Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Author: JIM NINIVAGGI, CHIEF READINESS OFFICER, BRAINSHARK “What’s your onboarding program for new sales managers?”. While most companies would agree that sales onboarding is a strategic priority, the focus of their processes is often only?—? Why you need to onboard sales managers. Typical manager?—?delivering

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Three problems arise: First, revenue production stops in year two while a replacement (“Rep B”) is hired and trained. Learning needs not met – All too often, after initial onboarding ends, formal learning opportunities are sporadic. Sales enablement leaders might protest? and its link to retention and revenue?—?77

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 1, 2022

Ask any sales leaders, particularly those in SaaS based sales approaches, retention and growth in current customers is critical. We have all sorts of metrics focused on the issues of customer retention and growth. Many sales leaders would state, retention and growth is the most critical thing to sales success.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

Lead to Opportunity conversion. Pipeline generation and management. Step 2: Identify Training Needs and the Training Program. And deliver them in a manner that ensures retention and adoption. Your training program should incorporate different modalities, topics and methods. Now…what is productivity?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Author: Brian Trautschold As a new hire, structured training and onboarding programs are expected. Today, it is rare to see a company that doesn’t have a strict training program in place from the moment a new hire walks through the door. That’s where sales coaching comes in. Improve Employee Retention.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 20, 2024

She shares insights on creating a supportive environment and the importance of feedback, coaching, and company culture for employee engagement and retention. They also touch on Hilton’s top global workplace ranking and successful coaching programs for high employee retention and satisfaction. “I

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Ever felt like you’re on a treadmill, running after sales targets but never quite catching up? Sales training : two words that hold the potential to change your game entirely. This post is your metaphorical guide through different types of sales training programs available and their benefits.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 24, 2023

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of sales, success is dependent on the capabilities of the sales leadership team. I believe that investing in the development of this critical team is the best use of resources for any VP of Sales. 7 Reasons to Develop an Awesome Sales Leadership Team 1.

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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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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention. And, quotas have gotten increasingly harder to hit.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

All by now have implemented virtual sales training or online sales training programs that have had a better impact on sellers’ behavior than a face-to-face training session ever was able to achieve. Is Online Sales Training Effective? Virtual training workshops just had a stigma.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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Highspot

JULY 18, 2023

It’s essential that you clearly map out every step your sales team needs to take between the onset of a sales training program and its completion. Your program also needs to be built to benefit everyone —the entire sales team needs to participate because the failure of one team member can bring the whole group down.

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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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Apptivo

AUGUST 25, 2021

Sales have a primary role in businesses in building brand awareness and increasing the customer retention rate. Sales teams act as a bridge between the customers and the business. For this purpose, companies invest a huge amount in optimizing the performance of the sales teams. What is lead in sales?

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Why Sales Training Programs Fail Most organizations use some type of LMS for onboarding new hires or retraining current staff.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Why Sales Training Programs Fail Most organizations use some type of LMS for onboarding new hires or retraining current staff.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This post is about how CEOs should invest in sales managers to improve revenue growth in 2013. As part of our annual Q3 Research Tour, SBI surveyed over 10,000 sales reps. As part of our annual Q3 Research Tour, SBI surveyed over 10,000 sales reps. Reps crave training from their managers.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

The role of a sales team is to sell. The sales manager is responsible for creating, advancing, and managing the people, processes, and systems for their team to be successful. While this job routinely requires setting goals for the team, sales managers must set goals for themselves as well.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As a sales leader, it should be no surprise to hear that preparing your team to win starts with building knowledge through continuous training and reinforcement. We recently teamed up with Heinz Marketing to create The New Sales Enablement Standard: How Today’s Sales Leaders Grow Revenue With a Sales Readiness Approach.

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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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Partners in Excellence

MAY 11, 2017

Retention is a hot topic–customer retention that is. The whole subscription model, on which all SaaS and XaaS companies are built has customer retention as a fundamental to the success of the business model. But how come we don’t see similar focus on Sales Person Retention? We churn and burn people.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 5, 2020

Due to a shift towards remote selling and more salespeople working from home, sales leaders are asking “does online sales training work?”. We know that best in class companies (and indeed the most successful salespeople) are constantly seeking ways to improve sales performance. Online sales training courses.

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MEDDIC

APRIL 7, 2023

Sales leaders are usually very aware of the benefits of sales training and coaching in general. Sales leaders should not sacrifice the Sales Training & Coaching budget. Maintaining or increasing your investment in coaching and training during a downturn can pay dividends.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2020

It’s no secret that salespeople often fail as sales managers. Nonetheless, many of the best reps within an organization often end up in management positions. Whether you’re actively seeking a role as a manager or have already gotten a promotion, you should understand the most difficult aspects of the transition.

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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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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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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2023

At ZoomInfo, we tend to think of a successful customer retention and expansion strategy as having three key phases: planning, execution, and enablement. By setting clear and aligned goals, sales reps have a target to strive for and their activities remain closely tied to corporate objectives. Here’s how we put it all together.

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SBI

JULY 12, 2018

Below are a few ways we help sales organizations: Go-to-market – As the market shifts from volume-based to targeted sales and marketing strategies like ABM, InsideView helps organizations identify new market opportunities, align sales and marketing execution, and optimize revenue performance.

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Highspot

JUNE 9, 2020

But even in the most trying of times, opportunities surface to those who look for them. Leveraging these opportunities will not only help you sustain through the downturn, but will strengthen your enablement program in the long run. Here are three opportunities to seize today. IMPROVE IMPACT WITH CREATIVE TRAINING.

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Nutshell

JUNE 2, 2019

I love problems, which I reframe as “opportunities for iteration.” Coming from a sales management and real estate background, I understood our customers’ hustle. The problem that inspired my next steps was that renewals between 10 months and one year were dropping below 100% MRR retention.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 4, 2022

The secret to maximizing sales training is simple. In this article, we will outline how organizations can maximize their sales training to increase performance, prevent failure, and maximize their sales training investment. . Plan Sales Training Strategically. Who should be trained?

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

One priority of sales enablement strategies this year should be to inspire sellers to feel excited about working for the company and to be energized by the opportunities ahead of them. But in a virtual selling world, training, collaboration and engagement are more challenging. Assigning pre-work before the virtual training.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 13, 2017

If delivering exemplary customer service is a cornerstone to building your business, revenue, referrals and client retention, then why do most companies invest more time on customer acquisition instead of retention, fail at meeting customer expectations and ultimately lose business to competitors? Creating Future Selling Opportunities.

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BrainShark

MAY 2, 2022

Virtual sales training is any synchronous or asynchronous learning provided online or via a digitalized experience. This means training can be delivered across multiple locations simultaneously and, in the case of asynchronous learning, at any time that’s convenient for the trainee. Assessing whether reps are ready to sell.

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Allego

AUGUST 14, 2023

This article originally appeared in Training magazine. B2B sales has changed. In sales, AI combines human intelligence and machine learning to create more intelligent buyer engagements. AI can identify sales skill gaps and prescribe training to fix specific behaviors that lose deals.

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