SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Before the year is over, he’s back in the field or on the street. This role confusion doesn’t stop at the manager level. Frequently, the top manager gets the nod for the VP of Sales. However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. This can have catastrophic consequences.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Effective and speedy responses to customer inquiries can significantly affect customer satisfaction. Front-line service departments like sales and support thrive when they receive a substantial number of calls daily. But do sales representatives really know how to pitch their products and services to potential clients?

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Allego

JANUARY 8, 2021

In episode 17, sales management authority Frank Cespedes explores how the pandemic has impacted sales training, what sales managers need to know about the new selling environment, and the biggest trends in sales learning. It has significant impacts on sales management.” — Frank Cespedes.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Sales managers. A few years ago we published a blog on the importance of sales managers assessing their prior year’s performance and incorporating the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. A good starting point is to reflect on their past performance as a sales manager.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 16, 2021

As we know, sales is a very communicative role that often requires in-person conversations to build relationships and read body language. And having business development calls or sales team meetings from the kitchen table while family members are whirling around isn’t an ideal work environment. Video Conferencing Service .

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Allego

MARCH 2, 2021

Read on for four key takeaways from their discussion and some helpful ideas on how sales leaders can successfully coach in a virtual environment. What is surprising is the disconnect between sales managers’ intent in the coaching they provide and the way sales reps receive that coaching.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Sales people don’t use a sales process for one reason: It doesn’t help them sell. It’s not buyer centric, can’t help the rep anticipate what the customer is thinking and not used by the Sales VP. There are a couple key must actions that ensure post training adoption: Get Your Customers Involved. Attack all angles.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Before the end of the day, you need to make 100 calls. Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. Now all you need is a cold call script. And not just any script … the best cold call script ever. What is a cold call? What is the purpose of cold calling?

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CommercialTribe

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Adam and Kelly connect for a pre-call prep session. It’s not that Adam doesn’t know how his company’s capabilities differ from the competition, he’s just having a hard time articulating which business initiatives would lead a prospective customer to select his company. So, how can sales leaders help? Tuesday, 11:45 am.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What is B2B Sales Training?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. AI is no longer a construct of the future. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. 18% of sales professionals use AI for content creation, making it the most popular use case.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

For many leaders, when we hear the term remote sales management, our blood pressure starts to rise. Sales teams are hard enough to manage already, let alone remotely.". Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy. There is no need to fear.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 17, 2021

Successful sales can tell your prospect’s story through your product. Your script may call for plenty of well-deployed statistics, case studies, or social proof of your product’s worth. The takeaway Your reps should always look to ease into a call with a few minutes of small talk. The subject is hardly important.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Yet, neglecting it might be what’s holding your team back. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

We had lots of fun constructing them with our friends, and then seeing how far apart we could get and still hear each other. It’s called FOMO—fear of missing out. Your Sales Career Is at Risk Technology addiction isn’t just bad for your personal relationships. Remember the tin-can phones we made as children?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

Sales efficiency can be tricky to calculate in some cases. It might be that not all of your revenue is a direct result of your immediate sales and marketing investments. Sales efficiency makes you take a good, hard look at everything that's going into your sales efforts. How to Calculate Sales Efficiency.

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Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2023

In today’s constantly evolving business landscape, staying current on the latest Customer Relationship Management (CRM) trends and insights is critical. 2) 44% of customers ignore unprepared sales pitches Sales teams aren’t the only ones that were affected by the pandemic, but buyers too.

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I’m not just talking about discounting or sweetening the deal, but compromising your personal values and integrity by taking on a customer who you know simply isn’t a fit. Here’s my story, and the valuable lesson I learned that everyone in sales can relate to. I then asked the final question I had for this call.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Problems with sales coaching aka what NOT to do 1.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Veronika Riederle , Co-Founder & CEO at Demodesk , a customer meeting platform company she launched in 2018 that’s bringing in seven figures with a global hybrid remote team. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast. powered by Sounder. Let’s thank our sponsors.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 16, 2020

In 2016, the NBA’s Sacramento Kings completed construction and moved to Golden 1 Center, a state-of-the-art indoor arena complex in an emerging lifestyle, entertainment, and retail neighborhood in Sacramento, known locally as DOCO, or Downtown Commons. It’s hardly surprising then that the Kings sales organization is big on technology tools.

