BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

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? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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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. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A recent study by the Association for Training Development (ATD) uncovered some “fuzzy math.”. When ATD asked sales managers to estimate the number of hours they devoted to coaching every month, the average respondent said “three to four hours.” Tip 2: Enable Your Sales Managers. Top coaches are made, not born.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

64% of companies will provide additional training on how to manage a virtual workforce. Which is why today’s winning leaders implement strategies that accelerate pipeline and empower their reps to find success, no matter where the sale occurs. Sales coaching in the hybrid world. Consider the correct channel for coaching.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Time management.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. There’s a lot to consider, including bias, data management, permissions, and more. Thoughtful execution ensures AI can be trained correctly. But how do you do that ethically?

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated. In this blog post, we’ll outline the unique challenges faced in pharmaceutical sales training and provide practical solutions. What are some challenges in pharmaceutical sales training?

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

A good coach knows how to communicate, motivate and personalize each sales associate’s training, so the sales team repeatedly delivers results. This article explores what a sales coach does. It covers how an effective sales coach can take a good or even mediocre sales force and make it great.

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criteria for success

APRIL 15, 2020

Ongoing sales training is key to developing your team, but it can be hard to think of topics to cover. Here are 5 creative sales training topics to use when you’re training your team. Building rapport is obviously a key sales skill, but many people think it’s something that can’t be trained.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 28, 2019

In a recent survey by D2L , an online survey company, 64% of men said that they received access to training resources, while only 48% of women said they did. Really the percentage should be 100% for both genders, but it’s telling that female sales reps feel short-changed on training more often than men do.

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BrainShark

MAY 3, 2022

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Helps you track sales reps’ learning progress. How long will your training materials be?

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Allego

APRIL 30, 2024

This article originally appeared in Training Industry. In the competitive landscape of modern business, staying ahead requires more than just traditional sales tactics. Training Assessments: Generative AI sales enablement platforms can automatically build quizzes based on training videos and their transcripts.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sales training can be like sailing the high seas – an always-on adventure where focus, navigation, and teamwork are vital. We’ve curated a collection of the best sales training tips so you can build a program that will put wind in your team’s sails to navigate an uncertain selling landscape and outperform every quarter.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2022

Yes, your first responsibility is to increase the skill of the sales reps on the team. But just as important, your training also impacts your customers, the company’s revenue, and possibly your shareholders’ investment in your company. What is Sales Training and Development?

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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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Mindtickle

AUGUST 25, 2022

Sales coaching can only be effective if you know how to coach your reps in the first place. Sales managers are busy, meaning companies need to provide the tools, training, and resources to help them deliver effective sales coaches without requiring much prep time. Provide regular training for your sales coaches.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If so, you're probably thinking about how to train them and conduct effective coaching. While it might seem like a hassle to spend a lot of time on training, it's crucial to prioritize. That's why training is so important for your sales team. Below, let's learn HubSpot sales managers' top tips for training your SDR team.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, SalesLoft, Outreach, and every other sales organization of companies globally have as a result of Covid-19 been forced to pivot. A virtual sales training program can and will help remote selling teams and sales management grow sales opportunities and close more sales pipeline.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

A coach might find it helpful to point a sales rep to specific resources or develop an action plan for them. How Does Sales Coaching Differ From Sales Training? Sales coaching differs from sales training because it’s personalized. This style of training takes some of the burden off sales managers.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In general, though, program failure is often attributable to one or more of these six causes : Training isn’t the right solution to the problem(s). Sometimes, training is simply the wrong solution to the performance problem in your organization. In these cases, training the sales force again – or at all – won’t solve the real problem.

