Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 29, 2023

The truth about salespeople who are reluctant to prospect boils down to two things: First, they are reluctant to prospect because past attempts resulted in failure. Second, they don’t know what to say to prospects. Prospecting reluctance can be the silent killer of sales careers.

Prospecting 62

Prospecting Hiring Face-to-face Pipeline 62

The Pipeline

JANUARY 25, 2022

So, I think it is important to plan how you upgrade your current account base, and potential targets. Sometimes the best hunting is in your own pond, growing your margin requires replacing, and upgrading current accounts. The driving question being how do I take a territory from a 20% margin base, to 25%?

Margin 188

Margin Commission Territories Negotiation 188

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. Wing was able to lean on ZoomInfo’s Chorus conversation intelligence solution and its SalesOS platform to analyze successful deals and perform lightning-fast research on her new territory and team. Luckily for her, that era is over.

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Analysis Territories Scale SalesForce 130

SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

Step 2: Identify Training Needs and the Training Program. Your training program should incorporate different modalities, topics and methods. Training should be focused on helping your sales reps identify prospects and close deals. Training can take place in a classroom setting, via LMS, mobile applications, etc.

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Training Buyer Persona Hiring How To 282

Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Key account management is another great area for AI A second opportunity for AI is in key account management (and upselling.) and free up time for managers to coach the reps on how to add more value in their territory for better outcomes.” Paul : Another great area for the application of AI in my view is key account management.

Conversion 195

Conversion Amdocs Territories Forecasting 195

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.

Hiring 119

Hiring Training Hubspot Inbound 119

criteria for success

APRIL 7, 2021

If you're in the market for some DIY sales management training, you've come to the right place. It's important to remember that everyone could use some training from time to time, even once they have advanced to a leadership position. In fact, it probably indicates that now is a great time to consider new ideas, training, and so on.

Sales Management 85

Sales Management Training Journal Forecasting 85

Sandler Training

AUGUST 22, 2019

In sales, we all bundle our accounts, clients and prospects, into logical groupings to add clarity and understanding to our efforts. We use vertical categories, assembling together our healthcare, consumer products, technology accounts, and others.

Account 53

Account Territories Consumer Groups 53

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

A prospective client had a 3×5 card, generally with their business card stapled to it, and this was used to keep track of activities. Of course, things can get complicated when you are juggling 100’s of clients, prospects, and active deals. More and better prospects. Who owns what account? Rep training.

CRM 71

CRM Revenue Company Hiring 71

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance. ITServices.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

Sandler Training

AUGUST 22, 2019

In sales, we all bundle our accounts, clients and prospects, into logical groupings to add clarity and understanding to our efforts. We use vertical categories, assembling together our healthcare, consumer products, technology accounts, and others.

Account 46

Account Territories Consumer Groups 46

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. Time management. Technology use. Relationship building. Effective communication. Negotiation.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Training Negotiation Buyer 52

LeadFuze

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Navigate these waters with ease – join us as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sales training podcasts. Welcome aboard as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sails training podcasts. What is the podcast about sales prospecting? Ready to set sail? How do I start a sales podcast?

Training 52

Training Webinar Metrics Industry Resources 52

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

These cover things like comp/metrics, training, forecasts, hiring, sometimes even coaching. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process. As sellers, we have to manage our territories and accounts. We have to do the whole job.

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Survey Hiring Territories Incentives 93

Score More Sales

JANUARY 10, 2013

A big win for your sales team would be to find more prospective customers and start listening to what they are saying. Set up (or finally start using) your Twitter account – you should have done this already. They just set a first meeting with this prospect company who earlier would not interact with them.

InsideView 249

InsideView Research Prospecting Eloqua 249

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. Some examples are: ‘Friends’ within the customer/prospect.

Sales Qualified Lead 120

Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Territories 120

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.

Pipeline 212

Pipeline Territories Harvest Cold Calling 212

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 24, 2018

Author: Tim Riesterer Most training and learning efforts are based on clusters of competencies, supported by a curriculum or catalog that gets scheduled on interest and availability. And then think about how well your training program can or can’t respond to them. In the old days, training was primarily an offline activity.

Territories 185

Territories Margin Training Pipeline 185

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.

