MTD Sales Training

JUNE 22, 2018

When sales managers have opportunities to develop their sales team, it’s something they should throw their whole time and attention at, as they seldom have the chance to get out of the fire-fighting mode and spend time working on. So what are some ways to ensure success in this important part of the sales manager role?

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Because I interview some of the world’s top influencers and authors, I knew I had to come up with a resource list of the best Sales books for 2019. Which are the Sales books that will help you create more conversations and close more sales in 2019? That’s how I created The Best Sales Books list of 2019.

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LevelEleven

JANUARY 9, 2019

Then there’s the possibility their prospects will be on vacation. A deal may be close to closing as the holidays approach and then, out of nowhere, the prospect goes dark! This also offers the opportunity to approach your prospect with a new technique. Ask your prospect what their plans and goals are for 2019.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This is the 8th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. This is the time-tested practice of sales coaching. As a sales coach, you can change that.

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BrainShark

JULY 4, 2023

Research firm CSO Insights offers a more formal definition: “Sales coaching is a leadership skill that develops each salesperson’s full potential. ” Coaching is often led by sales managers and facilitated by sales enablement professionals. Why is sales coaching important?

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LevelEleven

JANUARY 9, 2019

Then there’s the possibility their prospects will be on vacation. A deal may be close to closing as the holidays approach and then, out of nowhere, the prospect goes dark! This also offers the opportunity to approach your prospect with a new technique. Ask your prospect what their plans and goals are for 2019.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

18% of sales professionals use AI for content creation, making it the most popular use case. 87% of sales professionals say that AI tools assisting with writing sales content or prospect outreach messages are effective. Prospect Outreach AI alleviates one of the most time-consuming tasks in sales: prospecting.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

And when you have hundreds of customers reaching that 11 month mark, you’ll be happy you have a sales dialer. Improved Conversions You know that text you keep meaning to respond to? Think of a sales dialer as your reminder to call back all of those leads that never got back to you. That way, they have more time to prospect.

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Costello

JULY 26, 2018

This latest installment of People > Processes follows the previous posts by featuring a sales leadership success story. Throughout the series, we’ve talked to nearly a dozen sales pros. In every conversation, we’ve heard stories about how understanding others is the first step toward building productive customer relationships.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 5, 2022

This saying breaks the tension when a prospect complains about a current vendor or provider, without putting down the competition. This line works well when a prospect asks about your experience. Using a witty quote or funny anecdote during a presentation or conversation will make your message more memorable. Humor on Cold Call.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 9, 2014

Have you ever been to a sports event where the hometown fans “boo” one of its own players? By the same token, a sales manager is one of the sales professional’s top customers – if not THE top customer. Help your sales manager do their job by getting them what they ask for in a timely manner.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Before jumping the gun and hiring a seasoned veteran or promoting a rep from your (relatively) green team to Sales Manager, you should consider a middle ground: a team lead role for the inbound crew. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise. Are There Risks Associated with A Team Lead Role?

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. What is Prospecting?

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 25, 2019

One of the Fox Sports broadcast crews which consisted of ex-players dissected a pivotal corner kick from the standpoint of the playbooks of both the offense and the defense. Since we’re all not aficionados of the sport, let’s first consider the value of a corner kick.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. Your prospect will think, ‘Wow, they hated museums, but kept an open mind.’”. Framing skills.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 18, 2012

As a rookie salesperson, I learned that when it comes to making sales calls, it’s best to follow the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. Back then, a sales manager and I once drove 45 miles to see one of my early-stage prospects. Along the way, we talked about sports, our past jobs and life in general.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Before jumping the gun and hiring a seasoned veteran or promoting a rep from your (relatively) green team to sales manager, you should consider a middle ground: a team lead role for the inbound crew. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise. Are there risks associated with a team lead role?

