The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 2, 2022

It would be incorrect to say that effective communication is a practical component of sales success. What is correct is that sales success is all about the right communication happening at the right time. Do you think you can thrive as a salesperson without laying much emphasis on developing communication proficiency?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

Because they'll be speaking directly with people, SDRs need to have top-notch communication skills , the ability to listen actively, and the resilience to stay positive even when a call doesn't go as expected. Post-sales account managers handle multiple client accounts simultaneously, making project management and analytics skills integral.

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Insightly

JULY 26, 2023

While a sales funnel focuses on the actual steps in the sales process, the marketing funnel encompasses the entire customer journey. Pre-sales funnel stages might be stages for awareness and consideration. Post sales funnel stages may include brand advocacy and referrals. Will that person be in sales leadership?

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Brooks Group

JUNE 7, 2022

In my new book Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership for the New Normal, my co-author Russ Sharer and I discuss The Value Formula. Adapting to your customer’s behavior style helps facilitate trust and effective communication, while also minimizing unnecessary frustration for both of you.

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Supply Chain Value Proposition B2C Sales Training 75

Openview

JANUARY 18, 2018

The reps that were teaching their peers appreciated the opportunity to take on a leadership role and be recognized for something they were doing well. It was almost like Mark was cloning his top reps – he was taking the skills of the top performers and replicating those skills across the sales team. Negotiating. Negotiation.

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B2B Negotiation Sales Leadership 104

Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

The Importance of Sales Training for Your Business As a business owner, it is non-negotiable to refrain from investing in sales training for your employees. You can improve your bottom line by ensuring that your sales team has the skills and knowledge they need to succeed.

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Openview

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Yet most of that understanding has yet to make it into sales curriculum. In 2019, sales enablement and sales leadership will need to incorporate this incredible asset into their sales organizations, in areas like: Incorporating the role of transparency in disarming the brain’s resistance to influence.

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Insightly

JANUARY 4, 2024

The webinar delved into seven key strategies that transform a CRM into a force multiplier, enabling sales leaders to streamline processes, enhance decision-making, and elevate the entire sales ecosystem. And yes, getting your sales leadership to love it. Here are the 7 ways with detail on each.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 12, 2023

What I see so often is that long sales cycles stress out the sales leadership team. It’s easy to prescribe negotiation training to fix this because they “cannot close.” But if you look deeper, you can ask: “How well can the sales team get to the core issues of the buyer and diagnose a business problem?

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 11, 2022

Value creation is your ability to understand what each buyer values and co-create solutions to deliver value and communicate the outcomes of your solution to articulate the value you deliver. Negotiating is included here. Communication: Sales Team & Cross-Functional Collaboration. Business Acumen. Value Creation.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 20, 2023

Take a step back to analyze user expectations and communicate them in a structured way to the product team and prioritize future functionalities. He/she will be focused on mentoring and coaching a team focused on client engagement, account planning and strategy, contract negotiation, and commercial business strategy.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Here, we’ll discuss several aspects of sales culture, what a good one looks like, how to improve yours, and how to scale it as your company grows. How to build a winning sales culture. Communication and trust. How to scale your sales culture as your business expands. Communication and trust.

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Engage Selling

JUNE 11, 2021

Part 3 of 3) first appeared on The Sales Leader. “What do I do when my long-time customer calls me and says they want to renegotiate a deal we’ve reached previously?” I get asked that a lot by sellers and business leaders…especially these days. But don’t blame the current environment!

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 13, 2016

When it comes to accelerating sales and motivating people to deliver peak performance, nobody gets better on their own. Success—the measurable and lasting kind—only happens when you make deliberate choices about structuring your teams, communicating expectations and holding them accountable … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JUNE 18, 2016

How can we ensure satisfaction and loyalty within our client communities? By documenting and communicate intangible value as well as tangible. This article from Colleen was originally published by Salesforce.com. Intangible and tangible value are not mutually exclusive. They are … Read More »

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Publishing Communication Account Management Negotiation 48

Engage Selling

MAY 14, 2021

Part 1 of 3) first appeared on The Sales Leader. It occurs in just about every business and it’s happening a lot now: the dreaded call from a buyer who says they need to renegotiate the terms of an agreement you have with them. Usually, it comes down to a … Read More » The post They Want to Renegotiate…Now What?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sales Benchmark Index. Inside Sales Experts Blog. Sales Source. The Sales Leader. Topline Leadership Blog. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. As a busy sales professional intent on meeting your objectives, you might wonder if you can afford to consistently read sales blogs. The Sales Blog.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

That’s why we gathered 35 of the top pieces of sales advice from sales professionals around the world. Dive in as they share their hard-earned knowledge on the following topics: Sales leadership. Sales careers. Sales performance. Sales technology. Sales leadership. Customer experience.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

On-Site Sales Training Programs. Focus: Prospecting, negotiating and closing, social selling, and sales management. Intended audience: Sales reps and managers. Jeff Hoffman’s workshops span the entire sales cycle, from getting your prospect’s attention to successfully winning their business. Vendor: Jeff Hoffman.

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SalesGlobe

JULY 13, 2022

And finally, capital synergies and just think about that as oh, gosh, as a as a larger organization, I can probably get better lending terms or better negotiations on contracts. So you want to talk to the sales leadership. It’s a really important point. Michelle Seger. When I’m making purchases. Mark Donnolo.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.

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