Ideal Customer Profile 84

Ideal Customer Profile Study Sales Cycle Top of Funnel 84

Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

You can think of training and enablement programs as similar waves along a continuum. The first wave in training and enablement is represented by traditional Learning Paths , the original development programs. The Second Wave: Territory Plans. The First Wave: Learning Paths.

Sales Enablement 105

Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Territories Top of Funnel 105

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Training: Have you given your team the right training? Some people just need the right information and training to become more productive. If budgets are tight, have your superstars conduct mini trainings. Don’t do a territory redesign project without knowing exactly who you’re targeting.

Top of Funnel 296

Top of Funnel Territories Scale Segment 296

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

Webinar Metrics 193

Webinar Metrics Pipeline Strategy Prospecting 193

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

One of the managers on the call told this story, “I went to the university and got all sorts of training that was very powerful (he was getting a degree in computer science), the problem was, I had a lot of knowledge, but it didn’t help me much in doing my job. Effective prospecting will vary.

Sales Enablement 88

Sales Enablement Territories Face-to-face Maximizer 88

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2013

To make matters worse, everybody in the planning sessions (finance, product, training, HR) has never made a number. 1 — Customers & Prospects: The most important thing is your customer/prospect. 2 — Rep and Manager Skills: You are debating what training you should do at your Q1 sales kickoff. The buyers are busy.

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Territories Compensation Buyer Google 308

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. Best Practices During the Sales Onboarding Process 1) Invest time and effort into training This is probably the most obvious aspect of onboarding, but also arguably the most important one.

Hiring 62

Hiring Sales Talent Compensation Lead Rank 62

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2023

Instead, it is information sharing or an update on something–perhaps a deal, an account, the pipeline. As much as we might train managers in being better coaches, as you would expect, if we aren’t constantly coaching and developing their capabilities, they and we will fail.

Coaching 62

Coaching Lead Rank Territories Face-to-face 62

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 19, 2020

For example, as sales people, we may look at territory or account management, prospecting, managing opportunities through the buying cycle, call planning/meeting management, pipeline management/forecasting, administrative functions, time management, training/learning and so forth. Many avoid prospecting.

Territories 73

Territories Maximizer Buying Cycle Pivotal 73

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.

Hiring 52

Hiring Training Sales Enablement Case Study 52

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Most sales managers will tell you it involves three fundamental steps: Hire the best-qualified candidates; train them; and compensate for results. Let’s take a closer look: Deploying sales resources: Should the sales team be deployed by geographical territories? Building a successful sales force is not easy. By vertical?

Hiring 145

Hiring Top of Funnel Compensation Territories 145

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the HubSpot Blog's recent survey of over 500 sales professionals, we tried to see what sales leaders hope to achieve when training reps and the top sales coaching tactics they use to get there — and our survey produced some interesting insight on both fronts. Internal Training Sessions and Coaching. And finally, 37.8%

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Sales Coaching Coaching Hiring Survey 113

The Pipeline

JUNE 20, 2016

One offered up that he only wants to hire A players, “people who do not want to prospect all their career”. For context, this VP had a team of SDR’s and account managers. Before I could jump in, the other VP asked “what do you mean, prospecting is a key skill for A players.” We’re All The Same At The Start.

Hiring 198

Hiring Referrals Territories Prospecting 198

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There is training, enhancing their skills in engaging customers. There are meetings to develop and execute strategies to respond to specific customer and prospect issues. Look at typical pipeline, deal, prospecting, territory, account reviews. Sellers have responsibilities outside just engaging customers.

CRM 129

CRM Proposal Maximizer Up-Sell 129

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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ROI Pipeline Training Twitter 243

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. Prospecting.

Training 75

Training Top of Funnel Sales Methodology Distribution 75

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The more mature a business gets, and the more complex the prospective customer’s needs are, the more challenging it is to maintain that speedy response and personalized touch. Lead routing helps make sure the right prospects reach the right people, and at the right time, saving your business time and resources. Want more insight?

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 100

PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

As such, your prospective employees will judge whether your company can be a good fit. 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. Let’s dig in.

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Commission Salary Margin Scale 52

The Pipeline

JUNE 13, 2012

I have written before about the tendency for many sales VP’s to say they don’t see the need to skills train their reps because their team has 15 plus years of experience. There does come a point when sales people establish themselves at a company, in a territory, and they go into cruise control.

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Territories Government Discount Account 267