The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Remote selling, virtual selling, more communication via emails, and phone calls — it’s all the new normal. Being a sales professional in 2020 is very different than it was just last year. Buyers, who used to prefer meeting face-to-face prior to making a purchasing decision, have changed too.

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Revenue Storm

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We are approaching 80 weeks of managing complex sales cycles virtually. When it comes to complex sales, we have learned several critical lessons about how to connect and gain a relationship advantage. It has become increasingly more difficult to get the feel for how a sales call is going. Use simple language.

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Sales Outcomes

JANUARY 16, 2023

Body language accounts for 55% of communication, while words account for only 7%. So minor improvements in body language can lead to significant improvements in communication effectiveness. Body language is an unspoken way that people unconsciously communicate their thoughts. Lean in to demonstrate you’re engaged.

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Corporate Visions

MARCH 19, 2020

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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CoSell

JULY 8, 2020

Virtual Selling is here to stay. As I’m sure you’ve been noticing, the business world has shifted from “virtual hesitation” to “virtual selling.” This shift is especially notable in B2B sales. While last year, sales professionals relied on face-to-face meetings, today virtual conferences are the norm.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 9, 2020

Shifting Initial Sales Meetings From Face to Face to Video Calls One of the most effective points in the sales process to leverage video sales calls and virtual selling skills is the initial meeting. The initial meeting is first step in the sales process.

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SBI

JUNE 23, 2020

Is your Team Ready for Virtual Selling Success in Q3: 5 Key Questions to Ask. Sales teams have faced a long list of challenges this year due to the pandemic. Travel restrictions and meeting cancellations have put quotas at risk. Even with some states reopening, in-person meetings are rare.

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ACT

APRIL 16, 2024

Did you know that by 2025, 80 percent of B2B sale s interactions between buyers and sellers are predicted to happen virtually? That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving. Virtual sales teams allow organisations to optimise costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones.

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Showpad

JUNE 6, 2022

Meet Tricia Westfall, a Senior Manager for the Sales Capability Planning & Enablement team at Kaiser Permanente. In this interview, she shares how she and her team are adding value during virtual conversations with customers—and how they’re partnering with marketing to build curated content experiences.

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Revenue Storm

JANUARY 12, 2021

So, I thought we could look at 2020 and consider four practical sales habits we, as sales professionals, could implement in 2021 to take ownership of and accelerate our path to success. Get Good at Virtual Selling. Virtual selling is going to be here for a long time to come.

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Mike Kunkle

JUNE 12, 2022

If you absolutely can’t avoid it and find yourself needing to resize and retool your sales force again at this time, I have some advice that I hope might help. Sometimes, it seems to me as if critical thinking is at an all-time low right now, especially in the sales profession. Reengineering Sales Performance.

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CoSell

JANUARY 28, 2021

As you grab the reins for virtual selling, it’s good to know that digital selling the way to go. According to recent reports from McKinsey, virtual selling is the name of the game for B2B companies. Let’s look at how people around the world are responding to, adapting to, and embracing virtual selling.

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SalesGlobe

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The future of sales is here, and it’s not about changing a sales methodology and adapting your “talk track.” The interaction between buyers and sellers is the most impactful sales dynamic. Telephone, Internet, and Virtual Communications. Virtual Selling. Now that is disruption.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The first type of need is the one most commonly discussed in sales: buyer challenges, their pain. Uncovering your buyers’ Afflictions is a crucial step in the sales process. The reasons for this are simple: If the buyer communicates her business afflictions to you, then it’s likely she wants them to go away as soon as possible.

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Brooks Group

JULY 11, 2022

Sales is all about relationships. Whether you are selling to a customer in person or over the phone, the ability to build a relationship is key to success. However, when you are selling virtual products or services, this becomes even more important. Virtual sales is all about communication.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. Offices have gone virtual. What changes can sales leaders think about making when they are planning for next year? Sales leaders, let’s dive in.

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CoSell

JANUARY 21, 2021

How can you optimize your virtual sales performance in the face of ongoing surges and restrictions with COVID-19? How can you focus your efforts of this time period to boost sales — during the pandemic and beyond? In many ways, selling is always about managing change. These meet-and-greet events were a good idea.

