Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sales Training – 2026. As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. The presentation was developed as a comparison to what is happening in 2026 versus ten years earlier in 2016. Let’s tune in and listen to what Dr. Beckett has to say.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2017

By analyzing the biggest IT initiatives, spending trends, and pain points of IT buyers in 2016 and 2017, DiscoverOrg can make some solid predictions for the coming year. The results here are taken from a single survey sent out multiple times during 2016 and 2017, and collected primarily from the mid- to high-level managers of IT departments.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 18, 2023

Click to tweet Recently, he realized that the referrals he was getting weren’t going to power his growth to meet his goals so he added another way for customers to find him and started a series of highly successful online events where he trains salespeople on how to use case studies.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Sales training. You are a new, first time Sales Training Director. You replaced a sales manager who did no sales training for a long time. The VP of Sales now feels that sales training is definitely needed and it needs to be done in short order. Sales training is not inexpensive. Lots of options.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Mike covers three crucial areas of sales leadership with real-life examples, ethnicity, and honesty- leading, managing, and coaching in this excellent sales management book. Published – May 2016. This book is a conglomeration of insights, examples, and exercise. Published – June 2016. The Sales Boss.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

Welcome to Rainmaker 2016! And now, in 2016, we’re Atlanta’s Best Place to Work. Steven Broudy, Head of Account Development at MuleSoft, is just one example of a customer of the Salesloft platform. Chart your course, own your training, and lead the way. But we crashed and burned. ” -Kyle Porter.

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Sales Training Connection

MAY 4, 2016

Sales Training Investment. How much money are companies spending on sales training? As reported in a research report by Sales Performance International – “In the United States alone, industry estimates for corporate expenditures on sales training and performance improvement are more than 5 billion dollars annually.”

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 6, 2016

One important core question presently circulating among those who care about sales training is: What percentage of sales training ought to be done in the classroom vs. some form of guided self instruction? Examples of knowledge would include knowledge related to: product, marketplace, company background and sales best practices.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 29, 2018

In our 2017 World-Class Sales Practices Study , we found that quota attainment across all geographies, industries and size companies had dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. Sales Research Shows Training Lags Implementation. Training should be a primary element of any rollout plan.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 29, 2018

In our 2017 World-Class Sales Practices Study , we found that quota attainment across all geographies, industries and size companies had dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. Sales Research Shows Training Lags Implementation. Training should be a primary element of any rollout plan.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Since its acquisition by Microsoft in 2016, it has evolved into the go-to-platform for sales professionals. For example, employees can abuse social medial and negatively impact the firm’s brand image. Salespeople should be educated and trained how to use LinkedIn to their advantage. Do you have time to hop on a quick call?”

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 1, 2016

Sales Training Investment. The strategic “it” in this case is the decision about whether you should make an investment in sales training. The sales training discussion needs to be updated and reframed. What is the right question for determining if a sales training investment is appropriate? Go-to-market strategy.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 3, 2017

Harvard Business Review (HBR) discussed an interesting concept recently (Sept 2016) where they were comparing what customers actually buy and what sellers offer to sell. The example they used was that of American Girl dolls. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Dollarphotoclub. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Sales Training Connection

JULY 19, 2016

Medical sales training. Today the healthcare industry is a prime example. The question can and should be explored from a number of perspectives, here let’s just drill down and examine what it means for designing sales training. Building transformational sales training. Lesson 1 – Understand the Difference.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2021

Examples of First-Layer Sales Questions. Examples of Second-Level Sales Questions. If you could change one thing about the training your end users receive, what would it be? Examples of Third-Level Sales Questions. This limits the salesperson’s ability to customize the experience for those buyers. May I ask why?

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Mindtickle

MAY 1, 2023

Sales certification or sales training programs include knowledge-based assessments and simulations to answer all those questions and more. Here’s what to know about sales rep certification, how it works, and what sales training programs should look like. Sales training certification programs can be as basic or specific as necessary.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A while ago we received a call from a company wanting to talk about coaching training for their front-line sales managers. Since over the years we have published a lot about sales coaching and designed some very successful sales coaching training for clients, we thought we might be able to help. They also took a subsequent step.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 19, 2021

What you see in ZoomInfo today is a lot of the vision that I had for DiscoverOrg in 2015, 2016, but I never built a good enough engineering and product team to make that vision come to life,” Schuck said. So, he dusted off his old vision document and asked the new engineers if what he wanted was too hard.

