Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

“As in other studies we’ve done, this year’s enablement study found that sales process and sales methodology adoption rates above 75% resulted in above-average gains for revenue plan attainment, quota attainment, and win rates, with a big boost at adoption rates greater than 90%.” increase in revenue plan attainment 17.1%

B2B 198

B2B Sales Decision-making Negotiation 198

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 14, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a new weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. In worst-case scenarios, you can lose the sale completely if the buyer’s concerns reach a level that you can’t overcome. An outreach email sets the tone for your entire sales process.

Negotiation 125

Negotiation Value Proposition Meetings Procurement 125

Revenue Storm

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Too often, we are consumed by the constant flood of email responses, sales meetings, action items, chats, and texts. The initial negotiations were happening with procurement when we first became involved in the deal. The result effectively negotiated an increased commitment from $8M to $11M, with a progressive option to $16M.

Procurement 78

Procurement Negotiation Stakeholders Meetings 78

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 17, 2018

Ask any sales rep what the hardest part of their job is, and I’ll bet they’ll say “closing.” 17 Sales Closing Mistakes to Stop Making Right Now. At the end of the third meeting, you could ask them to connect you with procurement so you can start learning about their purchasing requirements. Closing only once.

Procurement 142

Procurement Decision-making Negotiation Sales 142

Account Manager Tips

JUNE 29, 2021

Create contact plans to keep in touch with key stakeholders in your company and your client's. Let's talk about the client lifecycle The sales cycle attracts qualified leads, engages and converts them to clients. The bad news is, according to a Rain Group study , an average of 28% of sales bids loses to competitors.

Suppliers 246

Suppliers Shareholders Stakeholders Decision-making 246

Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2019

We know that best-in-class sales organizations use a consultative sales process. A sales process is consultative when the stages and actions align with the customer’s buying experience and are defined in terms of the customer relationship. Consultative Sales Process. Stage 5 : Negotiate and Close.

Procurement 108

Procurement Negotiation Sales Leadership Sales 108

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Employ these tactics now, and you might be able to enjoy New Years for the first time in your sales career. This forces negotiations to take place before stakeholders in Procurement and Legal are out of the office -- something your well-meaning prospect might not have considered. 2) Close for post-sale activity.

Procurement 129

Procurement Onboarding Stakeholders Finance 129

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 19, 2018

If you asked most people what activity they associated most with sales, I’d guess that many of them would respond the same way: Closing. For one thing, it’s the most visible part of the sales process -- all of us have been closed at one time or another, whether we’re buying a new vacuum cleaner or a new Learjet. What Is a Sales Closer?

Negotiation 128

Negotiation Procurement Stakeholders Decision-making 128

Miller Heiman Group

JULY 30, 2019

To succeed in modern manufacturing sales, sellers must identify each of these buying influences and tailor their messaging to address their specific needs and wants. This statistic is reflected in sellers’ performance, as the World-Class Sales Practices Report revealed only 56.9% Four Key Buying Influences in Manufacturing Sales.

Manufacturing 61

Manufacturing Supply Chain Procurement Decision-making 61

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Expect an extended sales cycle. To give you an idea, you may always reach out to the startup’s head of sales. Ask them for introductions to the other stakeholders; forging multiple relationships means you’re less vulnerable if one of your contacts finds a new job, loses influence, or decides to focus on different priorities.

Procurement 95

Procurement Decision-making Negotiation Value Proposition 95

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Probably the most popular approach to complex B2B sales, solution selling has been around for decades. It is still being taught to many sales reps around the world, and there are compelling reasons to do so. Personalization has a strong effect on sales effectiveness. Ready to fortify your sales pipeline? Simplification.

Procurement 52

Procurement e-Learning Publishing Decision-making 52

Insightly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the most successful e-commerce businesses go to great lengths to maintain strong relationships with their customers both during and after the sales process — that’s where a comprehensive e-commerce CRM strategy comes into play. Sales Process Optimization: Solar firms can optimize their sales processes with CRM tools.

CRM 52

CRM Insurance Healthcare Manufacturing 52

Insightly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the most successful e-commerce businesses go to great lengths to maintain strong relationships with their customers both during and after the sales process — that’s where a comprehensive e-commerce CRM strategy comes into play. Sales Process Optimization: Solar firms can optimize their sales processes with CRM tools.

CRM 52

CRM Insurance Healthcare Manufacturing 52

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The contract negotiation is the last of several challenges you must clear up, including introductions, calls, meetings, follow-up emails, and demonstrations. Important enterprise sales terminology that every B2B SaaS company should be aware of. Your new sales environment will only stabilize if specific conceptual pillars are provided.

Suppliers 10

Suppliers Insurance Energy and Utilities B2B 10

SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Seismic , the market leader for sales enablement platforms, today announced the acquisition of Percolate, a leading marketing campaign orchestration and content management platform. Sales Enablement. Sales Enablement. Seismic Acquires Percolate to Create Exceptional Content Experiences at Every Point in the Customer Journey.

Acquisition 20

Acquisition Account Planning B2B Onboarding 20

Account Management Skills

JULY 17, 2023

It gave me lots of stakeholder management tips and just general project management framework to work with. And I think what I’m seeing amongst other agencies, they are starting to formulate a bit of an AI policy for clients because this is a topic of conversation, particularly coming up with procurement.

Account Management 52

Account Management Meetings Management Digitalization 52