Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Author: Lauren Boutwell As the field of sales enablement has evolved and matured, so, too, have its supporting technologies. Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. Validate training and certify reps. million words.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 12, 2018

Author: Jim Ninivaggi Many companies have their annual sales kickoff (SKO) meetings approaching. A well-constructed theme should serve as the SKO’s center of gravity, and should support the overarching objective of the meeting (e.g., The goal is to ensure the field force is ready to execute the sales strategy for the upcoming year.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. Why sales training is important. or a 353% ROI.

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Increase Sales

JULY 5, 2013

During lunch a Vice President of a regional bank asked me this very pointed question: Why doesn’t sales training for banks stick? My quick and direct response was “banks and other financial institutions continue to use the same training providers they have been using for the last 20 plus years.”

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Banking Training Infusion Retention 136

The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2013

Two things happened this past week or 10 days that led to this week’s Sales eXchange being a bit different than the usual, and isn’t that what we always strive to be in sales. First is the fact that this is the 200th Sales eXchange post, and while I had given it much thought, someone asked if I will be marking the fact in any way.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

It’s a popular technique in the distribution industry, used to provide added value to the customers and boost sales volume. Customers save time and you increase your sales. Some distributors work with auto repair chains on bundled promotions to foster sales all the way down to the driver.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. Frequently, the top manager gets the nod for the VP of Sales. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. His team flounders.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 12, 2018

If the impact of your sales enablement initiative seems disappointing or misunderstood, it could be because of your organization’s (all too common) mistake of confusing sales training with sales enablement. What sales enablement isn’t. Sales enablement also is not only about supporting sales training events.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. Nearmap, the company I work for, captures, manages and delivers high-resolution aerial imagery to engineering and construction firms, governments, property and real estate companies, solar installers, telecoms, and others. Getting them trained and on-script takes time.

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SBI Growth

JULY 3, 2013

For many marketing leaders the sales team’s QBR is an afterthought. Marketing typically provides updates to the sales team with a rear-view mirror approach. The event is often reactive. World Class CMO’s pursue involvement in sales QBRs. In some cases the sales team uses the QBR as an open forum to ambush marketing.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

75% of most sales processes fail. Think about this: You just invested a huge amount of time, energy and money in developing and training a buyer centric sales process. Our Making the Number research tells us that your peers feel the toughest part of a new sales process is having the team actually use it. Process Design.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a sales professional, you’re sending emails all day, every day. Arts & Entertainment, Construction, Human Resources, Legal & Government, and Real Estate have the highest open rates. Construction: 45%. Event Services: 35%. Professional Training and Coaching: 36%. Maybe your current rate is 20%.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re a sales leader, do you sometimes find yourself in a situation where you wonder what’s changed with enterprise B2B sales? Your sales team is intelligent, dedicated, and motivated, yet sales have slowed, and the team is barely making progress toward their year-end sales goals. Avoid the Sales Sermon.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Today if I was employed as someone in sales management, I would create and modify a hiring process that would include this one sales talent assessment tool – The Attribute Index to ensure the hiring would not cost small business sales. One final and critical point here about hiring smart to increase small business sales.

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Allego

JUNE 2, 2022

Sales enablement, the ongoing process of providing reps with the training, content, and tools they need to sell effectively, is often thought to be a function exclusively owned and operated by sales teams. Marketing and sales teams need to align for sales enablement to be successful and mobilize better-prepared sellers.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 12, 2020

As an example, look at the impact coronavirus has had on the tech industry : Dell, Amazon, Twitter, and Google have all announced some major actions (including work-from-home mandates and canceled events) in response to the outbreak. Here are some tips for handling sales conversations in this kind of environment.

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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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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. “What company is moving into that big office building under construction along the freeway? .

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 21, 2022

The word “build” is quite correct in this sense; you must carefully construct your photo from the inside out to become a robust edifice. The shift from a successful sales career to entrepreneurship taught me the importance of building your brand image. Sales Tips: Build Your Brand Image. Be A Story-Teller.

