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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Julie Hanson

MARCH 4, 2021

When a marketplace changes so dramatically, sales leadership so too must change/adapt and prepare for sales calls in an entirely different manner. 5 Tips for Successful Virtual Sales Role-Plays: It’s time that we change our tune about the dreaded sales role-play! Familiarizing yourself with the video platform?

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Xactly

MARCH 29, 2018

Whether you’re in sales, finance, marketing, or IT, it’s important that your company can rely on you to get your job done and do it well. As a sales leader it’s important that you motivate your team because nothing kills employee morale like a bad manager. However, in sales, no leader wants to be considered a fool.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Sales is the engine that powers your company. But what’s powering your sales? By now it’s universally known that sales and sales team practices have undergone a tectonic shift in recent years. And, even more alarmingly, buyer needs and behaviors seem to be moving way ahead of the sales learning curve.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Having a feel for what to expect, what can go wrong, and what you need to do better makes literally any situation run more smoothly — and sales calls are no exception. And as a sales manager, you want to do everything in your power to put your reps in that position. What does your day-to-day look like? Record the call.

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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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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. Plan strategically, reinforce consistently, ensure buy-in.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Six Best Practices in Sales Pipeline Management to Boost Revenue. The most important thing in sales is a strong pipeline. Sales reps need to be organized and focused in order to sell. That’s why mastering the sales pipeline is so important. That’s why mastering the sales pipeline is so important.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

How To Approach Sales Coaching Like a Pro the Right Use of Sales Data. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? With the role of HR Manager. Using Sales Data to Inspire Commitment. There are many resources for salespeople to get feedback from their managers, but the real question is.

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Have you ever wanted a sale so badly that you were willing to make compromises in pursuit of that sale? Here’s my story, and the valuable lesson I learned that everyone in sales can relate to. Here’s my story, and the valuable lesson I learned that everyone in sales can relate to. I Got the Sale!

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Finding effective leadership in sales is every bit as difficult as it is vital. You need someone with the authority and experience to set and maintain an effective course for your sales efforts. The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market is massive—expected to reach more than $80 billion in revenues by 2025 [1]. And yet despite all the investment, it’s a tool that’s failing sales. Year after year, improving CRM adoption rates is a priority for sales management and sales ops. Automate data entry.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

Definition of Business Acumen. What sets sales leaders apart from everyday reps? In today’s hyper-connected world, the “lone-gunslinger” model of sales is no longer effective. If your sales organization has an administrative assistant who helps with paperwork, HR, or scheduling, find out how you can make their job easier.

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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. However, hard skills need to be balanced with soft sales skills.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market is massive—expected to reach more than $80 billion in revenues by 2025 [1]. And yet despite all the investment, it’s a tool that’s failing sales. Year after year, improving CRM adoption rates is a priority for sales management and sales ops. Automate data entry.

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Salesmate

JUNE 24, 2021

Sales emails are no different. Even so, only 2% of the sales emails are clicked upon. So how do you make sure that your sales email not only gets opened but also read by your prospect? So how do you make sure that your sales email not only gets opened but also read by your prospect? The answer is 23%. Subject line.

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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. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast. powered by Sounder.

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Highspot

APRIL 28, 2020

Recent research from Richardson and Sales Performance International highlights the importance of following a process that supports your customers from “behind the scenes.” It also facilitates communication across the sales organization, which mobilizes the entire team to build momentum toward the close of the sale.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2018

Like any effective sales call, a sales manager should ask good questions and listen carefully. Unfortunately, in my opinion, too many one-on-one meetings become one-on-one beatings , where a manager focuses solely on numbers, constantly corrects behavior, dictates activity, and solves every problem.

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Costello

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Cory Bray , coauthor of The Sales Enablement Playbook , Sales Development , and the recently released Triangle Selling. With a background in sales, finance, and operations, he’s crafted his experiences into a career in sales enablement. What is The Sales Enablement Playbook about and why did you write it?

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SalesLoft

JUNE 20, 2019

The Hey Sale speople podcast hosted by SalesLoft’s VP of Sales Strategy and self-proclaimed sales nerd, Jeremey Donovan just got even sales nerdier. Episode four stars Pete Kazanjy, Founder of Modern Sales Pros (MSP) and Atrium. He’s also one of the most well-researched sales experts we know.

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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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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

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. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 7, 2020

Guest post by Scott Leese, CEO & founder of Scott Leese Consulting , and founder of The Surf and Sales Summit. According to Gong.io , the average tenure of a VP Sales was just 19 months as of 2018! The basic construct is this: treat your people well and care for them. Let reps run a sales training.

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Pipeliner

JULY 19, 2018

interviews one of our top contributors, giving readers a peek into the mind of experts in the sales industry. Hansen leads the sales industry in presentations, helping salespeople to create and deliver the perfect sales presentation. including Is Your Sales Presentation Built to Bore? , check out her interview below.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 29, 2013

” “This is definitely about my numbers.” If you stop and think about it for a moment, they are both visions and pictures of a future that we have constructed or visualized in our mind’s eye. Fears and dreams are only possibilities that are constructed in your imagination. ” “Uh oh.

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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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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. How experience as a sales engineer can play into your role as a sales leader. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. If you missed episode 153, check it out here: Learning Drives Sales Effectiveness with Paul Fifield?.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 21, 2023

Products and solutions have become more complex, buyers better informed, and this convergence has created a demand for highly skilled sales professionals, not just sales reps who know how to overcome objections and learned a few rebuttals. That definition could be included as part of the job description for a sales professional.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 21, 2023

Products and solutions have become more complex, buyers better informed, and this convergence has created a demand for highly skilled sales professionals, not just sales reps who know how to overcome objections and learned a few rebuttals. That definition could be included as part of the job description for a sales professional.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 8, 2019

In our work with sales reps, sales teams, and sales managers, we encounter many people who believe that sales coaching doesn’t work, but many of them fail to realize that there are 5 common mistakes sales managers make when coaching. We must give our teams a definition of what a call should look like.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

If you missed episode 133, check it out here: How to Go From Startup to Pre-IPO: Unexpected Lessons From a 20-Year Sales Veteran with Jim Donovan. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. If RFPs are slowing down your sales team, you’ve got to check out Loopio. Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2021

More salespeople equals more sales, right? Scaling your sales team is crucial to growing a healthy business. Take a strategic approach to scaling your sales team, and make smart hiring decisions that will benefit your organization for years to come. Check out these 12 mistakes to avoid when scaling your sales organization.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 29, 2020

Sometimes if you need to gear up the efficiency of your sales team, you’ll need to alter your team’s structure. Study your sales team structure and check to see if there’s anything you need to change to optimize it. To see what works, have a look at these 7 ways to structure your sales team for growth and performance.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consistency and efficiency are built into any successful sales team. As a manager, you want your team to consistently demonstrate an understanding of what you expect from them. Consistently efficient — that’s an ideal sales team. What’s the Sales Huddle? Sales huddles are relatively short but incredibly useful.

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Apptivo

APRIL 19, 2023

The essentials of sales lead tracking software 2. Benefits of Sales lead tracker with Apptivo 3. FAQ Right, sales management is our passion. Tools will help manage your sales process when things become hectic and enable effortless, effective, and efficient sales.

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