Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. However, traditional coaching and training methods tend to fall flat because they take a one-size fits all approach that doesn’t fit the needs of each individual rep.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 28, 2020

Be the devil’s advocate as you study the promising aspects of new technology and before you blindly incorporate artificial intelligence. My Story: Study And Incorporate Artificial Intelligence. And corporate sales will always benefit from a professional sales staff that is trained to humanize the conversation.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Today’s sellers are dealing with the high expectations of savvy B2B buyers, decision-by-committee, disruptive technology, M&A, product innovations… and more. 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? What about sales training programs?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 31, 2023

Buyers were dependent on sellers to explain their products. These days, buyers are better informed. When it comes to sales training , however, sellers become clients. Here, we will discuss several keys for finding the right training partner. Today, sales organizations have a wide range of training from which to choose.

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Training Workbooks Face-to-face Lead Rank 62

The Digital Sales Institute

APRIL 2, 2020

In a world where it is increasingly difficult to separate out one offering from the next, sales training aligned to your buyers journey can be a key competitive advantage as it will allow you to deliver relevant experiences matched to each step along the process. Buyer Journey Questions. Where the Buyers Journey Begins.

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Allego

MARCH 30, 2023

Sales reps never seem to have enough days in the month for all the phone calls, emails, meetings they need to have with buyers. Sales training is one solution. This calls for innovative sales training ideas that are effective, engaging, and fit into your sellers’ busy schedules. 5 Sales Training Ideas to Drive Productivity 1.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 29, 2021

Now more than ever it is important to have some sales training ideas to engage the remote or home based salesperson. Salespeople now have to figure out how they can adapt to rapidly changing selling conditions, and sales training must match those challenges. The Importance of Sales Training. Sales Training Ideas to Try.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sales Training Programs Online. Sales training programs online could become the preferred delivery channel over the next few years. Online sales training has both advantages, disadvantages, and parity with the more traditional approach to upskilling salespeople. Sales Training Programs – Online.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nail Down Sequences: Build a series of touchpoints based on buyer personas and customer behavior. We increased the average number of qualified opportunities per SDR by 92% that year. We created these templates based on specific sequence stages and buyer persona research (more on that in the next section). The results?

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 28, 2013

I have continued to urge readers how important it is to sell using a consultative, buyer-focused methodology and a formal, structured sales process. What if buyers should dictate the process? What if we should sell the way buyers want to buy? What if I was wrong about what I''ve been writing? Want to know what happened?

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Allego

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This blog post originally appeared on the Training Industry website. Poorly trained sales reps hurt an organization’s bottom line with inefficient processes, difficulties connecting with prospects and challenges in closing deals. Studies have shown this approach boosts retention. Probably not much.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

7 Sales Negotiation Strategies to Close More Deals Sales Negotiating Training Example Sales Negotiating Training Program Work With Sales Enablement to Provide Negotiation Materials and Training What is Sales Negotiation? The aim is to find common ground that satisfies the needs and expectations of both the seller and the buyer.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

They then leverage research tools and market insights to pinpoint promising opportunities. Further, guiding prospects through the early stages of the buyer’s journey makes them essential to brand perception. This is accomplished by uncovering additional opportunities and cross-selling/up-selling to existing clients.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 27, 2019

Buyers demand more from sellers than ever before—and that’s just as true in manufacturing as it is for other industries. As the process buyers use to make purchase decisions continues to evolve, manufacturers need to change how they find and engage with the right buying influences. Their biggest mistake?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2021

Newsflash: buyer personas are useless. Or any of the other buyer personas you so carefully put together? Now that we’ve got your attention, we can come clean: buyer personas aren’t really useless. A buyer persona is one of the best tools your sales reps can use to close a deal. Or Mary from marketing?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. How do I really get to know my buyers if we can’t meet for coffee, a beer or a round of golf?”. Business buyers seem to feel the same way, so they’re not shopping around much for new vendors.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

The company’s analysts define this practice as follows. “… Contact multiple individuals inside a prospect account before concluding that there is no opportunity present.” Recent research, including our own , points to changed buyer behavior in the B2B process. Positive reinforcement and training can make a difference.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. While each generation brings its own set of preferences, demands, and expectations to the market, the report shows that younger buyers are much more likely to voice their dissatisfaction than previous generations.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Sales professionals and buyers alike have quickly accepted and adopted this new reality. In fact, in a recent McKinsey & Company study , 80% of B2B decision makers surveyed prefer a sales model where there are more “remote human interactions” or digital self-service instead of in-person. THE TOP BUYER EXPECTATIONS.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. Tips for adoption of social selling training. The four pillars of this training are: Harnessing the power of social networks effectively. Let’s embark on a journey towards social selling mastery!

