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5 Takeaways from a Sales Management Training

SBI Growth

Talent development is a key differentiator heading into 2014. However you do it, be sure it’s non-negotiable. Heading into 2014, technology adoption is business as usual. Understanding how a buyer makes a purchase decision allows you to create targeted messages. The conference was unlike any I’d attended before.

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3 Proven Ways to Close Deals Quicker

SBI Growth

Can I make up the deficit and make my quota? ". Register now for our How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Execute. Training typically involves selling skills or negotiation methods. Have we identified the Buying Decision Team? I am behind in my numbers for the year.

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Why are questions so important? (Questioning skills)

Red Star Kim

We ask questions to avoid making wrong assumptions or adopting the wrong focus. will make people pause to consider how their feelings compare with those they had the previous day. See the section below on negotiation. Some negotiators suggest you avoid using “ Why” questions as it can imply criticism.

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The Ultimate List of Words That Sell

Hubspot Sales

A simple way to make that clear is by using the word "you" as much as possible. Every time you might be tempted to phrase a sentence from the perspective of your company, find a way to rework it to make your prospect the subject. What a difference one word can make. Selling is about your prospects, not about your company.

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing By exploring key themes in commerciality and entrepreneurship, we saw why risk management and anticipating return on investment (ROI) is critical when making the business case for marketing investment. Supply and demand underpins pricing decisions for markets and clients.

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Achieve more engagement and buy-in: Relationships, Plan, Expectations, Benefits, Persuasion and Training

Red Star Kim

Building empathy with fee-earners helps us to understand what they expect and any assumptions they may be making about the likely results. Be influential and persuasive Influence is having a vision of the optimum outcome and then, without using force or coercion, motivating people to work together toward making the vision a reality.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

This approach is suggested by Liz Whitaker in her book “Power of Personal” People | Propella Decision-Making Unit Again, to target effort on decision-makers rather than users or gatekeepers is a good way to target effort in a large organisation.