SBI Growth

JULY 11, 2013

Face-to-face sales interactions are typically viewed as the most valuable activity by Sales Leaders. Today, getting in the door is more difficult than executing face-to-face sales calls. Today, getting in the door is more difficult than executing face-to-face sales calls. 5 years ago they were right.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. Inside sales teams leverage technology to connect and engage with prospects.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. Or possibly our problems are that too many sales people just don’t want to prospect?

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2022

I was a little offended by this, but I took his advice and channeled my energy into my next pitch, and guess what? Nothing breeds success like success, and prospects and clients can feel when you’re successful. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like sales prospect research , sales outreach, and professional development. So, if you’re in need of some new sales motivation , keep reading.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2021

Shawn Channell of Just Launch Training and Consulting says the pandemic revealed to sales managers and their reps that they need to fine tune their skills in communicating with prospects other than face-to-face.

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Allbound

MARCH 17, 2020

Indirect sales teams now have automation through PRM where training is self-service. Deal registration, pipeline progress, and many face-to-face interactions can now be virtually facilitated as we all find a new ‘normal’ while respecting social distancing. Are you providing robust digital experiences to your channel?

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Free sales training can be a step in the right direction for those of you who may be new or newer to sales. We know that in today’s highly competitive landscape, salespeople face constant challenges in getting customers attention, having meaningful conversations not to mention trying to hit those targets.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 3, 2024

Predictable Prospecting: How to Radically Increase Your B2B Sales Pipeline By Marylou Tyler & Jeremey Donovan Part 1: TARGET Chapter 1: Internalizing Your Competitive Position Conduct a Six-Factor analysis of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The goal of a salesperson should not be perfection.

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Vengreso

MARCH 12, 2021

B2B sales professionals are missing out if they’re not using social media, and especially, in their LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Modern B2B buyers are now harder to reach through traditional channels than before. Therefore, modern sellers need the skills to find, engage and connect with prospects digitally.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For instance, training platforms that offer courses in various sales training topics might empower salespeople and boost their performance. The best options for sales prospecting and lead generation are as follows: LeadFuze. About 73% of salespeople use software to increase their productivity, according to the Linkedin survey.

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Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

Virtual sales teams allow organizations to optimize costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones. Top challenges for remote sales teams Remote sales teams have to face several unique challenges compared to in-person teams. That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

MTD Sales Training

APRIL 25, 2017

Many salespeople believe prospecting to be a one-way journey, where you make contact with the prospect and you have to do all the work to convince them they are making the right choice to talk to you, and eventually buy from you. But what if you could make yourself the target of prospects to contact?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2023

This weekend, late evening, I turned on the TV, paging through the channel guide. We engage in linear selling processes–Prospecting, Qualifying, Discovering, Proposing, Closing. Yet the customer doesn’t buy that way, they are moving to primarily digital buying channels, the majority preferring rep free experiences.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By utilizing the personality aspect video has to offer, trust and connection can be built quicker and more effectively with customers, prospects and channel partners. Managers and HR leaders can use video for recruiting or training initiatives, to elaborate on your company’s mission or kick off an incentive program.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Image Source For sales professionals, ethical AI concerns compound as they handle customer data and represent their company in customer-facing roles. But how do you do that ethically?

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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. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. Tips for adoption of social selling training.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 13, 2021

You can wow prospects with your technological know-how up front and then try to win them over later, once they find out you’re honest and reliable. Building client trust can happen quickly when you’re introduced by someone your prospect already knows and trusts. To know you is to like you. “As Image attribution: Alexander Suhoruc ).

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Sales training : two words that hold the potential to change your game entirely. Gazing up at the daunting mountain, a skilled guide provides the necessary tools for success – sales training programs designed to transform your game. Your answers await… What is Sales Training?

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Autoklose

MARCH 11, 2024

Prospecting is a high-stakes game, so many sales reps make the mistake of being too pushy in an attempt to quickly convert leads into sales. Organize an Online Conference, Webinar, or an Industry Meetup First of all, do your research and find out what your prospects deal with and identify their pressing pain points. That’s right!

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 1, 2024

Otherwise, we face a dilemma requiring us to find alternative means to occupy our time. Watching the markets, the large companies indicate they also face challenging times until their problems are resolved. Long ago, the common theme in technology was that ‘reboot’ or refresh is essential when a computer malfunctions.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Instead of traditional in-person sales meetings, the salesperson and the prospect are in different places such as their home or work. The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital.

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Vengreso

MAY 30, 2019

For the first time ever on the #SellingWithSocial podcast, my guest and I address how sales organizations can identify and build relationships with channel sales partners to drive sales. This topic is of increasing relevance in the sales world because over 75% of world trade flows indirectly, through channels other than direct sales.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Around 80% of buyers and sellers favor digital self-serve and remote human engagement over face-to-face interactions for a seamless buying experience. Unlike traditional face-to-face interactions, sales reps use digital tools to engage with customers remotely. Virtual selling is a technology-driven approach to sales.

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Vengreso

MARCH 9, 2022

As a B2B sales professional, you’re missing out if you’re not leveraging the power of social selling to enhance and accelerate your LinkedIn prospecting activity. By using social media tools, such as LinkedIn Free, Premium or LinkedIn Sales Navigator, you can make prospecting even easier and more personalized.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”. Customer-facing professionals require training and content in the flow of their daily work. Uniting Sales Enablement and Customer-Facing Processes.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Allego allows sales teams to onboard new reps without having to meet face to face or rely on traditional classroom training. They can pre-board new hires by giving them access to onboarding channels within Allego containing company and product information, welcome videos from the team, and examples of what good looks like.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 18, 2019

When executed effectively, channel sales can allow your company to grow and expand rapidly. In order to be successful, you must strategically build your distribution channel network and follow the right steps to develop a strong, ongoing relationship with each channel partner. What is a Channel Sales Program?

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Allego

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Once upon a time, “personalized training” meant printing the names of workshop participants on their handout folders. Today, this key component of modern learning means exactly what it says – sales training that is genuinely personalized , genuinely “just for me.”. What are the advantages of personalized sales training?

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Training during the last 15+ months [10:43]. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [28:12].

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Business-to-Business or B2B sales is a business transaction between two companies, usually in the form of infrastructure, materials, training, software, or other needs the buyer may have. The buyer’s journey often starts with a Google search looking for compelling content and market research. What is B2B Sales? What is B2B Sales?

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Sellers need to gather in-depth information about prospects and customers. Hit up social channels, read their 10-Ks, and keep up with industry press to know what’s going on right now: What are prospects’ recent struggles? Author: Barbara Adey It’s not enough to prepare for a sales call with general industry knowledge.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

There are various stakeholders, priorities, markets, and channels to align, and the right mix for your business may not always be clear. There’s no shortage of valuable information about prospects and customers — as long as you know how to access and apply it. What is a Sales Strategy? What makes a sales strategy effective?

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Establishing a continuous flow of quality leads is a common challenge faced by small- and large-scale logistics companies. Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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