Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Why Virtual Sales Skills Training Matters The shift from in-person to remote work demands new skills. With only 33% of salespeople effective in virtual environments , training in virtual sales skills, emphasizing digital communication and platform proficiency, is crucial to adapting to customer needs in a virtual setting.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

And we know that is not true because quota attainment is low. of salespeople exceeded their quota last year. If salespeople were driven by commissions, wouldn’t quota attainment be better? Wouldn’t all or at least most salespeople meet or exceed their quota? According to HubSpot, only 24.3% So, it must be something else.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

And we know that is not true because quota attainment is low. of salespeople exceeded their quota last year. If salespeople were driven by commissions, wouldn’t quota attainment be better? Wouldn’t all or at least most salespeople meet or exceed their quota? Source: Objective Management Group.

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Vengreso

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Add to that how sales professionals are trained, there’s no wonder that many B2B and B2C sales organizations are struggling to meet their monthly and quarterly sales goals. Our guest leads one of the most iconic sales training organizations in the world, so you know his insights will be both actionable and proven.

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Allego

JULY 20, 2022

A sales rep schedules a meeting with a prospect, but then they receive a request to attend a training session for the exact same time. Sales training is critical. But they also must win deals and hit quota. The best solution: Implement a sales training program that allows for both. Virtual Training Fatigue.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 20, 2014

Think sales training is unnecessary? Many sales organizations bristle at the idea of spending money on sales training programs. But recent research from CSO Insights shows a direct correlation between the quality of a company’s sales training and quota attainment. percent of reps made quota.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

However, the report does note a downward trend in support: Quota attainment has been holding steady between 81 to 90%. Support is directly tied to quota attainment. Plus, sales BDRs attain quota more, by as much as 10%. Pressured to meet quotas, BDRs may experience burnout or resort to overly aggressive tactics.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I’ll refer to the twelve GameStop investors as The Group. The group had eight qualities that they shared: Had extremely strong desire for their investment to pay off. Is it any wonder that more than half of all salespeople fail to hit quota each year? The table below contains data from Objective Management Group.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2021

In-person training is hard enough, but now that we’re doing everything virtually, we have to deal with team members working on their second screen or giggling while messaging their team members through slack. Luckily, your sales training doesn’t have to put your team to sleep. Start your training or enablement with a story.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. Among all of the important articles this month is mine on The Top 5 Reasons Salespeople Fail to Meet Quota and the Common Link to All 5 Reasons.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 14, 2019

The Top Quota-Killing Mistakes. I asked a group of salespeople I was training to describe the purpose of an email subject line. If you take a look at the salespeople who meet their quota, they often have a mix of smaller deals that helped them meet their goal. Q2 : 99% of quota. Q3 : 44% of quota.

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Shari Levitin

MAY 19, 2022

Proper training and coaching in a hybrid world is the most important strategy for maximizing the performance of the individuals on your team. Yet the pitfalls in face-to-face training are amplified in virtual training. They train the best way for them rather than how their salespeople learn. I was elated. I was shocked.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Whether you’re welcoming a new person to your sales team or helping develop skills among your current staff, sales training is a very important part of fostering a successful sales program. Studies show that sales teams who complete highly-rated sales training programs see a 10% higher win rate and are at least 10% more likely to hit quota.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 25, 2018

But that’s exactly what I did in 2017 -- I ran a bootcamp called Project Finish Line (PFL) for reps who had averaged less than 95% quota attainment last quarter. Get them to reach 100% quota attainment as quickly as possible. On average, the reps improved quota attainment by 31%. Small groups. And it went well.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Quota attainment is often at the forefront of the minds of all sales organization employees. This article gives information and actionable advice to ensure that sales managers help motivate and coach their salespeople efficiently and that salespeople utilize the tools and have the best mindset to ultimately hit or exceed their quota.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Don’t think that a training event and leadership’s endorsement will work. What to do: Start with the end in mind – focus on adoption before worrying about the “training event” or rollout. If I hit my quota and don’t use this, does anyone care? Sale organizations that focus on the rollout or training event fail.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In my opinion, (no matter how humble, at times, I think that opinion is ), I know we all have more to give – and I have more to give over and above training sales teams just as you have more to give, too. Do I enjoy sales training? Absolutely! and how do you do it strategically without getting carried away with rapport building?

