SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Once considered a catch-all team performing various misfit duties for sales, our research uncovered that modern enablement has grown to support essential functions across the commercial organization. Today's enablement professionals handle an array of responsibilities ranging from training sellers to leading cross-functional GTM initiatives.

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Vengreso

MARCH 26, 2025

Whether you’re new to the field or looking to close more sales, online sales training offers a flexible and effective path to success. Through virtual instructor-led training, professionals can now master the intricate selling process without the hefty price tag of traditional programs.

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Training Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 68

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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Tenbound

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Each example company is followed by it’s Tenbound Review page for further research. Sales Enablement Platform Seismic: Delivers a sales enablement platform with content management, training, and analytics to boost sales effectiveness. Website 14.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The same research indicates just 2% of cold calls result in a booked meeting, and other literature suggests that dismal figure might actually be on the optimistic side. Marc Wayshak , founder of cold calling training firm Sales Insights Lab , agrees: “Building resilience to handle discomfort is vital when mastering cold calling.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

An effective sales pitch should begin with identifying areas of connection, often achieved by doing research on the industry and client prior to the meeting. Finding commonality and relating to a prospect is an important first step. Dont confuse this with being liked.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

You could add people to your team to do things like: Post content for you on social media Look for content from others that you can curate on put on social media Research prospects lists Research account information for you so you can make customized approaches to prospects Update the CRM for you Help you write and edit your proposals.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

They conduct extensive research, engage with sales reps late in the process, andperhaps most challenging of allrarely make decisions alone. The stakes are high, and traditional sales training methods simply arent enough. What Is B2B Sales Training? B2C training, in contrast, often focuses on shorter, transactional interactions.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Your top rep just completed a high-impact sales training session. This rapid decline in knowledge retention leads to inconsistent sales execution, wasted training investments, and a constant struggle to keep teams aligned on best practices. times more likely to provide ongoing reinforcement training compared to less effective teams.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Training the existing workforce to fill these roles can be beneficial. Communication and Training Shortfalls In addition to a lack of communication, many first-line managers have not received the kind of training they need. However, only 37% have been trained to handle change management.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 4, 2025

The good news is that you can improve your situation by offering a training program. Designing a great training program will help you retain employees. And youll want to discuss their interest level in training. Research indicates that warehouse and logistics businesses experience up to 49% turnover rates.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

They’re also adding more enablement, training, and AI resources,” sales coach Collin Cadmus says. Prompts for researching account relationships The first step when researching potential upsell and cross-selling opportunities is evaluating the current status of the account.

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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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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Conversion Prospecting 130

SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

If youre a Sales or Training Leader, mastering influence is no longer optionalits essential. About Elaina Zuker Elaina Zuker is President of Elaina Zuker Associates, a management training and consulting firm in Montreal. Lee Smith is the CEO and Founder of SalesFuel a sales and marketing research firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

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Influencer Webinar Metrics Training Hiring 59

Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2025

Yet, traditional training methods often fall short when it comes to preparing automotive sales reps to face (and overcome) these complex selling scenarios. By integrating AI role-plays into your automotive sales training strategy, your sellers can build the skills and confidence they need to to succeed. But knowledge alone isnt enough.

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Automotive Training Coaching Buyer 52

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 20, 2024

After researching with a few of my buddies, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Co-Pilot, there are no organizations that operate without or without serving people. The most interesting conversations/reading I have about AI are with some of the real leaders in AI research is about human beings. Imagination and innovation.

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Research System Tools Training 127

Highspot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Research shows that 85% of job success hinges on soft skills, while only 15% is tied to technical skills. 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?

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Training Negotiation Exercises Proposal 52

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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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Intent Signal Conversion 130

Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

of automotive buyers are dissatisfied with their interactions with sellers 0 % Many automotive sales organizations are implementing sales enablement programs so every seller has the automotive training, tools, and resources to be ready to meet (and even exceed) automotive buyers expectations.

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Automotive Sales Enablement Training Guarantee 52

MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 28, 2020

Your research should tell you what you do better than the competitor, so focus on what those better things are. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog. The post How To Deal With Your Competition When In A Sales Meeting appeared first on MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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Competition Sales Meeting Meeting How To 375

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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Sales Enablement Strategy Scale Hiring 130

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

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

New research from Dave Kurlan and The Objective Management Group (OMG) backs up my claims. OMG’s research shows that an average sales force possesses 54 percent of the sales competencies needed to reach decision makers, but only 13 percent of salespeople are particularly good at it. Either way, it’s never been enough.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Role-Play for Manager Training Works AI role-play offers dynamic simulations of real team conversations, letting managers practice conflict resolution, decision-making, and coaching in a low-stakes yet highly engaging environment. Define Your Training Goals Identify your objectives for manager development.

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Training Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This feature leverages our GTM AI and first-party CRM data to uncover the trending topics researched by accounts that have converted in the past. AI-Generated Talking Points Preparing for a sales call will always be necessary, but removing manual research from the workload can save sellers valuable time. Guided Intent solves for that.

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Intent Signal Prospecting Intent Decision Maker 130

Highspot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Be sure to master the four Ps of marketingproduct, price, promotion, and placementthrough GTM training. Go-to-market training equips you with the marketing, product, and sales skills to avoid launching a product no one needs. Why Go-to-Market Training Matters Markets are constantly changing, and buyer behavior evolves quickly.

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Course Training Strategy Marketing 52

SBI Growth

MARCH 20, 2025

Sales leaders prioritize seller training, but they often overlook training for frontline sales managers, one of the most critical levers to improve seller productivity. These managers dictate whether sales teams execute effectively or fail to meet their targets.

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Training Revenue Meeting Sales Management 156

Steven Rosen

JUNE 3, 2020

I am sure you have taken some time to train your salespeople on selling via “Zoom” and have adjusted the messaging if required. Research shows that training is 4X more effective if followed up with coaching. All our training, coaching and mentoring is done virtually! How do you know if they are on message?

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Sales Leadership Closing Face-to-face Call-back 394

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In our Sales Management Research Report , we found that sales managers at high-impact organizations (sales organizations where over 75% of sales reps achieve quota) spend significantly more time coaching than sales managers at average (25% - 75% achieve quota) and low (less than 25% achieve quota) performing organizations.

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Coaching Quota Sales Coaching Report 156

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. A culture of coaching won’t happen overnight or over a series of training programs.

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Sales Coaching Top of Funnel Coaching Hiring 317

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Let’s start with what coaching is not: Training isn’t coaching. Training focuses on helping us learn new things, but training is focused purely on this skill development through various instructional methods/experiences. Training may have elements of coaching embedded in the programs, but it is not coaching.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When I got into this industry I did my own research, just like you’re doing now, and I looked for the company that not only offered the best (product or service) but also delivered the best customer service and follow-up. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! And these are the things you look for as well, right?”. “Now,

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Allego

DECEMBER 5, 2024

That’s challenging enough, but it’s even more difficult when sales teams rely on outdated and ineffective training programs. In fact, a hefty 67% of organizations admit their sales training programs are only moderately effective—or worse, new research reveals. The good news is there’s a solution: continuous learning for sales.

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Hiring Scale Coaching Training 62

RAIN Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Research underscores the critical importance of effective sales enablement including sales training, and, by extension, sales playbooks, in setting the stage for transforming your sales organization.

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