SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The emergence of the Customer Success Professional is an existential threat to account managers. As you create your headcount plan for 2019, you’re starting to think of how to cover your accounts, and whether you need Account Managers, Customer Success.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The train is in the station. So while I say train… it’s not a one-off, it has many trips. Read more in Forbes’ article or watch the video on their website. Barker The post Don’t Get Left Behind: The Ecosystem-Led Marketing Train appeared first on GTMnow. The tracks are laid. All aboard! Have a great weekend ahead.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2017

In this month’s guest post, Tim Hughes discusses social media offenses and how account-based selling teams can avoid them. Account-based sales reps know better than to treat people that way in real life, so why treat people that way on social media? Maybe some training might help? You’re hosting a dinner party at your home.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Sales leaders should identify the skills needed to achieve sales goals and provide training and resources to develop those skills. Eliminating time-sucking activities and prioritizing training and coaching are essential for creating a continuous learning and development culture.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. In this article, find the ethical concerns and best practices for using AI. Thoughtful execution ensures AI can be trained correctly. But how do you do that ethically?

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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In this brief article, we’ll look at two powerful resources that can keep sales teams (and sales leaders) on track: the KARE profiling system and the Pursuit Navigator tool – both of which were created by Sandler. The post Two Keys to Success in Large Territory Account Management appeared first on Sandler Training.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 27, 2013

This article is about retaining ''A'' player talent by developing new skills. Providing simple sales training is easy. Training is your responsibility as a sales leader. Don’t leave it to L&D, the training department, or a 3 rd party. There are many reasons why sales training efforts fail. You own it.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Evaluating the skills needed for future success and providing ongoing coaching and training are essential for building a high-performing sales team. Full Episode Article Welcome to the Sales Leadership Awakening Podcast, where we tackle the challenge of bridging the knowing and doing gap in sales leadership.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Between newsletters, blog article announcements, marketing and spam, we spend too much of our day deleting emails that we don’t consider MUST READ and unsubscribing from those we don’t want.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I found it challenging to write this article. The company that provides us with cyber-insurance required that our entire team watch a series of 21 training videos to make us more aware of how hackers operate, how easy it is to be hacked, and what we must do differently in order to protect our data, privacy and accounts.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 13, 2022

It took me a while, but I have now created a standardized system for training businesses on the best use of Nimble CRM. A couple of years ago, with encouragement from others, I embarked on creating a complete online training course for Nimble CRM. Training is conducted during Zoom meetings of one to two hour sessions each.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 11, 2013

One challenge is to close more key accounts. Here’s how: Add the " L ook-to-Book" ratio to your key account Win/Loss Analysis. Go here to read Greg Alexander’s recent article on this useful metric. He can ensure his top salespeople attend key account sales calls. What’s the “Look-to-Book” Ratio?

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Sandler Training

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Many of you reading this article right now have a team (or teams) of people that report to you in some form or another. The post The Accountability Triple Crown – Tuning In To Why Accountability Is So Hard! appeared first on Sandler Training. or does it? or does it?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

Sales leaders can drive revenue and achieve long-term success by avoiding the trap of rescuing and focusing on coaching and accountability. “The goal of the sales leader is to create self-managing people.” Self-awareness and assertiveness are key skills for holding salespeople accountable.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

One of the VP’s said he was not happy with the impact of the corporate training program that he was mandated to use. I asked him what they were doing to sustain their excellent training. I asked him, “what sustainment components did the supplier provide to ensure the managers could take the great training and apply it in the field?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. Among all of the important articles this month is mine on The Top 5 Reasons Salespeople Fail to Meet Quota and the Common Link to All 5 Reasons.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 24, 2022

At Your Accounting Firm. NOTE: Our collaborative Blog asks and provides insights on ‘Four Ways To Achieve Greater Success At Your Accounting Firm.’. Accordingly, the tips below apply to accounting firms plus most businesses that desire to learn how to achieve greater success. At Your Accounting Firm. Pexels Image.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

Summary Video Article: Title: “Building an Execution Framework for Sales Success.” This article will explore the importance of execution in sales and provide a simple yet powerful framework for achieving execution excellence. It also creates a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the organization.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

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? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2024

In today’s article, I introduce my first innovation of 2023, the Sales Goals Grid, but first, some context and the back story! Those goals determine what your earnings must be and earnings will dictate the revenue you must generate, number of new accounts you must close, and the activities required to accomplish that.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Helen emphasizes the need for accountability, tough love in leadership, and the value of introducing oneself to the team. Instead of relying solely on job titles, sales teams should identify individuals accountable for solving the problems their product or service addresses. Holding people accountable is an act of love.

