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RIP: Sales Training

SBI Growth

You call a sales manager strategy meeting. “We Pipeline reviews, strategy sessions, forecasting analysis and sales training are all mentioned. Traditional sales training does not. Sales rep development is important. Sales training is a form of their development. Some of these work.

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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

As such, many companies today are beginning to look with renewed interest at their most readily accessible talent pool when filling open roles: their own employees. Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within. According to the U.S.

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Inside Sales Growing by Leaps and Bounds

Score More Sales

The state of the profession known as Inside Sales – or Remote Professional Selling – is thriving. While outside sales positions are on the decline, Inside Sales positions are growing at a phenomenal rate. Smart companies in nearly every industry are building out strong inside sales teams now.

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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and and isn’t that our goal in sales?—?a But where to begin? It’s not about you.

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My Favorite Closing Line

Mr. Inside Sales

I was giving a training today and emphasizing the importance of directing the sale, assuming the deal, and leading the prospect through the close. This is the ultimate way to assume the sale. Smart companies are picking these up now, while they’re available, and not waiting until they go on back order.

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

From the sales floor to the makeshift home office set up, salespeople of all kinds in all industries have faced a myriad of challenges and roadblocks this year. Mintis Hankerson is a Senior Sales Manager at HubSpot. For Mintis, 2020 has been all about balancing empathy with sales achievement.

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Selling value – an innovative framing

Sales Training Connection

Schrage was exploring how smart companies increasingly recognize that their own futures depend on how ingeniously they invest in the future capabilities of their customers. Let’s look at Schrage’s key points and then translate it to the world of sales. Sales gets a seat at the innovation table.