Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated. In this blog post, we’ll outline the unique challenges faced in pharmaceutical sales training and provide practical solutions. What are some challenges in pharmaceutical sales training?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Imagine my surprise when I read Jim Dickie’s Sales Mastery post that showed that 1/3 of sales executives surveyed said that sub-optimal sales manager coaching is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives. Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). When you're creating a new-hire training plan, remember a few things : Keep your training plan personalized, because no two reps are the same. Pre-week training. Product Training.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Imagine my surprise when I read Jim Dickie’s Sales Mastery post that showed that 1/3 of sales executives surveyed said that sub-optimal sales manager coaching is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives. Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In addition, BDRs play a crucial role in account growth by building and deepening relationships within existing accounts. This includes lead handoff criteria, territory ownership, and commission structures, which can undermine collaboration and cohesion. This can limit their ability to influence purchasing decisions.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 5, 2018

Strategy #4 is have your sales reps develop their own territory business plans. We start with what are your three critical factors for success for your territory and then I look at the customers and say; Where do you think your business is going to come from? You are hitting all your objectives and are highly successful.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Some think great sellers are born , but more often than not, they’re made through virtual sales training, teaching, practice, and support. Below we outline 10 skills your sales team can develop with help from a virtual sales training platform. Objection handling. Objection handling. Time management. Technology use.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Imagine my surprise when I read Jim Dickie’s Sales Mastery post that showed that 1/3 of sales executives surveyed, said that sub-optimal sales manager coaching is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018. Are you concerned that your sales managers coaching is a barrier to achieving your revenue objectives in 2018?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Imagine my surprise when I read Jim Dickie’s Sales Mastery post that showed that 1/3 of sales executives surveyed, said that sub-optimal sales manager coaching is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018. Are you concerned that your sales managers coaching is a barrier to achieving your revenue objectives in 2018?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 6, 2018

In that video, I talked about the impact of sales reps planning their own territory and building their own plans for their business and for their accounts. Step 4: Individual Accountability for Development. is really about your salespeople and managers holding themselves accountable for their own development.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

That gives you an objective method for avoiding bias in your evaluation. Here are two suggestions: Provide additional training. Target marketing dollars in their territory to generate more leads and give them a boost. Failure to improve, or implement coaching. What skills does the new hire still need the most work on?

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 20, 2018

Here are a few tips: Divide your territory in a way that makes sense. One of the first steps to effective territory management is to have a concrete view of current customers, potential customers, competitors’ activity, and the location of all of these. Have primary and secondary objectives. MTD Sales Training.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here’s what we’re going to cover: Salesforce objects. Data Governance & Salesforce Objects. Whether your selling model is transactional, self-service, enterprise, or a combination of these, you will need to set up some objects in Salesforce that support the sales and eventual retention strategies of your business.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many companies tend to underestimate the importance of guidance, training, and support for their new hires, and that tends to be detrimental. Ask questions like, “How would you handle a customer’s price objections?” Simulations add some much-needed objectivity to the interview process. Will they be good at the job, or not?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Is my talent aligned to accomplish this objective? Do I have my talent in the right place and on the right accounts? Build out a plan for training them and turning them into ‘A’ Players ASAP. ‘A’ Are they in the right territories? Explore Accountabilities – Do your sales team members have the qualities (e.g.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense. This concern applies to coverage for existing accounts, or harvesting the new business opportunities.

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

These lines are just some examples of common objections sales professionals hear time and again from prospects. And while deflections and rejections come with the territory of sales, that doesn’t mean simply giving up on a hard-earned prospect who throws up a wall. Ninety-five percent of the objections I hear aren’t real.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

High-performing sales teams are twice as likely to provide ongoing training to reps than low performing teams. A sales performance management plan adds structure and accountability to your training process. Communicate objectives to your team and get their buy-in. Allows sales reps to build their skills.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Here's why: He said to hire for characteristics and train for competencies. And when we train for competencies, that should be fine-tuning, not wholesale development. According to Objective Management Group's endless source of data, sales managers possess, on average, only 45% of the attributes of an effective sales coach.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 29, 2023

Key takeaway: Account executive Varenya Penna uses wins and learnings from her BDR-to-AE journey to create the 90-day SDR-to-AE guide she wishes she’d had. to being an account executive who’s closed more than 70 logos — I would say I have grown quite a lot professionally. Starting your journey from SDR to AE? my mom asked me.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There is training, enhancing their skills in engaging customers. We train people in how to use the tools, but provide them little understanding on “Why” the tools are important and how they help them improve their productivity. Look at typical pipeline, deal, prospecting, territory, account reviews.

