Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often. Let’s start with an analogy: You wouldn’t expect a rookie with no training to pick up a bat in a major league baseball game and knock it out of the park on his first try. But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?”

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” This question requires leadership to determine which sales problem they are trying to solve. Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. The In-House Sales Training Model.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 3, 2012

With Sherlock Holmes making a revival, his infamous quote “that’s elementary, my dear Watson ” will once again be heard and it is very true about what is the new competitive advantage in today’s global, technology driven market place. Actually the new competitive advantage is really quite old. Credit www.sxc.hu.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 20, 2024

Her organization has implemented several programs and practices to ensure feedback is received positively and constructively. Rather than simply providing answers, Gerilyn believes in asking questions that help team members arrive at their solutions and feel confident in their abilities.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 4, 2022

The secret to maximizing sales training is simple. In this article, we will outline how organizations can maximize their sales training to increase performance, prevent failure, and maximize their sales training investment. . Plan Sales Training Strategically. Who should be trained?

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It’s no secret that the sales industry is competitive. Oftentimes, sales leaders put together contests in an effort to boost engagement, but they tend to get a short-lived spike in energy that fizzles out fast. Knowing what each generation values can also help determine how they view competition. Celebrate small wins.

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Sales coaching like this has many documented benefits – from reinforcing training, to culling and promoting best practices, to even positively impacting the bottom line. CSO Insights reports that implementing formalized sales coaching leads to double-digit improvements in win-rates and quota attainment. Promote pre-boarding.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 20, 2021

Soft skills sales training is becoming just as important as the hard skills training, we are most familiar with in the world of training. We know we live in unprecedented times but most of all, when it comes to the sales profession, these are times of profound change. Soft Skills Sales Training Checklist.

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Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 30, 2019

You can’t learn to sell by reading many books on sales. But not only from reading books, but also from training, development, and coaching. When you have access to structures that allow you to see something and understand the choices available to you, you are moving faster than the game–and faster than your competition.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2020

How should an organization approach sales coaching to achieve these outcomes? Is it up to managers to provide all the coaching reps need, or are they better off bringing in outside support? Able to Give Positive and Constructive Feedback. Create and Execute Actionable Training Plans.

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Allego

AUGUST 30, 2018

Whether we like to admit it or not, watching reality TV competitions can be addictive. Leveraging Salespeople’s Natural Competitiveness. That way, you can immediately give a shout out to those key sales reps who create some of your company’s best demonstration videos. People the rest of the sales team would do well to model.

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities unique to their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Your best sales rep is not necessarily the best leader.

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BrainShark

JULY 9, 2023

You’d be surprised as to the depth of dialogue that naturally occurs during this, including feedback that’s not only constructive but also encouraging. This example shows how a sales manager posted a win story from a top rep. Last but not least they can instill a little bit of friendly competition.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Time management is one of the most important priorities for a sales manager. The best sales managers know they need to be dedicating a significant amount of their time each week coaching their salespeople—but which group will bring in the best return on coaching investment? Finding and Keeping Top Sales Talent.

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BrainShark

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Research firm CSO Insights defines sales force enablement as “a strategic, cross-functional discipline, designed to increase sales results and productivity, by providing integrated content, training and coaching services, for salespeople and frontline sales managers, along the entire customer’s journey, powered by technology.”.

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SBI Growth

MAY 29, 2013

The book, The Gamification Revolution , by Zichermann and Linder, discusses how to leverage game mechanics to beat the competition. The concept of gamification is catching on in B2B sales and marketing. There are six types of game approaches: Grand challenge- think sales contest. Commercial negotiation- think sales training.

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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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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

——————– “I agree sales people’s performance is not what it should be. I’m a big fan of training, it’s true that most sales people wing it; they need structure and discipline in how to go about organizing their work. There are too many bad sales managers too.

