The Digital Sales Institute

APRIL 9, 2025

Sales training programs fail due to not understanding the pitfalls in selling to todays connected buyer and the solutions they expect, which go way beyond the product. Read on to why many sales training programs fail and why. One of the reasons sales training programs fail is the lack of relevant (and updated) content.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2025

Go-to-market teams that adopt AI-powered sales automation can reap major benefits: research shows they spend more time with customers, drive higher customer satisfaction, and most importantly, boost sales by up to 10%. Just as you coach a team member to improve, AI systems need consistent training to provide better insights.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 3, 2020

What can you do to jump-start your sales and make up for any lost sales during the last several months? You must ask yourself the following questions: How have you/your frontline sales managers adapted to selling virtually? Research shows that training is 4X more effective if followed up with coaching.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 30, 2025

Go-to-market teams that adopt AI-powered sales automation can reap major benefits: research shows they spend more time with customers, drive higher customer satisfaction, and most importantly, boost sales by up to 10%. Just as you coach a team member to improve, AI systems need consistent training to provide better insights.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I brought up the Fantasy Camp experience because it's not all that different from what participants experience when they attend my Sales Leadership Intensive (SLI). The enthusiasm for the training was not unusual because I used my own Fantasy Camp experience as the model for content creation.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Jack’s eyes lit up. If they swung with their eyes open, and made any contact at all with the ball – even a foul tip – I would purchase them a video game of their choosing. He was all in! And wouldn’t you know it, the next game, a miracle happened and he made contact and earned himself a new video game.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

One of the VP’s said he was not happy with the impact of the corporate training program that he was mandated to use. I asked him what they were doing to sustain their excellent training. I asked him, “what sustainment components did the supplier provide to ensure the managers could take the great training and apply it in the field?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sales training has never been more criticalor more challenging. To keep up, sales enablement teams need a faster, more agile approach to trainingone that ensures reps are always equipped with the latest insights, strategies, and skills. The Role of GenAI in Sales Training Sales training must be fast, flexible, and relevant.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2023

OR “When would be the best time for me to follow up with you?” (And The bottom line is that most sales reps simply don’t have any idea of when they should follow up—because they never ask! The next time you have someone on the phone, don’t assume a month or two or three is the best time to follow up.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Let’s be honest up front. No matter what you’re selling, the phone is a vital touchpoint in any proactive outreach campaign, which means it’s critical to include some cold calling training whenever you’re onboarding new sales reps. Cold calling is nobody’s favorite part of sales.

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter – read by over 52,000 revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. With Vanta Questionnaire Automation, go-to-market teams can complete security reviews up to 5 times faster, helping you close deals in less time than ever. Document : Write it down.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Using AI sales tools can help teams level up by analyzing real sales conversations, identifying what works and what doesnt. From refining your teams techniques to reinforcing best practices, coaching tools are essential to how modern teams train, grow, and win. Vendor Support : Is onboarding, training, and customer service included?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Your top rep just completed a high-impact sales training session. Its the forgetting curve , a phenomenon where up to 90% of newly learned information fades within weeks without reinforcement. times more likely to provide ongoing reinforcement training compared to less effective teams. Sound familiar? Theyre also 2.2

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

Sales enablement is the process of providing content, guidance, and training for sales teams to effectively onboard, interact with buyers, shorten the sales cycle, and ultimately win more deals. Sales engineering, customer success, and support teams all require content and training. What is Sales Enablement?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The stakes are high, and traditional sales training methods simply arent enough. In this post, well explore the key components of modern B2B sales training and share best practices to help your team close more deals, build stronger customer relationships, and achieve sustainable revenue growth. What Is B2B Sales Training?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 31, 2025

The AI behind those poorly written messages, calls to action, and workflows responsible for sending multiple, ineffective follow-up messages, are not the answer to your ever-shrinking pipeline challenges. If they can’t generate leads for themselves, how in the world will they generate leads for you? It’s hard.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

But it’s backing up those higher targets with support investments, a strong signal that executives view higher coverage figures as a new normal. They’re also adding more enablement, training, and AI resources,” sales coach Collin Cadmus says. In today’s markets, that’s often a luxury reps can simply no longer afford.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 30, 2021

Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to get them to open up about how they’re feeling and what you might need to concentrate on? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

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Awarathon

JANUARY 8, 2025

In todays competitive marketplace, AI-powered sales coaching is becoming essential for enhancing team performance, particularly in insurance sales agent training. These features make Awarathon an ideal solution for businesses looking to optimize their sales training investment and drive measurable growth.