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2020

You need cold hard data, and your sales CRM must capture all necessary information on the deals closed by your reps. To improve your sales effectiveness and make informed data-backed decisions, you need to conduct sales analysis regularly. All of these aspects enable you to optimize your sales process.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training is the process of developing and fine-tuning the skills of sales professionals and managers by increasing their understanding of their buyers, modernizing their approach to the sales process, and equipping them with strategies, techniques, and technology that top performers use to achieve sales success.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A sales pipeline is a representation of the stages that prospects go through as they become customers. A sales order pipeline is a series of stages that prospects progress through as they become customers. This is a lead who has more potential to become a customer than others. There is six steps in total.

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Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 14, 2020

Some of the advice will be supported by “data,” a survey used to prove the idea, even if it is weak, poorly constructed, and taken out of context. The contacts you call on may not yet recognize a threat to their business or an opportunity that is available to them. You can call this “the relevance test.”

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2019

What makes a good sales presentation? It ends with a strong call-to-action. Hate the thought of doing sales presentations ? But the best reps have sales presentations down pat, even if it’s not their favorite activity. The best sales reps know that when done right , sales presentations are a high-earning skill.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2019

For example, your sales reps can ensure their contact details are completely filled out. As a sales manager, you can use data in your CRM to see how your team is performing. How long is the typical sales cycle for your reps? As a sales manager, you'll want to work with your marketing team to generate leads.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The expectation to Always Be Closing: Sales teams often operate under the belief that the customer or prospect always comes first, even when it means the wellbeing of the sales rep takes the back seat. Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas.

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Building a new sales strategy in the face of a recovering economy is even more exciting when you’ve got a new or revamped product or a slew of new features to give to your customers. You have the product in hand, but without a high-quality sales strategy, it won’t attain the success it was made for.

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 21, 2019

The language adopted by marketing to communicate with customers is also often different from the jargon used by sales. Separate customer messaging. However, the ultimate dilemma with misaligned departments is that sales and marketing can’t fully understand the customer and provide an amazing customer experience.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Mary: “Before I got into sales, my field was going to be teaching, but I ended up getting a sales job. Then there were opportunities for me to do training, before it was called sales enablement. I taught other people what I knew from my sales role and then went back in the field again.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 29, 2013

Like these other feelings, our body’s reaction to the feeling of fear manifests in a variety of ways; an elevated pulse or heart beat, temporary paralysis, a knot in our stomach, neck, or back, even perspiration. It’s a message from your boss saying, “Hey, call me back when you get this message. ” Click.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 8, 2020

It helped prospects connect with who we were and the value we bring to our customers. And it helped prospects connect with who we were and the value we bring to our customers.” I remember Sue who was a mid-level marketing manager at Coca-Cola. I define social proof as customer stories,” said Doug. And that matters.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Making a sale in today’s times is harder than it used to be a few years back, mostly because the competition’s getting bigger in every niche market. To stand out from the crowd, you’ll need to work on your sales planning and strategies up until you find consistent and profitable practices. Are you after something bigger?

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

For example, if you close new business by regularly offering heavy discounts, you might hit your sales number and impress your manager, but it puts your finance department in a difficult position. Are you churning the right customers? Has your customer profile shifted? Has your customer profile shifted?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 31, 2018

In sales, results are not only an integral part of the job, but they are the way success is measured for both individual employees and the entire business. The United States Department of Labor says that sales occupations are an essential part of constructing and conserving customer bases for businesses. Prospecting.

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