Arpedio

MARCH 6, 2024

Account management serves as the backbone of successful businesses, playing a pivotal role in fostering lasting relationships with clients or customers. Rather than solely focusing on sales transactions, account management emphasizes building trust, understanding client needs, and delivering tailored solutions to drive long-term growth.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 3, 2024

One of the biggest challenges businesses face today is understanding and optimizing the sales funnel process, which converts potential leads into paying customers. Two crucial components of the sales funnel are lead generation and lead nurturing , which work together to create an efficient and effective process for converting leads to sales.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Spin Selling is a highly acclaimed sales methodology that revolutionized the way sales professionals approach their craft. Developed by Neil Rackham in the 1980s, Spin Selling has since become a cornerstone of modern sales strategies, offering a systematic approach to understanding customer needs and closing deals effectively.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the fast-paced world of sales and marketing, success hinges not only on closing deals but also on the groundwork laid long before a transaction takes place. Definition of Pre-Sales In the realm of business, particularly in sales and marketing, the term “pre-sales” holds significant weight.

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

So it helps to create equality in a relationship. As such, it builds the confidence of the person being coached. This article on Socratic questioning follows an earlier and longer post on questioning skills Why are questions so important? Questioning skills) (kimtasso.com) Who was Socrates?

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, sales strategies that focus solely on transactions are becoming increasingly outdated. As businesses strive to differentiate themselves and establish long-term success, the concept of relationship selling has emerged as a critical component of sales excellence.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 23, 2024

A sales career can be exhilarating and rewarding—offering the potential for high earnings, flexible schedules, and the chance to work directly with a diverse range of customers. As you consider whether a sales career is the right fit for you, it’s crucial to understand both the upsides and the downsides.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2024

Sales effectiveness is your sales professionals’ ability to achieve their goals and objectives efficiently and successfully. Sales effectiveness also corresponds with the return your organization gets from its sales investment. But improving sales effectiveness is a complex task that few organizations do well.

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Red Star Kim

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We explored the fundamentals of relationships, managing inbound calls and planning outbound calls. Accountants, lawyers, paralegals, patent attorneys and financial advisers (both professional advisors and dedicated business development professionals) joined me at an MBL workshop on telephone skills for client service and selling.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In today’s fiercely competitive market, achieving sales excellence is paramount for business growth and success. One key aspect of this pursuit is understanding and effectively implementing sales methodologies that align with modern buyer behavior and preferences.

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Red Star Kim

OCTOBER 13, 2023

She reflected that studying law at university doesn’t equip you with skills on client care and relationships. Our focus was on the accelerating change in the market, the professions and marketing and the challenge this presents in anticipating future training needs. Although it does provide indepth knowledge of legal services.

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Arpedio

MARCH 8, 2024

Effective Business Relationship Management Strategies Explore the ARPEDIO platform ← Back to blog Table of Contents In today’s dynamic business landscape, the capacity for relationship building and partnership development is more than a nicety—it’s a sturdy keystone of enduring organizational success.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Decoding ARPEDIO: More than just a name Explore the ARPEDIO platform ← Back to blog Have you ever found yourself struggling to pronounce or understand a company name? DIO is God (in Italian) Indicating that mastering these steps or this cycle can elevate a salesperson to the status of a ‘Sales God’. Well, you’re not alone!

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2012

I hear from sales and marketing leaders on a regular basis that they need more leads. When I ask about inbound marketing and what they are doing about content marketing, things like publishing a blog , their eyes glaze over. Let’s take a closer look at blogs and why they are so effective in producing leads. We're here to help.

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ACT

JANUARY 10, 2024

That means a sale is an outcome, not a sudden event. To boost sales, you must optimize the sales funnel and ensure every stage feeds the other until the eventual conversion occurs. As a sales professional, your job is to convince and persuade your leads to choose your offer and convert them into customers.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 20, 2022

Creating an effective outbound sales strategy for your team can be a tricky proposition. But just because the days of cold calling and big email blasts are mostly gone doesn’t mean that the outbound sales process is dead. Here are four great methods to boost your ROI when using outbound sales techniques.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As your sales process evolves, it's important to keep your skills relevant and up to date. Plus, it can increase your sales. In a case study by Rain Group , a global sales training organization, they discovered that a client who went through sales training closed 15.2% So, how can you improve your sales skills?

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PandaDoc

JULY 1, 2020

Creating new sales opportunities and achieving stable growth is the goal of every company. Prospecting is the process of searching for potential buyers (the prospects) that are good fits for your service or product and then communicating with them in a way that moves them to the next stage of a sales pipeline. Be relentless.

