Mike Kunkle

MAY 11, 2022

Opportunity management is the act of purposefully uncovering and satisfying each buyers’ decision criteria and buying process exit criteria, to successful shepherd the opportunity through the stages of the buying and sales process to a final win decision. Negotiating is included here. Sales Training. Sales Coaching.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 7, 2022

In my new book Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership for the New Normal, my co-author Russ Sharer and I discuss The Value Formula. The post Why You’re Losing Deals You Thought You’d Win appeared first on Sales Training Company - Award Winning Sales Training Classes & Seminars.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. In other words, all the sales training initiatives including your onboarding program are covered in this enablement domain. Selling challenges directly linked to sales readiness.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 8, 2019

Last year, the average sales organization saw revenue attainment of 101%, according to CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group. While that seems like good news, it’s a lagging indicator—and looking backward, rather than forward, won’t help sales leadership see their future. Conclusion.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 11, 2022

A link to a book, Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership . The reason I mentioned those upfront is, over the last two weeks, I’ve had a series of discussions and have been exposed to these articles and more things that created an “a-ha” for me – I keep hearing about some sales basics not being in place.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 4, 2020

Mark Hunter , AKA The Sales Hunter, is a popular speaker and sales consultant who shares top-notch advice for sellers via his YouTube channel. Want to learn the latest and greatest negotiation tactics? Gerhard Gschwandter is a sales guru and the Founder and CEO of Selling Power, Inc. , The Make It Happen Sales Blog.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

That’s why we gathered 35 of the top pieces of sales advice from sales professionals around the world. Dive in as they share their hard-earned knowledge on the following topics: Sales leadership. Sales careers. Sales performance. Sales technology. Sales leadership. Customer experience.

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Engage Selling

MAY 6, 2017

Word-of-mouth marketing is one of the most powerful tools in sales today and yet it remains deeply misunderstood and under-used. In my extensive sales training work in North America and abroad—even when I’m working with highly experienced professionals—I find many … Read More »

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Salespeople should take risks, from trying a new prospecting sales strategy to experimenting with different negotiation strategies. It’s critical to foster a company culture where your sales force interacts and freely shares insights and strategies; unfortunately, this is easier said than done. Conclusion.

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Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Despite changes to our selling marketplace, too many sales professionals are rooted in beliefs about customer engagement that simply aren’t true. That’s why today, I’m going to dispel the three big sales engagement myths. Myth #1: Being on social media … Read More »

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 30, 2017

So far in this series, we’ve looked at how you can apply the hard-earned wisdom of top sales professionals who thrive in crowded, commodity-driven markets and apply it to any organization—even yours. One method is to focus on rethinking the … Read More »

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

It’s the worst question in sales and marketing today: How do I get better at cold calling? Here are the better questions to ask: Why do sales teams … Read More » Spoiler alert: Cold calling is dead. Stop wasting your time with it.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Most sales people use boring, outdated voice and email methods, which leave … Read More » No matter how persuasive, compelling or brilliant you may be, it’s difficult to build a relationship with a prospect if you can’t get them to call you back.

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Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

You know how it goes. You’re having a hectic week of client meetings or at a tradeshow and things begin to slide in the self-care department. Eat a greasy meal here, pull a late night there, and then load up … Read More »

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Meetings Account Management Negotiation Sales Training 54

Engage Selling

MARCH 24, 2018

Two of the toughest problems that salespeople struggle with are knowing when to recognize a deal is stuck, and understanding what needs to be done next. Stuck deals aren’t just ones that haven’t closed yet. They’re the ones that have … Read More »

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Engage Selling

MARCH 11, 2017

This is the fifth of a six article series on the future of sales that I wrote for the Adobe Document Cloud Blog. You can check it out there along with content from other great authors… In this six-part series … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JULY 29, 2017

One of the big mistakes I see in sales today—at all levels within an organization—is the belief that coaching and training are owed to us. Don’t get me wrong: both are wise investments for employers to make in their people, … Read More »

