Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Handling objections. Initially the logic of not handling an objection immediately may sound counterintuitive – but when it comes to dealing with objections not only what you say but also when you say it is key to success. In fact, it’s a core sales skill. After all, what really is driving the customer’s objection?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Every sales manager has some degree of legitimate dedication to both their company and professional development. Those qualities are almost a given in sales management, but the very best managers don't stop there — they exhibit some other key traits and behaviors that take their management skills from good to great.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

An ideal client profile should inform teams about potential clients that would make good prospects, as well as which ones aren’t. Similar to your ideal customer profiles (ICPs) , ideal client profiles allow you to construct marketing materials and content that are highly relevant to top-of-funnel clients. Client Data Collection.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Intelligence and automation will not only help you turn marketing-qualified leads into sales opportunities — but do so at scale. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Sales and marketing alignment should be a constant goal in your tech stack. Do I have ‘shiny object syndrome?’ Will it increase or harm alignment?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

The role of a sales team is to sell. The sales manager is responsible for creating, advancing, and managing the people, processes, and systems for their team to be successful. While this job routinely requires setting goals for the team, sales managers must set goals for themselves as well. Sales goals are often specific.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sales negotiations can be tense and anxiety-ridden. Sales negotiation is a skill that can be learned which is great news, because let’s be honest, not all of us are born sellers. There are certain strategies that many successful salespeople use to move the sales process forward and close more deals.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 19, 2024

Aligning individual goals with organizational objectives. Additionally, breaking information into digestible chunks through microlearning techniques ensures that new hires can absorb information gradually, leading to better retention and integration into their roles. Outlining career progression opportunities. Celebrate Success!

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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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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Names, places, and specific service information in testimonials can significantly enhance local search rankings. In a time of information glut, testimonials present an island of trustworthiness and dependability for local businesses among potential customers. Do not underestimate the impact of testimonials in your sales toolkit.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building. The strategy ensures reps are well-prepared to meet and exceed sales targets.

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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. Then they must craft an effective approach that will quickly convey value and lead to conversion.

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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. 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. The event is often reactive.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. James Kennedy from Momentum Solar says it best: “With Nearmap, all the necessary information is in one easy-to-use program.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Here are 33 tips and techniques that I believe will help every salesperson to improve their overall sales figures and create more motivation and drive. If you get a sale, learn what went right so you can repeat it and improve it. If you lose a sale, learn what you can do differently, so you can improve it.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Harvard Business Review finally published a relevant article that I agreed with! References verify that information. With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force? It''s all about potential.

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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. The lack of alignment between sales and marketing often stems from poor or outright lack of communication between both departments.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 8, 2024

Whether you are a seasoned exhibitor or a first-time attendee, constructive preparation can maximize your experience and achieve your objectives. Implement a lead capture system to collect contact information from interested attendees. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale! Capture leads.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2024

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. A significant portion of the B2B prospecting calls you make will end up going to voicemail — making the sales voicemail techniques you leverage and how well you can execute them absolutely crucial to your sales efforts.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 25, 2017

The tug of war between sales and marketing is real, and it cripples productivity. At the same time, marketing and sales are ultimately after the same thing, and each side often looks to the other to help meet mutual objectives: business growth and ROI, to name a couple. Author: Anna Fisher There’s no going around it.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 30, 2018

Ironically, posing this question usually gives you the information you need to rescue the sale. You may be surprised at how much good information you uncover and at the new avenues of opportunity that emerge. It's not constructive for them to do this on their own. If you need a reality check, ask for one. Interesting.

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Lead411

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Here, we explore some effective lead generation strategies and resources specific to the commercial real estate industry: Lead411 An invaluable resource for prospect identification, Lead411 offers information on rapidly expanding businesses that may be seeking additional office space because they are growing or hiring at a rapid pace.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2020

Others might only apply to certain sales methodologies , serving as pillars of individual selling frameworks and philosophies. But sales techniques aren't always so niche. Here, we'll take a look at five of the most important sales techniques that fit that bill. Understand and preempt your most common sales objections.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Set Definite Objectives And Goals. Setting specific goals and objectives is one of the most crucial aspects of business planning. Setting precise, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals entail outlining your objectives. Construct A Strategy Plan. Effective Marketing Precedes Sales.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 Why Sales Performance Management Matters.

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Before we explore that point in more detail, we need to take a step back in time to the origins of sales training to understand where we are today. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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Allego

MAY 11, 2021

We’re excited to announce the release of integrated Conversation Intelligence , further expanding our suite of sales enablement capabilities. Automate and Scale Sales Coaching. The new release of Allego Conversation Intelligence adds capabilities to allow teams to scale critical sales functions.

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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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Pipeliner

JUNE 10, 2022

One of the worst things you can do for a sales call is go into it unprepared. Preparing for a sales call beforehand will get you there. This article will discuss 14 tips for setting yourself up for a successful sales call. Sales is one of the most stressful career options. Identify Sales Call Boundaries.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

An ideal client profile informs teams about potential clients that would make good prospects, as well as which ones aren’t. Similar to your ideal customer profiles (ICPs ), ideal client profiles allow you to construct marketing materials and content that are highly relevant to top-of-funnel clients. What Is An Ideal Client Profile?

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 130

Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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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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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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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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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sales Coaching Starts with Feedback. We’ve all had those moments when a colleague or manager approached us with what they called “constructive feedback” – then unloaded on us with a list of grievances didn’t seem at all to be constructive. One way to avoid surprises is to conduct regular assessments. Direct Feedback.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

These are critical, they enable us to make progress in achieving our goals and objectives. But our action plans lose a lot of their strength and purposefulness because we construct them so poorly. In each of these meetings, there are the the follow ups, action plans, next steps, or to-dos. Evaluate potential partners.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

By comprehending the customer journey of a small business, an agency can formulate a plan that not only amplifies strengths and alleviates weaknesses, but also aligns with overarching business objectives. A well-constructed digital marketing plan can streamline a focused approach towards achieving business goals.

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