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Force Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This post is an extension of the Ten Reasons Why Our Sales Training Is Different. Read the original article to learn more about why our process equips our customers to achieve lasting results. Leverage virtual executive meetings to ensure managers and team leaders are equipped to make an impact before, during and after training.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Evaluating the skills needed for future success and providing ongoing coaching and training are essential for building a high-performing sales team. The interactive podbook below contains videos, audio, articles, summaries, transcripts, and YouTube shorts from this podcast episode. “The world is moving faster.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 23, 2020

Companies today purchase the latest and greatest sales technology, provide minimal training, and then wonder why it’s not adopted across the board. If clients ask me to train their sales teams on referral selling with no strategy, no metrics, no accountability, and no coaching, I walk. Yes, you read that right.

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criteria for success

MARCH 30, 2022

Use this outline to help you get good coaching training. As a coach, you build relationships with your team and a big part of your coaching training is learning when to challenge and when to support others. Learning how to facilitate these interactions is a key part of sales coaching training. The Coaching Process.

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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?” Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. In this scenario, they might have minimal leads, and the founder can handle and close accounts, while they perfect their Go-to-Market strategy. .

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Sales training accounts for less than one-third of what you should be doing to enable sales. If your sales enablement initiative is not having a big enough impact, it could be because of the common mistake made by companies to confuse training with enablement. Sales Training vs Sales Enablement. Just to give you an idea.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 20, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I was asked to comment on an article called The End of Solution Selling , which appeared in Harvard Business Review. The article was generally right on, but it also included several things that irritated me enough to question them and the article.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

The interactive podbook below contains videos, audio, articles, summaries, transcripts, and YouTube shorts from this podcast episode. This thought leadership article will explore the key takeaways from a podcast featuring Brandon Nye, Vice President of Sales for Inmode.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 6, 2024

In addition, they highlight the importance of enhancing commitment and accountability through communication strategies that promote initiative and team success. Reversing the traditional approach of having the manager write the action plan can increase commitment and accountability.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 30, 2013

Sales Training IIWII Article Series: Milestones By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is part of the IIWII series; read last week's article here. Large Accounts b. National Accounts c. New accounts d. Renewals e.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Brainshark Named Best Training Solution in 2019 Golden Bridge Awards. Brainshark’s suite of sales readiness solutions was named a gold (highest-level) winner in the “Best Product: Training” category – recognized for fostering better-prepared, results-driven sales forces. . Brainshark , Inc., September 26, 2019 — Brainshark, Inc.,

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Training during the last 15+ months [10:43]. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [28:12].

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BrainShark

MARCH 29, 2022

The right customer service training software can help you onboard agents faster, track their learning progress, and ensure they always have access to relevant information for resolving client issues quickly. There’s usually no short, practical training for solving specific client problems on the spot. Articulate.

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InsightSquared

AUGUST 28, 2019

Startups are built from the ground up and one of the major stepping stones is promoting an environment of accountability among your sales reps to properly input data and to follow sales best practices. Creating a dashboard for your 1:1s with your reps is also crucial to hold reps accountable to properly update their pipeline.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

After I moved all of the legitimate and very illegitimate emails into trash, I identified 26 emails – all from yesterday – that were cold solicitations from BDRs, account managers, customer service reps, marketing reps, and even CEOs. Here is a link to self-directed online sales training that will make you better on the phone.

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LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 8, 2019

If your primary marketing strategy has been to “cast a wide net”, consider only going after your white whales – your ideal accounts – instead. Known as account-based marketing (ABM), companies that treat individual prospects like an entire market can generate 208% more revenue than those who don’t according to MarketingProfs.

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