Tag Archives: sales management

7 Sales Trends with Examples

7 Sales trends with examples as the sales model to support the business strategy has never been more difficult to predict. Will inbound lead generation be enough to power growth, will organizations have to rethink or even retool their sales strategies, what does the sales force of the next five years look like. These andContinue reading “7 Sales Trends with Examples”

Sales Training Courses

Sales training courses are designed to improve the sales skills of the sales team, from social selling to sales prospecting, cold calling, business development and sales presentation skills to name but a few. Sales training courses and sales coaching are essential for a salespersons success. The stark reality is that ineffective sales training seriously effectsContinue reading “Sales Training Courses”

Selling Skills That Every Salesperson Needs

There is a whole range of selling skills that every salesperson needs to be successful in the modern sales 3.0 era. Thanks to the digital influenced world we live in, how salespeople sell has changed. The role of a salesperson is constantly evolving and a more consultative selling skill set is now required in mostContinue reading “Selling Skills That Every Salesperson Needs”

Future of B2B Sales

Future of B2B Sales Most sales leaders agree that B2B sales are on the verge of a great leap forward, with a series of changes that will redefine what it takes to succeed in the market over the coming years. The use of data and analytics as part of a sales transformation or sales enablementContinue reading “Future of B2B Sales”

The Key Elements of Digital Sales Transformation

Digital transformation and digital sales transformation is much spoke about business strategy terms (there is even Kudos within management circles for mentioning them). But what is it and what can it do for a business is less understood. How can a business benefit from digital sales transformation strategy is a question being asked in manyContinue reading “The Key Elements of Digital Sales Transformation”

A Social Selling Guide for Sales Leaders

A social selling strategy starts at the top. If sales management and senior executives are suspicious about social media – if they only see risk, their people wasting time clicking “Like” buttons and employees posting funny pictures, then they would be right to draw down the shutters and, in the process, cut off the opportunityContinue reading “A Social Selling Guide for Sales Leaders”

The What and How of Sales Enablement

Sales enablement is linchpin that a business uses to bridge the gap between their sales strategy and how they execute this on social media, the phone or face to face. In a fast moving digital world, common sales challenges (buyer interactions, longer sales cycles, declining win rates, slowing customer acquisition and shrinking deal sizes )Continue reading “The What and How of Sales Enablement”

The Sales Process

The sales process is a repeatable model that a business deploys for the sales teams to follow when moving a buyer from being a prospect, to a qualified lead and on to a paying customer.  This is an introduction to defining what is process could look like for your company. A sales process could beContinue reading “The Sales Process”

Sales Funnel Improvement Tips

How many people in sales really understand the sales funnel, the sales pipeline and the objections that can clog up the process? Success for many companies and start-ups depends on if they can shorten the sales cycle and speed up the sales process. It may come as a surprise to many sales managers that itContinue reading “Sales Funnel Improvement Tips”

Social Selling is Selling

Social selling is selling. In sales and marketing there is a tendency to use catchy phrases to describe something new or promote new products. Social Selling has suffered from this fate as companies in marketing and sales automation use a myriad of keywords associated to “Social Selling “ to look Social and grab SEO traffic;Continue reading “Social Selling is Selling”