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How to Craft a Successful Sales Environment

Hubspot Sales

In your sales organization, this starts with your sales environment. A sales environment is a vague, intangible concept. Think of it this way: How do you want your sales reps to feel when they step on your sales floor (or log into work from their home office)? Types of Sales Environments.

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Forecast management challenges? You have a relationship problem

Upland

The reality of today’s highly competitive sales environment means that our relationships and connections are our most critical success factor. The new normal has generated a “back to basics” approach in B2B enterprise selling, and the first rule still applies: People buy from people. It’s a big blind spot to have.

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Forecast challenges? You have a relationship problem.

Upland

The reality of today’s highly competitive sales environment and COVID-19 restrictions means that our relationships and connections are our most critical success factor. The new normal has generated a “back to basics” approach in B2B enterprise selling, and the first rule still applies: People buy from people.

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Whitespace – the missing sales metric that can mean success or failure

Upland

No matter how great your sales team is, it’s always easier and more cost effective to upsell existing customers. What if we told you that measuring the whitespace potential in accounts can mean life or death for many B2B companies? It’s often a big blind spot for companies of all sizes — middle market up to the Fortune 500.

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Enhancing Virtual Sales with AI: The Ultimate Guide

Mercuri International

Understanding Virtual Selling Virtual selling involves a series of processes and technological tools that enable sales teams to interact with customers without a physical presence. Key drivers of this preference include: Changing Buyer Behaviors : Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, face-to-face meetings were the standard practice.

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How B2B Social Sellers Align With Their Buyers

SBI Growth

In B2B corporate environments, Social Selling gets a Sales Rep’s foot in the door. This article is for B2B Sales Reps who work in complex sales environments. Bill assumed this first meeting was also the first step of the Buyer’s process. Needless to say, it was an unsuccessful meeting.

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Six Buyer Excuses and How to Respond

Revenue Storm

In a complex B2B sales cycle, there is rarely one decision maker. This statement often occurs at the end of a meeting or discussion, even when interest was piqued, they do not want to share their disappointing answer. This can also be followed up with “…so I do not want you talking to anyone else.”