Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 28, 2019

Especially now, when new sales-related tech seems to crop up weekly: data management systems, sales forecasting, customer relationship management software, and automated email marketing platforms. And most likely, video isn’t everyone’s forte, so ease any nerves with ample training. Not everyone will shine, and that’s OK.

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Video Closing Scale Face-to-face 214

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Closing should be a win for both sides. Sales Closing Questions: The 1-to-10 Framework. Question 4: The Closing Question. “It Don’t forget about deployment, training, support, etc., Is it in the realm of possibility that we close a deal by then, and bring you onboard this month?”. Price is relative.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Author: Brian Trautschold As a new hire, structured training and onboarding programs are expected. Today, it is rare to see a company that doesn’t have a strict training program in place from the moment a new hire walks through the door. Close More Deals. In a week, that average increases to 90 percent.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Top of Funnel Hiring 317

Allego

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Gone are the days when a well-rehearsed pitch and a firm handshake could close deals. The stakes are high, and traditional sales training methods simply arent enough. Whether youre a sales manager or an enablement leader, these insights will help you transform your training approach and keep your team ahead of the competition.

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B2B Training B2C Scale 62

Awarathon

MARCH 6, 2025

Traditional car sales training takes a standardized approach, assuming all salespeople learn the same way. By leveraging AI-driven insights, AI sales coaching in automotive tailors training to each salesperson, helping them refine their skills, build confidence, and close deals more effectively.

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Automotive Training Negotiation Ideal Customer Profile 52

Vengreso

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our list of the best sales training blogs offers expert tips and practical advice to help you succeed. Introduction to Sales Training Blogs Sales training blogs are an essential resource for sales professionals looking to improve their skills, stay up-to-date with industry trends, and learn from experienced sales leaders.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

It might sound like a lofty goal, but there’s a proven way to get there with sales enablement training. 54% of enablement teams that manage sales training programs report a six-percentage-point increase in customer retention. What is Sales Enablement Training? What Does Sales Enablement Training Include?

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Sales Enablement Training Top of Funnel How To 52

Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

He has done well implementing the program and is so close to being a great sales manager. I question how well they apply the concepts they had learned and see the benefits of the training. It went something like this: “In my last field visit with one of my reps, I gave her feedback on her closing skills.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

They’re also adding more enablement, training, and AI resources,” sales coach Collin Cadmus says. For example, offering more favorable contract renewal terms will do little to persuade an unhappy customer whose primary objection is product-related.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 21, 2025

With AI doing the heaviest lifting, human reps can finally focus on what they do best: build relationships, provide strategic insights, and close deals. Heres some tips: Partner with providers specializing in AI, and providing AI and sales technology training. But we have to upskill existing employees. Focus on actionable outcomes.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Matt emphasizes the importance of specialized training for sales leaders, distinguishing it from the more common practice of training salespeople without addressing the unique needs of leadership. Regular Training: Conduct training sessions focused on preparation techniques and best practices.

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Sales Leadership Lead Rank Lead Scoring Video 103

Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Organizations must build a strong medical device sales rep training program so sellers are always ready to overcome these challenges. In this post, well examine medical sales rep training and its critical role in success. Proper medical device sales rep training is essential.

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Training How To Buyer Analytics 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 27, 2024

Companies should closely monitor their pricing to ensure it doesn’t violate antitrust laws, as the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and other regulators are developing and implementing tools to detect anti-competitive behaviors. Step 2 Choose an AI tool or plugin like AI Studio for HubSpot or DealHub CPQ.

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SMEI

MARCH 3, 2022

Our step-by-step guide on how to craft the perfect sales presentation walks you through everything sales organizations need to know to make an impactful presentation that will close more sales. There’s no doubt that a well-crafted sales presentation can be the key to landing a new client or closing a big sale. Stay positive.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 8, 2019

After the event, the video can be used for training and professional development, marketing and sales materials -- the sky’s the limit. Closed captioning is also an important feature you need to think about when creating your video strategy. This will result in better customer relations and an increased ROI.

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Video Strategy Maximizer ROI 316

Mindtickle

JANUARY 10, 2025

By using it, sellers can focus their time and effort on deals that are most likely to close and leave dead-end deals behind. The insights you uncover while navigating the MEDICC framework can inform your sales approach and increase your chances of closing the deal. Predicted close rates will better align with actual sales outcomes.

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Qualification Sales Cycle 98

Smooth Sale

JUNE 27, 2024

Photo by Inverewe via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Proven Strategies for Closing More B2G SaaS Deals As the popularity of cloud services and applications continues to trend upward, the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) industry has grown tremendously. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program.

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B2G Closing Government Strategy 109

Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

The key here is a pre-established list of questions related to the organization’s core sales rep skills, competencies, and behaviours. enables managers to select top performers, focus training for each rep, and coach to the specific needs of the sales rep. Assesses prospecting potential and closing style.