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Arpedio

APRIL 11, 2024

Introduction to AI in Sales In the dynamic landscape of modern sales, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing traditional approaches and unlocking unprecedented opportunities for growth and efficiency. Let’s delve into the world of AI and discover how it’s reshaping the sales landscape. What is AI for Sales?

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Arpedio

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s the backbone that sustains client relationships, fosters loyalty, and ultimately drives growth. Account management isn’t merely about maintaining existing relationships; it’s a proactive approach to understanding and fulfilling client needs.

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Arpedio

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Unlock Business Potential with Effective Stakeholder Mapping Improve your critical stakeholder relationships ← Back to blog As businesses strive to achieve growth and success, many overlook the untapped potential of effective stakeholder mapping. We will also highlight the tools and techniques available for stakeholder mapping.

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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?

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Scovel

MAY 14, 2021

Sales Prospecting: Everything you need to know . Prospecting is very important in the sales cycle that is many times ignored by multiple sales people. Prospecting is the first stage in the sales funnel. Having said that, we will, in this blog, see what is prospecting and why is it so important? What is prospecting?

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Red Star Kim

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From the animated discussions I selected a few topics of focus – Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing. The result was that often leads generated by marketing were not tracked through the pipeline and sales process managed by fee-earners. Top-down or Bottom-Up Strategy?

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Strategic Account Management Association

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Let’s now consider how you can appeal in your communication techniques to reflexes and habits—to help the brain conserve cognitive energy—and how to make it worthwhile for the brain to think. Arranging things or ideas in such a way that their relationships are clear. People can go anywhere they want—even, with enough money, into space.

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Nutshell

MAY 11, 2023

You might be wondering, can you use AI for sales? Sales is a field that relies heavily on human interaction, but technology has always played a significant role in enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness. AI is one of the latest technologies that’s making a big impact on the world of sales. How can sales teams use AI?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. There is no room for failure in today’s competitive sales landscape. It can also offer insight into automating sales processes to free up more of your team’s time.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 25, 2024

Winning sales teams, even those from different industries, have one thing in common: they use a repeatable sales process. As a result, they’re consistent, they follow best practices, they replicate the habits of their A-players, and they reinforce the process with sales team training. The data backs this up.

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Arpedio

APRIL 3, 2024

Solution selling is a sales methodology focused on addressing the specific needs and challenges of customers by providing comprehensive solutions rather than simply selling products or services. Building Trust and Credibility: Solution selling relies on building strong relationships and trust with customers.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Though many salespeople despise prospecting, it’s an important part of sales. Unfortunately, the majority of reps use ineffective and outdated sales prospecting techniques, instead of the effective practices that could actually lead to a higher volume of better qualified leads (and make them more partial to prospecting).

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Arpedio

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Key account management vs. traditional sales ← Back to blog The game of sales and customer relations has changed – staying competitive is no longer just about making the sale; it’s about nurturing valuable, long-lasting relationships with your top-tier clients. What is traditional sales?

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One such technology that has revolutionized sales practices is Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI in sales refers to the application of advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to streamline sales processes, gain actionable insights, and deliver personalized experiences to customers and prospects.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Despite their power, many brands aren’t utilizing storytelling techniques in their sales strategy. But an excellent sales pitch will use finely-tuned narrative techniques to wash these down. We’re going to explore how storytelling techniques can imbue your sales strategy with that crucial human touch.

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Red Star Kim

MAY 15, 2023

Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of relationship building or sales conversations. Helpfully, after each there’s a short summary making it easy to remember and apply the technique. I’m often asked to provide training in conversation skills.

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Red Star Kim

JANUARY 22, 2024

A chance encounter with Helen Kensett at a recent conference reminded me about her 2016 sales book. I’ve reviewed several books on selling (see the list below) and this one is different as, rather than focusing on the stages in the sales process, it provides pragmatic tips to help. It’s beautifully illustrated.

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KAM With Passion

JUNE 20, 2021

In this second post, we explore how to develop KAM Skills & Competencies and how to build the KAM Training Path that supports this goal. Other articles on this blog explore the collective KAM capabilities an organisation must develop to be successful with KAM. Defining Skills & Competencies. KAM-relevant business competencies.

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Red Star Kim

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There are resources on resilience : Building Resilience – Regulation, Reframing, Relationships and Reflection (kimtasso.com). It was a full house at November’s PM Forum workshop for Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executives. So we should ask people about their perceptions on what they would like.

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