For a long time in some companies, the “sales shark” persona represented the ideal salesperson — that is, someone who can sniff out weaknesses and remain aggressive, selling the customer something ...

ISOs increasingly are replacing straight-pitch sales tactics with consultative selling, which can close more sales and reduce account attrition in a competitive market, observers agree. Straight sales ...

The pressure to make sales can result in salespeople trying to push their way to closure. This can alienate potential customers and actually hurt sales. The consultative approach takes longer, but it ...

The economic downturn in the technology sector has put a squeeze on resellers' margins. Not surprisingly, many value-added resellers (VARs) are looking to their professional services—not just products ...

Here’s an excerpt taken from “The End of Solution Sales,” a recent Harvard Business Review article: “…one of the firm’s top sellers, who asked to give an RFP presentation, quickly commandeered the ...

Everyone knows many of the components of the traditional sales model. You're typically asked to quote on either a single item, a group of related components, or perhaps even everything needed by a ...

Lake Forest, IL–based W.W. Grainger is North America’s largest distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies for businesses and government institutions. Learn from Kevin Hartler, Director ...

The number one thing I hear from C-Suite leaders about their Sales organization: they want their sales team to be better at selling solutions, and to from a transactional approach to a consultative ...

Consultative selling is a collaborative process that leads customers/prospects through an analysis of their current situation to a resulting improvement. For more information on JD Technologies Global ...

Value-based selling is a sales strategy where the focus is on understanding and reinforcing the various benefits that your product or service can provide to the customer. Unlike price-focused selling, ...