Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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Training Lead Rank Hiring Course 92

Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2023

It’s not all about scale Some of the biggest opportunities for using AI may not be the obvious ones being talked about now, like having ChatGPT write 100 prospecting emails in 3 minutes. Then I think we’re going to start to see it in all areas of the sales process, for example in negotiations and contract revisions.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It begins with comprehensive market research to gauge prospect needs and preferences. 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.

Negotiation 59

Negotiation Scale Social Media Webinar Metrics 59

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. Salespeople may have the technical knowledge, the hard sales training, the product knowledge, the sales presentation skills plus the functional skills to work through the entire sales process.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 16, 2022

When we have a non-negotiable in our lives, decisions are made easy. Sometimes, the non-negotiable’s are small: deciding to give annually to the policeman’s ball or vowing never to steal office supplies from your work. Top organizations and sellers set non-negotiables when it comes to ethics and morality. The good news?

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Airlines Hiring Negotiation Referrals 62

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Negotiation. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. “What company is moving into that big office building under construction along the freeway?” Related posts: Sales Prospecting: Office Phone or Cell Phone?

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Mindtickle

MAY 31, 2023

That would mean you need two perspectives: Construction What processes are required to build the road? Simply put, a sales pipeline empowers your sales team with the information they need to engage more empathetically based on what stage a prospect is in. This helps sales reps better understand what a potential buyer needs and when.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Lead Qualification Sales Qualified Lead 52

The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Nearly every sales skill that is essential for engaging buyers today can be acquired with regular sales training. Regardless of how we consume our sales training, the program content should ideally target the essential sales skills. Make sure the online sales training program includes some of these sales skills. Soft Skills.

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Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 85

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Business-to-Business or B2B sales is a business transaction between two companies, usually in the form of infrastructure, materials, training, software, or other needs the buyer may have. Prospective customers within B2B sales tend to have multiple stakeholders and. #b2bsales #leadership #sales Click To Tweet. What is B2B Sales?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned sales pro or just starting your journey, understanding and speaking the language of sales is essential to connect with prospects, build relationships, and close deals. BANT BANT is an acronym commonly used in sales to qualify and assess potential leads or prospects.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 52

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 17, 2023

Early in my sales training career, I worked with an electronic distributor. Shadowing Rick for a few days, I noticed he spent 90 percent of his time on the phone talking to prospects, customers, or manufacturer reps. The construction industry is a small community, and word travels fast. ” the sales rep said.

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Hiring Construction Exercises Face-to-face 62

Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2019

You see a huge conversion opportunity in a prospect. However the next day, your prospect gives you a “no.” A useful way to do on a practical level is mapping the accounts and depict the relationships at your prospect company visually. It shows prospects that you genuinely care. You’re elated. What went wrong?

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Demand Generation Targets Account Company Prospecting 57

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Gratitude, often overlooked in traditional sales training, holds significant potential for enhancing our success. First and foremost, for many of us sales professionals, a day without a hot cup of coffee is like a day without talking to a single prospect. The trust bestowed upon us by clients is the very currency of our profession.

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Face-to-face Chemicals Journal Quota 77

Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

Even if you sell a truly remarkable product, prospects aren’t likely to recognize the full value you offer. In fact, most prospects either don’t recognize or can’t articulate the root of the challenges they struggle with on a daily basis. They talk about “why us?” — why the prospect should choose them over their competitors.

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Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 103

SalesLoft

JANUARY 8, 2019

Guest post by John Barrows , CEO @ JBarrows Sales Training. The unintended consequence is that they hurt their sales team’s prospecting efforts. Sales should carve up the overarching value prop and segment it to address a prospect’s specific needs. Let’s use my sales training as an example. A Real World Example.

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Marketing Face-to-face Scale Case Study 52

Mindtickle

AUGUST 10, 2022

As a result, the prospect feels like they’re being heard; like their issues are being addressed. It provides a library of resources and training, benchmarks for their selling behaviors, and actionable metrics on their calls. And managers can quickly add recommendations and constructive feedback when they review calls.

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Conversion Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 52

Allego

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

All-day training sessions during boot camp often provide important and memorable social experiences, so eliminating them is a bad idea. . The in-person sales coaching program , skills practice, and role playing your new reps undergo during ‘live’ training sessions strengthen sales onboarding. Best examples of elevator pitches.

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Hiring Buyer Persona Video Lead Rank 63

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For each sales call and meeting, know your prospects. Even though you used it for years, rehearse and tweak it for this prospect. If you’re stiff as a board, you will bore prospects stiff. If you’ve interested prospects, anticipate objections. Think like a prospect. Prospecting is a perfect example.

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Hiring Follow-up Course Objections 62

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 15, 2020

Imagine you’re a prospect, and you stumble across my profile. The most successful reps know that sales isn’t about them — it’s about the prospect. Here's the template: [One- to two-sentence description of common prospect problem.]. To create an immediate rapport with your prospects, show them what makes you tick.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 11, 2020

Classroom training allows you to teach your reps in a controlled setting, in large or small groups, free from the distractions and pressures of their work environment. Plus, classroom training can help build teamwork across people who need to collaborate, such as pre-sales engineers and sales reps, and account managers and customer success.

