Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. In fact, two statistics cited in Spotio are eye opening: 46% of B2B sales reps list lead quantity and quality as their top challenge.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

The platform has quickly become a vitally important resource for B2B sales professionals too! If you’re not making the most out of the #1 social media platform for B2B sellers, we created LinkedIn Sales Mastery just for you! As a B2B seller, your online presence is an important part of how you sell.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Ways Virtual Selling Can Benefit Your Business Virtual Selling Best Practices and Tips Virtual Selling Tools Virtual Selling Challenges What Is Virtual Selling? Unlike traditional face-to-face interactions, sales reps use digital tools to engage with customers remotely. Virtual selling is a technology-driven approach to sales.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

of BDR professionals received a quota increase, reports 6sense research. To maintain team dynamics and deal flow, managers must actively help BDRs succeed in the new B2B marketplace. Recent research, including our own , points to changed buyer behavior in the B2B process. In 2024, 39.3% The visibility requirement is key.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 26, 2024

Sales reps have always depended on the right tools to meet their sales quota. Today, a mobile device can be one of their most powerful tools. A survey found that nearly half of sales reps feel their phone is “the most effective tool for performing their jobs. How do mobile sales tools benefit my sales teams?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nelson Gilliat: The premise behind the book is that the go to market model for most B2B companies nowadays is outdated. Nelson Gilliat: The predictable revenue model is a B2B marketing and sales playbook from the early 2000s that Aaron Ross popularized in his 2011 book called The Predictable Revenue Model. Nelson, welcome to the show.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Despite booming times, there seems to be a cloud over B2B sales. Maybe it is the shadow cast by almost half of reps who fail to make quota? I often see it in a different form while training, people who put in just enough. It is not a lack of ability, they are educated, trained, and enabled for success. By Tibor Shanto.

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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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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. Get practical advice for developing an effective, modern sales training strategy.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2024

Sales enablement (also referred to as revenue enablement ) is the practice of equipping sellers with the information, content, and tools they need to be effective and efficient in their roles and achieve their sales quotas. B2B buyers have lofty expectations. 0 % of organizations invest in a sales enablement department.

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The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Future B2B Sales Strategy. The future B2B sales strategy will have to account for both the harsh business and economic challenges that will prevail for probably a good five years. The Future of B2B sales. Every B2B sales strategy must now be able to answer these questions: NOW. The Now, the Next and the Never Normal.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

We all know the Kardashian’s can sell their products directly to consumers on social media, but what are the best B2B sales organizations and their sales reps doing with social midway through 2022? B2B Social Selling. The term “social selling” in the B2B sales process is a misleading term.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Consistent, effective, and efficient prospecting sufficient to deliver enough viable opportunities to retire quota, still eludes many teams. And unlike other elements of sales success, you will indeed have to have done it to train and lead it. There is no shortage of data being generated by apps and automation tools.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2022

A top goal of any sales leader is for every rep to hit quota (or even surpass it) every quarter. But all too often, quotas are missed and productivity slips. But why is quota attainment and sales productivity such a struggle for so many sales teams? of sales teams hit their sales goals. Pretty disheartening, right?

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 6, 2022

How Sales Tools Increase Revenue. Sales tools are the technologies sales professionals use to carry out and streamline their activities so they can close more deals. Research shows that the average seller uses around six different tools. Avoid the Trap of Too Many Sales Tools. Sales Engagement Tools.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Only 43% of salespeople reach their quota. On top of that, without the proper tools, it’s hard to tell what problems make them miss their quota. But with sales enablement tools, you can understand the attitudes, content, and skills that help your sales reps reach their objectives. Mindtickle. Benefits of Mindtickle.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For instance, training platforms that offer courses in various sales training topics might empower salespeople and boost their performance. By the way, the average selling company uses about 10 tools (and still wants more). Let’s talk about this and discuss the top 22 tools for your sales team.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. On the surface, the predictions may have been wrong, more sellers than ever.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

