Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Technology Training Technology training keeps sales teams up-to-date with the latest tools and solutions to streamline the sales process, from CRM systems to data analytics. Ethical Sales Practices Training Integrity and ethical behavior are essential for all sales reps. Request a Highspot demo today.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Only 32% of B2B buyers feel sales reps are surpassing expectations (that is, going above and beyond what’s necessary to secure buyer business). But there’s also a troubling trend on the rise: Salespeople often lack the tools, training, resources, and ongoing coaching they need to meet buyer demands in the field. Necessary tools.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In this article, we’ll go over six sales onboarding tools, starting with our own, Bigtincan Learning (formerly Brainshark), which we’ll carefully explain in the context of those 4 factors above. You can read about it in detail below or schedule a demo if you want to see exactly how it could help your sales organization.

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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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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Additionally, negotiation serves as a catalyst for salespeople to cultivate enduring relationships with their customers, providing a platform for constructive communication. Role-playing Exercises: Work with sales managers and leaders to conduct realistic role-playing scenarios that simulate actual negotiation situations.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. Prospect: Actually, this isn't a great time … Rep: Are you interested in a product demo of how we are in the magic quadrant? Then, I follow up with, "My sales rep asked me to start a conversation with you." Does that sound like you?"

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Developing your sales strategy first requires that you diligently build up a concept of your target audience — otherwise known as your buyer personas — before setting goals and constructing your sales funnel. To do this, buff up your data bank by taking note of the search, content, sales, and behavioral data of your customers.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas. Yet, quota setting is one of the areas that comes most difficult to sales managers. In fact, 61% of sales managers cite quota setting as their biggest challenge ( source ). This poses a huge issue in sales departments.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Recently, I was having a conversation with Robert Racine about the state of sales management. During the discussion, he mentioned, almost in passing, that too many Sales Managers are becoming Zombies–that is acting purely on autopilot, rather than thinking, evaluating, engaging. Pick Up The Damn Phone!

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2020

You can work on the gaps found in a sales performance analysis to put your business back on track to “where you need to be.”. Why sales teams should measure this: Sales performance analytics shows how you are currently faring vs. the expected performance. Predictive sales analytics. Sales effectiveness analytics.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Often, inexperienced sales representatives get overextended by putting more efforts to close, ignoring other crucial steps in the process. With correct tools that provide full visibility of their sales pipeline it is easy to identify prospects that have the most probability to convert. Otherwise, don’t worry.

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Salesmate

JUNE 24, 2021

You insert your company info, your offerings, and price and promotions in the email without coming out as sales-driven. This communication tool has made its mark on the business community for being the most efficient revenue generation tool. Sales Manager, ABC Solutions . So why not leverage it fully? Email: james.w@abc.com

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The construct of social proof is that you need to highlight the contrast.” But what we’re getting at here is that Important tool is telling analogies and metaphors. How Telling Stories Wins the Deal Jim then welcomed one of Chorus’s top performers and Sales Manager, Devin Liu to share his experience leveraging stories to win deals.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

What skills, knowledge, process, expertise, and tools does an individual sales rep have to have to be good at their job? We found that if we don’t provide sales managers and sales leaders with a process and a program combined with some tools to help augment the coaching effort, it typically doesn’t happen.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

What skills, knowledge, process, expertise, and tools does an individual sales rep have to have to be good at their job? We found that if we don’t provide sales managers and sales leaders with a process and a program combined with some tools to help augment the coaching effort, it typically doesn’t happen.

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Conversion Top of Funnel Coaching Webinar Metrics 52

Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The success of the launch relies on a shared strategy across various teams, including sales, product managers, customer support, product marketing, event management, and more. Sales enablement is pivotal in this endeavor. The ultimate objective? To captivate and engage the target audience.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Let’s look at three of the most common buckets for sales training courses and discuss who they’re right for. Sales Management Training Programs. Training your sales managers and leadership is very different from training junior- and senior-level sales reps. Corporate Visions.

