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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

Customer-facing teams need to continue to up their virtual game, even as they learn how to optimize a balance of virtual and in-person engagement. COVID-19 has accelerated a trend already underway toward increased virtual interactions between customers and their suppliers. These mixed results are not surprising.

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Virtual Selling Just Became Vital to Your Business

Corporate Visions

The post Virtual Selling Just Became Vital to Your Business by Jim Moliski appeared first on Corporate Visions. Are your salespeople prepared for the unique challenges of virtual selling? Before this month, at least 70 percent of sales calls were virtual, according to a study from Inside Sales.

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Virtual Selling Just Became Vital to Your Business

Corporate Visions

The post Virtual Selling Just Became Vital to Your Business by Jim Moliski appeared first on Corporate Visions. Are your salespeople prepared for the unique challenges of virtual selling? Before this month, at least 70 percent of sales calls were virtual, according to a study from Inside Sales.

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Virtual Selling Just Became Vital to Your Business

Corporate Visions

The post Virtual Selling Just Became Vital to Your Business by Jim Moliski appeared first on Corporate Visions. Are your salespeople prepared for the unique challenges of virtual selling? Before this month, at least 70 percent of sales calls were virtual, according to a study from Inside Sales.

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5 Skills to Help Virtual Sales

Brooks Group

Building relationships is essential for any salesperson, but it becomes even more critical when selling virtually. By its very nature, virtual selling removes the personal connection that is important to building relationships and making sales. Virtual sales is all about communication. Be a good listener.

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How Are You Responding to Challenges to CoSelling?

CoSell

The top concerns include worrying about health and safety, challenges of working from home, and shifting to effective virtual selling. With many challenges, at the very least, it’s been a huge learning curve. Transparency in communication builds rapport and grows trust.

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Adopting artificial intelligence in your sales process

PandaDoc

Machine learning and artificial intelligence can handle them: analyze tons of data and make strategic predictions, cover multiple communication channels, provide valuable advice, and automate most of your routine tasks. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours.