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The New Jobs of Sales and Marketing: facilitate the buying before the buyer

Customer Think

After decades of writing books and articles explaining why we close such a small percentage of prospects and how, exactly, to facilitate the Buy Side to close much more, I’m going to say what I really think. I’ll begin with my surprise: why do sales and marketing largely ignore the […].

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Facilitative Consulting Explained

Excelerate

How I Became a Facilitative Consultant. I have leveraged my experiences as a technology leader to help companies solve problems with their customer service practices, with their leadership and governance, with their product development cycle and even sales processes. Facilitative Consulting in Action.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

People and Problem-Solving Skills Facilitating, coaching, mentoring and consulting all require great people skills. Counselling, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, training and consulting are at different stages of the helping continuum. Coaches and consultants use facilitation skills. You use facilitation skills when coaching.

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7 Characteristics of a Good Sales Trainer

Brooks Group

Sales training is essential to your company’s success. It’s a powerful tool for developing the full potential of every sales professional on your team. The Brooks Group’s training programs are led by expert sales trainers (aka facilitators) with real sales experience.

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The Essential Guide to Selling by Telling Your Touchstone Story

In our fast-paced, digital world sometimes the best way to stand out in sales is to slow down and connect. Genuine connection facilitates an openness to trust, which leads to consistent sales. Sales reps who learn to tell rather than sell have a critical tool for creating connections with their prospects.

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Using Multi-Factor Analysis to Maximize Sales Performance Improvement

Mike Kunkle

In this article, I want to talk about using multi-factor analysis to maximize your sales performance improvement. The reason you’d do this is because there is rarely one right answer, or one performance lever to pull, that will deliver the maximum performance improvement with a sales force. Inventory levels are still high.

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Sales Tools and Tips to Use at Each Point in the Buyer’s Journey

Software Sales Guru

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