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2013

As publisher of TeleSmart’s “Trend Report,” Josiane has spent most of the last decade tracking the biggest challenges that sales leaders face each year. Below, you can read highlights from our discussion or use the links to start the video from different parts of the conversation. Millennial Talent 2.0 is Here to Stay.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

That being said, role-play is traditionally considered a team sport. This role-play sales training is especially valuable for those transitioning from field sales to inside sales. This type of role-play scenario allows reps to practice sales conversations remotely with other team members or their managers.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

Tweet Share To maximize your networking effectiveness, you must follow one simple rule: Rule A1A — go where your customers and prospect go, or are likely to be. Having common ground always gets a conversation going. This is a great place to learn more about your customers AND get introduced to your prospects. Sports events.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 11, 2018

Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Given these endless choices, it can be hard for sales managers to figure out where exactly to focus their attention. Yard sales’ occur every day in the sales profession. Time management.

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Anthony Iannarino

APRIL 21, 2020

Both you and your prospective client have something at risk as you enter into the sales conversation. The framework below is from The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the 10 Commitments That Drive Sales. The framework below is from The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the 10 Commitments That Drive Sales. Exploration.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2018

It’s a formula stating that 80% of sales are made by 20% of sales reps, and it sometimes seems as immutable as a law of physics. Sales managers and business leaders try to move the ratio with training, but up to 87% of training content is forgotten within a few weeks. Coaching is no solution either.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Learn Anthony's core strategies & tactics for sales success at any level with The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need. My curiosity about business grew after I was left out of a conversation my client was having with their team. Learn how to sell without a sales manager. You need to make sales.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Unfortunately, sales managers may find that their "LP has a scratch" and their "needle is stuck". A quick review of previous articles: Coaching Sales People and Raising the Bar. The Bell Curve Dilemma in Sales Management. Performance Management - Building Successful Sales Teams.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 8, 2018

The good news is that you don’t have to reinvent the sales management wheel. You only need to duplicate and install these 3 proven sales team attributes into your sales team. #1: 1: An emotionally intelligent sales manager. A sales manager is the official “raiser of the bar” in a company.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

That being said, role-play is traditionally considered a team sport. This role-play sales training is especially valuable for those transitioning from field sales to inside sales. This type of role-play scenario allows reps to practice sales conversations remotely with other team members or their managers.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 23, 2021

Over 2 million annual visitors and more than 18,000 community members contribute with the aim to help all sales pros succeed – from brand new SDRs to the head of RevOps. Topics and discussion channels include: Sales management. Sales enablement. LinkedIn Sales Solutions. Topics include: Sales habits.

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Lessonly

JUNE 10, 2020

Instead, I’ll tell you the story of a girl who got into sales right out of college with absolutely no selling experience, but had two phenomenal sales managers who coached her to be the rep she is today. Here are five sales coaching best practices that my two sales managers, Kyle and Kenzie , applied beautifully as they led me.

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LevelEleven

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Selling to every prospect you come across. The more time you spend on prospects that wouldn’t be a good fit, the less time you have for right-fit prospects. Nothing looks worse than a seller obviously having no knowledge of the prospect on a call. Not prospecting enough. Did one of your prospects go dark?

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Think about the questions you ask during a conversation. How consistently do you actively observe your people when engaging with customers and prospects on the phone, in person, even how they communicate via email? Think about any coach of a sports team. Is your sales forecast accurate? How You Think Is What You Speak.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Using this technique requires you to be engaged and sincere about the topic of conversation. phone sales tips. prospecting. sales goals.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Fun fact: We've now built a predictive dialer in our CRM, so you too can reach more prospects in less time. If the person on the other end of the line said yes, the temp would hand over the head set to the sales rep, who would then take the conversation from there. The feature was a gamechanger.

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Keith Rosen

JUNE 24, 2019

As you’ll see in this story, the power of questions, authentic, radical curiosity and care, and coaching your customers to succeed is their secret to becoming a sales champion. Adrian was responsible for managing the sales team for one of the largest sporting goods and boating distributors in his town. Empathetic.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Recently I happened to have heard a sports talk radio host discuss Brain Waves in terms of what winning football players must exhibit, he specifically discussed using powerful Brain Waves to get into the head of their opponent allowing the one player to dominant. They all relate to having the correct Brain Waves.

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Braveheart Sales

AUGUST 27, 2020

As an avid golfer, I am intrigued by the parallels the sport has to sales. They are focused on the prospect and client by asking hard-hitting questions to produce the appropriate result – either a closed sale or a quick “no” so they can move on to the next opportunity. I will get to why it matters after I set the stage.

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