Why Business Acumen for Sales is Table Stakes for Professional Sellers in Today's Marketplace

Speakers

Jason reed
President, Paradigm Learning Reed
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Principal and CEO, Slingshot Growth Partners
Webinar Recording Details
  • Date and Time
    Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern
  • Duration
    1 Hour
  • Cost
    $0 (Free)
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Description

This webcast will discuss the importance business acumen plays in the world of selling. After all, knowing your customers and meeting their specific needs has never been more important. On top of that, customers have higher expectations than ever before. If your sales team isn't meeting the client on their level they miss a chance to strengthen the relationship. Business acumen for sales professionals is having the knowledge and tools necessary to fully understand a customer's financial and strategic business drivers, credibly position products and services, and "win" at each stage of the customer's buying journey. Today, business acumen for sales is tables stakes for sales professionals.
 
This webcast will:
 
  • Highlight business acumen and its connection to being a competent, successful salesperson in today's ever changing marketplace
  • Show how business acumen arms salespeople with the ability to understand the drivers behind their customers business, allowing intellectual connections to be made between these drivers and their products and services
  • Discuss how to develop business acumen across the lifecycle of a sales professional and the best methods to do so

About Jason Reed

Currently the President at Paradigm Learning, Jason has 18 years of executive experience in B2B sales and marketing effectiveness. A longtime senior vice president of enterprise sales at Miller Heiman, he is a subject matter expert in professional salesmanship. Prior to Miller Heiman, he held sales leadership roles inside the commercial sales divisions of Office Depot and FedEx Kinko's.

About Bill Golder

Bill earned his sales and marketing expertise as an executive for Fortune 500 companies and for premier consulting firms in the sales effectiveness arena. He held senior sales and operations roles for Kinko's (now FedEx Office) and Office Depot and for the past 8 years was an executive for premier sales and marketing consulting firms Miller Heiman and Bulldog Solutions. While at Miller Heiman, a global leader in sales effectiveness, Bill played a key role in helping the firm double revenues and position the company as a strategic resource for sales leaders in large enterprise companies. At Kinko's, Bill held leadership roles in both sales and operations and helped to transform a chain of campus copy stores to a network of digital print centers serving businesses everywhere. His background is diverse, working with and inside of companies large and small across a diverse industry mix.


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