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Allego

MAY 9, 2019

Creating results-oriented training programs would be as simple as handing out product manuals to new reps and then turning them loose in the field. But, salespeople who walk into the role and succeed without training are in short supply. The 5 Stages of Sales Mastery and Behavior Change. That’s why reinforcement is critical.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you consider sales training to be the first of several steps toward boosting profits, it’s easy to see why it’s such a crucial investment. Sales training lays the foundation for future revenues by increasing your team’s satisfaction, loyalty and competence, all of which improve their interaction with the customer.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. The most important exercises you’ll need to undergo in each area are outlined below. Good luck, and happy managing!

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SBI Growth

MARCH 22, 2013

In particular, the front-line Sales Manager - a critical role responsible for marshaling a team of revenue makers. This post includes a downloadable Sales Leader Curriculum. This tool is perfect for HR Business Partners who serve the Sales function. It will help to prevent vacant Sales Management positions.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Jump to whichever section fits your needs: What Is Sales Negotiation Why Is Sales Negotiation Important? 7 Sales Negotiation Strategies to Close More Deals Sales Negotiating Training Example Sales Negotiating Training Program Work With Sales Enablement to Provide Negotiation Materials and Training What is Sales Negotiation?

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers. Sales enablement can teach product knowledge, but soft skills are harder to nurture. Train Early, Often, and in Small Doses. Customize Training for Individuals.

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Allego

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Every organization seeks a healthy return on its investments, but when it comes to boosting or even measuring the ROI of sales training, things can get tricky. For one thing, it’s not easy to predictively align activities such as training exercises and learning retention with tangible outcomes such as productivity and revenue.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

If you want to develop a more effective salesperson, start with how your organization coaches and trains them. A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. It was a rough start, but within three years I'd been promoted to a sales manager.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 20, 2021

Soft skills sales training is becoming just as important as the hard skills training, we are most familiar with in the world of training. We know we live in unprecedented times but most of all, when it comes to the sales profession, these are times of profound change. Soft Skills Sales Training Checklist.

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s not the first time you’ll hear this, and it’s not the last: training new sales reps is crucial. But the most vital thing to remember is that training isn’t just for onboarding. Ongoing training and continuous development are crucial to a rep’s and an organization’s success. Training isn’t just for onboarding.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 22, 2020

For those who are missing the sense of immediacy that comes with selling a customer or prospect face-to-face, now is a golden opportunity to turn your focus to a level of fulfillment that can restore your sales team’s sense of purpose in the world. That’s why training that keeps apace with the times is critical to restoring your sales mojo.

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HeavyHitter Sales

AUGUST 12, 2012

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled “What’s Wrong With Your Sales Training Program.”.   Somehow, “successful” sales training has become associated with a thick binder of material the salesperson lugs home from the class (never to open again). It Lacks Meaningful Cultural Transmissions.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 22, 2021

For example, how often have you seen an email formatted like this, “Hello John, I was doing some research and thought of you…” If you were on the receiving end of this email in which the personalized greeting was clearly amiss, it is annoying but if you were the sender, it’s even worse.

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Awarathon

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Part four of our five-part series is a hugely hot topic in sales enablement. Getting the most out of every coaching and training session is key to increasing sales velocity and conversion rate. Sales Training Approach Every business wants to increase its sales, the key to growth. Let’s take an example.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Studies have shown that 75% of people learn by doing , so it is only natural that your kickoff event includes exercises that support this learning style. Hands-on exercises and role-play activities can greatly increase your teams’ retention rates and make your kickoff efforts stick. The exercise: Split your teams into groups of two.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 1, 2016

After all, you spend so much time and energy hiring and onboarding new sale reps, but like a shiny new car, your investment depreciates the minute they step outside. To get your reps on their way to achieving their sales quota, here are 5 best practices: Implement periodic refreshers. Reinforce with coaching and simulation exercises.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 31, 2016

After all, you spend so much time and energy hiring and onboarding new sale reps, but like a shiny new car, your investment depreciates the minute they step outside. To get your reps on their way to achieving their sales quota, here are 5 best practices: Implement periodic refreshers. Reinforce with coaching and simulation exercises.

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