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Understanding Sales Process, Methodology, and Competencies

Mike Kunkle

Sales process, sales methodology, and sales competencies are all important and related aspects of sales effectiveness. Sales Process A sales process is a series of stages that an opportunity moves through. But they are not the same thing. It’s been proven in multiple studies and is worth the effort.

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Conversation skills book review 1 – How to talk to anyone about anything – James W. Williams

Red Star Kim

I’m often asked to provide training in conversation skills. Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of a relationship building or sales conversations. Williams: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle ).

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Account Planning Template – Five Components for Success

Upland

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.” Honest Abe knew the value of not launching head-first into something without a considered plan of attack. How are sales teams meant to grow revenue in key accounts without a well-thought-out account planning strategy ?

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The Enablement Profession at a Crossroads

Mike Kunkle

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the Sales Enablement profession has reached a pivotal crossroads. To firmly establish the function as required and themselves as integral players in their companies, enablement experts must be equipped to prove their worth by improving sales results and bolstering profitability.

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How an industry-by-industry approach revolutionized Panasonic’s sales enablement | Maestros of Modern Selling Blog Series

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Yet, working together, they’ve built a high-performance sales enablement function at TOUGHBOOK Europe—the European Mobile Solutions Business Division of electronics giant Panasonic. They designed new industry research methods that include both customers and sales reps. Before 2020, Panasonic didn’t have a sales enablement team—at all.

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Best Practices of High-Performance Sales Teams in 2024

Brooks Group

This is good news for B2B sales teams that have faced economic headwinds, shrinking customer budgets, and delayed or canceled purchasing decisions. But even throughout this tough period, some sales organizations have found a way to meet or exceed targets—and feel confident in their ability to do it again this year.

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How to Radically Improve Your B2B Sales Win Rates

Mike Kunkle

In this post, I’m going to share some simple concepts that I’ve seen deliver radically improved results across a sales force. The advice comes from Modern Sales Foundations , a course that was developed based on over 16+ years of top sales performer analysis, modernized for working with today’s buyers.

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