LSA Global

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

How to Win Over Value Buyers + Key Mistakes to Avoid Studies highlighted by our microlearning experts show that more than half of all sales prospects are value buyers who focus on achieving measurable business outcomes. To win their business and win over value buyers, sales reps must behave differently.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2018

Companies have hired writers and Chief Content Officers to run departments, create blogs and other materials, and, in the process, some have assured sales people that content marketing can mean the end of cold calling. Our data also indicate that much of marketing and sales collateral is read by prospects outside of the normal work week.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 19, 2024

How Much Should a Sales Team Pressure Buyers to Close? Closing is a big part of sales, and it is not easy. With only 1-in-5 opportunities closing, how much should a sales team pressure buyers to close? Most sellers say they avoid being pushy during sales calls , but the majority of buyers rank sales reps as pushy.

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LSA Global

JUNE 17, 2024

How to Increase the ROI of Sales Training Even though $20 billion is spent on business sales training per year, more than a third of sales leaders admit that they do not have a clear idea of what measurable return they are looking for on sales training. All those sales skills make sense.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

To attract the right people into your sales funnel, you have to know who they are. Articulate your value proposition and products and services in such a way that demonstrates to your ideal clients that you are the one to solve their problems and transform their pain points into catalysts for growth. Become a Master Problem Solver.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Best Sales Qualification Model: Elevating Your Close Rate Using the right sales qualification model can transform a team’s approach to lead qualification by ensuring that business development efforts pay off. But we know from business sales training data that even conscientious sellers can find it difficult to read certain buyers.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Most sales models include a conversion funnel in which reps try to convert a marketing-generated lead into a prospect and then a customer through sequential steps. Along with improving sales results, research has shown that incremental commitments can boost charitable giving, increase show rates for blood drives, and reduce smoking.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2024

How to Deliver Better Sales Training We know from sales assessment data that far too many sales teams lack the proper business sales training , sales coaching, and sales support to consistently meet or exceed their sales targets. Most organizations need higher sales rep.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Download the resource you need to start your consulting or coaching business and refine your message: [link]. Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

billion to escape what Musk calls the “manufacturing hell” the company is now experiencing in its transition from small batch car making to mass production. Both companies were led by visionaries, both offer high-end versions of commodity products, and both enjoy fierce loyalty from customers.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 17, 2014

The profitability framework can help executives, consultants and entrepreneurs to diagnose and respond to falling prices, declining sales volume, or rising costs. revenue, price per unit, units sold, product mix, segment mix, and gross margins) you will be able to discover the source of declining profitability. Product line.

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LSA Global

MAY 21, 2018

Product Training Versus Sales Training – Which Matters Most? Many of our clients who are moving from selling products to selling more complex solutions struggle with the concept of product training versus sales training. If you really want your sales team to up their game, what kind of training is most effective?

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2025

Top 10 Sales Rep Performance Checklist: Essential Habits for Success We know from sales leadership simulation assessment data that top sales reps do not just wing it they follow a disciplined, strategic, and customer-first sales process. maximize productivity. maximize productivity. close more deals.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

To download a customizable version, visit the Visual Library. Look closely, and you’ll find that most companies have stretched their brands and product portfolios to customers and markets in which they are undifferentiated and profits are weak. Related Video. Your Scarcest Resource.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And our topic today is really focusing on those product companies. Why are they buying your product and not someone else’s? We have this foundational population of just rabid fans who love our product. And a lot of people think that they write down the problem statement, and the problem is we need more sales.

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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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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services. Production and operations (82 percent). Sales (78 percent). You can download the full report How Agile and DevOps Enable Digital Readiness and Transformation.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 20, 2022

Exclusive Bonus : Download my lead-generating consultant homepage template to attract more clients — and never rely on cold-calling or referrals again. For me, I can pick up the phone and my sales process from that point onwards is about qualification and some negotiation, but you’ve got to start with lead generation.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2020

Clear strategy - with identified ideal client, marketable and differentiated expertise, compelling products/services that are profitable and scalable and so on. Discover how to start your business right.the first time when you download the “Strategic Business Build Guide.”

