International

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A recent Inc.com article explores LinkedIn’s 2020 Global State of Sales Report. Here are four critical skills all sales professionals should prioritize in order to build trust throughout the sales process. How do you rate among these four skills? Solving before selling. Relationship building. Adaptability.

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Mindtickle

JULY 15, 2021

If you’re like a lot of other sales leaders, you might struggle to identify the selling skills to measure. There’s no shortage of activities in any sales training program – but what are the key predictors of sales performance you need to track?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 23, 2011

To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills. Tweet Share Everyone talks about “how to sell” Not me. In order to struggle less, you must begin to make the transition from “making a sale” to “creating a buying atmosphere.” What is selling about? Online Training.

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SalesHood

APRIL 22, 2021

Reaching out to buyers during the age of virtual meetings offers new paths to selling in B2B sales. Challenges For Virtual Sellers Virtual sellers [ ] The post Virtual Sellers: Close More Sales in 2021 by Mastering 7 Remote Selling Skills appeared first on SalesHood.

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Richardson

MARCH 18, 2020

The decision to pursue sales training comes down to three letters: ROI. Direct costs consist of the cash outlay needed to engage professional sales trainers and corresponding digital solutions. Indirect costs include the expense of taking quota-bearing sales professionals out of the field for training.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2018

Advanced Selling Skills. Core performers seek to gather information in preparation for a sales call, but star performers focus on testing information in preparation for a sales call. But what about more advanced skills? Advanced Selling Strategies. What separates the best sellers from everyone else?

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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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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Selling Skills or Selling Process? A person with strong selling skills.

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Tom Hopkins

MAY 3, 2013

Diagnose Your Strengths and Weaknesses as a Salesperson As a corporate sales trainer, I am often asked about the traits and characteristics salespeople should develop in order to increase sales. Here’s a personal inventory test for you to determine how you stack up against a top champion sales closing professional.

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Richardson

APRIL 14, 2021

In the modern organization, everyone is a sales professional. On one side were the customer-facing roles, namely the sales professionals. Adaptability has new relevance today. In just months, the global pandemic has forced nearly all businesses to change. Traditionally, there has been a partition within most organizations.

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Braveheart Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It said the mere act of following a repeatable sales process helps salespeople close 15% more business. I wish I knew where the information came from, but since I couldn’t verify it directly from the source, I went searching for data myself that might support the use of a sales process. A Sales Process Defined.

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Sales Readiness Group

JUNE 5, 2020

The COVID- 19 pandemic is creating profound changes in how sales professionals engage with clients. While some sales professionals will likely return to their offices, the way they engage with clients has fundamentally changed since most sales call will take place virtually.

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