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Julie Hanson

MARCH 4, 2021

Virtual selling may have your team reaching for the panic button – customers are different, technology is changing by the minute, and competition is as stiff as ever. When a marketplace changes so dramatically, sales leadership so too must change/adapt and prepare for sales calls in an entirely different manner.

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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. Ever heard of the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve ?

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Shari Levitin

MARCH 17, 2021

When they started following Jason and getting to know him, they found something very interesting: he was practicing something NPR termed “constructive delusion.” (See In this action-packed event, you will learn to: Identify the four seismic shifts you must embrace in 2021 to outsell the competition. See more here ). REGISTER NOW.

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Sell Integrity

JUNE 14, 2021

Particularly when it comes to sales, coaches help reps move past their mental boundaries and perform at higher levels than they even realized were possible for them. They gravitate to levels of productivity they think their manager will accept, and soon enough, those levels become fixed beliefs and habits. Communicate your intentions.

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Velocify

APRIL 22, 2013

This past week, we had the opportunity to speak with Lori Richardson, inside sales trainer, coach, consultant and blogger at ScoreMoreSales.com about a recent “Inside Sales Power Tip” she published on the topic of competition. It’s also important for sales managers to work with each individual sales rep.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Objection handling scenarios, including competitive mentions . Customer Success calls, including a kick-off, implementation, or live trainings. RELATED: SDR Training: 5 Tips for Faster Onboarding and Ramp Up. Some examples of how to provide constructive feedback: Instead of “Don’t do X,” say, “What if you tried…”.

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Pipeliner

JULY 3, 2023

Offer competitive compensation Everyone, including your sales team, appreciates being valued and recognized for their hard work. Ensure your compensation package for recruiting and organizing your sales team is enticing and competitive to those offered by other companies in your industry.

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Apptivo

APRIL 27, 2023

Just as a bridge must be carefully constructed and maintained to ensure its strength and longevity, a successful customer relationship requires careful attention and nurturing. Sales Management Many of us have heard the phrase – “Sales management is the wind beneath the wings of a successful sales team”.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

To find out more, I sat down with Allego’s Sales Enablement Director Mary Charles. Mary specializes in leveraging modern learning techniques and tools to enable and train global software sales teams to achieve revenue objectives in a fast-paced, competitive environment. “When I moved to UNICA my role was sales ops.

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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? Sales Process, Tool, and Training Adoption Metrics. Perform a competitive analysis.

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 22, 2018

Sales teams that invest in a growth-oriented feedback culture outperform companies that fail to make feedback and coaching a priority. Here are 7 tips for developing a feedback culture on your sales team. Common wisdom says to “sandwich” constructive criticism between positive feedback. Finding and Keeping Top Sales Talent.

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Allego

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This helped them manage new workflows as they adjusted to fully remote work initially. With our representatives operating in different locations and schedules, it was harder for our sales managers to coach their teams effectively. This only works with world-class sales onboarding.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Construction equipment is different from SaaS. Consider the following: Market share Competition National news Financial news Before taking a call or entering a meeting, know their place in the market. Industry prep means knowing healthcare is different from accounting. The people, personalities, products, and processes are unique.

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Xvoyant

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The first step to building a sales coaching culture is to get the senior management of the organization to understand and be 100% committed to three things: Ongoing training. Allowing the sales managers the time and latitude to get into the field. Make it part of their ongoing way of working with their sales team.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

More importantly, your sales training program should embrace your buyer’s perspective, giving your sales reps a clear understanding on why customers need your product, what problems it can solve, and why they should make the switch. Market share: How much of the target market has the product captured compared to competitors?

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Continued engagement in the form of account-focused outreach (also referred to as Account Based Marketing) makes sure your company is on their radar when the right disruption happens to necessitate a decision, when their current solution’s weaknesses reach the boiling point, or when competition encroaches and fear sets in.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 7, 2013

You have a sales process in place, but the sales manager and sales people are using separate spread sheets with additional stages, because the current sales process doesn’t meet their needs. You’ve built a killer sales portal the sales team never seems to visit. You get the point.

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