This QBS LIVE clip features Tom explaining the differences between Question Based Selling and traditional sales training, including some of the more well known programs like Solution Selling, Strategic Selling, Power Based Selling, SPIN Selling, and Target Account Selling.
Having a defined internal sales process is fine. But just having a process in place no longer gives you a competitive edge. I bet your competitors have a sales process in place too, and it's probably strikingly similar to yours.
"If you look around any sales organization you will quickly notices that some salespeople are significantly more effective than others, using the exact same process. This enables us to conclude that just following the steps of the sales process isn't want defines success in sales. Rather, it's HOW you execute each of the phases of the sales process that will ultimately determine whether you are chosen as the selected vendor, or you are consistently coming in second place." - T. Freese
Published on November 23, 2010 11:09