Emissary

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Your sales kick off agenda in 2023 should look different from previous ones and is the perfect opportunity to set a new tone incorporating all that has been learned in the past several years. 2022 SKOs were a bit of a mixed bag. But before dusting off your unused 2020-2021 project plans, take a step back.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Over these remaining weeks, conversations with SVP-Sales have focused on 3 areas: What can I still do to Make the Number in 2013 ? Sales Kick-Off is right around the corner – what am I going to do? SKO is on the horizon. My next two blogs will help you put on the best SKO. SKO is not the way to do it.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Your annual sales kickoff (SKO) is ALMOST HERE. . Excitement from sales reps!) . SKOs have long held significant value for sales organizations. While that means unused budget, it also presents new challenges—and opportunities—to build the human connection that sales orgs have come to love and cherish.

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Women Sales Pros

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s Sales Kick Off (SKO) Season…Again (Must read for those on the SKO planning team!) It’s sales kick off season again and you want a high impact, memorable event. The agenda content should serve to kick-start sales for the year. Your SKO is sure to be a great event.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But this is exactly how most Sales Kick Off training works and why so many companies struggle to sustain their SKO momentum. . The simple fact is by the time sales reps get to the first unexpected change in the path, that mental map isn’t available anymore. . Put real-time guided selling into action.

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Revegy

MARCH 8, 2021

You crafted virtual presentations and organized endless agendas just to create the perfect Sales Kick-Off. But, is your sales team adopting the new technology and processes you’ve put in place? If you aren’t reinforcing the training they received in the SKO, then the answer is almost certainly ‘no.’

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Costello

JANUARY 9, 2019

Dionne Mischler, CEO & Founder, Inside Sales by Design. When it comes to invaluable sales training resources, there’s nothing that quite compares to the Sales Kick Off (SKO). A good SKO has a theme and a universal direction,” Dionne said. “But What does an effective SKO look like?

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Women Sales Pros

JANUARY 25, 2019

Take the SKO as a time to regroup and re-focus on the priorities of the sales team’s mission. Everyone saw them every day, far beyond the kickoff, but the were fully reinforced in depth during the SKO. Let’s do less product training and more focus on the buyer at the SKO.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year” for most of us, but for sales enablement professionals around the world, December and January usually mean one thing — sales kickoff planning season. Whether your 2022 sales kickoff will be in person, virtual, or a hybrid, thoughtful and strategic planning is critical to success. .

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Emissary

JUNE 26, 2023

But this refocus for sales success can’t wait until the mad-dash and hysteria that inevitably comes at year-end. Sales Teams The second half is the most tumultuous for sales teams. Make a last Sales push for new logos. Increase collaboration among, and across, sales and support teams. Q4 starts in Q3!

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Showpad

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Sales Kick-offs (SKOs) are just around the corner for many companies. While traditional SKOs use daylong meetings with classroom-like learning, modern organizations are leveraging sales enablement technologies to get more done outside of SKO to make it far more effective for learning and retention.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 24, 2019

Are you ready for your upcoming sales kickoff? During this time of year, companies are often either conducting their annual sales meetings or preparing for their upcoming sales kick-off. Leaders pack their agendas with new sales techniques, product releases, and competitive updates.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 24, 2019

Are you ready for your upcoming sales kickoff? During this time of year, companies are often either conducting their annual sales meetings or preparing for their upcoming sales kick-off. Leaders pack their agendas with new sales techniques, product releases, and competitive updates.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 5, 2020

Kick Off Productive Sales Bootcamps, Events and QBRs with Virtual Strategies. Perhaps you’re an enablement director, marketing or sales exec, sales ops leader, training director, field event owner or an executive admin. This is the story of a company like mine, maybe yours. Then you have the mic drop moment.

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SalesLoft

JUNE 6, 2018

Sales teams typically have an annual kickoff at the beginning of the year. However, sales training is not a one-off activity. In this video, John Libretto, a Sales Executive at Salesloft, shares tips on how to maintain SKO-level engagement all year. Being consistent is important.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We’re here to share the latest Sales, Marketing, and Enablement news and tips: Forrester Releases Five Surprising Predictions for B2B Marketers in 2020. It’s not just your Sales team that needs to prepare for next year. Early Adopters of AI for Sales See Tangible Results. it only makes sense to do the same in business.

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Emissary

JULY 10, 2022

Through our work with high-growth sales and marketing leaders from companies such as Pure Storage, Splunk, IBM, and Workday, we’ve rounded up 11 creative ABM tactics that our clients leverage Emissary advisors to inform their strategic planning and align their sales and marketing teams. . SKO KEYNOTE.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2019

Without the right Sales Readiness solution, however, it’s difficult for a geographically dispersed sales team to stay connected, engaged, and successful. SevOne’s initial attempt at creating a sales enablement strategy proved this to be true. Opportunities abound for organizations who can branch out into new, overseas markets.

