LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. 5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. 5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The B2B Sales Hunters vs Farmers Sales Model The role of B2B sales hunter vs sales farmer has been discussed in business sales training workshops for decades. In general, the roles represent two different, and often related, approaches to selling with each having an important part to play in sales growth.

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Clarity Consultants

JULY 22, 2021

Often, that means training your workforce to adjust their approach in a meaningful way, allowing them to offer precisely what today’s customers need. If you are wondering what post-COVID customer paint points your employees need training on, here’s what you need to know. That’s why offering formal training is a must.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2021

Frustrated by Disappointing Sales Training Results? If you are frustrated by the results of your business sales training investment, you are not alone. Lots of sales leaders feel the same way. Only 1-in-5 sales training participants change their on-the-job behavior or performance from standalone sales training.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2023

90% Job Relevance 95% Satisfaction 75% Knowledge Gain 90% Net Promoter Score This fast-paced High Tech client needed their sales reps to act and be treated like trusted advisors in order to truly uncover how they could best help their target clients to be successful while moving from on-premises enterprise software to software as a service (SaaS).

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1 to 1

APRIL 1, 2024

You lost me at titanium I informed the associate I’d done everything I should: activated the Find My Phone app, dispatched police to the house where it was located, changed password, locked down and remotely erased the device to protect my data — and the data of others stored on my phone. He hadn’t heard me at all. I was in a state of panic.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Sales Training Design Best Practices Matter. Sales training design best practices matter a great deal. Why go through the expense, effort, and time to provide business sales training for your sales force if it is does not improve sales performance? 12 Sales Training Design Best Practices.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 28, 2019

Sales Training without Reinforcement Should Be Unacceptable. Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we know that sales training by itself – even if it is highly customized – only changes the on-the-job behavior and performance of 1-in-5 sales reps. Sales training reinforcement.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Chris sheds light on our collective discomfort with uncertainty and how coaching and consulting can train us to build resilience during such tricky times. He began his career in sales and sales management with a division of a Fortune 500 company in the aerospace and defense industry.

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LSA Global

JULY 17, 2017

Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we have come to believe that solution selling training on its own is often an exercise in futility…and we say this as a business consulting and training company. Credibility. Credibility. And they must have attained a degree of competence that can inspire others.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2020

Why Social Selling Training Programs Fail to Grow the Sales Pipeline. When done right, curated online relationships should turn into more meaningful and more qualified sales conversations. Recent IDC research found that: 75% of the B2B Buyers use social media to inform and support purchase decisions.

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The Fearless Marketer

JULY 1, 2019

Directing your prospect to online information about your services (what I call a Sales Letter). But the most neglected part of this process is that durn* sales letter. Why a sales letter is absolutely essential. So why do they need to read your sales letter before you have that selling conversation?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A Sales Meeting with an Executive is Always High Stakes Solution sellers who get a sales meeting with a target company’s executive consistently close more complex deals than those who sell at lower levels. But the expectations and needs of C-suite buyers are higher and different from other stakeholders.

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LSA Global

MAY 19, 2022

Almost every business sales training program teaches how to ask effective sales questions. You need to know how sales questions build rapport with customers. A Realistic Sales Scenario Edward, a consulting firm executive, is in his first meeting with Chelsea, who sells enterprise software. But be careful.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2021

Shorten Your Sales Cycle In sales, time is money. The more quickly you can close the right deals with the right clients – or kick unqualified leads out of your pipeline – the more successful you and your sales team will become. For more sales in less time, don’t be shy. Don’t view referrals as an afterthought.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

companies spend over $70 billion annually on training, and an average of $1,459 per salesperson — almost 20 percent more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing.

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LSA Global

JULY 16, 2021

Do the Math Trying to define high performing sales territories that are balanced, and consistently high producing is the source of many a sales manager’s headaches. There are so many ways to slice and dice sales territories but, however you do it, there is one constant – it should reflect real data.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Top Sellers Gracefully Overcome Sales Objections. Though it is surely discouraging to hear a buyer say “No” when you spent time and energy on a potential sale, it is not the end. Unfortunately, too many business sales training courses underestimate the importance of these four steps to “yes.”. The Four Steps to a “Yes”.

