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Accelerating Software Sales in a No-Touch World with Virtual PoCs and Demos

Sales and Marketing Management

Virtual Demos and PoCs. However, a demo or PoC will only be as good as the platform supporting it; if it falls short on performance, you’re out of luck. As IDC’s Brown noted, “Failure at the product demo or PoC stage not only loses deals, but also risks losing customer value for life.”. Accelerate With the Cloud.

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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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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Virtual channels can raise productivity and lower selling costs, due to less time and expense for travel. For instance, more than a decade ago, Cisco Systems installed an on-demand portal that has a wiki knowledge base, virtual product demos and an expert locator. The salient question now becomes, what cannot be sold virtually?

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Top 15 Sales Training Webinars of 2020 (So Far)

Allego

No one needs to be told that training has changed dramatically in the past few months. L&D and sales training professionals have tackled tough challenges in a short amount of time as we all figure out the best way to communicate and collaborate with each other. 15 Most Popular Sales Training Webinars.

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Sales Training Program Expert Tips

The Digital Sales Institute

Sales training program expert tips for anyone involved in sales management or sales enablement some insight into planning any form of sales training. It sounds simplistic to say that sales training is the act of training salespeople or the sales team on the product and sales process.

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The best marketing emails sent by Nutshell customers, vol. 1

Nutshell

Global Travel Alliance. Global Travel Alliance is an educational organization focused on building bridges for student groups, changing lives and global perspectives through educational travel. Katie Conaway , Director of Marketing at Global Travel Alliance. Are you or someone you know interested in educational travel?

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. They estimate total air travel could drop between 19% and 36% permanently due to changes in business travel. Ensure tech proficiency and use.