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

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? This is unexplored territory?—?and

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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. Inflection point. Inflection point.

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The #1 Reason Why New Sales Managers Fail

Steven Rosen

Why New Sales Managers Fail. Are you a new sales manager , or have you just been promoted into a sales manager role? I am going to share the number one reason why new sales managers fail. Time and time again companies promote their best sales reps into managerial roles. Certainly, many new sales managers fail.

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How to optimize your sales training investment

Sales Training Connection

Sales Training Investment. How much money are companies spending on sales training? As reported in a research report by Sales Performance International – “In the United States alone, industry estimates for corporate expenditures on sales training and performance improvement are more than 5 billion dollars annually.”

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to 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.

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Build a Top Performing Sales Team in 2016

The Brooks Group

Great sales teams don’t just happen. Sales is the heartbeat of your organization and it’s important to invest in the right people. Hiring mistakes can cost you missed sales opportunities and management time in addition to salary and administrative expenses. They are carefully built. Improve the players you already have.

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AJ’s story – and the Split of Outbound and Inbound Sales Development

DiscoverOrg Sales

Anthony Johnson wasn’t the first Sales Development Representative (SDR) to learn this lesson the hard way. In the fall of 2015, the young sales rep was burned out, disheartened, failing to meet his quota, and on the verge of losing his job. Sales is hard. How effective is your sales team? An SDR team in transition.

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