Allego

JULY 20, 2022

A sales rep schedules a meeting with a prospect, but then they receive a request to attend a training session for the exact same time. Sales training is critical. The best solution: Implement a sales training program that allows for both. Sales organizations “should empower sellers to take the call.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In today’s digital landscape, businesses are increasingly turning to innovative strategies to enhance sales and build deeper relationships with their audience. One such strategy is leveraging AI in podcasting , creating a powerful synergy that transforms sales teams’ approaches.

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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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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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Allego

JUNE 22, 2021

Welcome to the Allego Customer Spotlight, where we share insights from conversations with customers who rely on Allego to help transform their sales learning and enablement. Shelly: “I’m a certified learning and development professional with fifteen years of regional and national sales experience within the life science industry.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. Balancing Quality and Speed: Sales teams often struggle to balance quality with pipeline velocity.

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As you prepare for your next sales kickoff, it’s important to make every step count. Sales Training—Is your team’s training still relevant? Skill-Building Sessions : Sales are always changing—and so do customers, becoming more sophisticated as they seek solutions. Product Knowledge—What’s changed?

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 27, 2020

Most organizations leave their sales force to figure out how to improve their performance, even though their experience provides evidence that this is a poor strategy. As a leader, if you want better sales results, you will need to train , develop, and coach your salespeople. It’s Too Expensive to Train.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2024

Tried everything to optimize your sales processes but still need new ways to drive growth? We have one simple phrase to add to the mix: sales acceleration. With a high-quality sales acceleration formula, you’ll develop a more skilled sales team, greatly refine your sales processes, and modernize and automate your sales tools.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

Critical to the success of a sales team is skill development — not just as a whole, but for each contributing representative. Sales professionals are expected to be experts in their industry and the products or services they sell. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you need formal sales training and how to guarantee its success. .

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The Pipeline

JULY 28, 2016

As small companies grow, they often see a specialization emerge in their salesforce which only grows to increase its segmentation from one another. The sales department grows to become independent from the customer service, marketing, and other areas of the business. They have a deeper understanding of the customer.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening Podcast, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, discusses the use of AI in sales leadership. He also explores the practical applications of AI in sales, including prospecting, customer retention, and pre-call planning.

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BrainShark

MAY 3, 2022

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Helps you track sales reps’ learning progress. How long will your training materials be?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

So how do you maximize the investment you’re making in sales new hires? Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). Onboarding Checklist for Sales New Hires. Pre-week training. Product Training. Product or service training.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Segmenting. The predictions may not be off the mark. Smaller Treadmills.

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Allego

APRIL 2, 2020

Many training managers are scrambling right now. For sales to stay on track, it’s even more important than usual for reps to collaborate and share best practices with one another. The challenge is overcoming the three main pain points of virtual training : fatigue, scheduling, and low engagement. Teams are working remotely.

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Sell Integrity

AUGUST 10, 2020

Virtual training is here to stay, and to get the full advantages of it, your facilitators need to go beyond knowing the material and having classroom experience to develop an entirely different skill set (and mindset). Virtual training is finally stepping out from the shadows and onto center stage.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I'm not just talking about the immediate "bonding and rapport" part of selling or a 5-minute segment of chitchat. When it comes to building the confident and trusting relationship associated with a strong seller / buyer relationship, the start is especially important.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Your sales reps are likely to be the most in-demand people in your company. And sales training is where this popularity can cause unexpected problems. Well-intentioned sales enablement teams take the initiative and create training resources for your sales reps to read, watch, or complete.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 9, 2024

However, simply training your sales team on software like Nimble isn’t the only way to boost results. Unlocking maximum sales performance by fostering synergy between the sales and accounting departments is crucial.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Hiring Sales Talent , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales eXchange , execution. Given that, why train them?

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Allego

JANUARY 24, 2023

While the exact number ranges between 27% and 36%, depending on the survey, the message is clear: Sales reps spend the bulk of their day on activities that don’t directly generate revenue for your company. 4 Strategies to Increase Sales Rep Productivity 1. Allego research found sales teams have 5-13 tools in their technology stack.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

These are the skills your sales team needs to survive. If you want to develop a more effective salesperson, start with how your organization coaches and trains them. A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. Sometimes, this works.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It’s fair to say sales is an art as well as a science. However, that inherent talent isn’t the norm since most skilled sales agents started as novices and honed their talents over time. Contrarily, a subpar platform can actively detract from the operational efficiency and performance of the sales department.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Sales teams are juggling more tasks than ever. In this environment, your sales operations tools and platforms can’t just be effective — they need to be transformative. What Are Sales Operations Tools? However, there are a handful of solution categories that any sales ops team needs to focus on for success.

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Smart Calling

JULY 14, 2020

I had never spoken with the well-known sales trainer and author (and former reality TV show host) Victor Antonio. During the launch of the new Third Edition of Smart Calling a few weeks ago he reached out to me and said he would like to review it on his “Sales After Dark” livestream. Then I watched the entire replay.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 2, 2019

The post Can Online Sales Training Be Better Than the Classroom? When it comes to creating lasting behavior change, most sales leaders assume that online sales training is just a pale imitation of the in-person classroom. So, what are the pros and cons of online training versus classroom training?

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Allego

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

At many organizations today, there is a disconnect between the ongoing sales training and enablement activities and the sales strategy. For example, while the company seeks to expand into new markets, the sales training continues to focus on buyers in existing markets. Get Salespeople Engaged.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this article, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, delves into AI’s profound impact on the sales landscape and how Great Dane has strategically incorporated this technology to propel its sales initiatives forward. Key Takeaways: Established companies can embrace AI to drive sales success.

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HeavyHitter Sales

AUGUST 12, 2012

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled “What’s Wrong With Your Sales Training Program.”.   Somehow, “successful” sales training has become associated with a thick binder of material the salesperson lugs home from the class (never to open again). It Lacks Meaningful Cultural Transmissions.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Sales as we know it has changed. Sales roles are becoming more specialized. In B2B Tech this is most prevalent with sales teams divided into Sales Development, Sales Engineering, Account Executives and Account Managers. The larger your sales team, the more specialized your roles are likely to be. SDR vs AE).

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Sales as we know it has changed. Sales roles are becoming more specialized. In B2B Tech this is most prevalent with sales teams divided into Sales Development, Sales Engineering, Account Executives and Account Managers. The larger your sales team, the more specialized your roles are likely to be. SDR vs AE).

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Mindtickle

MARCH 21, 2018

It used to be that training and coaching were time-consuming and infrequent. If you’re wondering how to take advantage of this popular trend, here are some ways to leverage gamification in sales training and coaching programs at your organization. Many people in today’s sales forces are Gen X and Y.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 21, 2018

It used to be that training and coaching were time-consuming and infrequent. If you’re wondering how to take advantage of this popular trend, here are some ways to leverage gamification in sales training and coaching programs at your organization. Many people in today’s sales forces are Gen X and Y.

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Autoklose

JUNE 3, 2024

Before we examine some of the typical ways to organize a sales team, it should be noted that not everyone will have a choice. Overview The Island structure, as the name implies, is characterized by independent one-man teams , each in charge of the entire sales cycle for one or more clients, from prospecting to client support.

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