The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Remote selling, virtual selling, more communication via emails, and phone calls — it’s all the new normal. Being a sales professional in 2020 is very different than it was just last year. Buyers, who used to prefer meeting face-to-face prior to making a purchasing decision, have changed too.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 19, 2020

In its third edition of ‘the State of Sales’ report in 2020, SalesForce reported that “Sales reps have increased their time connecting virtually with customers at a rate 3x greater than connecting in person.”. So, what would be the best practices to adhere to when meeting up with a client virtually? Don’t try to ‘sell’.

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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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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has been a year of massive change. But what does "growth" mean in 2020? In August 2020, Yelp reported that 165,735 businesses indicated that they have closed, and 97,966 (60%) of those were reported as permanent closures. Offices have gone virtual. Team enablement and inspiration. Leaning into customer empathy.

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Revenue Storm

JANUARY 12, 2021

When reaching out to friends and colleagues in the new year, there is a familiar feeling permeating amongst all of them – “…thank goodness 2020 is over and let’s hope 2021 is better!”. Get Good at Virtual Selling. Virtual selling is going to be here for a long time to come. We all know hope is not a strategy.

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Mike Kunkle

JUNE 12, 2022

I originally posted it as a LinkedIn Article in August of 2020 and unfortunately, find it relevant again already in mid-2022. Unfortunately, many company executives still needed to make tough choices, even with their revenue-producing teams. Another rep might work in an office and sell virtually, without every leaving HQ.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 10, 2020

LinkedIn’s State of Sales Report 2020 shows that 44 percent of companies are seeing a significant decrease in responsiveness to social and other outreach because of COVID-19. During a recent Stop the Sales Drop Podcast , Lori Harmon mentioned that virtual selling will not be temporary.

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