The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. It seems that every week we are being told that sales training is not working in a very high percentage of cases – 85-90% was one statistic I read just yesterday.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Provide Ongoing Customer Education and Training. Their sales reps get super hands-on with prospects during the buying journey — they provide demos, answer questions, ask for feedback, etc. Then the prospect makes a purchase, and suddenly they’re on their own. Establish an Incentive-Based Customer Loyalty Program.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

Author: Liz Pulice In recent years, many companies have implemented remote work arrangements, driven by financial incentives, recruitment/retention initiatives and other factors. With internal meetings (training bootcamps, sales kick-offs, role play sessions, etc.), Should my online training and events be live or asynchronous?

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether it is the wording of the title of a prospecting email. Or it might be the formula for the sequence and timing of touches in your prospecting. How many organizations are training and developing people’s skills in curiosity, critical thinking, problem solving, figuring things out? Think about it for a moment.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Recruitment and Training Building a competent, successful sales team is crucial. Managers are involved in recruiting, sales coaching and training, and onboarding new sales representatives. Incentives and Recognition Reward top performers with appropriate incentives and recognition. This can boost morale and motivation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Reps and their managers can see what their buyers will see, and learn from it – making course corrections before those high-stakes conversations. Sales coaching like this has many documented benefits – from reinforcing training, to culling and promoting best practices, to even positively impacting the bottom line. Here’s How it Works.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Reflecting on this example, there are three notable hallmarks of a good incentive program : Simplicity Visibility/Transparency Appropriate Timing Let’s take a look at how each of these factors plays a crucial role in a successful incentive program: Simplicity “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

With 2023 in the rearview mirror, business leaders find themselves reflecting on their Q4 results and simultaneously charting the course for the forthcoming year. Sales ramp-up time can be costly, considering how much training and coaching is required to get new reps up to speed. Prioritize interactive training.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Generate more revenue Reduce sales cycles Achieve quota Reduce churn rate Reduce customer acquistion cost Improve prospecting Sales goal example #1: Generating more sales revenue Increasing sales revenue is a top priority of any sales organization. Of course, you want your sellers to be making a lot of calls.

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

69% of sales professionals are self-taught and have no active social selling training program in place ( source ). 30% of companies say their social selling training needs ‘a complete overhaul’ ( source ). Social sellers realize a 66% greater quota attainment than those using traditional prospecting techniques ( source ).

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 24, 2023

Here, we’ll examine two key activities, calling/emailing new prospects and proposals sent. Of course, you want to keep this as low as possible. Of course, top sellers vary the days and times of their prospecting calls. Perhaps, they have overcome initial objections and interested prospects enough to warrant a proposal.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

Faster onboarding: After building more efficient and effective processes, you’ll have a fine-tuned prospecting, qualifying, and lead nurturing system that makes it easy for new recruits to get up to speed. Sales teams have adapted to this, spending far more time interacting with prospects and customers via online channels.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 20, 2017

Here’s how to cure your prospecting problem. What’s to fear about prospecting? One of my first corporate sales jobs was with a global consulting and training firm. That may seem absurd today, but it was a creative prospecting strategy in 1995. Prospecting Creates the Same Fear Today. Surprised? Good question.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 16, 2019

When selling SaaS products to businesses and enterprises , how can you move the sale ahead when a prospect is stalling? Tell your prospect: "This looks like a really great fit, but I want you to know that we are going to run a limited alpha—which means that only 10 companies will get access to our product. Limited alpha.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For each sales call and meeting, know your prospects. Even though you used it for years, rehearse and tweak it for this prospect. If you’re stiff as a board, you will bore prospects stiff. If you’ve interested prospects, anticipate objections. Think like a prospect. Prospecting is a perfect example.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Paradigm Shift in Sales Training Monica and Donald discuss the vast differences in training among salespeople and the urgency of embracing nontraditional methods for pipeline development. Monica delved into the nuances of understanding what motivates partners beyond financial incentives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2020

On the professional level, athletes are paid exorbitant salaries, thus it only makes sense for owners to seek the best return on their investment by supplying elite training equipment that can help draw out every bit of their skills. The problem of split incentives. Who will foot that bill?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many companies tend to underestimate the importance of guidance, training, and support for their new hires, and that tends to be detrimental. Best Practices During the Sales Onboarding Process 1) Invest time and effort into training This is probably the most obvious aspect of onboarding, but also arguably the most important one.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 21, 2022

Through sales incentives! Using sales incentives and data-driven forecasting, Nabeil encourages his salespeople to reach specific and measurable objectives. Instead, utilize checkpoints throughout the sales process to know if a prospect will move forward. How can incentives help our forecasting? Incentives drive behavior.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 21, 2022

Through sales incentives! Using sales incentives and data-driven forecasting, Nabeil encourages his salespeople to reach specific and measurable objectives. Instead, utilize checkpoints throughout the sales process to know if a prospect will move forward. How can incentives help our forecasting? Incentives drive behavior.