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Hiring Lead Rank Retention Face-to-face 367

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Worse, trust subsides, and those once paying close attention begin to move in the opposite direction. Commit to learning in every way possible, including unforeseen errors, insights of others, and formal training. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program. Inclusion Allies Coalition : “Everyone is welcome here.”

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Lead Rank Policies Hiring Motivation 109

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

15% average time to close. click-through rates, conversions)Train ML models to recognize patterns and detect performance dips or spikesAutomate campaign adjustments based on AI insights, such as reallocating spend or refining creative Complexity Level to Execute Medium to high. 30% qualified accounts-to-opportunity conversion.

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Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Scale 130

Steven Rosen

MAY 9, 2018

They need to have a defined process, cadence, training and coaching in place to support their sales managers. What I mean by that, on the last coaching session you ask your rep to work on their openings, today you ask them to work on their closings. The quick answer is both. Sales managers are responsible for executing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2019

There are hundreds of sales training companies offering thousands of programs in all aspects of selling: call planning, presenting, negotiating, managing key accounts, questioning and more. There had to be a better, less confusing and practical way to improve sales training. What is your closing rate? You know the answer.

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Sales Process Engineering Case Study Call-back 209

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 13, 2025

Its relatively straightforward to do simply take your current pipeline, multiply the gross at each milestone times your historical close rates (actual or estimated), and determine if a seller can reasonably expect to be YTD one sales cycle ahead. Companies spend inordinate amounts of time and money on training sellers on products.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I wasnt allowed to train because it wasnt worth the cost of training a female. Initially, I taught sales teams and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley better communication skills for closing sales. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program. Its best to seek professional help the moment the realization hits.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 30, 2019

Author: Greg Flynn Imagine a marathon runner starting a race without having trained or even stretched beforehand. Often, incorporating presentations from successful, tenured reps can add an element of relatability and give new hires a model to aspire to. Or a restaurant serving newly conceived meals that no one had sampled previously.

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Hiring Retention Case Study Maximizer 221

Allego

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This shift has made sales skills training more essential than ever before. Reps need more than just product knowledge to succeed—they need a combination of hard and soft skills to build trust, engage effectively, and close deals. This is where a well-rounded sales skills training program can make all the difference.

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Hiring Handbook Negotiation Buyer 62

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Make sure it’s something you can measure (for example, increase revenue by $50K, close 30 new deals, etc.). There are many sales training games that work in terms of engaging your employees to help them understand the psychology of the sales process. Here are some examples of sales training games: 1. Dice exercise.

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Retail Motivation Training Incentives 124

MTD Sales Training

JULY 25, 2018

There are four basic styles of behaviour and these are determined by the way, in which people relate to one another. Close them down today, get some commitment. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. appeared first on MTD Sales Training. The Analytical Buyer. The Driver. Learn how to say no.

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Buyer How To Analytics Negotiation 255

Highspot

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Coach them, train them, and provide them with the tools to be successful Be agile with your sales strategy, don’t wait for your yearly SKO to change things up What Is Sales Performance? How to Measure Sales Performance Metrics like sales revenue, conversion rates, close rate, and customer retention are used to measure sales performance.

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Closing Strategy Lead Rank Quota 92

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 8, 2018

After Einstein Activity Capture is enabled and connected, emails and events are automatically associated with related Salesforce records. Workforce training with Trailhead – Trailhead is a free resource for Salesforce users to increase their knowledge and business skills.

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SalesForce Enterprise Enterprise Scale 208

The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2019

Many working on old timeframes and presumed related work-flows, get frustrated as the cycles stretch. They see it as and feel it as, the sale getting away from them, when it is not, it is just unfolding in a different than expected (badly trained/enabled).

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

From here, most well-meaning sales managers pivot into the helpful, inspiring part of the conversation, discussing the need to increase activity, generate more proposals, ask for the sale, and increase the closing ratio. While this boilerplate conversation checks the box, it likely will not solve the problem. Follow him on Twitter.

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Coaching Construction Pivotal Positioning 257

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It will be based on your company’s average ability to convert an opportunity to a sale (close rate). For example, if your close rate is 30%, you’ll need about three times your target revenue in your pipeline to achieve that goal. Depending on the business, one or the other may carry the lion’s share of that responsibility.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 177

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

It seems if we just showed up and shut-up, we may do better than some of the close rates quoted in the sales press, especially when measured by quota attainment, or lack thereof these days. Rather than having your reps go through another training de-jour, send them to a business course, buy them The Ten-Day MBA.

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Vendor Discount Insurance Insurance 255

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

At close to the hour mark, I ended the video as it became very repetitive, and the conversation was still unattainable. The Closing Context I was never a fan of the term, close the sale, because Im one who want to keep future doors of business Open. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program.

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How To Hiring Segment Video 109

Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Positive versus Negative Attitude “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program. Helen Keller. We can show our importance by helping, not by harming people.

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