Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2019

All the vendors used solutions based approaches in working with us. Over time, as all of us have become more knowledgeable about buying these tools the buying process has become much more simplified and the right sales engagement model is either highly transactional, or even self-serve.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2024

This uptick in the need for AEs to self-source deals has likely been driven by economics, the need to “do more with less”, but is I trend that may continue as AI tools free up AEs from admin tasks. You can’t just show up to a meeting and ask questions (“solution selling”). It’s time for the dreaded cold call!

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 22, 2017

Is Your Solution Selling Strategy Working? Based on my experience with thousands of solution selling training program participants, here are a few signs that your B2B sales strategy needs a review and re-work: Lagging Growth: You are not growing as fast as your competitors or your industry. By Tris Brown.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I was discussing a situation with one of my sales consultant friends where they are seeing a sales force where solution selling is still only a skill of the minority. My experience in these environments is that only a fraction of the sales people in these firms solution sell. But solution selling is 35 years old.

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SBI

MARCH 19, 2013

Of course, my retort is that you won’t increase sales if you don’t have the right tools to compete more efficiently and effectively. They would ask, “What good is a prospect research tool if reps don’t know how to get a decision maker to engage?” You have to have a hammer.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The reason I’m using this absurdly outdated example is to make a point about the drivers behind the evolution of tools and the importance of investing in new tools. Tools (technology and processes) evolve over time primarily from an onward and inevitably pressing need for operational effectiveness and gaining efficiencies.

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SBI

JUNE 26, 2012

Linda wanted to get my thoughts on sales tools and the role they play in today’s sales organizations. The first sales tool I used (other than a rolodex) was the GRiD Systems laptop. It was an exciting time, and it is where my love for sales tools began. Sales Tools Deliver Revenue Growth! per minute.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 24, 2024

I’ve been trained in almost all the big name methodologies, whether SPIN, MHI, Solution Selling, Value Based Selling, Consultative Selling, MEDDIC and it’s derivatives, Challenger, GAP, and others. But I get to choose the best tool for a specific project.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

Download this tool to keep pace with your customers by utilizing the agile sales approach. Key Benefits of the Tool: Keep pace with customer expectations. If they have these skills they are more likely to sell effectively to the new buyer. Being Outpaced – lead with a product and a price and call it solution selling.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

On the other hand, depending on which experts you listen to, sales success boils down to how effective one is with either Inbound, Social Selling, Consultative Selling, Qualifying, Value Selling, Solution Selling, Relationship Selling, acceptance of the Buyer Journey, Sales Process, Sales Methodology, Prospecting, Telesales, Reaching Decision Makers, (..)

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Allego

AUGUST 20, 2024

Solution Selling: Focuses on understanding the customer’s needs and pain points, then providing tailored solutions that address those specific issues. This strategy emphasizes the value and benefits of the solution rather than the features of the product.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

OK, that's still a sales process and it has some validity if you have weak salespeople that sell to large companies where you can't impact or change anything relative to how they buy. One article was published in Harvard Business Review and was really about Solution Selling being dead. But the key word here is tools.

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. Download 8 Strategic Imperatives of Buyer-Centric Selling. The evolution to needs-based solution selling helped. Three steps to fast track buyer-centered selling: 1.

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SBI

MAY 26, 2020

Q: SHOULD SELLING BE VIEWED AS A BUYING EXPERIENCE AND WHY. Not long ago, buying experience was only about consumer-facing sales, while B2B was all about solution selling. Sergey : What customers are buying is changing. Now the buying experience trend has come to B2B. Sergey Medved Head of Product, ClearSlide.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Dr. Dover leads this movement by starting with a simple question: If sales teams have more and more tools at their disposal to increase sales, why is the data pointing in the opposite direction? He does not mince words – the old methods of solution selling have stopped working. Elite Sales Strategies by Anthony Iannarino.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The process is grounded in the principle that every deal should be mutually beneficial, with solutions tailored to the buyer’s specific challenges. The Miller Heiman sales process incorporates methodologies for opportunity management, stakeholder engagement, and solution selling.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Download the tool to learn how to implement each and enable your sales team. CRM: Did you spend a lot of money on what amounts to a forecasting tool? Social Selling: Is your profile top tier? Top 5 Most Obsolete Sales Practices: Solution Selling - developed in the 80s when hair bands were popular.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Second, there is a lack of good tools at most organizations to help Sales deliver the messaging – moving beyond PPT and whiteboard markers to have more provocative, insight driven conversations, and automate the diagnostic assessments and financial justification process. How can tools help?

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2011

A Demand-Gen Report interview with Thomas Pisello, The ROI Guy, Chairman & Founder of diagnostic / ROI sales tool provider Alinean Inc. Can you speak to how the changing buyer has increased the need for sophisticated sales enablement solutions? First, today’s B2B buyer is more empowered than ever before. Customers bought "products."

