The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What is a sales cycle? Let us begin by explaining what is a sales cycle and why it is a critical component of any sales strategy. A sales cycle is a map that lays out the step-by-step process that salespeople will follow that maximizes the possibility of a sale. Understanding the Sales Cycle.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The majority of Lead Development Reps are inexperienced, undertrained, and ill-equipped for today’s buyer. However, buyer behavior has changed. Informed buyer’s are entering the sales process with companies later than ever before. We are now living in the era of the self-directed buyer. Read from this script.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 15, 2021

Two years ago my wife and I were winding through the mountains on a train back from Aguas Calientes, Peru. You can’t train them on every feature right away. I’ve heard this line many times when I’m sitting on the other side of the table as the buyer, evaluating SaaS products for our team. appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 31, 2024

Because even though they contribute to and quite literally enable sales, their activities aren’t always as easy to tie to the deal as it is for reps who get phone and face time with buyers. The easiest way for enablement teams to prove their value to executive leadership is by connecting sales training to pipeline.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Conversational marketing is an audience engagement channel that lets buyers and sellers communicate in real time, using tools such as live chat, chatbots, voice bots, and audio conversations. With conversational marketing, sellers and buyers can exchange content and critical information at the right moment, accelerating the customer journey.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Customer References & Buyer Confidence. So many of these buying decision factors apply to B2B buyers. As Brent Adamson, Distinguished Vice President, Gartner has written about and presented on , all the sales motions that go on must ultimately help build buyer self-confidence in making the decision.

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SBI

AUGUST 17, 2021

Q: What metrics should customers of Sales Intelligence solutions use to measure the impact or progress of their activities? Sales intelligence and buyer intent data also help account managers spot cross-sell opportunities and prevent churn. You just need sales intelligence to win.” Make time for user training.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

I have been doing sales training and consulting for nearly 20 years and I always get a chuckle when salespeople tell me they need to find ways to close business in two calls. It’s not about the number of calls—it’s about the length of the sales cycle. When I hear this today, I wonder where these people are living.

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Funnel Clarity

MAY 7, 2019

There is little doubt that the sales cycle has undergone substantial evolution over the past several years, and most sales organizations have yet to adapt. So, modern sellers need modern training to appeal to modern buyers. So, modern sellers need modern training to appeal to modern buyers.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

This week I interview Ian Levine , Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of RO Innovation. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Ian: Today’s B2B buyers trust the opinions and advice of their peers above that of any salesperson or marketer.

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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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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Who needs to change – buyer or seller? Who has noticed that the sales landscape is changing at an accelerated pace and has no intention of slowing down? Are sales cycles either nonexistent or getting even longer? Have gatekeepers had some form of combat training? Is customer loyalty really down?

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Gong.io

MAY 6, 2020

We analyze sales interactions from our product users (anonymized of course). Then we analyze how seller and buyer actions impact deal success. . For this report, we analyzed 140,566 sales opportunities, including the sales calls and meetings that occurred within those opportunities. Warning: Long sales cycles ahead.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 21, 2020

Even before the pandemic arose, we lived in a world where buyers are generally better at buying than sellers are at selling. 70% of buyers wait until after they’ve chosen a solution before engaging a seller. 60% of buyers view sellers as interchangeable. 60% of buyers view sellers as interchangeable.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

And today’s sophisticated buyers expect salespeople to understand their businesses and needs before interacting with them. Sales training programs offer your reps the opportunity to develop their sales skills and connect with customers more meaningfully — when set up and executed properly. Benefits of sales training.

