How to Win Deals in B2B Sales: Strategies for Creating Value and Becoming Consultative
Iannarino
MAY 24, 2024
Unlock the secrets to winning more B2B sales deals by mastering the art of creating value and adopting a consultative approach.
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Iannarino
MAY 24, 2024
Unlock the secrets to winning more B2B sales deals by mastering the art of creating value and adopting a consultative approach.
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The evolution of the complex B2B sale has all but eliminated "transactional" approaches and is now moving past "consultative" to something like "super-consultative," or "truly-consultative.".
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In the future, I will point to this page with links to ensure readers understand the words we use to talk about consultative sales. This is a personal lexicon for the thesalesblog.com platform. Some of the concepts may be new to readers, and we will endeavor to continue to update this lexicon.
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And third competency is business acumen, without which it is impossible to be a consultative salesperson. The second is change management, a set of skills that is becoming increasingly valuable for salespeople.
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