Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Handling objections. Initially the logic of not handling an objection immediately may sound counterintuitive – but when it comes to dealing with objections not only what you say but also when you say it is key to success. In fact, it’s a core sales skill. After all, what really is driving the customer’s objection?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2023

In sales, it’s only natural that we’re using email to set up calls, demos, and appointments. Email CTAs, aka, the call to action. What is an email call to action (CTA)? What is an email call to action (CTA)? An email call to action is a short, simple phrase that usually appears at the end of your email.

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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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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 Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2022

He didn’t want the client thinking that he was both the CEO and the frontline sales rep. Avail​​able wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple | Spotify | Website SAM BALTER Before ZoomInfo, what was your first experience in sales? What was your first real sales job? What was your first real sales job?

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Before we explore that point in more detail, we need to take a step back in time to the origins of sales training to understand where we are today. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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BrainShark

JULY 9, 2023

If you’re trying to maximize sales rep performance and drive results, coaching should be an essential part of your strategy. CSO Insights reported that sales coaching has had the greatest impact on win rates and quota attainment over the span of five years. This example shows how a sales manager posted a win story from a top rep.

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Emissary

MARCH 2, 2023

Achieving enterprise technology sales goals has always meant overcoming a host of unique and challenging obstacles, including withstanding a protracted decision-making process and convincing a slate of committee members of your value proposition. Even the best computers still can’t beat the transformative power of human intelligence.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

It's true across the board, and sales is no exception. That's why sales efficiency is one of the most important metrics for businesses to understand, track, and ultimately improve. Sales efficiency is, in large part, a measure of the speed of your sales operations. Why Sales Efficiency Matters.

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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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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In week five, you're pushing so hard that you've considered calling your Mom and asking her to buy. You're making the calls to no avail. Come week seven, you start to question your basic sales abilities. Here is the six-step action plan to employ when you're doing the work but not getting any sales. Believe in yourself.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2013

B2B Sales Reps compete with their peers for sales support resources. Good Sales Reps consistently secure these resources and create their own virtual teams. When you give, others are more inclined to give back. You can cash in on Social Debt to build your virtual sales support team. Social Debt Economics.

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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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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. At the very least, you’ll stay up-to-date on trends in sales.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Sometimes fitting in just means shifting circumstances — and that principle applies to different brands of sales. Sometimes sales professionals currently working outside sales aren't cut out for it. If you find yourself in a position like that, you might want to consider transitioning from outside to inside sales.

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Lessonly

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Role playing is a powerful sales readiness method built into most b2b sales training programs. It allows reps to practice applying new concepts that they’ve learned to lifelike sales situations. Choose the learning environment that fits your team and specific set of sales training topics.

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LeadFuze

JULY 8, 2021

Without an effective sales hiring process, you’re going to churn through rep after rep. The actual hiring of your reps should fit into your entire sales hiring strategy, which in turn, should fall into the larger concept of building a great sales team. That’s the bad news in sales recruitment. Assessment Test.

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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. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 14, 2022

So, what do these stats have to do with Consultative Sales Training? Well, there are three very specific areas that separate elite golfers from the rest and I believe these same principles can be applied to sales to help individuals become elite consultative sellers. They pre-call plan. They practice dealing with objections.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 17, 2021

Buried among the laughs, dogged, hapless Michael actually has some tried-and-true sales wisdom to impart that can get your company purring like the Scranton branch. Embrace the Unorthodox Sales Script. A great sales script is fundamental for any sales team, but there’s more to the art of selling than following the beats.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 11, 2022

So, what do these stats have to do with Consultative Sales Training? Well, there are three very specific areas that separate elite golfers from the rest and I believe these same principles can be applied to sales to help individuals become elite consultative sellers. They pre-call plan. They practice dealing with objections.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For example, Mereo recently had the opportunity to work with a $100+ million software as a service (SaaS) company that wanted to grow at least 20% in 2024, a healthy up-tick on previous trends and also an objective following a recent infusion of capital and energy from new ownership.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 14, 2022

So, what do these stats have to do with Consultative Sales Training ? Well, there are three very specific areas that separate elite golfers from the rest and I believe these same principles can be applied to sales to help individuals become elite consultative sellers. They pre-call plan. They practice dealing with objections.