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Allego

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It’s essential to unite your marketing and sales teams in delivering the most compelling stories throughout your buyer journey. Marketing and sales teams both want the buyer to: Engage with content throughout the entire funnel, not just the top. The Sales Enablement Challenge. Move through their journey faster. Learn More.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to attend the sales kickoff and annual sales meetings of some of the best companies in the nation and have witnessed first hand what makes a sales kickoff (SKO) world class. Tip 1: Pre-SKO preparations help set the tone. Tip 1: Pre-SKO preparations help set the tone.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to attend the sales kickoff and annual sales meetings of some of the best companies in the nation and have witnessed first hand what makes a sales kickoff (SKO) world class. Tip 1: Pre-SKO preparations help set the tone. Tip 1: Pre-SKO preparations help set the tone.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 6, 2020

Kick Off Productive Sales Bootcamps, Events and QBRs with Virtual Strategies. Perhaps you’re an enablement director, marketing or sales exec, sales ops leader, training director, field event owner or an executive admin. This is the story of a company like mine, maybe yours. DON’T.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2019

Without the right Sales Readiness solution, however, it’s difficult for a geographically dispersed sales team to stay connected, engaged, and successful. SevOne’s initial attempt at creating a sales enablement strategy proved this to be true. Opportunities abound for organizations who can branch out into new, overseas markets.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2019

Without the right Sales Readiness solution, however, it’s difficult for a geographically dispersed sales team to stay connected, engaged, and successful. SevOne’s initial attempt at creating a sales enablement strategy proved this to be true. Opportunities abound for organizations who can branch out into new, overseas markets.

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Eyeful Presentations

JANUARY 31, 2018

We’re in the thick of Sales Kick-Off season. At this moment, thousands of sales people across the land are packing bags and preparing to depart to an exotic location for days of back-to-back presentations about new strategy, products, skill development and marketing plans. Our advice? Tread carefully.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Sales Training Article: 4 Things to Avoid at Sales Kickoff. By Tony Albachiara, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Less than 60 days remain in 2013. Over these remaining weeks, conversations with SVP-Sales have focused on 3 areas: 1.What SKO is onsales kick-off the horizon.

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SugarCRM

MARCH 2, 2018

Not to be outdone by another awards show happening this weekend that you may have heard about, SugarCRM announced the winners of its fiscal year 2018 global partner awards last week at the company’s annual sales kick off (SKO) event in Sorrento, Italy.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jim Benton was joined by Justin Clifford , the Head of Commercial Sales at Lessonly. Thinking about leadership and how essential it is right now, SKOs will help set a new tone for the next year. Justin runs the Commercial sales team at Lessonly. This is our first true SKO. The last year has been tough,” Justin said. “We

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Mereo

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Leaders in the B2B business world have turned a corner in recent weeks to see a clear reality before them: a virtual sales kickoff for 2021. As we already reflected in late July , a virtual sales kickoff will lack the face-to-face engagement and energy an event demands to empower and inspire your teams toward a great year of winning.

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Lessonly

JANUARY 11, 2021

We kicked content creation into high-gear last year to offer customer service, sales, and training leaders with resources that range from podcasts and ebooks, to coloring pages and certifications. This 3-Part Sales Readiness Webinar Series. The Major League Sales Coaching Playbook. The primary goal of the series?

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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? But before we dive into sales training ideas, let’s clarify what we mean when we talk about sales training. What about sales training programs?

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Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Host a SKO : A sales kick-off is a great, annual strategy tons of sales teams employ to get everyone aligned at the beginning of a new fiscal year. For some ideas, here’s a great resource.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 4, 2013

World Class marketing leaders approach Sales Kick-off as an engagement opportunity. Credibility with sales is a natural result. Marketing leaders are active participants throughout the sales meetings. Identify gaps in the Buyer Process mapping to Sales Process. Marketing Evolution at Sales Kick-off.

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Showpad

MARCH 4, 2020

SKOs keep sales leaders up at night. the checklist for a sales kickoff can rival a royal wedding. Two members of the Sitecore team, Vice President of Sales Enablement Katie Musselbrook and Senior Manager of Sales Enablement Stacey Box, shared why at TRANSFORM 2019 , the world’s largest sales enablement conference.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 25, 2019

That wonderful time of the year where the sales thermometer resets to zero and your sales team pounds the pavement to deliver 150% over last year’s quota! Or, your SKO can be a colossal waste of time and money that will leave your sales reps questioning your leadership. That’s up to you. Have A Defined Purpose .

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