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3 Keys That Determine the Length of Your Sales Cycle

Understanding the Sales Force

This could result in a shorter sales cycle, but since you didn’t reach the decision maker and sell value, you probably won’t win this business. Using statistics from Objective Management Group’s (OMG) assessments of around 2.5 And there’s the problem.

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80% Of Prospects Use One Of Five Common Objections

Tibor Shanto

Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. While every cold call or prospecting call will result in an objection, the objections are not all that different. Your question can be a key to unlocking a train of thought. Sell Different !

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From Legacy to Modern Sales Approaches, Objections | Part 6

Iannarino

The Gist: The legacy approaches to sales are designed to overcome objections. The legacy approach to handling objections is inadequate to resolve these concerns for our clients. Legacy Laggard: Overcoming Objections. Legacy Solution: Overcoming Objections + Proof. Part 2 | The Starting Question. Part 3 | Information.

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Leveraging AI in Podcasting for Enhanced Sales Strategies

Sales Pop!

This helps ensure that the content is highly relevant to the target audience, addressing specific challenges they are facing in their journey—whether that’s a common objection during the sales process or the latest industry trend affecting buying decisions. AI tools can generate transcripts quickly , making this process seamless.

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The Only Two OKRs for Sales

Iannarino

The more you focus on these major outcomes, the better your results. The idea of the OKR (Objective and Key Results) comes from Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel in the early seventies. The objective is your goal, clearly expressed. The key results are three to five results that track the achievement of the objective.

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2025 GTM forecast: Key shifts redefining the future of go-to-market strategy

Martech

This forecast highlights the key trends, challenges and opportunities reshaping GTM strategies for the coming year. Simply put, it’s all about basic math: while AI can amplify results, it multiplies based on the team’s existing strengths. For example, 8×2 yields 16, and 8×1 yields 8 — but 8×0 still results in 0.

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13 Strategies to Shorten Your Sales Cycle

Veloxy

We’ll explore the ins and outs of the sales cycle, identify key metrics for improvement, and provide actionable insights to enhance your sales process. It traditionally has steps that include prospecting, engagement, qualification , presentation, objections and closing. Overcoming Objections: A game plan for addressing concerns.