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Sales 2.0

APRIL 23, 2020

Follow the money. The following charts from Compile illustrate why you should put considerable effort into selling to enterprise accounts. The charts above show that enterprise accounts (companies with over 1,000 employees) have 60% of the revenue, profit and money to invest but make up less than 2% of the companies out there.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Follow-up consisted of a series of emails that promoted products, didn’t address the client’s unique concerns, and had no calls to action. What is their sales plan for following up? Don’t even think about training your sales team on closing the deal. If your reps chase cold leads, they’re set up to fail.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

the largest group of respondents were individual contributors at 25% followed by frontline sales managers at 19%. That’s 44% of the respondents who typically don’t see things the same way as the C Suite (6%) or Senior Sales Leadership (2%). Responsibility is 1 of the 21 Sales Core Competencies that OMG measures.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This way, up front costs and risk of losing money are less compared to traditional advertisements. How to start an affiliate program Starting an affiliate program involves defining your goals, choosing the right partners, and setting up the necessary infrastructure. Accurate tracking is essential for effective program management.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Our Senior Job Posting Signal delivers real-time notifications when senior-level positions open up or are filled at key accounts. Automated Follow-Up Emails Follow-up emails are important but theyre also one of the most repetitive tasks on a sellers to-do list. This enablesyour team to be the first to reach out.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Some are ramping up investments in large-scale user conferences. The real magic happens when you identify the right people to connect with before the event, and set up meetings in advance. 40% on Post-Event Follow-Up: This is the part where most people drop the ball. Youve gathered all these leads, but now what?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2024

that all telemarketers should know about before picking up the phone: As of 2023, the U.S. Businesses found in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (which I’ll share more about later on) can face fines of up to $51,744 per incident. For willful or knowing violations: Fines can be up to $1,500 per violation.

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Highspot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Soft skills training programs help bridge this gap by providing reps with interactive techniques for excelling, driving consistent results, and building stronger client relationships. What is Soft Skills Training? Soft skills training helps sales teams learn to work well with colleagues and customers. Did you know?

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 6, 2025

But here is the thing: even the best CPQ tool cant reach its full potential if your team is not trained to use it effectively. This is where comprehensive step-by-step CPQ training becomes essential. Before getting into the steps of CPQ training and implementation, let’s look at why a business should invest in CPQ.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

As a detective, he always followed the evidence to find the truth. As I read and learned about the author’s methods for uncovering the truth, or proof, I felt that salespeople could learn a lot about proof of concept, presenting facts, backing up claims, return on investment, and offering credible testimonials.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 31, 2025

Automatic call summaries/annotation, even follow up. If we don’t have the time to read all that we’ve subscribed to, why not cull our lists, freeing up time to dive more deeply into the most important newsletters that remain? Since that article is 4 days old, I suspect others are claiming far more use cases.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

One of their issues was their 20% win rate was much lower than they thought it should be and they believed their salespeople needed some refresher training on closing. They also had a large number of opportunities stalled in the pipeline and they believed that training on more effective techniques to conduct follow up calls would help.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Regular updates and meetings leading up to the big show can inform employees about trade show preparations and what is expected of them. A lack of communication leading up to the trade show can result in lackluster graphics and other planning missteps. Don’t give up – find a better way!’ Celebrate Success!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 6, 2021

You can use the intel you got from your initial pitch to open up the upsell. In addition, often times other products or services bump up the dollar amount, and this often slows down decision making as well. At that time, load them up! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! I’m sure you know when this happens.

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