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Mereo

JULY 27, 2022

What is the last step of your sales cycle? Most B2B sales organizations will consider the job complete at the contract signature. Yet, if the true goal of sales is to Seek to Serve a buyer, the sales cycle is not over until the value promised is actually the value delivered.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 13, 2021

Stay Ahead With These Sales Training Courses this 2021! Predictable Revenue, sales hacking, and now account-based everything has massively impacted the sales profession over the last 10 years. In partnership with LeadFuze, Sales Hacker has launched FREE LeadFuze Certified Sales Hacker Bundle.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 1, 2023

Leverage communities We know that buyers are increasingly seeking the advice of other buyers in communities. AI can help in this regard by being the salesperson’s assistant and surfacing (and developing) content that matches the buyer’s needs, even personalizing it to that individual buyer.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2024

According to the Demand Gen Report , more than half of B2B buyers rely on sales content to guide their purchase decisions more now than in the past. Revenue organizations have heard the message loud and clear, and most invest time and effort in producing content for their sellers to use throughout the sales cycle.

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MEDDIC

MAY 10, 2023

In this article, I will share a practical case study of using AI to write a MEDDIC email to the Economic Buyer. a prospect headquartered in NY, was looking into a sales training program. a prospect headquartered in NY, was looking into a sales training program. But I wanted to give it a try.

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PandaDoc

MAY 30, 2019

A slow sales cycle is kryptonite to good sales teams. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. Hire better sales reps. Automate your sales process. Make the sales cycle dream work with teamwork.

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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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Sandler Training

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The global pandemic forced the buyer/seller relationship online, dramatically accelerating a trend toward digitization of the buying process that was already in place. The post What Do Larger Buyers Want? The Sandler Research Center Report Offers Key Insights appeared first on Sandler Training.

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SBI

MAY 21, 2019

Transforming Sales: Buyers are Telling us What They Expect and That Will Continue. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. This week I interview Melody Astley , VP of Sales for Finlistics Solutions.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. Why sales training is important. or a 353% ROI.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In the 2018 Buyer Preferences Study , CSO Insights found that 70.2 percent of buyers prefer to wait to engage a seller until after they have clearly understood their needs. If buyers intentionally wait to engage sellers, it’s even more challenging to build rapport. Listen to Every Verbal and Nonverbal Cue.

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Allego

JUNE 21, 2023

But there’s also concern because sales, enablement, and marketing teams face serious challenges that impact their ability to attract and win over buyers. It’s harder to engage buyers, your competition is noisy, and buyers’ preferences have changed, Lee said. This is where modern revenue enablement comes in, he said.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Is your sales team struggling to have conversations with the right buyers? Better prospecting is the most direct path to increase sales conversations. Wendy Weiss takes us through the four steps to improve your sales team’s ability to schedule sales calls.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

There are nearly 15 million salespeople working in the United States, and they spend weeks or even months training for success in their role. Given the different responsibilities, industries, and team structures salespeople encounter, it’s hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to sales training.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 4, 2012

Social media is a marketing strategy and tactic that has become embedded within many business to business (B2B) sales cycle. Yet to effectively manage the sales cycle (meaning to potentially reduce its time frame when possible), social media presents this unknown factor: The time identification of the first contact.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 17, 2019

Many business owners, managers, and sales reps think contract management is just a matter of getting a signature and storing the contract away in a CRM. Lost leads, sales, and revenue. The reality is that contract management is a fundamental part of the sales cycle. See full template: Sales contract.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 14, 2024

B2B buyer expectations are higher than ever, and how they want to interact with sellers is changing. Enablement teams are under pressure to ensure sellers are always ready to deliver outstanding experiences and provide value throughout the sales cycle. That all changed when they started using digital sales rooms.

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Funnel Clarity

JULY 23, 2021

Sales teams are facing an extremely different environment than they did 20 years ago and it's no surprise that b uyers are more informed now than ever before. The average sales cycle has gotten longer and involves more decision - makers. Simply put, buyers expect more from sellers.

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Mindtickle

MAY 10, 2022

Sales training and coaching are often reserved for new hires and low performers, with the rest of your team getting a brief refresher during your annual sales kickoff. But according to the Sales Management Association, only 30% of sales managers rate their sales training as “effective” for improving low performers.

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