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Brooks Group

JULY 14, 2023

In a rapidly changing world, the success of your business may depend on one key factor: how effective the company’s sales leaders are. Good sales leaders (vice presidents of sales) are simply more effective. Sales leaders are no exception. Every sales professional knows that a good attitude can get you far.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 26, 2023

The profession of sales is changing rapidly. More than ever, sales professionals need sales training programs that can help them keep pace with the demands of the modern sales process. Sales training pays off in many ways. Sales training pays off in many ways. What is Sales Training?

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CoSell

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In a recent McKinsey report, leaders agreed that by embracing virtual sales, their sales organizations have flourished. Let's look at 3 big reasons why the next big thing in co-selling is optimism. Virtual selling and co-selling are creating an optimistic outlook. It's not rocket science.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Sales readiness is the enablement domain that connects the dots to engage and empower your sales force. This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. This domain should also be closely connected to sales effectiveness.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 27, 2021

A recent study by McKinsey & Company found that 89 percent of sales professionals will prefer virtual sales for at least the next year, and perhaps beyond. Wardrobe, hair, and makeup are new, but real, considerations in the virtual world.

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Arpedio

MAY 23, 2023

Sales Coaching – Make Every Sales Rep a Top Performer ← Back to blog Coaching sales reps is vital! And therefore, this blog post is going to be all about sales coaching: What is it, what’s the value, and what does it take to make every sales rep a top performer. What is Sales Coaching? Table of Contents 1.

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SalesGlobe

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In a year of virtual selling, virtual coaching, and virtual meetings in virtual offices, you don’t need a soothsayer to tell you that communicating during a lockdown is a challenge. Coaching and connection with reps on new sales processes will be critical. How do we know what’s in the cards?

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Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re a salesperson, this working arrangement has probably been a tough transition—making sales calls from your kitchen table while the kids fight over the remote in the living room isn’t what we’d call an ideal work environment. The Sell to Win Playbook collects 55 of the best expert sales tips we’ve ever published.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Remote work has become the new normal, meaning that sales professionals are working virtually more than ever before. Meeting sales targets virtually is possible, but it does require specific skills and techniques that help you build relationships and make value propositions without ever meeting your customers face-to-face.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. As AI evolves, sales processes will become more predictive and proactive.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 7, 2020

You know, no-one could have predicted the current situation the world is in, and the effect on the sales world has been nothing short of catastrophic. The majority of our sales are face-to-face. How can we quickly adjust to selling in this digital world? How do we actually sell online? All can be set up very quickly.

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Zendesk

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Sales technology has come a long way from the Rolodex and the post-it note. Sales teams can now connect with leads and clients in more ways than ever before, from emails to phone calls to video conferences. All that constant communication is made possible in part by Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology.

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CoSell

MARCH 24, 2021

Many sales professionals are happy to have another chance to get past the challenges of the previous year. While we are hopeful and looking ahead to getting the coronavirus under control, many sales leaders have told us that COVID has been the biggest challenge of the last year. The big one of course is the pandemic.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling?

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 14, 2023

As a sales leader in the SaaS business, the importance of keeping up with the latest technological advancements in the industry is critical. This shift has required sales teams to adjust their processes and strategies to accommodate the new reality of virtual selling.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enable remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? That’s not an option anymore.

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Showpad

JUNE 14, 2021

With a restarting economy, many B2B go-to-market teams are at risk of being left behind as competitors lean in strongly to digitally transformative selling and buying strategies. They are more informed than ever and have higher expectations of sales interactions; returning to the old normal is not an option. How have buyers changed?

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Corporate Visions

MARCH 19, 2020

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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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount’s (Virtual Selling) and Alex Goldfayn (5 Minute Selling) offer a simple strategy for overcoming your natural fear of rejection by breaking it into doable doses. With Virtual Selling, it is about meeting the buyer where they are. Jeb On Blending.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As a communication tool, it’s fast, efficient, less formal than email, and allows for arm’s-length, nonintrusive, synchronous communication that still feels personal. These are the primary communications devices in our lives and businesses. Quarterly business reviews and other formal meeting are time consuming.

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