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Top Sales Leaders Drive Growth If you find a sales leader who Is not up to the challenge of accelerating revenue growth, you have not found a high performing sales leader. But you need more from a sales leader than simply a desire to grow the top line. They demonstrate how sales leaders drive growth.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Product-Oriented versus Customer-Oriented Experienced sales managers know that their team’s sales presentations should orient their messages toward the customer rather than the product. Yet research shows that salespeople regularly stumble headlong into a product-oriented approach when making sales presentations.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

The presence of money fears can be good if they act as alerts to be strategic about investments and with marketing and sales. They may ask you to coach a leader who is interfering with the happiness of the production team. Money fears are totally normal and should be expected. After all, profits are a part of business.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

What We Know Works – High Performing Sales Managers Ask any savvy sales executive what drives high revenue growth other than having “the next iPhone,” and they will most likely tell you some version of skilled sales managers who know how to lead, manage, and coach their sales teams to higher performance.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

Almost every organization today is putting customer experience (CX) at the core of its strategy, aiming to provide products and services that meet customers at every touch point. Marketing can look at this data and decide to test a hypothesis: Is that color product selling best because it’s in an image featured on the homepage?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Sales plummeted, and Chipotle’s share price dropped 42%, to a three-year low , where it has languished ever since. Provenance , a UK-based startup, tells prospective clients they can use its blockchain-based technology to “share your product’s journey and your business impact on environment and society.”

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Unfortunately when they do focus on growth strategies even the best solution sellers and sales leaders can fall prey to the pervasive sales growth myths. Three Sales Growth Myths to Overcome. Three Sales Growth Myths to Overcome. Sales Myth #1 – Creating New Customers, Products, and Services Is Always Best.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Why B2B Sales Skill Sets Matter The overall commoditization of products combined with the added pressure of shrinking margins and increased customer demands are heightening the need for the right B2B sales skill sets to meet grow targets. This is both a B2B sales skill and a sales mindset.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2015

To understand which activities provide a company with a competitive advantage, either through cost advantage or product differentiation, it is helpful to separate operations into a series of value-generating activities referred to as “the value chain”.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2015

It can be used to evaluate the marketing strategy for a product. Value based pricing: Is the product a commodity or differentiated? If prices are changed, how will this affect sales volume and product perception? Is the product a low cost commodity or differentiated? (Source: Flickr ).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digital startups had begun producing virtual products that ZF did not know how to compete against, and engineers in logistics, operations, and other functions were finding that their traditional approaches couldn’t handle the complex issues they faced. We could not adopt an abstract aim such as “improve production.”

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LSA Global

JUNE 12, 2021

Some Surprising Research Related to High Stakes Sales When we ask sales pros to share what matters most with high stakes sales, most get it wrong. When we ask participants in our business sales training workshops, the majority believe that sales prospects want the best option and focus on that aspect of their value proposition.

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LSA Global

JUNE 11, 2018

Missed Sales Opportunities. Heaven knows, with the increase in competition and expectations it’s hard enough to hit sales quotas on a regular basis. But it’s near impossible if you are guilty of some of the most common missed sales opportunities even the most seasoned solution sellers make. The Top 4 Missed Sales Opportunities.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For example, a company looking to lead in artificial intelligence as part of its go to market strategy must invest in ensuring that its engineers, product managers, marketing, and sales teams possess cutting-edge AI knowledge, skills, and resources.

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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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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It provides mission and purpose, brand, vision, goals, desired customer experience, products, and service offerings. For example, I did a customer assessment for one of my clients, which revealed some horrible feedback about the sales process. The organization strategy is about HOW the organization will achieve its business strategy.

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LSA Global

MAY 24, 2023

When a Sales Prospect Says No Most sales managers teach their salespeople to be persistent. However, salespeople are human, and when a sales prospect says no — to a sales meeting , to a demo, or to the sale itself — they may be tempted to think that “no means no” and stop or delay pursuing their ideal target client.

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