The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

I n 2011 you worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. So how do you get the much needed sales tool adoption to occur in 20012. Is there a way to get sales to overcome this status-quo bias?

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Sales Tools Tools Incentives Incentive 80

The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

What are the benefits of undertaking a social selling training course and what can a salesperson expect to learn? The impact of social selling on the sales process is something salespeople and especially sales management can struggle with. As we enter the Sales 3.0 The Social Selling Training Course.

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Social Selling Course Training Social Media 59

The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Sales training courses for beginners is normally focused on all the general selling skills a new salesperson will need to acquire over a relatively short time period. In today’s content filled, competitive, buyer self-educating environment, persuading someone to buy is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Course Training Education Social Selling 59

Fill the Funnel

JANUARY 7, 2013

I’ve been a Sales VP and a President of a company. I’ve also been a sales rep in various levels and industries most of my life. This experience has helped me recognize when duct tape is the tool of choice. It is time to take action, to make the decision to B ring Y our O wn T ools ( BYOT ) into your sales life.

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Tools InsideView Top of Funnel Marketing 123

Smooth Sale

JULY 25, 2023

In a McKinsey report about the future of AI in the workplace, one of their top recommendations to sales professionals is to get their team trained on generative AI basics immediately. Their research indicated that companies investing in AI have already seen a 10 to 20 percent sales ROI increase. Use sales automation tools.

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Study Scale How To Hiring 78

The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Sales training programs worth taking is a constant topic in the world of sales. The truth is that whether delivered in class, in house or online sales training programs have helped thousands of salespeople to improve their selling skills. This is the key to long lasting sales success. under 30 or over 30?

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Training Lead Rank Social Selling Top of Funnel 56

Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

“I’m running out of sales training ideas ,” the director of sales told me, a bit embarrassed. “My My job is to upskill the sales team ,” he said. But keeping a calendar of sales training topics has been tough to juggle with everything else I have to do.”. With each sales training topic we cover here….

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Training Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Objections 92

Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

We need to spend more time creating content that helps to educate them and give them insight into their world. Most of us just create educational content for first time visitors. Many of our clients don’t take advantage of these tools yet though. Finally, start measuring this information (see tools above).

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B2B Revenue B2C Ideal Customer Profile 232

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Begin by conducting an audit of your current sales tools to get a holistic view of the capabilities you have in-house. Most organizations use multiple tools but the core tech stack typically includes an LMS, CMS, coaching tool, reinforcement tool, and call coaching. Train your team. Buyers will win, too.

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Scale Remedy Sales Qualified Lead Coaching 102

Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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Sales Automation Outsourcing Services Sales Process Tools 65

SBI

JUNE 16, 2020

More importantly, they educate at a level that is ideal for the sellers’ learning style. Just a few years ago, some analysts predicted that most sales people would be replaced by AI. These platforms can also empower training and coaching by surfacing coachable moments for both reps and managers and offer on-demand trainings.

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Scale Education Sales Enablement Inbound 120

Allego

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sales enablement managers are involved in new hire onboarding , sales training , sales content management , and implementing cutting-edge tools and software. My goal with this list is to provide sales enablement managers with a comprehensive guide to harnessing the power of GPTs. It’s a lot.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Customer Webinar Metrics 71

Pipeliner

JULY 2, 2022

Today’s sales scenario is, to say the least, baffling. We have more books on sales than ever, along with unheard-of numbers of sales seminars and an amazing amount of sales training. Yet sales closing rates remain stagnant—80 percent of salespeople fail, and salespeople only last 18 months on a given job.

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Hiring Lead Rank CRM Education 97

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Corresponding Content: How AI Saves Time in Sales & Where to Use Extra Hours [New Data] The Power of AI in Sales & 5 Ways You Can Use It How to Train (and Onboard) Your Sales Team With AI 2. Sales professionals need to become influencers — kind of. The future is self-service, and salespeople must adapt.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Data Social Media 96

SBI

APRIL 8, 2020

With Enablement still being a field that is shaping itself, we have to take charge in educating our organization on the responsibilities we should have, where limits and boundaries are, and how our responsibilities align with other business teams. Irina Soriano Head of Enablement, Seismic.

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Face-to-face Hiring Vendor Sales Enablement 120

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 9, 2024

I believe salespeople are irreplaceable when it comes to B-to-B complex sales. But an alternative question sales leaders must consider is, “Do salespeople need to be trained in AI?” Consider email—an invaluable tool for salespeople—but it also gave rise to spammers, spam filters, and junk boxes.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outbound CRM Data 62

Mereo

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a sales leader, it is your responsibility to provide the follow-through. DO NOT TRAIN YOUR SALES FORCE — ACTIVATE THEM The ideal flow of the SKO program focuses not only on the fundamentals of knowledge-transfer and uplifting competency but also includes an intentional means of putting those fundamentals into practice.

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Exercises Education Intent Lead Rank 41

SBI

MARCH 25, 2020

Ensuring your sales presentation is interactive and engaging can go a long way in getting your prospective buyer excited about the conversation and increasing their participation on the call. Note that many companies are currently offering free trials or heavily discounted access to their tools. Put your marketing budget to work.

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Face-to-face Scale Sales Enablement Video 101

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Not education or pedigree. Your sales processes should be definable, measurable, and repeatable. Use tools and technology to automate, extend and evaluate. Sales automation. Sales operations. Sales enablement. Are they coachable, and do they implement the coaching? Are they disciplined and responsive?

