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Onboarding In Sales: Training + Leadership

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mat Singer, Senior Director of Sales Operations and Excellence, Upland Software Sales teams are often one of the most expensive resources within a company, yet the average frontline sales manager spends only 9% of his or her time developing direct report sellers. . Furthermore, training doesn’t end after onboarding.

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

For instance, more than a decade ago, Cisco Systems installed an on-demand portal that has a wiki knowledge base, virtual product demos and an expert locator. Zoom, the video communications firm, uses software to analyze call data in order to identify winning communication styles and inform training. .

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How CPQ Training Helps Sales Teams Close Deals Faster and Smarter

Cincom Smart Selling

Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) software plays a vital role in automating product configuration, pricing, and quote generation helping sales teams to easily handle complex pricing scenarios. However, the true power of CPQ lies in proper training. What is CPQ Software?

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17 Sales Training Games, Activities, & Ideas to Ramp Up Your Team

Hubspot Sales

There are nearly 15 million salespeople working in the United States, and they spend weeks or even months training for success in their role. Given the different responsibilities, industries, and team structures salespeople encounter, it’s hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to sales training. Use a sales training template.

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How to Train Your Team in Social Selling

Hubspot Sales

We wrote this article to help you gain a better understanding of why training your reps in social selling is so important and how to go about doing so. Social Media Training for Sales Reps. Why is it so important to train your sales reps in social selling? And what benefits will you get out of training reps in social selling?

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Product Knowledge: How to Train Sales on the Thing They're Selling

Hubspot Sales

However, basic product knowledge training isn’t enough. So, how can you train your sales reps on the product they’re selling and ensure they’ll remember the information when they’re making a sale? Below, you’ll learn how to train your salespeople to sell your product better and faster. Solve for the customer.

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Please Stop the Ongoing Insanity in Bank Sales Training

Increase Sales

During lunch a Vice President of a regional bank asked me this very pointed question: Why doesn’t sales training for banks stick? My quick and direct response was “banks and other financial institutions continue to use the same training providers they have been using for the last 20 plus years.”

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