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Product Demos: Avoiding the Trap of Telling vs. Selling

Product Management University

If you’re a pre-sales solution consultant or sales engineer, falling into the trap of telling vs selling can happen before you even know it, even though your intentions are always on the mark to start the demo. The telling demos are more like an introductory training class on the product versus a sales presentation.

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10 MOST COMMON MISTAKES COMPANIES MAKE WHILE IMPLEMENTING A CRM SYSTEM

Apptivo

What is a CRM system? A CRM system essentially provides a centralized platform where businesses can store customer and prospect data, track customer interactions, and share this information with colleagues. What are the 10 most common mistakes while implementing a CRM system? 3 mins read. Implementing the CRM solution.”.

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Sales Recruiting – Build a Sales Farm System

Adaptive Business Services

Yet, every year, companies spend exorbitant amounts on recruiting, hiring, and training, while still struggling with high turnover rates. One novel way to do this is to build a Sales Farm System. But these skills don’t show up easily with the traditional system. What Is a Sales Farm System. Sales teams are no different.

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5 Areas of hidden waste in the sales revenue production system

BrainShark

Unfortunately, at many companies, the revenue production system is clogged with waste — activities leading nowhere. But why would you want a system where reps are expected to fail almost 90% of the time? Many companies take wasteful approaches when training new sales reps. Except for one. Ineffective onboarding.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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What the heck am I looking at?!  A Forgotten Software Demo Best Practice

Julie Hanson

As a demo and presentation skills coach, I have seen more than my fair share of software demos – along with their associated screens, tabs, search bars, drop downs, notifications and text fields. Software Demo Best Practice #1: How to Present a New Screen. Just like any good guidance system, accuracy matters.

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How to Train a Sales Team on Products: Use Modern Software, Not Old-Fashioned Training Techniques

Bigtincan

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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