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Showpad

JANUARY 8, 2021

If your new hires didn’t have direct sales experience (or highly relevant experience in a similar field, like account management), you most likely wouldn’t have brought them on in the first place. The post Sales Onboarding: 5 Foolproof Steps for Training New Sales Reps appeared first on Showpad.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This plan serves as a roadmap, outlining clear objectives, targeted customer segments, and actionable tactics to drive sales and promote brand awareness. Marketing Plan Template: The Essential Components An effective marketing plan outlines a business’s strategies and tactics to achieve its marketing objectives.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This plan serves as a roadmap, outlining clear objectives, targeted customer segments, and actionable tactics to drive sales and promote brand awareness. Marketing Plan Template: The Essential Components An effective marketing plan outlines a business’s strategies and tactics to achieve its marketing objectives.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

With training and coaching to support the development of critical sales skills, organizations can equip their sellers to close more and bigger deals, all while ensuring time with buyers is well-spent. Objection Handling. Territory Management. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. Communication.

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Lessonly

MARCH 16, 2020

How does sales training software simplify your long-term training efforts? However, if we start with the end in mind and then work backwards, we can objectively understand where we need to be and when. The companies with the best sales training programs understand this concept. They set their own sales training agenda.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 18, 2018

This could involve seeing their territory sales improve, helping a new product through its launch or possibly farming an account for new business. MTD Sales Training. appeared first on MTD Sales Training. One of the key motivational drivers for many salespeople is the desire for advancement and growth. Happy Selling!

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Every day there are new sales people stepping into new jobs, often into underperforming territories, and they not only make a go of it, but thrive. While attitude is important, and can be adopted and some say trained. What differentiates the two? What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto. Sales Process sell better Tibor Shanto'

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 13, 2015

After having sat through various sales training seminars, workshops to 2 day learning engagements, I realized that the majority shared this common presumption that was a barrier to increase sales. Being human beings and being focused on one objective such as learning specific sales skills, we overlook the obvious. Share on Facebook.

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Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve been professionally selling for about 20 years and delivering formal sales training for approximately 8 of them. I’ve bought and sold a lot of training over the years and have seen it have a significant impact on results and I have seen it fall completely flat. How to Approach Sales Training. Old School vs. New School.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. Companies have shown selectivity with other training or development programs. Given that, why train them?

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 24, 2011

This post addresses one used by companies across industries faced with a similar challenge: Put in place Key Account Executives (KAEs) who are responsible and accountable for the entire business development effort for the larger and more diverse set opportunities represented in the “new” hospital or hospital group. Some Sales 2.0

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

Key Metrics for Measuring Effectiveness Measuring the effectiveness of your business development strategy starts with identifying your goals and objectives. This can reveal areas that need improvement and suggest potential remedies, like sales training and coaching. The value of a customer is not only the amount an account brings in.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 19, 2013

Sales training. Sales leaders rely too heavily on comp and training to solve sales problems. For example, when asked for funds to train sales reps, ask for an objective. If you hear something like, “grow 20% in Enterprise Accounts in the US”, decline. Both are critically important. Root cause. An Example.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

Territory volume Territory volume is a commission paid off based on revenue from a specific region. Residual commission This commission “resides” for as long as client accounts are alive and well. Here is how a residual commission works: a marketing firm receives a large monthly client account that generates $5k in revenue.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

This type of plan may include hiring and onboarding followed by sales training plans — or plans to introduce a new method of sales activity into your existing processes. This can include training on product features and benefits, sales techniques, objection handling, and customer relationship management.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Check the hiring profile to see if it is still looking for Account Managers with relationship-building skills. Will a focus on training and coaching be undermined? Suppose HR and Sales have built great training and coaching materials. Or, the sales force has been trained on using social media in selling. Call to Action.

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