SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

At this point, your 2013 sales number is essentially decided. Your thoughts should now turn to 2014. I speak with many VP Sales who say the same thing every year: “We have some underperformers that are killing us.” There are a few key steps to addressing this that I’ve outlined below. Seize control of your destiny.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. This is the time-tested practice of sales coaching. What is Sales Coaching?

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2018

Author: Rich Lanchantin, CEO, Qstream With unemployment rates at a 10-year low, it simply isn’t practical to buy your way to sales performance by cherry-picking top reps from the market. Instead, the most resilient and successful sales organizations are building programs that draw maximum value from more of their existing reps.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 276

Showpad

APRIL 10, 2023

The uncertainty surrounding inflation, recession, and supply chains have caused ripple effects in businesses across industries: 81% of sellers say deals have been lost or stalled in the past year due to a key stakeholder’s departure from a client or prospect company. So how can sales leaders drive growth in today’s landscape?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? AI is not going to make salespeople obsolete, nor is it going to turn bad salespeople into great closers. AI is not going to make salespeople obsolete, nor is it going to turn bad salespeople into great closers.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Sales executives and sales managers would agree that their sales teams need ongoing training, coaching and support to get to the top of the game and stay there. In a fiercely-competitive market, your sales reps should challenge themselves to learn more, achieve greater results and embrace new strategies.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Regardless of whether you are an experienced sales manager or a brand-new hiring manager, this article will help you in your search for superstar sales talent. Regardless of whether you are an experienced sales manager or a brand-new hiring manager, this article will help you in your search for superstar sales talent.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. There is no room for failure in today’s competitive sales landscape. It can also offer insight into automating sales processes to free up more of your team’s time.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Now the economy is growing again and you are looking to hire more sales talent for your team. The bad news is your sales managers have maxed out their bandwidth with their current responsibilities and daily activities. This leaves you with a critical decision regarding how to ramp up the new sales hires.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 18, 2023

Build an automated pipeline for your sales team, full of high-quality leads, without adding headcount to your sales staff. That was advice I received early in my sales career and I’ve always tried to apply it–in business and life. Benefits of Outsourced BDR Key benefits of outsourcing the BDR role are speed and cost.

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BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sales flatten. Talent leaves. It requires forethought, strategy, and flawless execution across key drivers, like your brand positioning and pipeline. It requires forethought, strategy, and flawless execution across key drivers, like your brand positioning and pipeline. Why is that? Opportunities fizzle. What gives?

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 23, 2024

There’s a persistent fear that AI might replace the human workforce, including sales teams, rendering them redundant. AI, with its ability to process vast amounts of data and perform complex tasks, is a powerful sales tool, no doubt. Artificial intelligence (AI) coming to the forefront has stirred both intrigue and worry.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 15, 2013

This post answers the most persistent question facing HR leaders who support Sales organizations. “ How can HR help Sales Make the Number? ”. It’s a convenient tool to assess HR’s support for sales. How Sales Support Becomes Agile. Partnering with Sales presents unique challenges. Agility is the key to success.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2013

CMO’s can borrow brilliance from top sales best practices. The crown jewel of sales excellence is the Field Ride-along. World Class sales organizations emphasize manager & rep ride-alongs. Sales Managers go into the field for 1-2 days with their reps and ‘ride-along’ to observe and coach.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 2, 2018

Author: Jeb Blount There is no easy button in sales. Fact: Most sales professionals are not too keen on prospecting. These top-earning sales stars are relentless, unstoppable and obsessive about keeping their pipeline full of qualified opportunities. No surprise there. Of course you do. But it will take work.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Billions of dollars have been invested in software promising to transform how sales and marketing teams reach new audiences. Sales and marketing tech stacks have swollen, with dozens of conflicting tools promising greater efficiency, accelerated growth, and higher revenue. The result? But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Even distribution companies – long held up as examples of companies who require large amounts of on-premise work – have turned to remote and hybrid work for certain types of employees. Pricing requires a lot of collaboration with all the teams inside of your company, from sales to finance to purchasing.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 28, 2020

Change is constant in the age of the coronavirus, and it’s having deep effects on sales organizations. LinkedIn and Korn Ferry recently took a deep dive into the impact of the coronavirus on sales organizations. Below, we highlight five of the most critical of these trends affecting sales organizations.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

Another year has gone by, and you fell short on your sales number. Talent Assessment of Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. Talent Assessment of Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. Organization talent and people is often an emotionally charged area. What’s next? This is dangerous. Lead Generation.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). Keep reading! Incentivize.

