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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

Internal teams don’t think in terms of “objection handling,” but they have skills at resolving differences of opinions, contention/conflict within their own organizations.

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Key parameters to be included in sales training programs

APACSMA

Many sales development reps are moving into quota-carrying roles such as account executive & account management but skills needed for SDRs don’t perfectly match with AE or AM, it is important to identify those gaps and deliver training to close those gaps.

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How Do I Find The Best Salespeople?

Partners in Excellence

He needs to grow the sales team, hiring BDRs, Account Managers and others. The customer had brought up a concern, the manager responded, “That’s a bunch of BS, this is what the real issue is… ” (I certainly didn’t learn that approach in my objection handling courses.).

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First Impressions

Partners in Excellence

She was trying to get out of the call, suggesting a follow up call from an account manager or a demo—I have to give her credit, she went for the demo. Here’s why we’ve chosen what we’ve done… ” At this point, the call was going downhill very fast. To the sales person’s credit, she understood.

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Faux Transformations

Partners in Excellence

I can count, on one hand, the number of training initiatives I’ve seen that focus on critical thinking, curiosity, collaboration, project management, problem solving, financial acumen/value creation.

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Rethinking Sales Skills And Competencies

Partners in Excellence

.” That is, most of what we look for in recruiting and train for are classic sales competencies around prospecting, questioning, listening, objection handling, closing, deal management, pipeline, account management, and all sorts of other things.

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Why The Best Salespeople Are Phenomenal Project Managers

Sales Hacker

Demos, objection handling, closing. Like tasks in a specific project, sales activities are interrelated and need to be managed closely to fix overlaps. When the strident discipline of project management meets the hyperactive process of selling, good things happen. These activities commonly include: Prospecting.

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