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Shari Levitin

MARCH 17, 2021

Sean, on the other hand, sees bad events in the least threatening light. The traditional view of achievement, like the traditional view of sales success, needs overhauling. I recently heard a story about a sales guy named Jason. Design the five questions you must ask yourself as you prepare for your virtual sales meetings.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 16, 2020

Whether you’re a sales enablement leader responsible for sales certification or an L&D practitioner ensuring your customer-facing teams are trained, you’re likely strategizing on how to engage and coach your remote teams. Typically, you’d develop a bootcamp for in-depth training, but these aren’t normal times.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There is no shortage of sales onboarding solution options to choose from and most of them offer basic instructor-led training that is created once and typically isn’t updated for months or years at a time. Visual data points on sales KPIs (like bookings and close rate) that quickly allow you to see where reps are struggling.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Sales Training Article: 5 Proven Steps to Sell Smarter. By Dan Bernoske, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Of the 365 days in a year, you can spend 232 of them selling (See Exhibit A). A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. A close second is "post-sale support" clocking in at 16.4%.

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Julie Hanson

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

One strategy is to record your next video sales call and watch it back. Stay constructive by asking yourself specific questions. find out what training or tools you need to improve. *For For workshops, keynotes, and events, get in touch with us here. appeared first on Julie Hansen | Performance Sales and Training.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Your team may be reluctant to openly say they need something or provide constructive criticism for fear of repercussions. If you want to hold a specific event for your team, you may want to rent out specialist meeting rooms or event spaces with Evins Mill. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale!

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 21, 2022

When you receive constructive criticism , you must pay attention and make changes accordingly. However, there will be occasions when criticism isn’t constructive or fits your authentic personality. As the CEO of Smooth Sale, after her near-death experience, Stutz created the motto, “Believe, Become, Empower “.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2018

Summary: For effective sales meetings, just make it relevant and productive again. The weekly sales meeting — you know the one. The whole crew gets together for what amounts to an hour-long discussion around menial housekeeping items or which sales rep got a little closer to nailing a sale. 1) Role-play sales scenarios.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. When you understand the types of events that precede spending, you can look for them in the future. FinancialServices.

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Apptivo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

What is Outbound Sales? What is an Outbound Sales tool? Why use Outbound Sales CRM? Advantages of Outbound Sales 5. How to find the best CRM for Outbound Sales? So, why not take a technologically smart approach to their sales outreach, thereby decreasing their sales cycles? What is Outbound Sales?

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Increase Sales

JUNE 26, 2012

In education based marketing, many small business owners to savvy entrepreneurs engage in free offerings from assessments to actual consulting time to marketing webinars to sales training coaching workshops. For example, to get your message out, you offer a free marketing or sales training coaching webinar.

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2020

If you’re like most CEOs, in March you watched with growing alarm as massive global companies like Dell, Amazon, Twitter, and Google issued work-from-home mandates, and all trade shows and big events were canceled in response to the outbreak. Our focus is always on sales growth , and it’s not impossible in this economy.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 16, 2020

Whether you’re a sales enablement leader responsible for sales certification or an L&D practitioner ensuring your customer-facing teams are trained, you’re likely strategizing on how to engage and coach your remote teams. Assign pre-work and reading before the training begins. Review and Refine.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 7, 2022

Additionally, thoughtful, constructive feedback can assist them in staying on track for exceeding expectations. In addition to traditional training, another essential component is to educate all employees that they are all equally valuable. Sales Tips: Four Ways To Have Happy Employees. Praise Them When It Is Necessary.

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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. Boost Sales and Revenue Revenue growth is often the most tangible outcome of a successful product launch.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Construct A Strategy Plan. As the CEO of Smooth Sale, after her near-death experience, Stutz created the motto, “Believe, Become, Empower “. Nice Girls DO Get the Sale is an International Best-Selling and Evergreen Book – among the classics; HIRED! Effective Marketing Precedes Sales. Communicate to Attract Interest”.

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