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Buyer B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 64

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 7, 2010

Leadership Training (2). Negotiating (2). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales management training (4). sales prospecting (34). Sales Training (5).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Insurance Insurance 120

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Leadership Training (2). Negotiating (2). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales management training (4). sales prospecting (34). Sales Training (5).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics Travel 120

Mindtickle

MARCH 11, 2020

Classroom training allows you to teach your reps in a controlled setting, in large or small groups, free from the distractions and pressures of their work environment. Plus, classroom training can help build teamwork across people who need to collaborate, such as pre-sales engineers and sales reps, and account managers and customer success.

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Buyer B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 17, 2019

Sales questions for discovery, clarification, engaging prospects or gaining commitments are critical across the entire sales process. The importance of asking the right sales questions is vital if a salesperson is to engage in really meaningful sales conversations with prospects or customers. When they buy. Needs driven? budget driven?

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Decision Maker Vendor Ideal Customer Profile Buyer 65

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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Sales Coaching Coaching Scale Hiring 62

A Sales Guy

JULY 27, 2013

It is not failure itself, but the fear of failure, the prospect of failure, the anticipation of failure, that causes you to freeze up and perform at a lower level.”. And that is one of the critical keys to negotiating this formidable barrier to your success. Courage cannot be faked, but it can most certainly be constructed.

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John Barrows

APRIL 5, 2018

They decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with a huge corporation. The organic, constructive methods we had used for growth stopped mattering. We were told it would just be a few months, but the negotiations dragged on past two quarters. Our founder who led the negotiations looked like he hadn’t slept in a month.

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How To Banking Negotiation Face-to-face 126

Sales Evangelist

MAY 30, 2019

Partnerships Tampa General has a minority business program that breaks out the four procurement categories from construction and professional services to general goods and services, and medical services and supplies. Bring the solution to wherever your prospective customer is going. The cost of training is simply too high.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Banking Construction 40

SalesLoft

JUNE 18, 2019

He’s the CEO of J Barrows sales training. One of the things I love about John is that he is not just a trainer, he’s really a sales professional who happens to train. I also mentioned that John’s firm is a key strategic partner to SalesLoft, he does train us and we do recommend him to many of our customers.

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Construction Call-back Up-Sell Tools 45

Chorus.ai

JULY 24, 2019

You will almost always find progressively fewer prospects at each stage; however, if you go from 40% agreeing to a demo to only 8% actually agreeing to buy, it's clear that the process needs to be amended. Loss in the early stages of a prospect: Is your content performing? Product Performance.

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Analytics Top of Funnel Data Lead Rank 50

Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

While all sales manager undoubtedly need hands-on experience converting prospects into customers themselves, there are a wide range of other (equally important) sales manager skills you’ll need to command in order to excel in this role. Overseeing the organization’s sales training. Ability to train, coach and mentor.

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Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank Forecasting 115

Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

Then after that, we’ll dive into the hard sales skills every rep needs to hone, like how to use specific tools & technologies, prospecting, lead qualification, negotiating and more. What happens when you dial a prospect and they pick up the phone? Not every prospect will be a good fit for becoming a customer, and that’s ok.

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Inside Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 108

Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

Then after that, we’ll dive into the hard sales skills every rep needs to hone, like how to use specific tools & technologies, prospecting, lead qualification, negotiating and more. What happens when you dial a prospect and they pick up the phone? Not every prospect will be a good fit for becoming a customer, and that’s ok.

Inside Sales 71

Inside Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 71

SalesLoft

JUNE 20, 2019

He’s the CEO of J Barrows sales training. One of the things I love about John is that he is not just a trainer, he’s really a sales professional who happens to train. I also mentioned that John’s firm is a key strategic partner to SalesLoft, he does train us and we do recommend him to many of our customers.

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Hiring Up-Sell Call-back Construction 63

Mindtickle

MAY 5, 2022

One of my kids is like that: he negotiated with me at three years old. One thing that people look for now, when they’re going into an interview, is what training, coaching, or support is offered? We were a pretty high-growth company and nobody was doing training. Having the training team or L&D do this: wrong.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Tools Call-back 52

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dave Brock says it the best ever: Prospecting is the New Prospecting ! Don't just install it, train your people on it thoroughly, weekly and quarterly. You need to pinpoint the mobilizers, your advocates and build consensus amongst champions inside the prospect's ecosystem. It's a modern twist on an ancient classic.

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Social Selling Call-back Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile 66

Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

In particular, sales data often refers to the critical metrics and KPIs that describe and measure the steps in finding prospects, qualifying leads, and winning deals. You will almost always find progressively fewer prospects at each stage. Are you targeting the correct prospects, with the right approach, at the right time?

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Data Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 130