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 21, 2019

Aligning sales and marketing teams is a struggle for many companies. The sales department grows frustrated because they don’t have the necessary material (i.e., blog posts, white papers, eBooks) to make a sale. Therefore, marketing may become annoyed when sales doesn’t even use what they produce. The result?

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CommercialTribe

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Welcome to the final chapter in our series on data-driven sales coaching, aimed at arming sales leaders with the advice they need to effectively direct coaching efforts and realize a strong ROI. Adam and Kelly connect for a pre-call prep session. Adam and Kelly follow-up for a post call debrief after the call.

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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. What is a sales strategy?

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LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2021

Worrying about how to handle sales rejection? For now, let’s first talk about what sales rejection is. . What is a Sales Rejection? No matter how thick your skin is, if you’re not prepared for the inevitability of sales rejection, then it will be hard to overcome. Sales professionals eat rejection every day!

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Some of these tips will also suggest that in some cases and at some point, you should terminate the sales process. You will not make every sale and you will not change the laws of psychics by sacrificing your time, money and dignity. Sits forward and upright: Usually will not lean back or take a relaxed posture.

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Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This blog will answer this question along with some other topics about CRM ROI, namely how to calculate the ROI, some basic sales and marketing KPIs to consider, and three effective ways to maximize your CRM return. The data above shows that Pipeline CRM’s clients experienced positive changes in their sales books. million annually.

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you want to achieve your sales goals month after month, then guesswork and intuition aren’t your best friends. You need cold hard data, and your sales CRM must capture all necessary information on the deals closed by your reps. What is sales analysis and why is it key to your sales strategy? ?

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Gong.io

JULY 31, 2019

Are you looking for a rich list of sales questions you can use today? Master sales pro know that this skill is as important as what they ask. You’ll see a massive improvement in the outcome of your discovery calls. That’s true in face-to-face meetings and on discovery calls. How to Earn the Right to Ask Sales Questions.

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Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

How To Construct and Implement a Successful Business Development Strategy. Whilst I very much hope that the super-efficient amongst you had your strategy for 2012 signed off long ago, it may just be that some of you are still in “construction mode” so this will help…. Telephone canvassing (Cold calling). Your Starting Point.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Many B2B manufacturers still deploy a “catalog approach” to sales, with inside reps relying on frequent touches with prospects and customers to close deals. Even in the pandemic, many B2B companies tried to adapt that approach to the new world order by simply shifting in-person sales presentations to video calls.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Managing a dispersed sales team is a unique challenge. The secret is modern sales enablement. Today’s winners are mastering virtual selling with an up-to-date approach to content, tools, and knowledge to help their sales teams succeed. To find out more, I sat down with Allego’s Sales Enablement Director Mary Charles.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2018

The primary objective of one-on-one meetings will vary depending on the salesperson’s specific situation and level of experience, but the mechanics of the meeting are fairly consistent. You see, the real objective of a one-on-one meeting is to encourage dialogue. But being a sales manager isn’t just about sales forecasts and KPIs.

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MEDDIC

JANUARY 5, 2023

Did you answer a call or an email or join a meeting, or was there something else that took up your time? Take power back by drawing up a well-considered action plan. This means that it should fit in with your long-term objectives, as well as your values. Take action and make a call instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 21, 2022

Most sales methodologies focus on uncovering and satisfying buyers’ needs. As such, a majority of sales leaders train their reps to ‘go along to get along,’ right from the word go. The Challenger Sales model folks say that’s a problem. We grant you that the Challenger Sales methodology isn’t for every team. A major one.

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