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Telephone call challenges: Emotions, data, selling and follow up

Red Star Kim

14% Responding better to telephone enquiries (and conversion) 43% Improving client service on the telephone 14% Building relationships on the telephone 29% Using the telephone to reach people proactively (initiate sales conversations) How would you assess your emotional intelligence?

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

What is surprising is that despite having demanding sales roles for new and existing clients, many professional services marketers have received little formal sales training. Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills. Their fee-earners are often in the same boat.

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Referrer Management – Capacity and Capability

Red Star Kim

Another area for discussion was sales training and sales process management. We considered a few sales processes and RAIN (from Insight Selling – which is similar to Challenger selling) was appreciated. Developing self-awareness of your strengths and weaknesses and personal style drives the appetite for further training.

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9 Stats That Prove Your Mood Can Impact Sales Performance

Hubspot Sales

Sales teams with high morale were found 21% more profitable and 17% more productive. Highly engaged salespeople achieve a 20% increase in sales. Emotional intelligence is responsible for 58% of professional success. Salespeople with high EQ bring 2x more revenue than those with low to average emotional intelligence.

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Telephone skills for lawyers and accountants – Confidentiality, client experience, accents and gatekeepers

Red Star Kim

Two thirds of delegates were most interested in using the telephone to reach people proactively whereas a third were most interested in building relationships on the telephone All delegates felt that their emotional intelligence was high. At the end of the session, all delegates felt that their confidence was high.

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How to hire the right sales reps (and keep them!)

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We’ll cover this in greater detail below, but here are some things to consider before you start your hiring process: The average annual turnover rate for sales-based roles floats between 27% and 39% , depending on the year and the industry. Roughly 67% of sales reps will leave the company before the end of their second year of employment.

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Preparing M&BD professionals for the future – learning, skills and knowledge transfer

Red Star Kim

(Video) (kimtasso.com) Essential soft skills for lawyers (kimtasso.com) Insights included: Process Clarity of learning aims Processes to capture new learning and training needs Methods to measure satisfaction, effectiveness and impact Technology harnessed with online learning platforms that provide both suggestions and standard content Allow people (..)