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 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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The Digital Sales Institute

APRIL 2, 2020

In a world where it is increasingly difficult to separate out one offering from the next, sales training aligned to your buyers journey can be a key competitive advantage as it will allow you to deliver relevant experiences matched to each step along the process. F. What will your role be to drive and support sales interactions?

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Increase Sales

JULY 5, 2013

During lunch a Vice President of a regional bank asked me this very pointed question: Why doesn’t sales training for banks stick? My quick and direct response was “banks and other financial institutions continue to use the same training providers they have been using for the last 20 plus years.”

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Banking Training Infusion Retention 136

Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Sales training and. national sales meetings. Over the years we have attended a number of our clients’ national sales meetings. Salespeople exchange ideas and best practices, sales leaders make compelling presentations (Microsoft comes to mind) and yes, everyone has a really good time. Great events! And why not?

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Pipeliner

MAY 26, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 11, 2018

What skills will a sales director require by 2025 to be successful and build their department’s success? Not only will sales directors have to be technologically-savvy, but they will also have to ensure they link the people-management side of the role with the technological advancements. MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling!

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Online Sales Training. They expect sales reps to be knowledgeable about their industry, company, and issues at a higher level of proficiency than ever before. The good news is there are more effective and affordable training options to correct that deficiency than in times past. What happened on the first look?

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SalesLoft

JULY 18, 2023

However, those individuals can still fail in a new leadership role if they don’t get the support and training they need to be successful. If you’re a sales coach and you’ve found the right candidate for the role, let us first say congrats! But when sales reps have a question, who do they go to first? Their manager!

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 27, 2023

This is a significant drop from just a year before when sales success reached around 26%. They need to achieve more with less, making sales enablement more important than ever. Companies have access to AI tools to support their sales efforts. In this post, you'll learn how AI can power your sales enablement strategy.

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Lessonly

MARCH 16, 2020

How does sales training software simplify your long-term training efforts? The companies with the best sales training programs understand this concept. They set their own sales training agenda. And that’s after they’re familiar with a thick tech stack of sales tools. Products change.

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Accent Technologies

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The New Age of Sales and Marketing We’ve moved beyond the age of manual data sifting. This tool can be your secret weapon, bridging gaps between sales, marketing, and actual revenue. It’s because it’s trained on the details of your company, your products, services—whatever you need. But the enterprise version?

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As the fourth quarter begins, many VPs of Sales and Sales Training Directors will be focusing on closing Q4 strong and positioning their sales teams for success in 2016. One item on many agendas will be the annual sales meeting, often sometime during Q1. Sales rep attention. Sales rep attention.

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Have you ever considered to increase sales is as simple as being: Authentic? Yesterday I had two experiences that confirmed the ABC approach to increase sales. Probably this is more about always demonstrating your positive core values or business ethics more than anything else to realize the goal to increase sales. Believable?

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Knowledge Base Webinar Metrics Small Business Small Business 172

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Most of your learning will take place on the job and outside of a training classroom, so look for chances to build your knowledge and keep an eye out for improving your learning every day. Increase Your Research Base. MTD Sales Training. That way, it will become a habit. Leverage Your Business Intelligence.

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Mindtickle

MAY 1, 2023

It’s the same idea behind sales certifications. It’s your way to measure whether a new hire is ready for actual sales — how much knowledge they retained, where the gaps are, and what they’ll be able to utilize when face-to-face with a customer. Of course, there’s more to sales certification than just passing or failing.

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BrainShark

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Organizations looking into employee education programs, professional development tools like sales enablement software, or learning management systems (LMS) often wonder whether formal or informal learning, or some blend of the two, is right for their teams. . It is what most people traditionally think of when they think of training.

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Lessonly

JUNE 9, 2021

One of the best ways to enhance knowledge and skills is through training. Making sure your employees are exposed to relevant and consistent training can help your company improve performance and increase results in the workplace. Why is Employee Training a Smart Investment? Post-training quizzes and assessment scores.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Sales enablement is having a moment. If you work in sales or marketing, chances are you’ve recently heard the term sales enablement. With that in mind, I asked our experts to answer five questions about sales enablement: What is Sales Enablement? How Do Analysts Define Sales Enablement?

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Exact Sales Enablement Hiring Face-to-face 93

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital. Organizations must adapt their sales strategies post COVID-19 to meet customer expectations. Whether you’re looking to implement a remote sales strategy or improve your current strategy, keep reading. What is remote sales? Image Source ).