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Sales Training. It is not a career risk to be out front advocating your company place a priority on sales training. Therefore pre-post control group type research designs are not applicable. Business Case for Sales Training. said their training exceeded expectations. said their training exceeded expectations.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2023

They wander, they commit/decommit/recommit/change, they start/stop, the buying group changes, and 60% of the time they fail to make a decision! But we don’t train them to have business conversations that are meaningful to the customer. We have our classic, “marketing catches them/sales skins them” approach.

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Highspot

JULY 28, 2020

While many companies regard training as a required box to tick, others use it to nurture talent and create culture. One year ago, our team launched GROW, Highspot’s three-week new hire training program focused on developing and inspiring the most important aspect of our company — our people. Training is no different.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Aberdeen Group just published a new study – Sales Training 2011 – Uncovering How the Best-in-Class Sustain, Reinforce, and Leverage Best Practices. In the summer of 2011, 970 organizations were surveyed about their sales training. Of that group 707 currently offer sales training. Sales Training 2011.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

This on-demand LinkedIn training for sales professionals program teaches you how to leverage the site to create more sales conversations and build your book of business. So, if you want to make the very best online impression and actually attract customers to you, taking a LinkedIn learning course, tutorial, or training is the way to go!

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2024

Any reader who was trained as an engineer or anyone with experience in assembling machines (or Ikea furniture) will recognize the Tolerance Stack Up Error. Each group may be doing their jobs and meeting their goals. Sales enablement is providing high quality training. They are also meeting their MQL goals.

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2013

According to research by CSO Insights, companies with a sales process and the technology to support it are more likely to hit quota. At the same time, research by Objective Management Group concludes that 91% of companies do not have a sales process. Kurlan is the CEO of Objective Management Group and no one knows the subject better.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 9, 2013

Exceeding your Summer Quotas. Based upon the size of your customer base, break out your A’s and B’s into equal groups of a certain number and assign them to the sales team or key individuals. It will train them not to simply find out what the customer wants to buy, but assist the customer in what would be important.

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Vengreso

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We could all use a fresh set of eyes now and then, someone who can share fresh sales training tips to help us drive more sales. Juliana gives us practical and insightful sales training tips to help us tame the tech stack monster and pay more attention to enabling the people who drive the revenue, our salespeople. Be sure you listen!

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As a sales manager, it’s important to recognize that you have a better chance of slowly but steadily building a talented sales team with the help of a strong sales training platform than you do of hitting home runs on every hire and creating an elite group out of sheer luck. It must support your sales training program.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 27, 2018

As you would expect from a good group of kids who really wanted to win, each of the players immediately turned to their coach as soon as they heard his voice. Like the VP of sales on stage who announces, “I really need you all to hit your quotas this time!” And good tools and training. Yep, they already knew that.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 21, 2020

Sales training can be one of the most critical investments you make for your team. Salespeople often resist training, viewing it as a hassle that takes them away from their work. In fact, according to Training Industry , more than a quarter of salespeople feel that their sales training is ineffective.

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Showpad

JANUARY 21, 2021

Take a moment to consider the sales training program your organization currently has in place. Do you train each new sales agent in one-on-one settings or as groups? Are seasoned sellers on the team involved, or do you oversee training on your own as its manager? Consider real-world applications of training.

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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. JF Corporation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Author: Paul Nolan Before I began researching this issue’s cover story, I had no idea the lack of sales management training was as dire a problem as it is. We thought there was a gap in training for B2B sales managers, but quickly discovered that “gap” is actually a canyon (hence the cover image). The reverse was also true?—?untrained

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Mindtickle

MAY 10, 2022

Sales training and coaching are often reserved for new hires and low performers, with the rest of your team getting a brief refresher during your annual sales kickoff. But according to the Sales Management Association, only 30% of sales managers rate their sales training as “effective” for improving low performers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

Are they tracking toward quota? A team that consistently makes quota is not necessarily being led by an effective sales manager. In a recent research project, we found that in both low- and mid-performing sales teams (which achieved 76 percent and 99 percent of their targets, respectively), only 48 percent of reps hit their quotas.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This makes it essential that managers participate in sales coaching and training. This is achieved through forecasting and setting quotas to achieve realistic targets. Sustainable leadership requires more than just hitting set quotas. The post Qualities of a Great Sales Manager first appeared on Janek Performance Group.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

They’re open to coaching and training. Invest in Sales Training. Just as onboarding prepares, sales training builds skills, boosts drive, and help reps succeed. Just as onboarding prepares, sales training builds skills, boosts drive, and help reps succeed. Today, there are many qualified sales training programs available.

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