Evaluating sales managers’ success should exceed sales quotas and include turnover and team development metrics. Set Up Systems for Success Sales managers need more than skills training; they require organizational processes and tools to enable excellence. This leads to good performance, happy teams, and turnover problems.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In my opinion, (no matter how humble, at times, I think that opinion is ), I know we all have more to give – and I have more to give over and above training sales teams just as you have more to give, too. Do I enjoy sales training? I expect 2023 to call for a new lens with which to look at the B2B approach to market.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2020

Without a robust pipeline your team cannot make their quota and your job is ultimately at risk. According to Technology Advice , only 27% of B2B leads are sales-ready. During this stage, sellers prepare a Forecasted to Close report, so sales leaders can identify if sellers will meet quota, and what the sources of expected revenue are.

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Showpad

APRIL 11, 2022

Herding a bunch of gregarious ‘people people’ into inputting CRM data and completing online trainings doesn’t come without a few gray hairs. But when you’re trying to prepare your salesforce to take on the new B2B buying journey while battling eye-popping attrition, those grays may be growing in a little faster.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur via digital channels. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur via digital channels. What do these teams do?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The truth is, most sales reps haven’t received any formal training in this area. 93% of sales executives have not received any formal training on social selling ( source ). B2B Social Selling with Twitter. 74% of B2B marketing companies use Twitter to distribute content ( source ). B2B Social Selling with LinkedIn.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). When you're creating a new-hire training plan, remember a few things : Keep your training plan personalized, because no two reps are the same. Pre-week training. Product Training.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2018

Unless you want to spend countless hours on prospect research , your best bet is to enlist the help of a B2B data provider. Studies show that sales reps forget 84% of all sales training content after 90 days ( source ). Use the right tools and technologies. Percent of reps achieving quota. Invest in ongoing coaching.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 16, 2018

None of that would be bad, if reps were hitting quota. But most likely 57 percent of reps won’t make quota this year. B2B sales leaders using digital effectively enjoy five times the growth of their peers who are not at the cutting edge of digital adoption. Or better yet, some old ones. The post Seeking New Sales Techniques?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

According to LinkedIn , 60% of sales leaders anticipate their team won’t be able to hit quota by year end. The top data insights sales leaders use for decision-making are forecasting data, rep productivity data, and team performance to quota. This amount of time spent coaching reps is associated with lower quota attainment.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 30, 2020

A sales training program teaches sales reps the skills needed for every step of the sales journey—from first contact through the close of a sale. While many businesses employ sales training, the most successful programs are tailored to reps’ individual needs. Why One-Size-Fits-All Training Won’t Work.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2024

In B2B sales, success is often the result of strategic planning, deep customer understanding, and execution. The Pygmalion Effect in B2B Sales Of course, sales is a dynamic and competitive profession. With a never-ending cycle of goals and quotas, a salesperson’s performance often directly corresponds to income.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 24, 2021

Best inside sales tools. In day-to-day sales, there are several forces that act as obstacles for the inside sales reps that make it difficult for them to meet their quotas. From marketing to support, email has been an enormous tool. As I said, businesses have grown to be global, the tools have also been modernized.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s also reported that, when a person suffers from stress, they’re unable to access previous knowledge or training and instead resort to an automatic response—typically shutting down, quitting, or losing confidence. While this advice may sound cliché, it really is important for sales reps to approach their quota one day at a time.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. There are plenty of sales prospecting tools and sales management software to help automate your manual tasks while personalizing your outreach. Fortunately, we’ve been tinkering with many of these inside sales tools for quite a while.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A recent study we commissioned from a leading B2B research firm, surveying 120 global sales leaders, found an average 16% increase in win rate with one thing in common—sales enablement. Accelerate Sales Outcomes With a Consolidated Tech Stack Don’t make your reps waste valuable time navigating between tools.

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Allego

JUNE 21, 2023

This includes updating your buying process to meet buyers’ needs, ensuring your sales reps have the right training and skills, and having a robust, easy-to-use sales content management system. Want proof that B2B sales teams are facing a wake-up call? By 2026, 30% of B2B buying interactions will happen on Digital Sales Rooms (DSRs).

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