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Build Your Sales Plan for Professional Services
When I think of a day in the life of a top seller, there’s a common theme. They invest their time in the right prospects, the right clients, and the right sales activities. In professional services, this focus becomes even more important, because many times they are balancing business development and sales along with client delivery.
How can you know what steps will move you forward faster, help you build strategic relationships, and accelerate sales results?
Having the right sales plan will help you get there.
In this week’s blog, I share strategies for building your sales plan for professional services. As a bonus, learn how you can receive your 2020 Planning Worksheet and The Modern Seller Lifetime Value Inventory.
New year, new sales resources: The Modern Seller Show
Build your modern selling skills & grow your sales with LinkedIn Top Sales Voice & Sales Strategist Amy Franko. Today's sales and business development teams need modern sales skills to succeed. The Modern Seller Show is filled with actionable insights you can...
6 Life Lessons from My Bucket List Trip to Kenya
You never know where you'll learn new life lessons. Before the world shut down earlier this year with the pandemic, my husband Dave and I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya for a “bucket-list” safari trip with friends. I’d done a fair amount of traveling, but not...
Our Top 5 Sales Posts of 2020
As we begin to bid farewell to 2020 (some might say "good riddance!"), it's the perfect time for reflection. One thing is for certain, this year challenged us all in ways we never expected. Even through the disruption, I'm pleased to say I remained committed to...
Maximize Your Sales Kickoff in 2021
Whether you're a sales leader or an individual contributor, you probably have a sales kickoff in your future. This is The Modern Seller's guide to maximizing your sales kickoff experience and making sure that you take away the strategies that you most need to grow...
On Gratitude
In the U.S., we’re quickly approaching the Thanksgiving holiday. For many this will look and feel much different from previous holidays, as we continue to adapt to what the pandemic keeps “gifting” us. But one thing is for certain – my gratitude is still as strong as...
Strategic Sellers Identify and Build High-Impact Relationships
In part two of this Strategic Selling Series, I’ll share ways you can build high-impact relationships, whether they’re specific to an opportunity, or they’re part of your greater network. Your ability to build relationships is foundational to your success with client...
Bust Out of Old Sales Patterns
Three Things You Can Do to Bust Out of Old Patterns That Are No Longer Working To build sales agility, you have to bust old patterns maybe with the help of a coach or your sales leader, finding the things that are no longer working for you in your sales life. On the...
Strategic Selling Series: Master These Four Skills to Grow Your Client Base
If you’re in professional services or selling into complex B2B environments, you’re very likely balancing three key responsibilities: solution delivery, client experience, and also cultivating new business. Cultivating new business might be selling into an existing...
Keep Your Firm Agile During Challenging Times
If you're a business developer in an accounting firm, where can you start if you feel like you are stuck moving forward with your client list? THRIVEcast, the monthly podcast of THRIVEal, is a place where CPAs build Community, Collaborate, focus on Technology and...
Our Strategic Selling signature sales training program is now available online. This online sales learning program is ideal for professional services and B2B sales. Get started with 2 free lessons.