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SalesLoft

JUNE 20, 2019

You got a Dodge Ram pickup truck and a bed full of tools. You were sitting in a region with like five or six other sales reps and a manager and your job was to just blanket the entire region. Find all the job sites, all the construction workers, and demo tools all day long to get them to buy.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 1, 2023

Providing feedback has been a challenge for busy sales managers for decades. It helps that a majority of sales meetings are happening over video and being recorded. For example: You are on a demo call and you notice your seller is talking animatedly while looking off to the side.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Defining Sales Enablement: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How To Do It Properly. A good sales enablement strategy will provide your reps with the right tools and content to help them succeed. Sales enablement is focused on what customers need, not just a paycheck. Recognize the significance of Sales Enablement.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CRM systems integrated with quoting software — which is sometimes mistaken for CPQ (configure, price, quote) software — combine the capabilities of customer relationship management and advanced quoting tools. It’s like a digital Swiss Army knife for sales professionals. See also What type of companies use a CRM?

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Mindtickle

MAY 31, 2023

This helps sales reps better understand what a potential buyer needs and when. Let’s say the sales pipeline really is like a road. That would mean you need two perspectives: Construction What processes are required to build the road? Managing the number of prospects. Where does it begin and end?

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

That means that modern sellers need to develop digital sales skills, learn how to interact with buyers in a remote selling environment, and learn how to use remote selling tools. Helping sales managers to drive their sellers to reach more key decision-makers, improve the selling process, grow the sales pipeline and close deals.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

Business Development Representative (BDR) A Business Development Representative (BDR) is a sales professional responsible for prospecting, qualifying, and generating new business opportunities for a company. Tactics employed include personalized demos, free trials, case studies, pricing discussions, and contract negotiations.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Sales huddles are relatively short but incredibly useful. They give managers the chance to relay important information and advice for sales teams on a consistent basis and provide a regular forum for healthy, constructive team conversations. Bear in mind that a sales huddle is supposed to be short.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2022

A sales QBR: isn’t a status update meeting. isn’t fact-checking data in sales reports. QBR goals: Sales managers could use these meetings to show the last quarter’s results of their team to leadership, project the forecasts, plan for future quarters and gain critical leadership buy-in. isn’t criticism. isn’t ad-hoc.

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Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

However, several of the other sales skills we’re breaking down here today are going to be best learned (and actually retained) by seeking regular mentorship from the right sales managers and fellow reps who’ve been around the block a few more times. Want to master today's most important sales skills? Let’s get to it!

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Bigtincan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If, after reading below, you think Bigtincan may be a fit for your organization, you can book a demo here. Bigtincan is a highly customizable sales enablement platform designed to solve the most common enterprise content management problems and collaboration issues. Showpad Coach key features. Outreach.

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 31, 2019

To align marketing and support departments with sales, sales managers can construct an ongoing, interdepartmental job-shadowing program. Put marketing and support staff in a sales-shadowing rotation once a month to sync knowledge and skills. Call it “ sales rep for a day.”. What tools does your team use?

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Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

However, several of the other sales skills we’re breaking down here today are going to be best learned (and actually retained) by seeking regular mentorship from the right sales managers and fellow reps who’ve been around the block a few more times. Want to master today's most important sales skills? Let’s get to it!

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 10, 2022

As conversation intelligence platforms become a cornerstone of the sales tech stack, sales leaders and their teams are exploring how sales managers can use them to boost results and create a team of top performers. It’s also guiding product marketing messaging and offers, so future sales conversations become easier.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2019

“Anita came on as the first CRO of Voxy in 2018 and has since scaled the inside sales team both in the US and in their international offices. She is a fantastic representation of what it means to be a sales leader– not just a sales manager– as echoed by the members of her team and others in the C-suite at Voxy.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2019

Here’s an example from a recent huddle: Other topics I’ve recently discussed include: Pulling a sales call recording and reviewing one key part (e.g., Reviewing CRM or sales enablement tool best practices. Maximizing LinkedIn as a sales tool. the intro, the close, etc.). Live role-plays.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

A CRM or Customer Relationship Management tool is software used by sales and marketing teams to track the interactions you’ve made with your contacts and customers, and manage follow-ups. Within a few weeks, it was clear that managing and following up all leads in a timely fashion would be impossible without a CRM”.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales? I currently manage a team of 15 SDRs in 5 locations.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

What is a CRM for sales and why use it? A sales CRM or Customer Relationship Management tool is software used by sales and marketing teams to track the interactions you’ve made with your contacts and customers, and manage follow-ups. – Charles Howard, Business Development Manager.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The best way to approach the need for coaching among your Sales teams is to deliver it through a combination of methods. But as a Sales manager, you’ll benefit greatly from balancing that with training visualizations and other exercises that staff can complete on their own.

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