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Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In 2016, both holidays fall on the weekend so there is a full work week between the two. They are leaders in social selling, content creation, marketing, personal branding, sales training, and so much more. Perform a post mortem on 2016. The Black Hole between Christmas and New Years. What went well? What didn’t?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That way, when it comes time to pick one solution over another, you already have reps with product knowledge who can help train other members of the team. Make the CRM part of training and onboarding. For example, they need to be able to communicate with Marketing about contacts, content for prospects, deadlines, and more.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

At the beginning of 2016, Anthony had a heart-to-heart talk with his supervisor and was inspired during the company’s annual January Sales Kick-off. In August of 2016, DiscoverOrg’s leadership decided to split the sales in into dedicated inbound and outbound teams. “It Heavy training to ensure the technology was fully adopted. “My

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Crunchbase

OCTOBER 21, 2022

While I eventually made it out of the hood and went to college—even becoming a Division 1 football player at the University of Idaho before I graduated in 2016—I still tripped and fell over myself professionally on the road to where I am today. Starting a career in tech sales. 3 tips to drive success.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 14, 2020

In 2016, approximately 854,000 Canadian car commuters spent at least 60 minutes traveling to work. This will allow you to focus the questions and discussion to real-world examples. And when you think about it, we are a car culture, and in addition to going from point A to point B, we do other things in the car.

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MEDDIC

MARCH 11, 2022

I have always been fascinated by the magic of LEVERAGE and want to share my view about how leverage applies to learning, particularly to MEDDPICC ® sales training. The MEDDPICC leverage is about using the MEDDPICC ® Sales Methodology and Training to achieve extraordinary results in a sales team, often unimaginable.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

ChatGPT, for example, draws input from a vast historical dataset of online information. AI tools that analyze or simulate sales calls for training/coaching (28%). It can look at large datasets to uncover common objections and best practices, for example. Generative AI has two sides: input and output.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to uncover best-practice consultative selling techniques along with a few examples to help strengthen your sales team processes. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics. Intrigued but slightly dubious?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2022

In April 2016, all the countries in the EU adopted GDPR regulations and it officially went into effect on 25 May 2018. For example, to date, Luxembourg had the largest sum of fines at €746,267,200 for only 19 fines total; whereas Spain had the most fines at 425, but the sum paid was far less, only €55,524,770. What is GDPR?

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Defining the term “sales process” is a classic example of the blind men and the elephant. An obvious example of this would be a company that has separate sales forces for different markets such as a national account sales team and a territorial sales team. ©2016 Sales Momentum ® LLC. Start with definitional clarity.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2018

General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, April 27, 2016 (“GDPR”), Article 3.). For example, Lead Source may already be a value tracked within your database. For example, Lead Source may already be a value tracked within your database. Training staff involved in data processing.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Not only did they provide their community with a creative event option -- they also saw a great return on investment, with projected annual growth of 19% in 2016. For example, let’s say your community is in need of after school programming or tutoring. For example, McDonald’s has specific requirements for their locations (e.g.,

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PandaDoc

APRIL 11, 2023

Product knowledge training is an educational course for salespersons. See also 10 Sales training techniques every manager should know Higher customer satisfaction Customer support is always tied to answering their questions. For example: How mature is the company? Train your sales representatives regularly.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 31, 2017

For example, if you believe that 57 percent of the buying process is complete before buyers ever contact account based sales reps, you’ve lost the deal before you’ve begun. If you believe that video is the end-all, be-all for sales training and content marketing, you’re mistaken. percent of sales reps made quota in 2016.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

For example, our research shows that using Adobe Sign results in contracts being signed 21x faster than using paper-based signatures. Our team works closely with yours to apply best practices, configure and customize your account, answer questions, and train your users. Then we define the use case(s) and develop a transformation plan.

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MJ Hoffman

APRIL 22, 2019

To give you an example, suppose a rep sells in a competitive landscape. While a tactic or technique may have been very effective in 2010, 2012, or even 2016, technology, industries, jobs, and people change. I’ll give you the perfect example. This helps them hone in on the most lucrative buyer personas and disqualify poor fits.

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Julie Hanson

AUGUST 24, 2021

This is in part due to how media have trained us to slip into a more passive “receiving mode” when we sit in front of a screen. For example, research has found that we are more likely to trust a person who looks us directly in the eye. [i] 9 (September 19, 2016). i] Helene Kreysa, Luise Kessler, and Stefan R. Schweinberger.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2020

Here are a few examples of what predictive is capable of today: Identifying your ideal customers and finding prospects that match those profiles. Examples of AI Software For Salespeople. Editor's note: This post was originally published in December 28, 2016 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Salesforce Einstein.

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PandaDoc

MAY 24, 2023

Acting as a liaison between the sales team, the marketing teams, the presales department, and even delivery units, they purvey the required training, marketing collateral , software tools, channels, and process improvement ideas to those who sell.

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