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Understanding Sales Process, Methodology, and Competencies

Mike Kunkle

It includes frameworks, models, steps, and techniques that sellers use to open and win an opportunity or manage an account. A methodology is considered full cycle when it covers everything from before the buyers know who you are, through prospecting, opportunity management, and account management.

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10 Ways to Help Your Sales Team Use a Value-Based Selling Approach

Brooks Group

Dedicate Personnel Add value by dedicating account managers to handle customers’ needs personally. This works particularly well if you sell a technical product or service. Pamper these preferred customers with a more sophisticated level of service, extra support, or dedicated phone lines, for example.

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How complex is your complex sale? An analogy with Judo belts

KAM With Passion

Any mismatch between the reality of the selling environment and the organisation’s way to operate creates inefficiencies and lowers the overal performance. Many fields in the CRM and associated tools for opportunity and account management are not used by most of the sales reps.