Mike Kunkle

JUNE 12, 2022

If you absolutely can’t avoid it and find yourself needing to resize and retool your sales force again at this time, I have some advice that I hope might help. Sometimes, it seems to me as if critical thinking is at an all-time low right now, especially in the sales profession. Reengineering Sales Performance.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. Offices have gone virtual. What changes can sales leaders think about making when they are planning for next year? Sales leaders, let’s dive in.

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CoSell

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In sales, we’re all on common ground. By building a scalable, winning sales process. By building a scalable, winning sales process. This gem is what my friend Steve, * a salt of the earth sales consultant, likes to call, the “IT”. As you’re an experienced sales professional, I bet you’ve done this. Not just once.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Most direct sales reps have been sidelined from visiting their clients, and video calls have become the norm. Re-committing your teams and self to the basics of sales efficiency and effectiveness will help you realize your current milestones and better position for a fast start next year. Source: 2020 sales performance study.

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Sales Outcomes

APRIL 3, 2023

Now, and forever it will be just Sales. To optimize the balance between virtual and physical in-person selling, an organization should consider losing the inside sales terminology in favor of the term “Sales.” Here are four considerations for your organization to strengthen virtual selling abilities: 1.

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Showpad

JUNE 6, 2022

Meet Tricia Westfall, a Senior Manager for the Sales Capability Planning & Enablement team at Kaiser Permanente. In this interview, she shares how she and her team are adding value during virtual conversations with customers—and how they’re partnering with marketing to build curated content experiences. Can you share an example?

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Sales Outcomes

AUGUST 30, 2021

How sales leaders can look beyond the results to position their teams for success: Examine Current Customer Growth. Inspect Sales Process Adherence. Develop Virtual Selling Skills. B2B sales are booming for many industries , which are driving record quarterly and annual sales results.

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Sales Outcomes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Earlier this year, I wrote a post titled There Is No More Inside Sales to highlight that outside sales teams need to develop or strengthen their inside selling skills to succeed in virtual selling. . Tools: The use and adoption of sales and marketing technology (e.g.,

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Sales readiness is the enablement domain that connects the dots to engage and empower your sales force. This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. This domain should also be closely connected to sales effectiveness.

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Brooks Group

JULY 11, 2022

Sales is all about relationships. Whether you are selling to a customer in person or over the phone, the ability to build a relationship is key to success. However, when you are selling virtual products or services, this becomes even more important. Virtual sales is all about communication.

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Sales Outcomes

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Multiple studies and our experience with clients confirm that prospecting is the most important and hardest step in the sales process. Prospecting is harder today than in the past due to the following: Lack of clear prospecting direction from sales leaders leaves salespeople to their devices. It allows sales teams to work smarter.

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Arpedio

MAY 23, 2023

Sales Coaching – Make Every Sales Rep a Top Performer ← Back to blog Coaching sales reps is vital! And therefore, this blog post is going to be all about sales coaching: What is it, what’s the value, and what does it take to make every sales rep a top performer. What is Sales Coaching? Table of Contents 1.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The pressure is on as a sales professional. You must keep up with constant changes in buyer behavior while connecting with potential customers, nurturing leads, and closing deals—all in hopes of hitting your sales targets. If you want to learn how to be a better sales rep, start by mastering these essential selling skills.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. As AI evolves, sales processes will become more predictive and proactive.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Remote sales have become increasingly common, but it took a pandemic to truly establish virtual selling as the new normal. A McKinsey survey conducted in the wake of Covid-19 found that over 75 percent of buyers and sellers alike now prefer virtual sales meetings over face-to-face interactions.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 14, 2023

As a sales leader in the SaaS business, the importance of keeping up with the latest technological advancements in the industry is critical. This shift has required sales teams to adjust their processes and strategies to accommodate the new reality of virtual selling.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sales trends come and go. In this post, I’ll review some sales trends we could see fizzle out throughout the year based on findings from our 2024 State of Sales Report. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. Prioritizing virtual selling.

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Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re a salesperson, this working arrangement has probably been a tough transition—making sales calls from your kitchen table while the kids fight over the remote in the living room isn’t what we’d call an ideal work environment. The Sell to Win Playbook collects 55 of the best expert sales tips we’ve ever published.

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Sales Outcomes

AUGUST 16, 2021

Shifting from Sales Emails to Blog-Form Emails: B2B Sales-Centric Emails are Dead. B2B SALES-CENTRIC EMAILS ARE DEAD (not just mostly dead). To support increased virtual selling driven by the pandemic, marketing organizations ramped up their email marketing to support the sales team.

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CoSell

JANUARY 14, 2021

Yet, it is up to us to lead—and to do this, it helps to learn what other sales and marketing leaders are discovering for virtual success. They look at the best practices of European sales and marketing leaders in responding to the current requirements to work virtually. With Co-Selling, this is foundational.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 28, 2025

AI-Driven Sales Automation Artificial intelligence is transforming how sales teams operate by automating repetitive tasks and streamlining processes. AI tools enable sales professionals to handle hyper-personalized outreach , forecast account behavior, and manage large volumes of data with ease.

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