Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

So has the routine sales pitch. The days of the “ideal buyer” have gone the way of the dinosaurs. In this new marketplace, your next hit might come from a company’s CFO instead of the customer service team you work … Read More »

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The 5% Institute

AUGUST 2, 2022

Sales Drills #1 – Objection Handling. There are numerous sales objections your team will come across when speaking with your potential clients, and if they don’t know how to effectively handle them – this can cost them the sale. Related article: Sales Objection Handling – A Step By Step Guide. 3 – Pre-Frame.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They essentially speed up the coaching process by reviewing sales reps’ pitches and meeting recordings, grading them, and delivering instant feedback. AI acts as a customer or prospect, providing feedback and coaching based on the rep’s performance.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Better understand customer needs and pain points If you were to ask ten prospects, “Do you wish you could improve the productivity of your team by two or three times?”, On the other hand, if you were to ask ten prospects, “What do you think is preventing your team from doubling their productivity?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. So, today, we’re going to cover four prospecting tips for breaking into Enterprise Accounts (plus some bonus tips at the end). Building rapport with prospects. Leveraging information to become your prospects doctor. Their calendars are blocked with 76 meetings.

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The 5% Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2020

1 – Objection Handling. The first on our list of sales team building games, is objection handling. Many Sales Professionals if trained correctly, will use something like our five-step objection handling breakdown ( that you can find here ) to overcome sales objections.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 15, 2014

.” When I ask, I get responses like: “Would you just give us the formula to [insert whatever you want--prospect, get meetings with execs, close, handle this/that objection, fill my pipeline.]?” ” “If I just had a killer pitch!” ” “What’s the script?”

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The 5% Institute

JUNE 15, 2023

However, objections shouldn’t be seen as roadblocks but rather as opportunities to engage with your prospects and address their concerns effectively. In this article, we will explore the art of overcoming objections and provide you with valuable strategies to navigate through them successfully.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

For instance, training teaches salespeople to pitch a product, ask better questions, or handle objections, while enablement ensures they can access customer data or case studies to support their pitch. For instance, you might discover that some reps struggle with objection handling by monitoring calls.

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criteria for success

AUGUST 1, 2019

Have you ever met that ideal prospect who agreed with everything you pitched and immediately bought whatever you were trying to sell? So in order to close more deals, sales reps need to have a thorough understanding of the [ ] The post The Objection Handling Process: What Sales Reps Need to Know!

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

1 Sales Skills for Prospecting: The ideal talk-to-listen ratio. But the top sales reps are great at prospecting. Sound advice… but NOT for prospecting calls. The talk-to-listen ratio for successful prospecting calls is higher than unsuccessful ones. The goal of prospecting is to sell the meeting. It’s tough.

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Gong.io

MAY 3, 2018

And the better you can map out the answers your prospect might have, the better prepared you will be. Cold Calling Tip 3: Don’t Be Afraid to Pitch. Pitching the wrong way is a very common mistake made on cold calls. Cold Calling Tip 4: A Prospect That Doesn’t Say Much Isn’t Necessarily Bad. Cold Calling Tip 2: Educate.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Which is a real problem… Because after you’ve put effort and resources into researching and creating a solid pitch and proposal, it only makes sense to come to the table prepared to negotiate with the prospect. Understand your prospect and their business goals. Top Negotiation Tips that Help Close the Deal.

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The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

1 – Objection Handling. The first on our list of fun sales training games, is objection handling. Many Sales Professionals if trained correctly, will use something like our five-step objection handling breakdown ( that you can find here ) to overcome sales objections.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Unsubscribe request : Your prospect doesn’t want to hear from you. You legally cannot continue to cold email this prospect, or you will be out of compliance with CAN-SPAM laws. Objection : Your prospect replied to your email only to let you know that they don’t have budget. Sentiment supercharges objection handling.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 13, 2019

Sales is no different, we have our own vocabulary, terms like prospecting, qualifying, objection handling, pipeline, funnel, discovery, closing, quota. Along with those, we develop tools that help us with those things, for example, objection handling techniques, closing techniques, qualifying techniques, and so forth.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 17, 2021

The mindset of the customer is oriented around their businesses, goals, objectives. Concepts like prospecting, qualifying, pitching, objection handling, closing are objectionable to the customer. Our focus is on our objectives and achieving our goals, so we drive things based on month/quarter/year end goals.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Otherwise, why do customers constantly complain about being pitched, sales people not understanding their problems, and so forth. 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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Gong.io

JUNE 19, 2018

Step 1 – Prospecting: Get the First Meeting Every Time. Prospecting is your first step in the sales process. Your only job at this stage is to keep the prospect on the phone for five minutes. If you don’t do the talking, the prospect will, and your call will be less successful. Prospects talk uninterrupted for 3.5

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Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

If you think a morning-fresh, bright-eyed prospect is your best bet, guess again. Afternoon calls have fewer no-shows and prospects stay on the call longer: Mornings? Your prospect is 30% more likely to show up for a call at 4 PM than one at 8 AM. Look at how long prospects talks on successful (3.5 Know when they are?

