Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the past, onboarding involved sitting in a room and listening to your manager explain the role. Virtual training has often become the default. Sales is a famously extroverted job. So, what type of training makes sense? Let’s review what virtual training is, the best practices, and how to run a virtual training program.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

How come so many sales managers who are highly intelligent and experienced are still unable to motivate their teams to achieve great results? What happens to great salespeople so that when they become sales managers they fall by the wayside? They learn from the errors or mistakes so the symptom or cause aren’t repeated.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 3, 2024

Dennis Connelly, Derek Baer and I were sharing our experiences coaching salespeople, sales managers and sales leaders, and comparing those who were and weren’t coachable. The data from Objective Management Group’s (OMG) assessment of 2.5 It wasn’t personal.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Like in a post-apocalyptic movie, sales heroes valiantly fought a formidable foe, developing and broadening their skills to combat the challenges of uncertain markets, supply-chain chaos, rising inflation, and the great resignation. Here are the top sales training trends to watch in the coming year: Delivery Methods.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 29, 2012

Sales training. Let’s round up two representatives of everyone engaged in sales training – sales training vendors, training managers, VP’s of Sales, front-line sales managers, sales reps etc. By themselves they will not adequately reinforce the training investment.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. This thinking leads them to believe that you do not need training. A recent study showed that only 11% of organizations train their sales managers. Sales Manager Killers.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The sales profession isn’t what it used to be. 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? It’s no surprise that 20% of salespeople say their training needs a complete overhaul. What about sales training programs?

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2014

The CEO said, "We really like what you do, your sales force evaluation is exactly what we need, the information, data, science and intelligence you provide is perfect for us, this is the right time to move forward, and we''re ready to go.". If we were talking about training, I would agree with that approach. I hate being right.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

The 3 most important questions that we need to address when making hiring decisions for a sales position are: Can the candidate effectively sell virtually? Unfortunately, most sales organizations have not adapted their hiring process to identify top performers in the post-COVID reality. Traditional Hiring Challenges. 1: Fit Interview.

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Allego

JUNE 22, 2021

Welcome to the Allego Customer Spotlight, where we share insights from conversations with customers who rely on Allego to help transform their sales learning and enablement. Shelly: “I’m a certified learning and development professional with fifteen years of regional and national sales experience within the life science industry.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One very effective method for teaching this skill is through problem solving group activities. They’re much more engaging than simply listening to everyone in the group stating their names, and help avoid the awkward “think of an interesting fact about yourself”, too. Problem solving has been linked to company performance.

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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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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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Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2021

Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. Sales leaders should regularly evaluate and determine areas for growth for their staff and themselves. Most organizations don’t have development programs for their most senior managers, so one needs to look outside the organization for development programs.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The packages for each sales rep that is being laid off (severance letters and outplacement service offerings etc.) Ensure that the people who are going to contact the sales reps have been trained and know how to effectively communicate what is happening. Five Steps to Leading Sales Force Change.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” This question requires leadership to determine which sales problem they are trying to solve. Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. The In-House Sales Training Model.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

Anyone in charge of a company’s sales success knows a sales team is only as good as its members. Like any group of individuals that comes together for a common cause, if a sales team is going to succeed consistently, reps and management must operate in a culture that motivates individuals to perform at their best.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 3, 2020

Facing uncertainty like this, how can we make sure that our business can remain healthy and focused, and that we are still able to meet all of our strategic goals for 2020 – particularly around professional development? Enter Virtual Training. Benefit of Virtual Training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Typically dispersed across territories far and wide, and always on the go, face-to-face communication is often overridden by email, voicemail and text. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 11, 2020

Remaining strong – and in fact, stalwart – in the face of this uncharted new landscape represents a generational challenge for many in positions of sales management. Sales Management Strategies. This is not the time to manage based on instinct, or to allow hubris to take the wheel. Track, train, and educate.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 3: Only small deals or accounts are appropriate for virtual sales.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2018

The rapid pace of change, high levels of uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in business is forcing both executives and managers to look beyond training for their ongoing development needs. Traditionally, CEOs, presidents and business owners were the group that benefited the most from executive sales coaching.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Be a better sales manager with Sales Management Boot Camp. As a frequent reader and contributor to LinkedIn I thought I should share with you an answer to many challenges Sales Managers face. Sales Management Tools, Best Practice Guides. For the New Sales Manager.

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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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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2022

Are you a sales trainer or sales coach looking to enhance your skills? Being a sales trainer is one of the most critical jobs at any growing organization. Yes, your first responsibility is to increase the skill of the sales reps on the team. What is Sales Training and Development?

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 29, 2014

Sales managers – roadblock removers. Sales managers – how does your sales team spend its time? You can’t sell if you are not selling and most sales reps spend too much time not selling. . Simply put, there are roadblocks that every sales rep faces that are time-sinks. Sound familiar?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Sales leaders, be honest — you're curious about what your peers are up to. This year has been unconventional (to put it lightly) and leaders have been faced with challenges that they likely haven’t seen at other points in their careers. The ability to share information with other leaders, or to ask "how are you managing?"

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SBI

JULY 9, 2019

The3 C’s Needed to Achieve Your Sales Training Goals. We like sharing our wins and cursing our losses, but we also enjoy discussing big-picture issues, like the challenges we face, where the sales industry is as a whole, and where it’s going. Of course, training for training’s sake can be ineffective.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 20, 2017

As sales organizations look to succeed in 2018 and beyond, they need to stay abreast of important trends that will impact how – and how successfully – their reps sell. Sales teams better adapt to millennial "movers". In the year ahead, sales enablement functions will address this reality with a multipronged approach.

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Sales Training Connection

MAY 6, 2013

Managing Sales Teams. It’s easy to manage a sales team when there’s consensus on where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. That’s when sales managers face some challenges. “Particularly for a group under the size of 10 people, majority rule is a bad way of going about business.”

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 3, 2020

Facing uncertainty like this, how can we make sure that our business can remain healthy and focused, and that we are still able to meet all of our strategic goals for 2020 – particularly around professional development? Enter Virtual Training. Benefit of Virtual Training.

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 4, 2014

Sales Managers. If you want to get better at management a good first step is – stop annoying you staff. People complain about their managers regardless of their position inside the organization or the type of business all the time. Make it a group when it isn’t. This good idea also holds true for sales managers.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. This thinking leads them to believe that you do not need training. A recent study by the ASTD found that only 11% of companies train their managers. Sales Manager Killers. Control Your Destiny.

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Allego

MARCH 11, 2021

Ami Tully Lotka, co-founder of Maximum Impact Partners and expert in sales strategy and mobilization, has a simple answer to her own question: “The relationship is what breaks the deal.”. 1 Differentiating With Sales Relationships. We help salespeople make deeper and better connections with their clients,” she says.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 2, 2022

On the surface, it’s easy to see products as the center of your sales strategy. Instead, even the best products need a sales strategy centered around the people who sell. Here’s how to build your sales strategy around your most important asset, your sales team: Create a Winning Culture. Sales Coaching.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

billion on training and development, including external providers, internal expenses and tuition reimbursement, according to The American Society for Training and Development. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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