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Lessonly

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A sales rep who is well-informed on your organization’s products and its various features, functions, and uses has the opportunity to be a top seller. And, that’s why product knowledge training is so important. . What Is Product Knowledge ? What Is Product Knowledge Training ?

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Sales Training Connection

MAY 1, 2013

When we first began working with medical device companies, we heard a VP of Cardiac Devices open our sales training program. He talked about a Book of Knowledge that sales reps needed to learn. Then he went on to extend his arms broadly, sharing that the Book of Knowledge is growing exponentially.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 27, 2020

I’ve been at SalesLoft for 3 years now, where my primary focus is training thousands, not hundreds, of customers. Well, we want to ensure that SalesLoft training serves not just a subset of users, but that everyone can find value in the materials we’re offering. Forget Hundreds, Train Thousands. What do I mean by that?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2022

Compare that to the average of $1,678 per employee that midsize companies spent on training in 2020. For example, ZoomInfo’s account executives who are promoted from sales development representatives have tended to outperform AE’s who were hired externally.

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Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Motivating your sales team month after month is no easy task. Not all sales incentives are created equal. A gift card to a chic boutique might motivate one sales rep but bore another. A sales incentive is effective only if it’s something your team actually wants. Make your sales incentive program feels like Christmas.

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Accent Technologies

JUNE 7, 2023

Imagine a knowledge base designed around your company's products and services ready to address detailed inquiries at any moment. And for those in sales? It integrates with customer accounts, understands sales opportunities, and lends assistance with tasks ranging from email composition to strategizing next steps.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Sales enablement is having a moment. If you work in sales or marketing, chances are you’ve recently heard the term sales enablement. With that in mind, I asked our experts to answer five questions about sales enablement: What is Sales Enablement? How Do Analysts Define Sales Enablement?

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Countless professions — from doctor to teacher to pilots to electrician — require years of formal training, hands-on practice, and official assessment of skills, and have further requirements for continuous education to maintain their licenses. This is especially frequent in high-growth, start-up sales teams. .

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Mindtickle

APRIL 20, 2021

If you’re on the market for a solution to train your sales teams to peak productivity, there are probably a few different options that keep coming up in your searches: sales enablement platform, sales readiness platform and learning management system (LMS). The sales productivity landscape.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Face-to-face Scale 52

Mindtickle

APRIL 20, 2021

If you’re on the market for a solution to train your sales teams to peak productivity, there are probably a few different options that keep coming up in your searches: sales enablement platform, sales readiness platform and learning management system (LMS). The sales productivity landscape.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Face-to-face Scale 52

SBI

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The Pros and Cons of Following Sales Playbooks. When you think of a “sales playbook”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re thinking of a plan or guidebook for your sales team to follow, you aren’t too far off. A good sales playbook: Defines a set of best practices and methodologies important to the organization.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enable remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Instructor-led training is now virtual.

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

We will call the sales rep who sent them, Rob from ABC. If you’re a sales rep and need to get your numbers up, please don’t send generic templates. Subject: These apps can add value to your training services. Shall I send you a brief pdf with an overview of the training apps? Take a look at the sequence of e-mails below.

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Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I’m a former teacher, and because of that, I’m the biggest fan of continuous training. Learning for the sake of growing my knowledge base matters so much because the more I know, the more I can help others Do Better Work. With technology, folks can partake in effective training methods at their own pace. Why This Matters.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What is Sales Operations? Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. But perhaps more than anything else, sales operations brings a system to selling. Technology.

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Nutshell

MAY 3, 2023

If your company has a unique sales process or sells a variety of products and services, it can be tempting to build a CRM from scratch. Catering to unique sales models Custom CRMs can be particularly attractive when a company’s sales model is complex, or doesn’t neatly fit a typical B2B sales model.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Sales Compensation + Sales Strategy. Sales compensation systems and sales strategy have long been established factors that impact sales performance. There are countless books and articles on sales strategy. So compensation systems and sales strategy are often not aligned and it is important that they are.

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Lessonly

JULY 25, 2019

As a Customer Experience Manager at Lessonly, I spend my time supporting our customers so they can train and support their customers. There is no call center training manual for the world of quality assurance. The best sales teams have a sales enablement team supporting them in their ongoing skill development.

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