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Sales Hacker

MAY 10, 2021

To create an effective and efficient sales funnel, your sales and customer support teams need to be well trained and in sync with each other. If they work together, they can combine their customer insights to help your business create a more accurate buyer persona. Opportunity to upsell and cross-sell. Source: Crazyegg.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 10, 2019

Using the same selling style with every buyer, however, can cause unintentional communication friction that frustrates buyers and ultimately drives them away. High-performing sales reps, on the other hand, are able to recognize a buyer’s personality type and adapt their own approach to be most effective.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

One proven way to avoid a sales mishap is to train your sales department and work with them to achieve common goals. Buyers like to shop from businesses they know and trust. Therefore, consider providing them with the requisite training and equipment to help increase sales. Inclusion Allies Coalition : “Everyone is welcome here.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. Buyers are searching for more information on their own. When buyers eventually do talk to your reps, those conversations will most often happen remotely. Buyers are interacting with content much further down the buying journey. Takeaway:

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To answer this question, let’s start with some data: According to the latest HubSpot Research Study , we found that 40% of businesses will miss revenue targets this year. While this year has knocked us all off-balance, opportunities for growth still exist. Our mission at HubSpot is to help millions of organizations grow better.

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MEDDIC

MAY 10, 2023

In this article, I will share a practical case study of using AI to write a MEDDIC email to the Economic Buyer. a prospect headquartered in NY, was looking into a sales training program. a prospect headquartered in NY, was looking into a sales training program. We look forward to the opportunity to speak with you soon.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It’s hard for sales organizations to stand out in the market—and it’s especially challenging to engage buyers who have progressed significantly down the purchase cycle before ever engaging sellers for input. Less than one-third of buyers find that one seller outshines the rest, according to the CSO Insights 2018 Buyer Preferences Study.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

All by now have implemented virtual sales training or online sales training programs that have had a better impact on sellers’ behavior than a face-to-face training session ever was able to achieve. Is Online Sales Training Effective? Virtual training workshops just had a stigma.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Sellers today face a huge challenge when engaging prospective buyers: apathy. Most buyers—70%—wait to engage a seller until after they’ve finalized their needs and are ready to move forward with a solution. Buyers’ delayed engagement of sellers is the result of what we call the buyer apathy loop. Meaningful interactions.

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Mindtickle

MAY 10, 2022

Sales training and coaching are often reserved for new hires and low performers, with the rest of your team getting a brief refresher during your annual sales kickoff. But according to the Sales Management Association, only 30% of sales managers rate their sales training as “effective” for improving low performers.

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Ideal Customer Profile Training Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Sales professionals and buyers alike have quickly accepted and adopted this new reality. In fact, in a recent McKinsey & Company study , 80% of B2B decision makers surveyed prefer a sales model where there are more “remote human interactions” or digital self-service instead of in-person. THE TOP BUYER EXPECTATIONS.

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Sales Enablement Buyer Hiring Face-to-face 52

Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s not the first time you’ll hear this, and it’s not the last: training new sales reps is crucial. But the most vital thing to remember is that training isn’t just for onboarding. Ongoing training and continuous development are crucial to a rep’s and an organization’s success. Training isn’t just for onboarding.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 11, 2020

According to the 2019 B2B Buyers Survey published by DemandGen Report, buying committees continue to grow. Moreover, recent Gartner research shows 77% of buyers agree purchases have become very complex and difficult. Moreover, recent Gartner research shows 77% of buyers agree purchases have become very complex and difficult.

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Buyer B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 64

The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Sales training topics that actually get results can be challenging to nail down. Still, research shows that expertise, talent, and the sales experience remains the top reason buyers choose a supplier. Then most aspects of sales training become clear: build the program around deep industry insights and sales force expertise.

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HeavyHitter Sales

APRIL 7, 2013

Over the past year I’ve had the opportunity to interview several hundred business-to-business salespeople about how they win-over prospective clients and the circumstances when they lose. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren’t experienced with purchasing products. Other Steve W.

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