SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Are you struggling to deliver training that leads to positive, measurable outcomes? Most training fails to deliver long-term impact. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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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. Sometimes salespeople forget about their buyers. The active listening exercise shared below puts salespeople directly in the position of their buyers. We can help!

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. 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.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Today’s sellers are dealing with the high expectations of savvy B2B buyers, decision-by-committee, disruptive technology, M&A, product innovations… and more. Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? What about sales training programs?

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Allego

JUNE 28, 2023

This article originally appeared on Sales Hacker. Six in 10 of today’s tech buyers are millennials, and they hold the largest number of decision-making roles in corporate buying. If you haven’t already learned how to sell to millennial buyers, it’s past time to get caught up. What Are Millennial Buyers’ Values and Priorities?

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. However, traditional coaching and training methods tend to fall flat because they take a one-size fits all approach that doesn’t fit the needs of each individual rep.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 29, 2021

Now more than ever it is important to have some sales training ideas to engage the remote or home based salesperson. Salespeople now have to figure out how they can adapt to rapidly changing selling conditions, and sales training must match those challenges. The Importance of Sales Training. Sales Training Ideas to Try.

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BrainShark

JULY 27, 2023

So you spent a week (or two) pulling together data and resources, creating quiz questions, crafting a bespoke PowerPoint with voiceover, and putting it all together in Brainshark to create a new employee training module only to have ⅓ of your team watch it. So what can you do to revive your training program?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

Almost overnight, buyers stopped responding. Training dollars are being misallocated. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. The Need-Payoff that she had been trained on was thrown out the window. Her clients were sharing articles that her competitors had written.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Though the Harvard Business Review prematurely declared it dead a decade ago , today’s top sellers have found new ways to leverage solution selling that speak directly to the attitudes and needs of modern buyers. Buyers in 2012 had come a long way from the buyers of the 1980s. Table of contents. What is solution selling?

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Sales Hacker Training

MAY 8, 2023

6 in 10 of today’s tech buyers are millennials, and they hold the largest number of decision-making roles in corporate buying. If you haven’t already learned how to sell to millennial buyers, it’s past time to get caught up. Millennial buyers spend more time researching online, abhor phone calls and are socially conscious.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 22, 2014

Sales Training Article: Teacher or Salesperson? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Scott Chan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Do you think something is awry when people say that a seller''s job is educating buyers? Does everyone get the same education?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We wrote this article to help you gain a better understanding of why training your reps in social selling is so important and how to go about doing so. Social Media Training for Sales Reps. Why is it so important to train your sales reps in social selling? Why is social selling training important?

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MEDDIC

APRIL 7, 2023

Sales leaders are usually very aware of the benefits of sales training and coaching in general. Sales leaders should not sacrifice the Sales Training & Coaching budget. Maintaining or increasing your investment in coaching and training during a downturn can pay dividends. Coaching and training can improve morale.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Sales training : two words that hold the potential to change your game entirely. Gazing up at the daunting mountain, a skilled guide provides the necessary tools for success – sales training programs designed to transform your game. Your answers await… What is Sales Training?

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Sales Training Article: Ignoring Evolution. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. CustomerCentric Selling® redefined selling as asking questions to empower buyers to achieve goals through the use of a seller''s offering.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 30, 2014

Sales Training Article: View of the Jaded Buyer. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Pakorn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The sales job I enjoyed most was representing a company that competed with IBM for mainframe storage devices.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 7, 2021

Salespeople sometimes find the buying patterns of buyers to be quite baffling. For many years, I’ve spent a good part of my career in purchasing and in sales, I’ve learned that buyers do not think the same way salespeople think. And, just as good salespeople have a system for selling, good buyers have buying patterns.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 31, 2013

Sales Training Article: Sales Mentoring. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of nokhoog_buchachon at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Like many salespeople, I was fortunate to have a mentor at the start of my sales career began.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 23, 2014

Use buyer insight to grow sales). To do this you need to really be clear on what is information and what is insight – and then which will most benefit the buyers interested in potentially working with you. “b2b sales insights” buyer - About 58,800 results. Buyers have problems.

