Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 6, 2022

As we wade deeper into recession, you will certainly agree that there are two things you must not lose: Customers/Clients. Good/Great Salespeople. I conducted a Google search for "why salespeople quit their jobs" and was surprised to find more than 6 million results for that query!

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Sell Integrity

APRIL 28, 2021

What actions can you take to both increase employee engagement and create a customer retention strategy that moves more of your customers from “satisfied” to “loyal”? One of the key tenets of a customer retention strategy is that it relentlessly focuses on value creation. A 5-step roadmap to get you started.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2021

While customer acquisition is often a sprint, customer retention is a marathon with no clear finish line. But customers can churn seemingly out of nowhere and for no good reason. Read on to learn about some glaring warning signs that your customer relationship is in jeopardy. Sure, people are unpredictable.

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Cience

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Your customers are one of your company’s most important assets. Although new sales are important, smart companies also focus on retention. What Is Customer Retention? Customer retention means keeping the clients you already have. You know how hard it is to get new customers. Pretty simple, right?

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 22, 2022

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Can You Improve Client Retention? Companies employing sales representatives are typically on the lookout for how to improve client retention. So how can you improve client retention? Occasionally, everyone experiences the need for customer support. Photo by Geralt via Pixabay.

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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Everyone loves a good quiz and the Sandler Research Center has a tricky question for any business leader responsible for customer success or net revenue retention. The post Critical Elements of Proactive Client Retention appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers. Smart salespeople know that the initial sale is small potatoes compared to the numerous sales they can make in the future if they learn to retain their current customers.

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Sandler Training

OCTOBER 28, 2020

One of best pieces of advice I ever received about holding on to important clients and customers was this: During times of uncertainty, approach your business contacts from a different perspective than during so-called “normal” times. The post Client Retention: It’s Personal appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

My answer: sales training initiatives. We’re currently in what some might consider the golden age of sales training initiatives. Sales training has grown in importance in the past decade. A closer look at a sales training incentive program. In the COVID-19 era, online training and certifications have skyrocketed.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Every day you can see examples of how big brands and small brands are blowing it when it comes to getting new customers and then retaining them. Go to a restaurant for the first time in hopes of having a high value customer experience – it is rare. Also, in their study, customer expectations were exceeded only 16% of the time.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2020

businesses spend $15 billion a year training their sales employees. The truth is that poor performance from sales reps can be linked directly to the training their sales managers have received. Answering yes to any of the following questions suggests that you need to step up the training of sales managers at your company.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2023

The sustained growth that can only come from retaining and expanding your customer base relies on sales reps who consistently build genuine relationships with customers. That work starts with determining where a customer is today, understanding where they’re going in the future, and seeing how you can help them bridge the gap.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a result, much of the evaluation, investment, and rollout of virtual training technology in 2020 was rushed, limited in scope, and poorly planned. It’s still “sink or swim” in the age of customer experiences. And for 90% of customers, businesses are failing at onboarding. How to maximize customer training investment.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 1, 2022

Ask any sales leaders, particularly those in SaaS based sales approaches, retention and growth in current customers is critical. We look at Cost Of Customer Acquisition, learning it is much less expensive to retain and grow a current customer than it is to acquire new customers. Sales Person Acquisition Cost?

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers. Smart salespeople know that the initial sale is small potatoes compared to the numerous sales they can make in the future if they learn to retain their current customers.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 5, 2024

Photo by Geralt Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Why Is Your Business Not Attracting New Customers? Why is your business not attracting new customers? Our collaborative blog offers insights for the question, ‘Why is your business not attracting new customers? If they can’t find you, they can’t do this.

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Allego

JUNE 14, 2023

Sales reps forget 70% of training within a week and 87% within a month, Gartner research found — a concerning statistic for companies trying to train employees. Everboarding” should be the training practice of the future. This article originally appeared in Talent Management.

