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

Strategic Account Management Association

COVID-19 has accelerated a trend already underway toward increased virtual interactions between customers and their suppliers. As vaccines are distributed and we move beyond the most acute phase of the pandemic, most salespeople believe virtual selling is here to stay. Just 5 percent report no success at all ( Figure 3 ).

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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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Sales Readiness: Engaging and Empowering Your Sales Force to Thrive in a Remote-First World

Showpad

Sales readiness should always be closely connected to the sales content management domain, as all your internal training content has to be managed and communicated as well. This is why one of the core messages of this study is that the pandemic has amplified existing selling challenges rather than created new selling challenges.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with George Donovan of Allego

SBI

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? It’s hard to believe we’ve had one year to adapt to our new normal of virtual selling, but a lot of lessons have been learned along the way. George Donovan Chief Revenue Officer. Allego Software.

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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.

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The 15 best online sales training programs in 2022

Zendesk

With MEDDIC, reps learn how to progress through a methodical assessment, qualification, and analysis of the enterprise accounts they’re negotiating with. MEDDIC’s full basic program involves about four hours of self-guided learning and two additional hours of virtual instructor-led training. Sales Engine.