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Rethinking Enablement for the Future: The Power of Commercial Effectiveness Integration

Mike Kunkle

This strategic approach goes beyond conventional departmental boundaries, breaks down silos, and encompasses product, marketing, demand generation, sales enablement, and the encompassing realm of customer experience (whether it goes by customer support, customer success, customer service, or a combination of these).

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The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

The map is a guide while driving requires attention, situational fluency, and skill. Sales process management requires this same attention, situational fluency, and skill. The models, steps, skills, and competencies are one layer deeper. It’s how your sellers sell.

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How To Close More Deals With Proper Sales Conversations | Strategy Examples

Brooks Group

These sales conversation strategies include active listening, asking open-ended questions, and understanding the customer’s particular needs and pain points. By honing your sales conversation skills, you can improve your ability to connect with prospective customers and get more revenue for your company.

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How to sell like an improv comic: A Q&A with Second City Works’ Steve Kakos

Nutshell

Today, The Second City is just as well-known as a training ground, developing the next generation of comedic talent through its highly regarded classes. This desire to teach and train extends beyond the realm of comedy and manifests itself in Second City Works , the professional services arm of the celebrated theater.

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The Enablement Profession at a Crossroads

Mike Kunkle

This applies to the enablement profession as a whole, regardless of name – Sales Enablement, Revenue Enablement, Buying Enablement, Performance Consulting, or even Sales Training and our Sales Operations and Revenue Operations partners. At the same time, a unique set of challenges complicates this mission.

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The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation

Mike Kunkle

Understanding of products and services and how they solve customer problems, critical thinking and problem solving, forcefield analysis, how solutions tie to industry acumen, financial acumen, customer acumen, and ecosystem acumen. Strategic Account Management. Part of Strategic Account Management. Sales Call Planning.

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The 22 Best Business Coaching Websites You Need to Check Out This Year

CMOE

Strategic Coach Run by “entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs,” Strategic Coach has worked with over 20,000 successful business owners to reach success in both their professional and personal goals. Canfield’s site offers a wide variety of videos and training resources to empower individuals to be motivated and educated.