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Crunchbase

JULY 27, 2022

The idea of sales operations—founded on the premise that good information combined with sound analysis will drive sales teams to better prospecting and higher closing rates—has been around since at least the 1970s. Performance and incentive program management. What is sales operations? Setting sales strategy. Sales rep support.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

87% of sales professionals say that AI tools assisting with writing sales content or prospect outreach messages are effective. What we like : AI prospecting tools can help salespeople move past their own roadblocks with written communication and easily generate personalized messages. 16% of sales professionals use AI for research.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For instance, if in the course of a sales call, you find out that the prospective member is interested in reducing pain in her body, then you can go on to talk to her about classes tailored towards that and avoid conversations about rigorous and complex training sessions. Prepare a Sales Script. Understand Your Competition.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How you pay sales reps depends on the way you design your comp program, what metrics relate to what incentives, and so on— all the details we’ve covered in many past articles about comp plan design. This company might also implement a more rigid sales qualification framework that equips reps to only sell to the right prospects.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 3, 2014

One of my trainers had an interesting conversation with a salesperson on a recent course. Use your marketing people to design and run focus groups of prospects and current customers, enabling you to get explicit feedback from people whose opinions count. A small incentive is a useful tool to achieve higher attendance levels.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 8, 2022

If possible, you need to take the time to train your staff and organize the training for them. Incentives typically work the best way to encourage staff to take an active interest. The training will help you to familiarize them with the products that you have to sell, and it will also make them more invested.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

Seeking and enlisting sales training partners. Of course, much of this depends upon numbers. Also, like sellers with prospects, managers must relate to and connect with their team members. Attending, mastering, and reinforcing sales training. Of course, it’s one thing to acquire the skills needed to succeed.

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Appbuddy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you hope to attract and retain top sales talent in 2022, prospective candidates need to know that you’re willing to invest your time, money, and resources into making your sales team the best it can be. Emphasizing your reputation can help sway prospects on the fence about accepting your offer. Attract top sales talent.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Before they make contact, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. Some take this to mean that our prospects and clients don’t really need us anymore—that the automation of selling has made B2B sales reps irrelevant. Of course I could.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 12, 2022

Of course, sellers always revert to what has worked before. Faced with a list of 30 prospects, 30 calls might seem an accomplishment. For example, set a day and time for prospecting. From prospecting to presenting, focus on the client. Of course, it’s a necessary part of any sales environment. This is your client.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Find prospects that match your ICP with Crunchbase Pro – try it free. Finding things that keep your reps motivated and accountable can be difficult — especially for leaders who watch their reps grow over the course of their career — but it is well worth the effort. Learn what your reps value. Celebrate small wins.

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Bernadette McClelland

AUGUST 21, 2016

Firstly, I saw the heading: Incentive trips binned for top FX sales people. As someone who is part of the Xerox sales alumni here in Australia, I know the intense feeling of pride, success and camaraderie that winning any incentive trip gives you, having partaken in quite a few. So, what were the three examples?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Why is it that companies spend tons of money on client events, company celebrations, sales incentives, and work-life balance perks like childcare, but then they skimp on investing in building permanent, repeatable sales skills for their teams? Of course I could. Couldn’t I just do “something” in a half-day session?

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 26, 2022

Of course, all sales organizations want to sell more. Get creative with loyalty incentives. This includes more effective prospecting. It can also be boosted with regular sales coaching and training. Of course, rates and timeframes can vary by industry and products. Of course, your customers are not the enemy.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. Effective training and onboarding A clearly defined process simplifies the training and onboarding of new sales team members. It is best practice to target your ideal buyer persona throughout prospecting efforts.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

If, as a sales culture, you bake this mindset into your onboarding, training, and management style, you’ll notice a dramatic shift in how your team operates. In a culture that runs on fear of failure, a rep is more likely to take their frustration out on the prospect delivering the news. The benefits of reframing loss in sales.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

And of course, a strong sales comp plan needs to motivate reps to hit goals that grow the company while still maintaining a profit margin. Plan Compensation for Onboarding and Training. Know what to Include in a Sales Incentive Plan. This is how the sales compensation plan should work for reps in a prospecting role.

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