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SBI

APRIL 23, 2013

At Smart Selling Tools , our goal is to make it easy to find tools that will improve sales productivity. Even if you are interested (which, come on, you know you are), there are so many sales tools – including more than a hundred CRM systems – that it’s enough to drive a smart person crazy.

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MEDDIC

MARCH 27, 2024

Designed for dynamic sales leaders, forward-thinking CEOs, and ambitious sales managers, this bundle is the ultimate tool for not only meeting but exceeding sales goals. It’s uniquely designed to complement any sales framework your team might use, from MEDDPICC and Solution Selling to SPIN Selling and The Challenger Sales.

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PandaDoc

MAY 28, 2024

Sometimes, their product isn’t the best solution, so they find something that works for the prospect. Solution selling is pitching products and solutions to leads. Consultative selling pitches education and authenticity. Consultative selling requires more of everything. What is consultative sales?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Selling Process focuses on the “why and what” of how we engage customers in helping them navigate their buying process. A Sales Methodology focuses on “how” we execute our Selling Process. They provide us tools to facilitate our ability to effectively execute the Selling Process.

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Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

LinkedIn is the database-of-record from heaven for those who want to sell like hell. And Sales Navigator from LinkedIn is a massively powerful tool for both marketing and sales.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2013

Results - In a study in 2010 by McKinsey showed that 75% of solution selling projects fail. In this post, you will learn how to build a customized approach to selling a product, service or solution. Download the Sales Process Accelerator Tool to help you get started. Has your sales process? Author: Andrew Urteaga.

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Highspot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Developed by Winning by Design, the SPICED framework is a five-step sales methodology that helps go-to-market (GTM) teams diagnose customer needs, recommend a compelling solution, and maintain strong, lasting relationships. These tools help sales reps share quickly, ensuring everyone is aligned and informed throughout the sales process.

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Sell Integrity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A value based selling process shifts the focus to envisioning the results of the solution rather than the purchase of a product. Many organizations are realizing solution selling, on its own, isn’t enough to drive the results they need. Do your people have the required talents and traits to enable value based selling?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, companies are using antiquated approaches like Solutions Selling rather than focusing on buyer-centric sales processes. In 2010, McKinsey published a study called Solutions Selling: Is the Pain Worth the Gain? In the study, they found 75% of solutions selling implementations fail.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 3, 2022

You could be spending far more on marketing, leads, tools, and wages than your reps currently bring in. . If you’ve added even more color to these tools, your sales messaging may be slightly off. . You can build one from scratch, or you can copy one of the successful sales methodologies below: Sandler Selling. Solution Selling.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 23, 2022

Could you please share with us a few of your favorite social selling tools? . It’s probably not what you’re looking for, but my primary tools are simply LinkedIn, ContactOut, and Excel. But I have reviewed some very interesting online tools for sales pros. I used to help teach Solution Selling at an ERP software company.

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MEDDIC

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Solution Selling, Customer-Centric Selling, SPIN Selling, The Challenger Sale, MEDDIC , MEDDPICC ,… – they’re all pieces of the puzzle. Solution Selling and Customer-Centric focus on messaging. Each of these methodologies equips your sales team with fresh tools and perspectives.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2014

Social Selling It''s one more way to get found, make connections and get introduced. Sales Tools I''m for any tool that will help salespeople to be more productive and effective. These tools include gamification, call technology, email marketing and analytics. And it will work in most industries!

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Plus, the sales plan outlines the action plan, tools, and resources that will be used to hit these targets. Targets are defined, and sales management calculates how much their department, teams, and individual salespeople need to sell to meet the overarching goal. Tools and Resources. Marketing Tools. Sales Tools.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 1, 2019

Turning a data repository into a tool that helps you win more deals. Oftentimes, sellers see CRMs as data repositories that helps them report progress to executives, not as a tool that helps prioritize deals. Because CRMs weren’t built for the seller, they were built for the operations and sales leaders. What you should do next.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Competitive differentiation: Value-based selling allows companies to stand out in crowded markets by emphasizing their unique value propositions instead of generic features. Sales training provides salespeople with the tools and techniques to differentiate. They want solutions tailored to their unique challenges and needs.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Instead of primary information sharers, reps will pivot to consultative relationship builders who solution sell. They’ll have personalized conversations about a prospect's specific needs and why their product or service is the best-fit solution. Prioritizing virtual selling.

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SBI

JUNE 4, 2013

OneSource’s iSel l product along with Bloomfire are two great tools to help you get the job done. iSell is a one-stop research tool that tells salespeople who to call, what to say, when to call and how to call. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools. Nancy can be reached at 916-596-3035.

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