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Vengreso

MARCH 9, 2022

In this article, we’ll share proven LinkedIn prospecting tips and sales prospecting tools to use to grow your sales pipeline and to schedule more meetings. Modern B2B buyers are now harder to reach through traditional channels than ever before. Sales referrals are a great way for you to find buyers willing to meet with you.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 5, 2014

Sales Training Article: Trouble Closing or Selling? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Pakorn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Unlike other B2B selling skills, closing gets a disproportionate amount of attention. The potential payback (value minus cost).

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Sales Training Article: What Does Your Company Do? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Chaiwat at FreeDigitalPhotos.net If you ask a seller what their company does, what percentage answers the question in 15 seconds or less? Customized training.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

This on-demand LinkedIn training for sales professionals program teaches you how to leverage the site to create more sales conversations and build your book of business. So, if you want to make the very best online impression and actually attract customers to you, taking a LinkedIn learning course, tutorial, or training is the way to go!

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 30, 2013

Sales Training IIWII Article Series: Milestones By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is part of the IIWII series; read last week's article here. Better yet, make some measurable buyer actions the basis for achieving milestones.

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Allego

JUNE 19, 2020

No one needs to be told that training has changed dramatically in the past few months. L&D and sales training professionals have tackled tough challenges in a short amount of time as we all figure out the best way to communicate and collaborate with each other. 15 Most Popular Sales Training Webinars.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Sales Articles. Purchasing Departments and Buyers. 6 Negotiating Secrets Buyers DON’T Want You to Know. I have the opportunity to talk with many buyers. Confessions from a buyer: 1. Salespeople always believe a slow buyer is an unmotivated buyer. Visit my extensive article section on the topic.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Please note that the author is not employed by Crunchbase and the opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect official views or opinions of Crunchbase, Inc. The B2B buying process has changed dramatically, and the B2B buyer with it.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This is an article rich with great sales objection advice. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ?. This article covers everything you need to know about setting better appointments: how to set more appointments, when and how often to send reminders, what to do after the call, and so much more. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ?. Ready to explore?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

The buyers had no idea why they were meeting, and the salesperson didn’t ask enough discovery questions to offer tailored solutions. This is not how you wow buyers, build relationships, and convert prospects into clients. Do sales reps demonstrate product features, or do they discuss the benefits for buyers?

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 21, 2013

Sales Training Article: A Seller''s Perceived Conflict of Interest. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Throughout my sales career I enjoyed the privilege and benefit of working with many support people that were extraordinary in doing their jobs.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

One proven way to avoid a sales mishap is to train your sales department and work with them to achieve common goals. Buyers like to shop from businesses they know and trust. Therefore, consider providing them with the requisite training and equipment to help increase sales. Inclusion Allies Coalition : “Everyone is welcome here.”

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2014

This morning I just read another article about the future of sales training in which they quoted the publisher of Selling Power that by 2020: “80% of all B2B transactions will be automated” “11 million lost jobs in sales” I always find these statistics interesting in that 97.7% Source: U.S. Census Bureau).

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 10, 2013

Sales Training Article: Competition. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company In my first year of selling I worked for a company that had a competitive analysis group. If you can help the buyer quantify the benefit of your differentiator you solidify your position.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

A set of hard-won, non-traditional “micro-trainings” on how to think and sell differently. But Matt Rogers has a great question to ask your buyers and ditch the product deck: “Do you have a standard deck or template you typically present new projects with?”. Tested, hard-won uncommon sales practices. I’ll add this, too.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 19, 2014

Earlier on in the week I wrote about how to gain an insight into your buyers mind so you can appreciate what value is. Value… What is it and how do you build it? And in response to that blog post I. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Pointclear

AUGUST 15, 2013

Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Popular opinion would have you believe that, however, recent research shows that buyer’s want sales involvement in early stage conversations—in fact they prefer it. Keeping pace with today’s buyer has demanded change in the sales process.

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