Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? This is unexplored territory?—?and

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SBI

JULY 24, 2018

Sales reps love their CRM. In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM. Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. Wing was able to lean on ZoomInfo’s Chorus conversation intelligence solution and its SalesOS platform to analyze successful deals and perform lightning-fast research on her new territory and team. Luckily for her, that era is over.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

CEOs, do you want to unlock the secret to sky-high sales? Barry Trailer from Sales Mastery Advisors highlights a goldmine of opportunity: diving deep into repeat and referral sales. Believe it or not, expanding within your existing customer base can yield better returns than braving new territories. Want to dive deeper?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

So how do you maximize the investment you’re making in sales new hires? Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). Onboarding Checklist for Sales New Hires. Pre-week training. Product Training. Product or service training.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

Every year, a Sales Enablement leader is faced with the same problem. Ramping new sales reps. Step 2: Identify Training Needs and the Training Program. Your training program should incorporate different modalities, topics and methods. Teach your new sales reps who these individuals are and what’s important to them.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

Author: Jason Jordan Question: Why does senior leadership buy CRM? For most organizations, the answer is to gain visibility into the activities of individual sales reps. Nor can they make smart investments in improving sales capability. Basically, we buy CRM to measure and improve our front-line sellers’ performance.

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criteria for success

APRIL 7, 2021

If you're in the market for some DIY sales management training, you've come to the right place. We've compiled 5 checklists for you to use with your sales managers in any organization. We often talk about the importance of process in selling, but good sales management is a process too. Assign leads to the sales team.

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SugarCRM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Technology plays a pivotal role in this dynamic, especially for sales teams. Apart from high-performing devices, such as laptops and reliable internet connection, a good way of empowering remote sales teams is through CRM implementation. How can CRM deployment help remote sales teams ?

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

You collect a lot of data from your sales team, but are you really getting the most out of it? It is important to rely on data and not intuition when determining your company’s sales process optimization. Here are 10 ways you can improve your sales process optimization process by utilizing data from the CRM system.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. You can think of training and enablement programs as similar waves along a continuum. The first wave in training and enablement is represented by traditional Learning Paths , the original development programs.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many companies tend to underestimate the importance of guidance, training, and support for their new hires, and that tends to be detrimental. Many sales professionals often don’t receive the crucial tools needed for success right away. While you’re at it, assess your other sales team members. And what did they do wrong?

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Time Available For Selling is a critical issue for everyone in sales. There is training, enhancing their skills in engaging customers. And, there is a certain amount of idle/ad-hoc time that is actually important to sales performance. For example, an issue in 100% of the clients I work with is CRM compliance.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the HubSpot Blog's recent survey of over 500 sales professionals, we tried to see what sales leaders hope to achieve when training reps and the top sales coaching tactics they use to get there — and our survey produced some interesting insight on both fronts. Sales Leaders' Primary Coaching Goals. Let's dive in.

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 27, 2016

A critical element that is relatively new is territory optimization and we will examine the case for this in this article. In order to maximize performace at the 100m, athletes train and diet – you will find that some do it through drugs, but that is like lying to the customer. New Concepts Driving Greater Performance .

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. December 2007. The Pipeline Guest Post – Jonathan Farrington. And actually I agree.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Has your Sales Ops planning kept up with the new realities? Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. By doing so, you''ll also get the Sales Ops Planning Evolution Guide.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

When assessing your team’s performance, sales activities offer crucial metrics. That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results. Get started with this three-step process.

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SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Using a modern Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool is a must for any business that wants to take customer satisfaction and revenue to the next level. A CRM can skyrocket sales and build solid long-term customer relationships. Improving CRM adoption is a big task to ensure business acceleration.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Hiring Sales Talent , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales eXchange , execution. Given that, why train them?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Quickly growing businesses require more sophisticated automation to ensure operational efficiency, proper distribution of leads among their sales team, and to make sure no leads slip through cracks. That’s what makes lead routing a critical component to any scaling sales strategy. Lead Routing by Territory or Geography.

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Showpad

JANUARY 8, 2021

Hiring and onboarding new members of your sales team can be complicated. Research from Clearslide and CSO Insights found that, on average, it takes new reps between six and nine months to get fully ramped up to the performance levels of established sales agents. Focus on industry specifics. Establish clear goals and KPIs.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 20, 2018

If you don’t keep the leads coming in thick and fast, you run the risk of sales running dry over the next weeks. Here are a few tips: Divide your territory in a way that makes sense. CRM system information – most recent contact. MTD Sales Training. Press Room – latest stories, financial results, etc. Happy Selling!

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

Salespeople need to retain a lot of information and master the right sales skills to consistently hit their numbers. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. Here are 17 sales skills every rep needs and tips for helping your teams develop them. Essential Sales Skills Every Rep Should Have.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 29, 2023

This helps you understand the terminology used through the sales cycle and what the deal funnel looks like. Related: Sales Cycle Management: Definition, Stages, and Strategies Listen to your AE’s calls The leads that you pick from the above CRM report might have call recordings associated with them. Related: Need to Find Leads?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 19, 2014

Mature organizations typically have a robust training program. However, much of this training is wasted on corporate policies and internal systems training. Territories underperform. Download our New Rep Onboarding Checklist document for 4 weeks of successful training. Pull your “A” Players into the training.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Imagine a time when you can work totally on the go with your mobile device – phone or tablet – to create business, follow-up with customers, train your team, assess your pipeline, and work a smooth system. There are new tools and ideas coming out now that will change forever how we think about business process, marketing and sales.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. This is where great sales managers come in.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 12, 2012

Hang around any conference about CRM or any of the Sales 2.0 Compliance is basically code for, “How do we get the sales people to use this stuff?” ” Virtually every CRM system has standard reports for managers to look at compliance. A sales person would never fight the use of Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales operations (sales ops) and sales enablement are terms used often within an organization. But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations. Sales Operations Roles and Responsibilities. Setting territory structure.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 11, 2019

Your sales team is working harder than ever to differentiate your product or service and close new business. Enter, the sales operations manager. Sales operations exists to help the team use technology effectively, implement training exercises, align sales and marketing, set territories, evaluate compensation plans, and more.

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Showpad

MAY 7, 2020

You may already have a sales enablement program, initiative or function at your organization. If your enablement initiative drives sales results as expected, you don’t need to read this article. Myth #1: Sales enablement only adds more layers to and complicates tasks previously accomplished elsewhere.

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InsightSquared

MARCH 6, 2018

Sales operations has been around for quite some time, but lately the function has been gaining momentum. Instead of behind-the-scenes sales support, sales ops now acts as a strategic partner for sales VPs and leadership. Where to Start: CRM. Your CRM is the backbone of your organization. Get Deals Done.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 30, 2019

No seller has ever said, “My CRM helped me close that deal.” Yet customer relationship management (CRM) systems hold the information that could help sellers close deals. Traditionally, CRMs have been bulky and expensive, rendering them unaffordable to small businesses. Today’s CRMs evolved beyond those awkward early steps.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 6, 2021

You've established the various stages of your sales process. You know how the typical prospect goes from an email address in your CRM to a paying customer. You've trained your salespeople on the key actions required to move prospects from stage to stage. Percent of the sales organization achieving quota. Lifecycle Stages.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 21, 2013

A good VP of Sales knows their top performers. Every time there’s a territory rezoning he bellyaches. Or If you chop up my territory, I’ll look somewhere else. How to Spot Them: Look at the number of prospects in each territory. No territory should have twice the amount of any other. CRM adoption?

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