Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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Highspot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Unless you invest in a good training program (and your people). A full 58% of business managers claim they received no management training at all ahead of their start date. Even more alarming, recent Sales Xceleration research uncovered only 20% of companies allocate funds for critical sales leadership training. sales guidance.

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Mereo

MAY 12, 2022

Many in the B2B industry are buzzing about the death of in-person sales training programs. But my team at Mereo has been witnessing and navigating the evolution of these in real-time over the past couple years, and right now we are starting to see a marked shift that tells a different story for the future of training.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

B2B sales is always changing, but nothing could’ve quite prepared us for the wild ride that 2020 ended up being. 40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020. 25% of sales reps believe they have not received enough sales training. 40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020. What this means for you.

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Vengreso

JULY 11, 2022

A lot has changed over the last few years and with the rise of remote selling in 2020, social selling training is at an all-time high. This has ushered in an era for sales prospecting tools such as LinkedIn and their premium social selling platform, LinkedIn Sales Navigator. What is the LinkedIn SSI?

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 19, 2020

In its third edition of ‘the State of Sales’ report in 2020, SalesForce reported that “Sales reps have increased their time connecting virtually with customers at a rate 3x greater than connecting in person.”. Here are some ideas that will help when you are holding a virtual meeting with a prospect online. Don’t try to ‘sell’.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Capable of building strong relationships virtually, agile enough to leverage data to help determine key actions, and can quickly identify the purchasing stage a prospect is at, all the while he/she can come up with concepts that can help their buyers’ business. Social Selling Skills in a Virtual Selling Environment.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. A 2020 study by the RAIN Group found that pre-pandemic, only 27% of respondents reported conducting more than half of their sales activities virtually. What is Remote Selling?

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Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

New Product Launch: Mastering Remote Selling Training Program. Remote selling is now required if you hope to hit your quota. But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Podcast Appearances.

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Julie Hanson

AUGUST 2, 2022

Convincing salespeople to use a camera in remote meetings prior to spring of 2020 was like pulling teeth – without the Novocain. Two+ years later, virtual selling is as ubiquitous as Starbucks and most salespeople will tell you they “know” how to sell virtually. How do you get to mastery in virtual selling?

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Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

New Product Launch: Mastering Remote Selling Training Program. Remote selling is now required if you hope to hit your quota. But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Podcast Appearances.

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Churn Quota LinkedIn Up-Sell 52

Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

New Product Launch: Mastering Remote Selling Training Program. Remote selling is now required if you hope to hit your quota. But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Podcast Appearances.

Churn 52

Churn Quota LinkedIn Up-Sell 52

Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

New Product Launch: Mastering Remote Selling Training Program. Remote selling is now required if you hope to hit your quota. But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Podcast Appearances.

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Churn Quota LinkedIn Up-Sell 52

Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

On the one hand, the enablement leader is responsible for providing the right content, the right messaging, the right tools and the right onboarding and ongoing training to build and practice the required skills and expertise. Design a specific training and onboarding service to tackle the prioritized skill gaps.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Since the pandemic, 45% said that their enablement initiatives cover content, training and coaching. However, there are still 41% that only focus on one domain right now, on content or on training, and 13% report to only have some random acts of sales support that cannot even be called enablement. This is an encouraging trend.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Scott pulled the research from Chorus, which reported that over five weeks (~May-June 2020), 88% more directors have been joining calls and 72% more executives are joining sales calls on the sell side. A few months back, I was inspired by a section in Scott Barker’s “The Forecast” newsletter where he referenced some data from Chorus.ai

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Nutshell

AUGUST 4, 2020

Related: The BOUNDLESS 2020 reading list: 12 must-read sales and success books recommended by the experts. Ready to learn the strategies and tactics you need to succeed at sales in 2020 and beyond? This is a fun sales podcast that’s sure to boost your selling skills. Let’s dive in! Sales Podcasts. Mark Hunter.

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Go for No!

MAY 14, 2020

The answer is not, stop making connections or prospecting. If you really want to learn how to implement Go for No in your life and business, take our online training and coaching course. How do we handle the onslaught of rejections sure to be a part of this new reality? Total acceptance. Or, cease meetings and demos. Details here.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 2, 2022

Mindtickle Director of Sales, Jason Alumbaugh, says: “Effective prospecting and generating demand will be essential skills for sales reps. In addition, the ability to effectively qualify leads will be the most impactful skill to help reps make the best use of their selling time.”. In the U.S.

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Vengreso

JUNE 10, 2022

LinkedIn has become the defacto standard for the professional world, prospective employers to find job seekers and for an account executive to find potential customers. You always want to focus on them (the prospect, the HR director, the client) and how you can help them be more successful. 6 Elements of a Powerful About Section.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2022

And a different Forrester study showed that between 2019 and 2020, the average number of touches it takes to close a B2B deal increased by 58% – from just 17 touches in 2019 to 27 touches in 2020. So sellers have to sell to a different kind of person, and they are managing much longer and more complex sales processes.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

These are the top sales skills… with data to support them. #1 1 Sales Skills for Prospecting: The ideal talk-to-listen ratio. But the top sales reps are great at prospecting. For most sales calls, it’s about listening (we’ll get to that skill a bit later). Sound advice… but NOT for prospecting calls.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

These are the top sales skills… with data to support them. #1 1 Sales Skills for Prospecting: The ideal talk-to-listen ratio. But the top sales reps are great at prospecting. For most sales calls, it’s about listening (we’ll get to that skill a bit later). Sound advice… but NOT for prospecting calls.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Understanding your ideal persona takes the guesswork out of things like sales prospecting and cold outreach. LinkedIn Social Selling Guide. Social selling is a lead-generation technique where salespeople communicate with prospects over social media rather than more traditional channels like email or phone. Beautiful.ai.

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