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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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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Bigtincan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If you ask anyone, post-pandemic, what the best online meeting software is, many will quickly reply, “Zoom!” But is Zoom the best video conferencing software for sales ? . But Zoom is not the only online meeting software around. Main features of Microsoft Teams, and how they relate to Sales.

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Sales Hacker Training

JULY 24, 2020

That’s why ongoing product knowledge training needs to be a priority in every sales team. So, today, I’m going to walk you through five key areas you need to focus on for successful product knowledge training so your reps can start winning more deals. The Pitfalls of Poor (or no) Product Knowledge Training.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a result, much of the evaluation, investment, and rollout of virtual training technology in 2020 was rushed, limited in scope, and poorly planned. Businesses must take a step back, evaluate their software investments, and rework their implementations. How to maximize customer training investment. Today, not much has changed.

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PandaDoc

MAY 30, 2019

A slow sales cycle is kryptonite to good sales teams. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. Hire better sales reps. Automate your sales process. Make the sales cycle dream work with teamwork.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work? Closing is about finalizing a sale and creating a lasting relationship that can lead to more opportunities.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

There are nearly 15 million salespeople working in the United States, and they spend weeks or even months training for success in their role. Given the different responsibilities, industries, and team structures salespeople encounter, it’s hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to sales training.

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Lessonly

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

More and more workplaces have adopted online training software as a standardized onboarding tool, making high-quality training accessible to just about anyone with an internet connection. Make sure that your training is valuable, useful, and effective. . Value of training. Metrics for Sales Teams.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

Sales training programs offer your reps the opportunity to develop their sales skills and connect with customers more meaningfully — when set up and executed properly. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you need formal sales training and how to guarantee its success. . Benefits of sales training.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 17, 2019

Many business owners, managers, and sales reps think contract management is just a matter of getting a signature and storing the contract away in a CRM. Lost leads, sales, and revenue. The reality is that contract management is a fundamental part of the sales cycle. Use Contract Management Software.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There is no shortage of sales onboarding solution options to choose from and most of them offer basic instructor-led training that is created once and typically isn’t updated for months or years at a time. Bigtincan Learning is built to directly address the four requirements of an advanced onboarding solution mentioned above: Training.

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Mereo

JULY 27, 2022

What is the last step of your sales cycle? Most B2B sales organizations will consider the job complete at the contract signature. Yet, if the true goal of sales is to Seek to Serve a buyer, the sales cycle is not over until the value promised is actually the value delivered. All seems to be in order here.

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Veelo

AUGUST 16, 2018

In one of our earlier posts, we examined 10 Terrible Tactics That Will Tank Your Sales Cycle. And while one-and-done sales skills training is high on that list, it’s time to explore this topic in more details. Some of the best companies in the world focus their sales enablement programs on sales skills training.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Wendy Weiss takes us through the four steps to improve your sales team’s ability to schedule sales calls. Her four steps are: The right list Great skills Strong process The right software What can your team add to improve their prospecting? Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It provides customers with a better experience, because digital self-serve options handle many simple interactions, while sales representatives working virtually are more responsive to requests for help or expertise. And win rates rise and sales cycles shorten with well-orchestrated virtual channels.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

You must be able to do more than track sales and phone calls. It involves programs, software, training and process management. However, the key ingredient will be a sophisticated software program. You have to be able to see what accounts are at what stage in the sales cycle and how long they have been there.

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LevelEleven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Oftentimes, people come to work in sales from a variety of backgrounds. This can be great because it provides the industry with a multitude of perspectives and views, but it can also be tricky to train people who have never sold your product or anything similar before. Immediately show them your software.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 1, 2023

Embarking on the journey of SaaS Sales Training can feel like navigating a labyrinth. The truth is, without proper SaaS sales training, scaling your software company becomes an uphill battle. Vengreso's transformation from sales training firm to influential SaaS enterprise is a testament to business evolution.

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Showpad

JANUARY 29, 2021

Congratulations, your business has sales coaching software! Now, the hard part begins — actually making effective use of your sales coaching software. This can be the case for sales coaching software. As sales coaching software — and so much more — Showpad can help you enable and empower your sales force.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Over the past ten years, we’ve worked with thousands of sales leaders who run large sales teams and we’ve found that there are seven highly-effective techniques that are responsible for consistent and effective sales strategy development: Break training down into bite-sized chunks to help reps retain more product knowledge.

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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. This isn’t a bad thing.

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Nutshell

MARCH 18, 2024

So, how do sales managers and their teams overcome this challenge? Today’s online-centric sales landscape requires sales reps to adapt quickly to technological advancements in the software necessary to connect with customers and prospects. It all depends on the CRM system. Why is a high CRM adoption rate beneficial?

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Author: Richard Lowe There’s no doubt in my mind that the world of software sales has evolved drastically in recent times with the growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) creating the need for new skills and knowledge from professionals in this arena. The impact on sales leaders is notable.

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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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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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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 19, 2021

On a recent episode of the Business Breakdowns podcast , Schuck talked about lessons from ZoomInfo’s mergers and acquisitions, discussed how data influences today’s sales teams, and offered advice to aspiring business builders. By doing so, the sales process becomes not only quicker, but smarter. It’s an easy implementation.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I hate to break it to you, but when it comes to inside side sales training, you’re going to spend less time reading and more time interacting with people. Investing in an effective inside sales training system within your company can pay amazing dividends. What is inside sales? So, what is inside sales training?

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2022

According to RAIN Group Sales Training , it takes an average of eight touches to get an initial meeting with a new prospect. ZoomInfo Schedule, our advanced scheduling software, allows site visitors to book a meeting directly with the right sales rep. . The solution? Instant, automated scheduling.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For a long time, sales leaders thought that the way to give sales teams a leg up was to help them target the right buyers in the right ways. Tons of software came along to do that quite effectively in recent years. But Sales Enablement is everything else that boosts their skills and helps your team win more often. .

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Lessonly

OCTOBER 7, 2020

So, I’m sure now you’re asking yourself, what are the elements of a sales enablement strategy? . The best place to start is by seeking to understand what your company’s current challenges are when it comes to sales cycles or processes. Let’s take a deeper dive into some sales enablement examples. The answer?

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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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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

Cross-sells and upsells: Divide cross-sells or upsells by total customer interactions to work out each sales team member’s cross-sell and upsell rates, which reveals how effective they are at selling to existing customers. A sales pipeline designed to follow your specific and preferred sales cycle makes for a smoother onboarding process.

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Allego

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sales enablement managers are involved in new hire onboarding , sales training , sales content management , and implementing cutting-edge tools and software. My goal with this list is to provide sales enablement managers with a comprehensive guide to harnessing the power of GPTs. It’s a lot.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Sales enablement tools connect your content, marketing, and sales cycle, allowing you to follow the sales process from beginning to end while tracking analytics along the way to determine what does and doesn’t work. Basically, sales enablement software provides an overview of the entire lifecycle of sales.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 28, 2019

Especially now, when new sales-related tech seems to crop up weekly: data management systems, sales forecasting, customer relationship management software, and automated email marketing platforms. But even with these advanced solutions, we’re forgetting one key aspect of sales: the human connection. And … Action!

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