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This not only improves sales but also ensures that retailers can respond swiftly to market demands and trends. According to Statista, global e-commerce sales are expected to reach $6.4 Data-Driven Decision Making Retail Consulting Services leverage data analytics to inform decision-making processes.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

The sales world is forever altered, thanks to pandemic-fueled digital transformation across entire enterprises. In the B2B space, where relationships reign supreme, sales organizations found effective and efficient ways to conduct business with a digital-first approach that’s efficient, effective, and won’t go away any time soon.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. Back in the 1990s, sales reps had a lot of information, while customers had relatively little. Sales reps leveraged that information gap to create a lot of trust.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

Managers are poorly trained and disengaged from executive leadership. The negative bottom-line results equal lower customer service, quality, productivity, and sales. All managers will need regular training to improve their Servant Leadership and performance management skills. Likewise, they do informal coaching.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Not All Sales Leadership Scenarios Are of Equal Value Top sales leaders outperform their peers when it matters most. Knowing how to handle specific sales leadership scenarios can make the difference between sales success and failure for big deals and for sales team engagement.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 24, 2024

They assist in creating financial forecasts that help predict future revenue and expenses, allowing small businesses to make informed decisions. Marketing and Sales Marketing strategy is crucial for any small business looking to expand its reach.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

Managers are poorly trained and disengaged from executive leadership. The negative bottom-line results equal lower customer service, quality, productivity, and sales. All managers will need regular training to improve their Servant Leadership and performance management skills. Likewise, they do informal coaching.

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LSA Global

MARCH 15, 2020

Every Sales Team Would Like to Convert Sales Leads Faster. Your sales conversion rate measures the effectiveness of your sales team at turning sales leads into new customers. It measures how often your sales reps are turning prospects into real business. New sales leads grow cold surprisingly fast.

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Our partnership with them included servant leadership training. The company’s sales goals required great improvement in employee engagement and customer experience. Sales results beat the competition. However, an added feature of Servant Leadership involves informal coaching. NPS and eNPS numbers soared.

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LSA Global

MAY 30, 2018

Training Does Not Always Makes Sense. Does training make sense” is an important question to ask. Let’s use sexual harassment training as an example to highlight Training Events versus Learning Solutions. Sexual Harassment Training. While training can be a vital component, it is not enough. The Bottom Line.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Marketing and sales teams have traditionally had two separate objectives in most organizations: the marketing team works to get leads and fill the top of the funnel, while the sales team focuses on the bottom of the funnel and closing those leads. Lead prioritization is another people-based way brands can boost sales.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

High performing B2B social sellers build relationships on digital platforms and turn online connections into offline sales conversations and long-term customer relationships. LinkedIn’s recent State of Sales report found that 62% of B2B decision makers look for an informative LinkedIn profile when considering talking with a sales rep.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This fast-paced technology company wanted to use the Customized Consultative Selling program to upskill their top sales reps as they face new competition, shifting client needs, longer sales cycles, and increased pressure to grow profitably. Job Relevance 100% Satisfaction 163% Knowledge Gain 98.8% Net Promoter Score.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

To motivate, manage, and reward B2B salespeople, many companies use sales incentive plans that link large commissions or bonuses to individual results metrics, such as territory quota achievement. The right sales incentive plan creates a double win. This made it easy to measure individual sales results.

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1 to 1

MAY 4, 2020

However, it has not changed the need for sales teams to produce results. On a recent webinar, “How to readjust and future-proof your sales,” sales growth experts from TTEC addressed prevalent questions about selling in today’s new reality and shared proven tactics, tips, and strategies. This is especially true today.

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 2, 2024

By utilizing machine learning models, businesses can uncover insights and patterns that were previously unnoticed, leading to better-informed decision-making. Training and Development For AI tools to be effective, the workforce needs to know how to use them.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This applies to sales as well as customer service. Inside sales associates are turning to new ways to meet and beat sales targets. One important digital sales tool is speech analytics. The panelists highlighted how speech analytics can empower inside sales associates. Identify top and bottom performers.

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