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The Surprising Self-Sabotage Among Sales Professionals – and How to Overcome It

Sales and Marketing Management

Low self-esteem is a significant issue that sales professionals and leaders need to recognize and address. The post The Surprising Self-Sabotage Among Sales Professionals – and How to Overcome It appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Here are some steps that managers can help team members take to build confidence.

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7-Steps to Achieve Sales Team Excellence

Understanding the Sales Force

Most sales teams win fewer than half their “games,” and while defense can’t be blamed, pitching can! Unlike the Red Sox, most sales teams have too much pitching (demos and presentations)! As of this writing, they have assessed 106 sales and sales management candidates.

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Expectations, Revisions, and Excuses on the Sales Team

Understanding the Sales Force

The same thing happens in sales. When half of salespeople hit quota it equates to strong sales performance across the team. When Sales Managers have any conversations with their salespeople it is considered coaching. They changed expectations in order to meet – expectations. A pipeline that is 75% full is a full pipeline.

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Building a High-Performance Sales Team

Anthony Cole Training

When asked, most sales managers say that one of their greatest challenges is their ability to motivate salespeople. If a sales manager can figure out what makes their salespeople “tick,” they can help them hit their goal numbers. Motivation seems like hard work because nearly every salesperson values different things.

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The Ultimate Sales Coaching Guide

Sales coaching is a training format that allows the leaders in your organization to share their valuable experience with the rest of your sales teams. It’s an interactive approach to sales training where sellers get to practice what they’re taught and use information in real-life scenarios. Why is sales coaching important?

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Personal Branding for Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

That expertise, if well developed and articulated, is your personal brand and will lead to greater sales success. If the investment is significant enough, most buyers will look for an expert in the area to guide them, particularly in the world of financial services.

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The Benefit of Consistent Sales Pipeline Management

Anthony Cole Training

According to HubSpot, companies with well-optimized sales pipelines reported a 28% higher revenue growth rate compared to those with poorly managed pipelines. So why is it that many sales leaders default to coaching the deal at hand and do not consistently have sales pipeline management sessions with their people?

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Increase Revenue With Better, Faster Sales Onboarding

This reality makes shortening sales onboarding time a top priority. These seven tips will help you implement pre-boarding strategies, microlearning, and personalized assessments to ensure your sales reps are equipped for success from day one. Quotas need to be hit. Revenue goals need to be met.

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego

Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Register today to save your seat! 📆 September 19th, 2024 at 11:00 AM PT, 2:00 PM ET, 7:00 PM BST

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Dont Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement!

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The Definitive Guide to Remote Sales Coaching

The good news is, there are various methods and technologies that can be used to provide sales coaching and training to your sellers – wherever they might be. We put together this guide to provide insight into how you can improve remote sales coaching for your teams and better enable them to win more deals from home. And much more!

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The Definitive Guide to the Top 4 Sales Enablement Metrics

This guide will help you stay data-driven while avoiding data overload by focusing on four categories: Sales enablement. Sales effectiveness. Sales readiness. Sales engagement. Revenue teams have become increasingly more data-driven, which makes it easy to get bogged down in tracking every little data point.

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Essential Guide to Sales Engagement – Overcome the Challenges of Remote Selling

Sales teams are trying to prospect, connect, and manage an effective sales cycle, yet many companies are falling short of hitting their sales numbers. You will learn: What sales engagement is. How to measure your sales engagement efforts. Effective communication techniques. Critical training and coaching tips.

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Maximizing Sales Training ROI with eLearning

Speaker: Ray Makela, CEO Sales Readiness Group

Companies spend about $20 billion a year on various forms of sales training. Still, many sales leaders report low ROIs from their sales training initiatives. So how can you ensure that your investment in sales training is producing excellent results. Leverage eLearning to maximize sales training results.