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LeadFuze

JULY 4, 2023

A successful real estate agency requires a well-conceived compensation structure to attract the top talent and motivate them to do their best, resulting in increased profitability. Understanding how to compensate structure real estate teams is a critical aspect of running a successful agency. How do splits work on a real estate team?

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With the sales enablement industry exploding, why is it that B2B and B2C companies still struggle to hit quota? Because despite all of the sales technologies, improved sales methodologies, advanced sales training – there still seems to be a disconnect between how modern sellers sell and how modern buyers buy.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Top sales reps share a common trait. Why Top Sales Reps Will Be Unemployed in 2 Years set an SBI record for most views in one day. The post offered advice for top sales reps to avoid becoming obsolete. What can sales and HR leaders learn from this massive response? What separates top sales reps from the rest?

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Increase Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Noted sales expert Zig Ziglar said an “attitude is a habit of thought.” ” If we apply his definition to what makes a great sales attitude, the response will be various habits of thought. Top sales performers have more than one habit of thought, more than one attitude when it comes to selling.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 14, 2021

I began to think of more expansive ways to apply my talents and ambitions. Employee wellness programs often lack authentic engagement, yet statistics show that they positively impact employees, increasing their productivity and, in turn, increasing company profitability. . Photo by Bruce Mars via Unsplash. Introduction .

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 8, 2022

What are a team’s odds of improved performance and a title? As basketball is an apt metaphor for sales, it’s a great time to discuss a sales talent audit. As basketball is an apt metaphor for sales, it’s a great time to discuss a sales talent audit. A sales talent audit is no different.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2018

And, nothing turns people away like a cluttered, unappealing design. In today’s digital world, recruiters use a variety of platforms for candidate sourcing. But, there’s one place that nearly all applicants will end up: The career page on your company website. If you haven’t looked at your career page recently, today’s blog post is for you!

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” This question requires leadership to determine which sales problem they are trying to solve. Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. The In-House Sales Training Model.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For many sales organizations, coaching is a tricky subject. As an ongoing activity, it is sandwiched between more exciting events, like onboarding and sales training. But sales coaching also suffers from a secondary malady. As sales coaching and training experts, let us dispense with one persistent myth.

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SBI

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Allego Expands Sales Learning and Enablement Market Leadership with Acquisition of Refract. December 9, 2020 – Allego , the leader in sales learning and enablement solutions, today announced its acquisition of Refract , a UK-based leader in sales engagement and multilingual conversation analytics. NEEDHAM, Mass.

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Marketing Analytics Ideal Customer Profile Coaching 109

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?

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 3, 2019

As the marketplace shifts, your sales organization should also evolve to meet buyers where they want to be met in the sales cycle. This requires an intentional sales hiring strategy. What are Key Competencies? At The Brooks Group, we often think of personal skills as the “professional polish” of a sales rep.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Every sales manager has some degree of legitimate dedication to both their company and professional development. Those qualities are almost a given in sales management, but the very best managers don't stop there — they exhibit some other key traits and behaviors that take their management skills from good to great.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 17, 2014

How many of us studied sales in college? But most sales reps enter the field without any formal training. Some of us get lucky and thrive under a brilliant sales manager. In fact, three out of four salespeople aren’t performing up to par, according to research from sales training consulting firm, Kurlan & Associates.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 1, 2019

Hosted by sales leader Greg Moore, our first episode features the CEO of Miller Heiman Group, Byron Matthews. The two discuss the evolution and new era of CRMs, and how it has resulted in a sales shift. Because CRMs weren’t built for the seller, they were built for the operations and sales leaders.

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SBI Growth

MAY 11, 2013

Sales VPs need to make the number this quarter. Sales Managers want more new business. Sales Reps need more leads. The pressure is on to consistently perform. But the environment to perform has changed dramatically. Too often, Sales VPs don’t get ideas outside of their own sales organizations.

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