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CloserIQ

APRIL 25, 2019

A sales pitch , no matter how perfect, can quickly be ruined by poor objection handling afterward. It’s a rare day when you pitch someone and they simply submit and ask where to sign. In this post, we’ll walk you through the 8 most common objections and how to respond to each. Your product/service is too expensive.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The challenge with the messaging you say to your prospective buyers by phone, through e-mail and in voice mails is that there is no one-size-fits-all. I’m talking a bit differently to a prospective buyer in Seattle, my home town, as I am a fast-paced buyer in a big city like New York. Objection Handling. What Helps Most?

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Hubspot

MAY 10, 2022

Text messaging for sales is an excellent way for you to stay top-of-mind as your prospects consider their product options. Sending sales text messages to your prospects to nurture them all the way until conversion. Sending sales text messages to your prospects to nurture them all the way until conversion. Text STOP to opt out”).

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These are important to understand of course, but salespeople aren't always going to call just to pitch to a potential customer — the job encompasses so much more. Sales professionals not only convert prospects into buyers, they hold the power to negotiate, upsell, and even problem-solve after the initial purchase is made.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Objection handling training exercises. From there, in a mock selling situation with a prospect (either another new rep or someone on the training team), have the rep try to get the prospect to identify the need themselves, and provide the solution (in this case, the obscure product). E-pitch competitions.

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Gong.io

JUNE 10, 2019

Prospecting. but you’re weak at, say, objection handling. Average salespeople jump straight to answers more often: Great salespeople clarify what’s causing the objection before jumping to an answer. Again, take note: This difference in objection handling habits isn’t massive. Objection handling mastery.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Tailor Your Sales Pitch. Tailoring your message already starts in lead generation (cold calling, email prospecting). Objection Handling. Record every objection from every call/email ever on one shared document: Over time, you and your team will maintain a list of objections and can group them into categories.

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Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

It leads your sales reps through various scenarios: how to prospect, when to sell what product or service, how to overcome common objections, what to negotiate for (and how ) to name a few. Objection handling. Messaging: Deliver the perfect sales pitch. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: . Sales resources.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Prospecting. Sales prospecting is to find qualified leads that are close to being ready to buy the advertised business or service. Companies start prospecting by formulating an Ideal Customer Profile. So not only do sales reps prospect for new customers, but they also qualify them. Handling objections.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Working through objections. Handling objections is a common part of your job description as a real estate professional. However, objections don’t always have to lead to an immediate "no." When managed properly, objections can get you closer to making a sale because they can help you learn what your buyer is truly after.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Hyper-targeted prospecting: AI is a personal research assistant who never sleeps. Real-life example: Creating ChatGPT parameters Nothing is more tedious than getting a long email from a prospect you need to pull key ideas out of and rewrite for the CRM. Researching ICPs and pain points Need to know more about your prospects?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Competencies can be anything from listening and closing skills to negotiation skills and objection-handling – anything a rep needs to be proficient at to be successful. Activities can include the first prospecting call, first demo call or first sales call. Certification = First Prospecting Call. 14 Day Sprint: Training ?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

More and more people in sales are finding that rigorous follow-ups, a solid pitch, and great objection handling skills just aren’t cutting it anymore (at least not on their own). Instead, top reps are leveraging the latest thought leadership topics to form connections with prospects and spark mutually engaging conversations.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

3 ways to optimize your sales cycle Follow a clear path from prospecting to close Sales Cloud gives you the tools to navigate every sale easily, tracking each stage in the sales cycle and surfacing recommendations for actions that will get you to closer faster. For example, prospecting is a stage in the sales cycle.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 18, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll delve into the art of handling sales objections effectively. We will explore common objections you might encounter during prospecting or follow-up calls such as price, budget, competitor comparisons, and timing issues. Price Objections The price tag is often where prospects hesitate.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

How to approach prospecting. Closing more deals start with paying very close attention to your prospecting and qualifying strategies. How well aligned are your prospects with your offerings? Maybe it’s time to reassess your prospecting and qualifying strategies. Do you understand what your prospect’s job is?

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Data-Driven Decision Making Digital sales rooms provide in-depth analytics and insights into prospect behavior, content effectiveness, and sales performance. Personalization and Relevance Digital sales rooms allow sales professionals to tailor their presentations and content to the specific needs and interests of each prospect.

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