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Hiring Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 222

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

That’s why we went ahead and pulled out the five most important sales statistics and listed them here. 25% of sales reps believe they have not received enough sales training. Sales teams that invest in remote selling and sales intelligence tools will continue to outperform their peers.

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Revenue Lead Rank Hiring Account Based Marketing 125

SBI

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Define your customer segments, value proposition, and sales strategy. Design your “way of selling” that you can visualize, train and coach to. Train your sales managers and make sure that they can coach well. Train your salespeople on how to have engaging conversations. Nor is training by itself.

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Competition Hiring How To Sales Enablement 99

SBI

MARCH 1, 2021

Measuring what’s going on during live customer meetings is the last frontier in instrumenting the sales process and monitoring it the way most other business processes are tracked now. Sales processes that were easy to instrument were already trending toward being more data-driven. Be ready for it or be ready to suffer a big setback.

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Face-to-face Apparel Chemicals Call-back 94

BrainShark

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sales enablement (also called revenue or business enablement ) is important because it prepares your entire go-to-market organization to aid and conduct a more effective sales process and achieve better results. Enablement tools and strategies equip teams with the training, coaching and content they need to be successful.

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Sales Enablement Examples Coaching Channels 62

SugarCRM

JULY 24, 2020

By now, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about Sugar’s many tools for creating extraordinary customer experiences. But did you know you can use Sugar to train rising sales employees, too? If you’re looking for ideas you can use to educate and train, keep reading for inspiration. That’s where Sugar came in.

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Training SugarCRM Engineering CRM 26

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2020

Drag and drop capabilities using interactive presentation tools allow companies to create animated PowerPoint presentations from traditional files to present in a new and more appealing format. Interactive value selling tools, like ROI and TCO calculators, allow team members to capture personalized data in real-time from buyers.

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How To Face-to-face ROI Video 98

Allego

OCTOBER 7, 2020

That translates into a lot of change, which leads to the need for a steady cadence of communication, education, and training for go-to-market teams. Many of us have heard of the dreaded “death by slides” and this is one of the reasons that we opt to use interactive content whenever possible to educate our new hires. Learn More.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Hiring ACT 98

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Sales professionals and channel partners need to know that these tools exist, and have clear recommendations on where to best use them in the sales process / to help facilitate the buyer’s journey. The first challenge is awareness.

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Tools Sales Tools Case Study Webinar Metrics 40

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

.” Artificial Intelligence in sales is a transformative force, promising heightened efficiency and precision in a rapidly evolving selling landscape. AI in sales refers to using sophisticated algorithms and analytical tools to automate and enhance various aspects of sales operations.

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Analysis Scale Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

Carew International

MARCH 11, 2021

In Carew’s Dimensions of Professional Selling ® sales training program, we address four customer buyer types as a means to better understand our customers and more closely align our style of engagement with their preferences and expectations. Understanding how our customers learn, however, may be a missing piece in our sales tool kits.

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Customer Buyer Education Training 98

Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2016

Not many people can define what “engaging content” really means when it comes to training. What’s more, many learning professionals are facing significant cost and time pressure to engage new hires, keep employees up to date on compliance, and provide continuing education to further develop the workforce skills.

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Resources Training Scale How To 52

Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2016

Not many people can define what “engaging content” really means when it comes to training. What’s more, many learning professionals are facing significant cost and time pressure to engage new hires, keep employees up to date on compliance, and provide continuing education to further develop the workforce skills.

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Resources Training Scale How To 52

John Barrows

MAY 15, 2019

I still believe it would rival some of the best sales tools out there today if it was still available. I used to focus the majority of my training on a very specific e-mail approach called the “Why You Why You Now ” e-mail approach developed by MJ Hoffman. It was basically Salesloft + InsideView + Nova.ai

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Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Intent Data InsideView 187

Score More Sales

JUNE 2, 2014

In Ken Krogue’s full day session on Business Development – inside sales tips, strategies, tools, and methodology, this acronym was one of the highlights of his session because it brings everything you need in sales together. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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InsideSales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 221

SBI

AUGUST 17, 2021

Damien : Make sure your sellers have easy, secure access to all the systems they need to work efficiently, such as your CRM, video conferencing, a sales engagement platform, and so forth. Make time for user training. And make sure your customer and prospect data is current and complete. Linkedin.

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Intent Data Buyer Intent Ideal Customer Profile Intent 146

Highspot

JANUARY 2, 2023

But we’re here to show you how implementing a plan for sales enablement sets the stage for your sales strategy to align seamlessly with your sales goals. What Is Sales Enablement? Sales enablement is a systematic approach of equipping, training, and coaching sales teams to close more deals effectively.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Buyer Persona Demographics 75

SBI

JUNE 21, 2018

Instead of doing this manually, Demo Automation uses technology to automate the process by querying the prospect with brief discovery questions, then automatically customizing the product education experience to the customer’s unique interests. Be educational and persuasive in order to get the prospect to act.

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Account Based Marketing B2B Oracle Sales Cycle 139

SBI

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Evolving to deliver good CEx, means sales enablement elevating sellers to be able to: Diagnose – help buyers understand what ails them, including educating the buyer on what good looks like, uncovering hidden issues, and benchmarking against competitors. It’s not just the toolset, but the skillset and mindset that matter.

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ROI Pivotal Buyer Lead Rank 108