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How I Learned I Was a Sales Consulting Imposter

Understanding the Sales Force

I scheduled a five-minute pre-screening call with a candidate who was recommended and scored quite high on the OMG sales candidate assessment. Within the Sales Posturing Competency, he had a weakness in the attribute, Maintains Appropriate Amount of Patience. what a complete joke you are and your “Bliblical sales study?”

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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Lincoln Smith The modern world asks a lot of B2B business owners. As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. My answer: sales training initiatives.

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B2B Sales Training That Works: 10 Best Practices to Boost Performance

Allego

B2B sales isnt what it used to be. They conduct extensive research, engage with sales reps late in the process, andperhaps most challenging of allrarely make decisions alone. The average B2B buying group now includes 11 active stakeholders , each with their own priorities, concerns, and influence on the final decision.

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Go-to-Market (GTM) AI Has Brought the End of the Conventional B2B Buyer’s Journey

Zoominfo

The sales and marketing go-to-market frameworks weve relied on for decades staples like the funnel, the flywheel, and the buyers journey are fast becoming obsolete or are out the door already. But generative AI tools have empowered them in ways GTM teams can scarcely imagine. But modern buyers dont wait for the flywheel to catch up.

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Product Sales Training – Transformed for Results

Traditional product sales training doesn’t always work for dispersed sales reps who can’t attend Demo Days or Lunch ‘N Learns. Online on-demand training should be a B2B rep's tool of choice. Deliver training on their laptops, where they need it. Deliver training on their laptops, where they need it.

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Should B2B Sales Be A Licensed Profession?

The Pipeline

There is a lot discussed about how sales and selling has changed over the years, be it the tech around sales, social attitudes changing what is acceptable and what no longer works due to many factors. Continuing professional education is not a foreign concept to most trades/professions, but it is in sales. By Tibor Shanto.

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12 B2B Sales Questions to Close Deals Faster

Zoominfo

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. B2B purchase decisions have many moving parts.

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Reinforcement: The Key to B2B Sales Rep Training

Will your B2B sales rep training program result in long-lasting sales performance improvement? Download this whitepaper – Training Reinforcement - Critical For B2B Sales Reps – to learn how to strategically develop your B2B sales training reinforcement and maximize sales rep behavior change (and your ROI).

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Top 5 Ways to Drive Sales Rep Productivity

The premium for growth in B2B industries is higher than ever. The pressure is on for Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) and sales leaders to optimize their revenue engine by achieving consistent rep performance, quarter after quarter. Training your reps with excellence. Training your reps with excellence.

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. Now add the fact that we're facing a global pandemic and it could add an extra 2 - 3 months or more to a sales cycle. How to tap into growing markets for new sales opportunities.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.