The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What is a sales cycle? Let us begin by explaining what is a sales cycle and why it is a critical component of any sales strategy. A sales cycle is a map that lays out the step-by-step process that salespeople will follow that maximizes the possibility of a sale. Understanding the Sales Cycle.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2021

On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Sales reps can also pinpoint specific obstacles and make improvements with a stage-focused sales strategy.

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Allego

OCTOBER 3, 2024

How will your sales training programs change in 2025? The landscape of sales training programs is rapidly evolving as we head into 2025. What’s Driving Change in Sales Training Programs? Implementing continuous learning requires a shift in the mindset of sales leaders.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 11, 2024

Instead, sales organizations must define a sales cycle. That way, sellers have a simple, repeatable framework they can follow for every deal and sales organizations have a more accurate way to predict revenue. What is a sales cycle? At this point, you may be asking yourself, “What is a sales cycle?”

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To give sellers a fighting chance, sales leaders need to build an effective, flexible sales enablement program. With the right sales enablement process, revenue leaders can confidently improve sales team skills, boost customer retention, expand market differentiation, and drive revenue growth.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 31, 2024

Recent corporate belt tightening has put sales-adjacent departments like sales enablement and marketing in the hot seat. Because even though they contribute to and quite literally enable sales, their activities aren’t always as easy to tie to the deal as it is for reps who get phone and face time with buyers.

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Awarathon

APRIL 30, 2024

If OEMs have to sustain in such a competitive market, they will need a robust sales training structure. Innovative technologies like generative AI are reshaping traditional sales methods. Effective sales training is crucial for automotive professionals to stay competitive and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Ian Levine , Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of RO Innovation. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? RO Innovation’s platform changes the game by: Activating customer advocacy end-to end in sales cycles.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. They then leverage research tools and market insights to pinpoint promising opportunities.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

I have been doing sales training and consulting for nearly 20 years and I always get a chuckle when salespeople tell me they need to find ways to close business in two calls. It’s not about the number of calls—it’s about the length of the sales cycle. When I hear this today, I wonder where these people are living.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s In Conversation – How to Shorten the Sales Cycle. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. Hiring Sales Talent.

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Allego

MAY 21, 2024

Being in sales enablement these days can feel like neverending work. You’re constantly training and coaching sales reps, creating reinforcement learning, ensuring sellers have the right content, and helping them connect with customers and create personalized buying experiences. And why not?

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The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

Sales training program expert tips for anyone involved in sales management or sales enablement some insight into planning any form of sales training. It sounds simplistic to say that sales training is the act of training salespeople or the sales team on the product and sales process.

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Gong.io

JUNE 18, 2018

Sales influencers have hypothesized about every phase of the sales cycle. They tell us exactly what works and what doesn’t on sales calls. Our team of data scientists has analyzed more than 1,000,000 recorded sales calls. In this round, we analyzed the best way to speed up every phase of your sales cycle.

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Allego

MARCH 7, 2023

Product marketers play a critical role in any company’s success. They’re conduits of information and the connective tissue between product developers, the marketing team, and the sales force. If you’re tired just reading that list, imagine how product marketers feel. 3 Habits of Highly Effective Product Marketers 1.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 21, 2019

There’s no denying it — sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. The two departments may see eye-to-eye and share unified goals, but it’s less common for sales to proactively help marketing perform better, or vice versa. Every hero needs a sidekick — and in sales, that sidekick is content marketing.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 11, 2023

The sales training market is producing a ton of content. There’s been a market for sales training since John Henry Patterson, George Eastman, and Andrew Carnegie built their empires in the 1800s. Science-based sales training starts with an investigation, not a conclusion. No problem.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. Online chat tools are a cornerstone of this approach, more broadly known as conversational marketing. What is Conversational Marketing? Real-time communication: Messages that are sent and received instantly.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Sales Myth: Hearing About Your Competitors is Always a Bad Sign What The Data Shows: Embrace Competitor Mentions Your reps will be happy to hear that competitor mentions are generally a good sign. In fact, prospects who mention competitors early on tend to be highly educated on your market, and those prospects are more likely to close.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 8, 2017

Instead of kicking sales personnel when they’re down, we need to effectively strategize how to train and guide them during those occasional, inevitable failures. Training Your Sellers to Win Through Failure. Your sellers must realize that failure and rejection are a part of the sales cycle and needn’t be linked to their egos.

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Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Allego has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms. Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”.

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Vengreso

JULY 30, 2024

Aimed at enabling sales managers to sharpen their abilities, meet team objectives, and maintain a competitive edge, these training programs stand out as transformative experiences that could greatly impact your professional trajectory. Moreover, the benefits of investing in sales management training extend beyond individual growth.

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Veelo

APRIL 24, 2018

Your Sales Cycle Needs More Then Just Improvisation If you don’t understand your sales cycle, you can’t forecast your revenue. Sales training: If it’s just 1 week of shadowing, good luck trying to scale as […].

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 30, 2024

In today’s fiercely competitive market, understanding the core of value-driven sales can be transformative. This crucial concept was the centerpiece of our latest “Sales Talk for CEOs” episode, featuring expert Ian Campbell, CEO of Nucleus Research and author of “The Value Sale.”

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PandaDoc

MAY 30, 2019

A slow sales cycle is kryptonite to good sales teams. In today’s highly competitive business environment, it’s the fastest-growing technology companies that end up dominating the market. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. Hire better sales reps. Create urgency.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 13, 2021

Stay Ahead With These Sales Training Courses this 2021! Predictable Revenue, sales hacking, and now account-based everything has massively impacted the sales profession over the last 10 years. In partnership with LeadFuze, Sales Hacker has launched FREE LeadFuze Certified Sales Hacker Bundle.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a result, much of the evaluation, investment, and rollout of virtual training technology in 2020 was rushed, limited in scope, and poorly planned. How to maximize customer training investment. Intelligent, strategic investment in customer training is crucial to remaining competitive in the upcoming year.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

The stock market has lost nearly all of its gains and the only thing we haven’t yet seen is massive layoffs. You should spend money on training and development for the twelve challenges I listed above. Our son’s college season nears the end under continuing horrible, rainy, windy and cold conditions.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

Sales training programs offer your reps the opportunity to develop their sales skills and connect with customers more meaningfully — when set up and executed properly. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you need formal sales training and how to guarantee its success. . Benefits of sales training.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Sales enablement leaders are faced asking themselves: what is the best sales training and how can I ensure my current sellers have what they need to meet revenue goals this quarter? As a sales enablement leader, you need to build up a program that’s both scalable and personalized. But what exactly is sales training?

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