Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

Sales Leadership Development in the New Millennium. Leading-edge sales organizations understand the value of investing in leadership development. They believe that strong sales managers are the key to driving sales rep performance. I asked him what they were doing to sustain their excellent training.

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Membrain

MARCH 11, 2020

Sales training is important to a high-performing team, and there have never been as many options as there are today. Online training, in-person workshops, blended learning, off-the-shelf, customized, training with consulting, consulting with training.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 23, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Earlier this week the world was once again focused on the city of Boston and the 118 th running of the Boston Marathon. Consider the length of time that a runner must train to prepare for running a 26.2-mile Consider the length of time that a runner must train to prepare for running a 26.2-mile

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 27, 2014

Need some sales inspiration? A new twist on an old sales idea you’d like to do again? A quick sales jump-start this week? Here are the first 50 of a list of 101 ways to “snap out of it” and score more sales: read a recommended sales book. bookmark a sales blog and read regularly.

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Force Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This post is an extension of the Ten Reasons Why Our Sales Training Is Different. The impacts of the pandemic have left many sales leaders to shift priorities and find new ways to equip their sales teams to succeed. Like many companies, we’ve had to refine our sales engagement and delivery process. Read it here.

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The Sales Heretic

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The single best thing you can do with a prospect—at any point in the sales cycle—is to ask them questions. If you ask enough of the right questions, your prospect will tell you everything you need to know to make the sale. In my training seminars and workshops, I typically give audiences 20 to 40 [.].

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SBI Growth

APRIL 19, 2013

Sales “ problems ” make it on to your agenda in many ways. As CEO, sometimes the board feels there is a sales problem that needs attention. The competition is a source of sales problems. It is not uncommon for customers to be a source of sales problems. You could spend all of your time reacting to your sales team.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2019

Author: Joe Andrews We just wrapped up sales kickoff (SKO) season. And how do we, in turn, ensure our own sales kickoffs are effective? We recently completed our sales kickoff at InsideView. The three-day agenda combined information sharing, skills development, team workshops and fun, which I’m sure sounds pretty familiar.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 1, 2014

We see many salespeople through our sales workshops, our consultancies and coaching programmes and through our one-to-one sessions by phone or email. Lessons For Sales People how can i continue to improve towards excellence how can i move from good to excellent the barriers of moving to excellence'

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 31, 2023

APR is a time-consuming process for the sales leadership team. To supercharge your leaders, sales executives can leverage the annual performance review to focus on and invest in creating robust leadership development plans. Creating Powerful Development Plans It’s the annual performance review (APR) time again.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 24, 2014

Chances are you have just returned from your annual Sales Kickoff (SKO). SKO’s are great to re-energize and learn about sales direction for the upcoming year. But what about that sales training you received? Companies invest a lot of money and resources in sales training. Having a solid plan.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Imagine a time when you can work totally on the go with your mobile device – phone or tablet – to create business, follow-up with customers, train your team, assess your pipeline, and work a smooth system. There are new tools and ideas coming out now that will change forever how we think about business process, marketing and sales.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 15, 2014

Every sales leader has a fresh list of HR projects to accomplish. Today’s post will help align HR projects with Sales goals. It’s the story of Tracy, the business partner for sales at a B2B technology company. She shared her ideas for success as the business partner to Sales. Tracy’s approach was remarkably powerful.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Author: Charlotte Powell You don’t need a big sales team to make a lot of money. Small sales teams can perform incredibly well if you get the right balance of skills, motivation, and resources. How can you inspire your sales team to go above and beyond? Train to the skills gap. Training isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

No need to go to the gutter right away, there is a lot to be said for words in sales before we have to go blue. As long as companies fill their sales people’s heads with more “Product Knowledge” than business skills, the challenge will persist. By Tibor Shanto.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 27, 2020

The following list of ideas about training salespeople is for those in B2B sales training or who aspire to train others. Many ideas come from my experience as a person being trained to sell, with a few coming from watching others, and more from my own experiences. Respect the people in your sessions.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? Here are 25 of our favorite sales blogs. Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 10, 2018

A salesperson on one of our workshops was bemoaning the fact that he had to make between 100 and 150 cold calls a week. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. The post The Best Way To Generate New Leads appeared first on MTD Sales Training. Happy selling! Sean McPheat.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 9, 2022

That's why leaders need to leverage effective sales training techniques to set reps on the right course and facilitate their professional growth. When we reached out to Sunny Sandhu — Director of Sales Development at Guru — for his insight, he stressed the importance of covering the "why" behind a topic. Start with "why.".

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

It’s a question I’ve asked a couple of times in workshops and online, and it’s a question that was triggered by a few ‘posts’ I read, stating that. 4. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. And the basics of selling are….? salespeople today don’t execute on the basics. 5. Know your prospects.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

When clients pull out their negotiation strategies, it’s easy to get sucked into defensive mode and cave on price—even though my clients always agree that building a referral culture takes more than training. It takes commitment to a referral sales strategy. The post What Are Top Negotiation Strategies for Women in Sales?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 4, 2013

Most HR and Sales leaders who just completed this mid-year chore would agree. It does not answer the question that is top of mind with Sales and HR leaders, “How can we improve the performance of our sales team?” A more Agile way of assessing sales talent has emerged. Sales contests and bonuses.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams. Create a plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 28, 2018

Author: Glenton Davis Today’s consumer has access to more knowledge than ever before, adding a burden to businesses to provide truly innovative products and services — and for sales teams to understand their companies’ offerings in a deep and informed way. More than ever, understanding one’s field is critical to sales success.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Business acumen training can help your team build this tool kit. In this article, we’ll explore the fundamentals of business acumen training. That includes who should participate in this training, the benefits of these programs, and the different types of courses available. The Benefits of Business Acumen Training.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Mike Kunkle is a respected sales transformation architect and an internationally-recognized expert on sales training, sales effectiveness, and sales enablement. He helps companies drive dramatic revenue growth through best-in-class training strategies and proven-effective sales transformation systems.

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criteria for success

JUNE 21, 2022

Looking for the perfect active listening exercise for your next sales training event? Here at CFS, we are big believers in group training activities. Sales can often be a very solo gig. Active listening is a great exercise for sales training events and workshops. 32 Sales Email Templates.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 29, 2019

Why it’s important to train from the trenches. From now on, I am going to make it a fixed rule that no unit, from the time it reaches this theater until the war is won, will ever stop training.”. I also learned about the intense training that our allied troops underwent and the critical importance of ongoing training.

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The Sales Heretic

MAY 26, 2020

With COVID-related shutdowns, record unemployment numbers, and corporate bankruptcies on the increase, this may be the toughest sales environment any of us have ever experienced. Which means now, more than ever, you need your sales skills to be as robust as possible.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It's a new year and we have some new content to share with you here at Anthony Cole Training Group. If you're looking to increase sales this year and beyond, then you're in the right place!

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Leading off our list is sales consultant and coach, Jeb Blount. Jeb carries his sales wisdom over to all his social media channels and spreads his expertise to the masses.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

Davis In a SMMConnect webinar I delivered to over 100 sales managers recently, I talked about eight instincts they developed as salespeople that are now harming their effectiveness as team leaders. Interestingly, about 30 percent of the participants said that the sales instinct they struggle with the most is “avoiding conflict.”.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? Here are 25 of our favorite sales blogs. Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And yet, sales reps still look for ways to improve their sales email strategy. It’s not hard to see why — after all, only 24% of sales emails are opened ( source ). Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? ” Example 2: Selling Sales Consulting. Keep reading!

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. powered by Sounder. powered by Sounder.

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