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

You’ve heard the naval expression before: “all hands on deck.” It neatly sums up how teams of people with a range of responsibilities unite to do one job: to keep a ship afloat in rough seas. Business leaders sometimes have … Read More »

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Engage Selling

MAY 21, 2016

Want to create and sustain a top-performing sales team and get the steady growth you need for your business? Rethink the relationship your sales team has with the money you pay them for what they do. Conventional commission plans are … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JUNE 4, 2016

Far too often these days, businesses are practically falling over themselves to attract Millennials to their sales teams, making compromises in all kinds of places where they shouldn’t. And I’m tired of it. Don’t get me wrong: every generation is … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JUNE 18, 2016

This article from Colleen was originally published by Salesforce.com. How can we ensure satisfaction and loyalty within our client communities? By documenting and communicate intangible value as well as tangible. Intangible and tangible value are not mutually exclusive. They are … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JULY 2, 2016

The instead focus on how to create a perpetual sales boom. The best companies don’t tolerate boom and bust mentalities. While this may be considered unconventional, my research and experience has shown that, left unaddressed, boom and bust cycles will … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JULY 16, 2016

In my work with top performing sales teams I’ve found that leaders who exhibit three consistent traits create perpetual revenue growth. Enforcing a High-Performance Culture In a typical sales organization 10 percent of salespeople overachieve. Another 20 percent underachieve … Read More »

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Organization Sales Account Management Negotiation 48

Engage Selling

JULY 30, 2016

Today, the way people buy multimillion dollar products and services is no different than how you and I buy a pair of jeans. It wasn’t always this way. Selling used to fall into one of two groups: B2B (business to … Read More »

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 13, 2016

When it comes to accelerating sales and motivating people to deliver peak performance, nobody gets better on their own. Success—the measurable and lasting kind—only happens when you make deliberate choices about structuring your teams, communicating expectations and holding them accountable … Read More »

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 27, 2016

Sales structures will be imploded and rebuilt to redefine … Read More » “What does the future look like for sellers?” ” There will be fewer salespeople, with a more of a well-defined focus on what they are there to do. Skills will be hybridized.

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

He talked to me about how his internal team was no longer breaking sales records or getting results the way they used to. The customer at the other end of the phone was out of ideas. As we spoke more, … Read More »

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

You’ve heard the naval expression before: “all hands on deck.” ” It neatly sums up how teams of people with a range of responsibilities unite to do one job: to keep a ship afloat in rough seas. Business leaders sometimes have … Read More »

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 8, 2016

It was as hot as a summer’s day can get and my 5 km run was not going well. Starting out that morning, I had set two ambitious goals for myself: achieve both my distance and pace targets. But as … Read More »

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 22, 2016

When a business fails to meet its sales target, blame usually gets pointed squarely at members of the sales team for not doing their jobs properly. Bad salespeople! Sound familiar? Don’t be so quick to jump to conclusions. To be … Read More »

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Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

” I’ve been running sales workshops for over fifteen years and without fail, this question comes up … Read More » “What do I do when my customer says our price is too high and that they can get what I’m selling for less elsewhere?”

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Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Let’s call a spade a spade. What Wells Fargo did was illegal. They used private customer information to create bogus accounts, forged signatures and authorized charges that customers were not made aware of. I, for one, am sick of the … Read More »

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 3, 2016

The behavior you see—both between the panelists and in how they relate to their audience—is a microcosm of what we see as sales professionals in the … Read More » You can learn a lot from watching political panels, especially during an election year.

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 17, 2016

You cannot manage time. You can only manage your choices. Devoting all your energy to fiddling with time is akin to saying yes to doing hard labor… willingly and needlessly! Time is finite and we all run out of each … Read More »

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 31, 2016

In part one of this two-article series, we looked at why there’s no such thing as time management: all we can manage is ourselves and the choices we exercise in our work. When we do this correctly we are saying … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JANUARY 14, 2017

This is the first of a six article series on the future of sales that I wrote for the Adobe Document Cloud Blog. You can check it out there along with content from other great authors… What does the future … Read More »

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