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6 Challenges Threatening Salespeople in 2018

Hubspot Sales

New research from Richardson Sales Training reveals the biggest focus for sales professionals in 2018 should be articulating value. Top challenges facing salespeople in 2018 included: Creating a targeted prospecting strategy. Balancing sales and relationship management. Building the right sales skills.

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Selling Through Uncertainty

Revenue Storm

The world learned how to buy almost everything online during the lockdowns, and there is a huge shift towards “self-service” that threatens to commoditize even the most complex services and solutions. Even before the pandemic, clients were already engaging salespeople later in the sales process, having done their research on their own first.

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15 Tips For Asking More Effective Sales Questions

Hubspot Sales

Sales qualification is a game of questions. But there's an art to asking sales questions. Which is why I'd like to share these tips for asking more effective sales qualification questions. Asking the Right Questions in Sales. Asking the Right Questions in Sales. Keep Questions Non-Threatening.

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How to Get Past 'I Don’t Have Time For This' & 4 Other Common Buyer Brush-Offs

Hubspot Sales

Salespeople need to be able to neutralize and move past buyer objections to be successful, but there's a distinction between objections and brush-offs. So don’t be surprised when you hear a hasty “Now’s not a good time,” as soon as the buyer realizes this is a sales call. If a sales rep immediately asks, “Who should I talk to?”,

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How Tesla Is Threatening An American Sales Tradition

SBI Growth

On Trustworthiness , Americans rank car salespeople almost equal with members of congress. However, dealerships are attractive to automakers for one giant reason: they take manufacturer’s inventory and sales expenses off their books. Enter Tesla, a company known for challenging the status quo. Is your channel threatened?

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Motivating Your Sellers to Kickstart the New Year

Revenue Storm

As a Sales Leader, you hopefully have your business goals mapped out, your business plan completed, and are charged up for the new year. Sales Leaders, especially first-line Sales Leaders have things “coming at them” from all directions. These all threaten quality time with your sellers. Welcome to 2022!

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The 7 Key Qualities That Define the Entrepreneur Mindset

Hubspot Sales

Some salespeople are just built differently. These model reps' approach to their work is shaped by something known as the entrepreneur mindset — a special frame of mind that separates certain salespeople from their peers. Entrepreneurs aren't threatened by people smarter than them.