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Vengreso

JULY 12, 2022

Getting prospective customers into the sales funnel is part of the battle, but converting them and keeping them as customers is a whole other challenge. But, exactly how to prevent what one sales expert calls the “Great Customer Resignation” is the topic of this episode of the Modern Selling Podcast. million a year.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

Even the most seasoned sales reps need proper training to be effective sales managers. When it comes to sales management training, you may have questions like: What is it? Read on as we answer these and other key questions about the role of sales management training in driving sales excellence. What is sales management training?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2022

According to Forrester, it boils down to three main elements: performance feedback, knowledge transfer, and individual training. Most sales orgs already operate at enterprise scale and managers oversee teams of 10+ people, which makes personalized goal setting and customized action plans seem unattainable. The problem? Conclusion.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

From these conversations, our ongoing research, and studying the marketplace, we’ve seen the emergence of training trends that we implemented in 2021 and expect will grow in 2022. Here are the top sales training trends to watch in the coming year: Delivery Methods. In addition, training materials needed to adjust.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In sales, where every conversation counts and every opportunity demands precision, your team needs more than just the ordinary training programs. Without sales training software, it would be very difficult to ensure reps are applying best practices, staying up-to-date with the products and services they’re selling, and closing deals.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 29, 2018

Ah, the impact of experience conflicts on the performance of our customer retention strategy. That “something” completely disrupts customer experience equilibrium. Perhaps experience conflicts are more important when detected prior to acquiring customers than they are when they occur during post-sale execution?

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this post, I’m going to make the argument, that based on what I see in too many selling initiatives, is that we, as a community, have migrated from focusing on helping customers solve their problems to just beating the competition. While we claim to want to help the customer solve their problems, we aren’t.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 22, 2013

As a sales person, I’m sure you are aware how important it is to develop a loyal client base as this will provide a great level of security for your business through the down periods that all. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Nutshell

MAY 5, 2023

It’s easy to assume that once you’ve turned someone into a customer, your work is done. To keep them a customer, you must continue to engage them. For that reason, you’ll want to measure customer engagement continuously. Analyzing customer data Another way to measure customer engagement impact is to analyze your customer data.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 20, 2018

Customer retention experiences create a rich chronicle of just how it is to work with us, and our organizations. Yet, these bold, splashy stories, which our marketing departments love, leave the customer’s biggest question unaddressed: “Will you forget about taking good care of me, once I sign the contract?”. Think about it.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 30, 2020

They discussed the immediate importance of customer success and the role leadership - specifically CEOs - have to play in keeping customers supremely happy. Going into Q3 we’re set up a little better to handle what the customers need.”. Customer Success has had a very significant role in Q2 and starting Q3,” Jim said. “I

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Sandler Training

MAY 20, 2020

Brian Sullivan Interviews Jonathon Farrington on The Critical Elements of Proactive Client Retention. The post The Critical Elements of Proactive Client Retention [PODCAST] appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

How would you rate your own customer retention performance? Listen in on my latest video about post sale customer abandonment, and how it negatively impacts customer retention. Listen in on my latest video about post sale customer abandonment, and how it negatively impacts customer retention.

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Product Management University

MARCH 14, 2023

One View of the Customer. Measurable Customer Value. Today, Product Management University announced the availability of its Customer Outcome Framework for B2B. It’s a simpler approach for bringing quantifiable strategic value to the customer versus the typical approach of focusing solely on customer problems.

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Allego

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This blog post originally appeared on the Training Industry website. This is especially true for sales teams dealing with evolving products, shifting markets and dynamic customer preferences. Studies have shown this approach boosts retention. Just-in-time learning also supports long-term retention. Probably not much.

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As a sales leader, it should be no surprise to hear that preparing your team to win starts with building knowledge through continuous training and reinforcement. In it, we look at how sales leaders can empower their teams to achieve revenue goals through customized readiness programs. Let’s dig in! The reality is that only 14.7%

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SBI Growth

MAY 13, 2020

In an increasingly commoditized marketplace, what are you doing to ensure one of your biggest differentiators is setting you apart from your competitor’s customer experience? Do you have a purposeful end to end strategy for acquiring, onboarding, and training this.

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