The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Despite advancements in tools, methodologies, and other attempts, sales as a profession continues to struggle. One has to ask what is being enabled by the new breed of soothsayers. A structured and enabled mess is still a mess. Most people are good or expert at a function, and only play the role of buyer periodically.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

Hiring top performers has always been the lifeblood of any sales organization. COVID has changed sales forever. The 3 most important questions that we need to address when making hiring decisions for a sales position are: Can the candidate effectively sell virtually? Virtual Selling Role Play. Your Hiring Process is Key.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 15, 2024

It’s no secret that sales reps are critical in driving revenue growth. Winning organizations understand that sales is a team effort, and sales teams need the right support to be successful. Of course, many teams support sellers throughout the sales cycle. What is sales enablement?

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

In business, it’s often assumed that a person who excels as a sales rep will also be successful as a sales manager. As such, top sales reps are often promoted to sales managers and left to find their way into their new roles. Even the most seasoned sales reps need proper training to be effective sales managers.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 11, 2024

There are prompts for “researching and understanding” any role you might be selling to. Hacks for structuring and measuring an entire sales organization. I try some prompt engineering beyond what’s recommended (I’ve gotten pretty good at that) and the result is MEH. Or any market or industry.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Sam Coit summed it up well with the comment, “Understanding how different roles think and feel allows us to better cater our approach and offer the most possible value.” It’s a series of questions focused on their roles, performance, changes/challenges, and their outlook about the future.

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Allego

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re involved in sales training , you know creating a training program is a multi-step and multi-person effort. For sales training to be effective, you must: Identify Specific Needs: This involves understanding the unique aspects of your product or service, the target market, and the skills or knowledge gaps within the sales team.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 19, 2024

Understand the Roles: Start by comprehensively understanding the specific roles and responsibilities within the organization. Develop Tailored Plans: Based on role-specific insights, develop customized onboarding plans. Martin is responsible for the ongoing marketing and branding efforts of The Jacobson Group.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most technology revenue teams include a sales enablement function, but its mission has been evolving over the last several years. Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers.

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Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Allego has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms. Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”.

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Force Management

DECEMBER 14, 2023

When executed well, your channel program will decrease the cost of a sale, improve reach into new markets, and grow overall seller capacity without increasing internal headcount. Increasing Channel Partner Productivity When it comes to channel sales, your ability to control the sales process is limited. What is our proof?

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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. The future isn’t AI versus your team; it’s AI empowering your team to redefine what’s achievable.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. What do these teams do?

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s not the first time you’ll hear this, and it’s not the last: training new sales reps is crucial. I’m the Director of Enablement at WorkRamp, with more than 12 years of experience in enablement, training, and sales operations. Related: How to Run Sales Trainings Your Reps Will Actually Enjoy.

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BuzzBoard

APRIL 10, 2024

The charm of these workflows lies in their flexibility, enabling agencies to customize messages, offers, and content to align with individual customer behaviors, preferences, and actions. For sales experts in digital marketing agencies, understanding these lead-nurturing workflows is integral to succeed in an aggressive landscape.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 17, 2022

I’m a huge fan of sales enablement and some of the outstanding sales enablement practitioners who I count as friends. I think, however, one of the biggest problems with sales enablement is not what they do, or the quality of the programs they develop. They were, however, struggling.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 26, 2024

It will enable you to progress through your working life in a way you may not have previously considered. The long-term benefit is that you can replicate the format as you add new roles, and the rest of the document will only require minor tweaks. Additionally, a well-written resume may lead to a desirable salary increase.

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BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

And thanks to technology that has become the chief enabler in this realm. AI-driven tools and automation streamline processes, allowing for the swift analysis of vast datasets to deliver content that resonates on a deeply personal level, increasing sales significantly. In 2024, the stakes are higher! Seems like rocket science?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In this blog you will gain insight into what a GTM team looks like, helpful tips to boost productivity within your go-to-market process, and technology you can use to align your teams and launch new products successfully. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? 5 Tips for a Productive Go-to-Market Team What is a Go-to-Market Strategy?

