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In the Age of AI, Training Is More Critical Than Ever

Sales and Marketing Management

Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? from CRM, sales performance management solutions, sales enablement, CPQ and other sales-related applications. The first step toward sales AI success will be taken not by salespeople, but rather by sales ops and the IT pros determining the right data to train the system.

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A 2026 excursion to the future of sales training

Sales Training Connection

Sales Training – 2026. As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. The presentation was developed as a comparison to what is happening in 2026 versus ten years earlier in 2016. Let’s tune in and listen to what Dr. Beckett has to say.

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The Second Dimension of Learning Goals for Sales Training Initiatives

The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

I also mentioned that formulating Learning Goals at sophistication levels three (apply) and higher is necessary but not sufficient for Sales Training Initiatives having a sustainable impact on sellers’ performance. For sales tool training, level 3 is sufficient. However not all tasks need the full proficiency level.

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Top 10 sales management books every sales manager must read

Salesmate

Published – May 2016. Published – June 2016. Published – January 2016. Trish Bertuzzi is one of the world’s leading experts on sales training and development. Published – November 2016. Published – April 2016. Get this sales management book on Amazon. Author – David Brock.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team

Steven Rosen

Annually spending by companies: Sales training $20 billion on sales training. Sales management training a few $100 million. We see this in times of recession when companies scale back on training, sales automation tools, and support materials. While training is often accepted as productive, it rarely is.

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Disruption of an Industry: The Amazing Story of Pipeliner CRM

Pipeliner

Pipeliner is a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) product of which Founder and CEO, Nikolaus Kimla, is extremely proud of. It was and is the first CRM product developed to actually empower salespeople—prior to Pipeliner, a CRM was intended to control salespeople (and in many cases still is).

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.