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BrainShark

JANUARY 31, 2024

Hey enablement pros. Recent corporate belt tightening has put sales-adjacent departments like sales enablement and marketing in the hot seat. The easiest way for enablement teams to prove their value to executive leadership is by connecting sales training to pipeline. What’s a CRM Scorecard?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A recent study we commissioned from a leading B2B research firm, surveying 120 global sales leaders, found an average 16% increase in win rate with one thing in common—sales enablement. Here are data-driven tips to come out of this challenging sales environment on top. So, how do you enable your sellers to succeed?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2024

As an aside, much of what we read about the challenges in many Boeing airplanes is the result of tolerance stack up errors on a massive scale. Any reader who was trained as an engineer or anyone with experience in assembling machines (or Ikea furniture) will recognize the Tolerance Stack Up Error. They are specified as Part 1, 1″ +/- 0.1″,

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 23, 2024

Benefitting from Top Talent The most prominent companies in the world often offer great pay benefits beyond what most others can offer. Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Outsourcing Strategy Can Help with Business Growth If you desire to rocket your business growth, there are numerous ways to do this.

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Allego

JANUARY 17, 2023

And that is so relevant to what I do every day with training, development, and learning. So, I continuously ask what else I can learn that I can pass on to other people. Episode 56: Developing Virtual Sales Confidence | Melissa Finnegan. Welcome to The Adapter’s Advantage : Breakthrough Moments that Lead to Success.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 20, 2022

The demand for sales roles only keeps growing. According to research published by HireDNA, sales roles shot up by 65% in 2021, totaling around 700,000 positions in the US alone. READY TO START A CAREER IN SALES? READY TO START A CAREER IN SALES? Be a Certified Professional HubSpot Sales Representative.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

Managers can help sales reps who are waiting for great leads to be passed along by the BDR team. This work pattern marks a big change from what reps may have done in the past. This aspect of the BDR’s workflow should be the focus of the sales manager’s attention. In 2024, 39.3% And they leave nothing to chance.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Imagine your sales team transforming overnight: Tasks that used to pile up are now checked off in record time. With AI, analytics turn into gold, and your sales approach is fine-tuned with precision. Welcome to the big leagues of sales enablement platforms. You’re in the right place.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Exploring the Role of AI in Facilitating Small Business Sales Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming the sales landscape, introducing efficient and effective sales techniques. It can particularly enhance small business sales a sector often overlooked, but critical to the economy. The outcome?

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement. In this comprehensive blog post, we will explore the significance of a robust GTM strategy and delve into the critical role of sales enablement in ensuring its successful execution.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement. In this comprehensive blog post, we will explore the significance of a robust GTM strategy and delve into the critical role of sales enablement in ensuring its successful execution.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s the same for sales and enablement teams. The key is knowing how AI-enhanced enablement can help. Revolutionize Sales Excellence with AI Watch Revolutionize Sales Excellence with AI to learn how to harness AI to develop sales reps’ skills, leverage Conversation Intelligence to optimize limited managerial time, and more.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 12, 2024

Far from its fictional representations, though, it actually has practical, useful and beneficial day-to-day applications in sales. Sales teams are already seeing AI streamline workflows, coach reps, optimize prospecting strategies and more. What is AI in sales?

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2023

One of the biggest mistakes I see sales managers, particularly new managers, make is the view, “I can do it better myself!” That’s part of the reason they’ve been moved into a leadership role. That’s part of the reason they’ve been moved into a leadership role. But that’s not the point!

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Allego

JANUARY 24, 2023

While the exact number ranges between 27% and 36%, depending on the survey, the message is clear: Sales reps spend the bulk of their day on activities that don’t directly generate revenue for your company. 4 Strategies to Increase Sales Rep Productivity 1. Allego research found sales teams have 5-13 tools in their technology stack.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Effective sales coaching can lead to a 28% increase in quota attainment and a 32% increase in win rates, Korn Ferry research revealed. However, a poll conducted by the firm found 80% of sales leaders said they have no formal, or have inconsistent, sales coaching processes. Technological barriers also play a role.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And many have turned to sales enablement. Related: What Is Sales Enablement? At Mindtickle, we recently commissioned a survey of 500+ sales leaders , sales reps, and sales-adjacent professionals to find out how they’re approaching sales enablement – and how that might change in the midst of a potential recession.

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Nutshell

MAY 11, 2023

You might be wondering, can you use AI for sales? Sales is a field that relies heavily on human interaction, but technology has always played a significant role in enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness. AI is one of the latest technologies that’s making a big impact on the world of sales. How can sales teams use AI?

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