The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. It seems that every week we are being told that sales training is not working in a very high percentage of cases – 85-90% was one statistic I read just yesterday. JF Corporation.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Acuity enables B2B sales teams “to improve sales productivity in implementing prospecting and customer growth strategies using flexible process technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI).” They did this by having users download their app and drive around in traffic – serve as sensors on the traffic network. So they created it.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Download the Sales Ops Planning Evolution Guide to help. Get the sales team trained on how to sell socially. Are your territories designed to maximize time with customers and prospects? What about your plan for next year?

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 30, 2012

So, Steve, we are looking at £200 per territory for three territories or £600 per month. Prospect. “I I’ll give you 25% for three territory sales that I know I will make. MTD Sales Training. Have you downloaded my latest report “The Sales Person’s Crisis”? What follows is a clear example of the process.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. You communicate, collaborate, and connect with prospects via desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. To master virtual selling, you need to differentiate yourself, nurture prospects, handle objections, and fight screen fatigue—all at the same time.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

With training and coaching to support the development of critical sales skills, organizations can equip their sellers to close more and bigger deals, all while ensuring time with buyers is well-spent. Prospecting. Territory Management. Prospecting. Unfortunately, we’ve all experienced poor sales prospecting.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

He is getting in front of prospects and valued customers. He’s looking at compensation analysis, territory design, and sales structure. Skills Training: Unless directed, the sales manager takes an ad-hoc approach to skills. She recommends reading the latest books or product training. Reps that fail are re-trained.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

As the year comes to a close and your team is busy trying to meet their Q4 target, don’t let prospecting for the new year fall by the wayside. Even the most skilled salespeople can’t close a deal if they aren’t capable of getting in front of the right people, so your team’s prospecting effectiveness should be your top priority for 2016.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Look Me in the Eye by Julie Hansen , Founder and Sales Presentation Expert, Performance Sales and Training. Sales, prospecting, and mindset tips for you to sell with confidence and integrity. Strategies for great virtual sales conversations.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2013

If it is a new plan, or new territory – find the upside to it and see how you can make it work for you. or their prospecting conversion rates (how many decision makers do I need to talk to in order to set up a next meeting / demo / conversation)? Download the summary tip sheet for these ideas (Part 3) here click here.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . The amount of time it takes your reps to get up and running is a reflection of their training. First and foremost you need the right amount of sales reps to cover territories and close deals.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

You’ve had an open territory for some time. HR is done with the new-hire training. At the end, you''ll be able to download our 30-Day Guide to Getting Reps Productive Fast. Most onboarding programs focus on a mixture of internal processes and product training. Don’t pawn it off on HR or Sales Training.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 7, 2022

Let’s say a company has three salespeople assigned to a given territory and a $3 million quota for that territory. But if sales reps truly aren’t ready for buyer conversations, instead of asking them to do more, companies should train them better — driving optimal productivity through ongoing education and assessments.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Take a hard look at the role of your business development representatives and ask yourself: Is business development the last stage of qualifying a marketing-generated lead — or the first stage of sales outreach and prospect engagement? Do they align to a market program or a selling territory?

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Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 30, 2020

Territories and Accounts. Prospecting and Opportunity Creation. When external events change the environment, a lot of salespeople and sales organizations decide they should start prospecting. Others try to impose a prospecting discipline that is missing when things are good. Planning Sales Calls. No Secrets.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2024

Instead, you must understand how sales reps and prospects are (or aren’t) using sales content. The revenue organization can use this intel to deliver sales training or sales enablement to help all sellers understand when and how to use this piece of content in the sales cycle. In other words, you need sales content analytics.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 3, 2013

To be successful, there are two essential questions a marketing leader must answer: How am I going to educate my customers and prospects on the new product? Often a new product comes out targeting a subset of your customer & prospect base. Reps need to know who in their territory wants to hear about the new widget.

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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Segment Education 306

Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 31, 2020

Individual: Territory Plan Review. You make prospecting more effective when you identify your dream clients and a theory as to why you believe there are better results available to them. Team: Training Meeting. As a sales leader, you are responsible for teaching, training, coaching , and developing your sales force.

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criteria for success

JUNE 5, 2020

On-boarding, training, check-ins, and maintaining camaraderie becomes difficult when teams are scattered around the country or around the globe. If you’re exploring the possibility of going “remote,” adding new territories, or if you’re already managing a remote sales team, this eBook is here to help guide you. Download Now.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It addresses how sales representatives engage with prospects, close deals, and meet revenue targets. Components Sales Plan: Includes sales tactics, prospecting strategies, target setting, and customer relationship management (CRM) activities. Sales Training and Development Plans for training and developing the sales team.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It addresses how sales representatives engage with prospects, close deals, and meet revenue targets. Components Sales Plan: Includes sales tactics, prospecting strategies, target setting, and customer relationship management (CRM) activities. Sales Training and Development Plans for training and developing the sales team.

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Paid Content Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing 52

The Pipeline

JULY 30, 2012

He also tells me about people’s approach to the whole physical training thing, which in great measure the reason for them giving up and their ultimate failure. I recently met a rep Jill, again a “70 percenter”, in her territory for years, but she was different than most reps in one respect, she loves to read sales books.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

While enablement typically comes into play from the beginning, working with marketing to assist sales professionals through learning and prospect interactions, operations teams up with sales leaders to establish methodologies and stepping in for final negotiations and deal compensation. Setting territory structure.

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Anthony Iannarino

APRIL 1, 2020

Don’t Stop B2B Sales Training. Any time you have available should be spent training and developing the sales force, skilling them up for the steep climb out of the valley and up to the top of the mountain. Improve your prospecting and write and develop new prospecting sequences. Download Now.

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Vengreso

MARCH 30, 2022

It provides sellers prospecting opportunities through advanced search features (not available in the free version of LinkedIn) and the ability to set up personalized notifications. However, most of our digital sales training clients with an enterprise license pay between $700 – $1,300 per license per year. Lead Recommendations.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When a company has clearly defined win rate criteria, calculates its win rate frequently, and takes insight-based action to improve win rate, it is setting itself up to turn a higher percentage of prospects into customers. Download This Template. Price: Your final asking price exceeded what the prospect was willing to pay.

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criteria for success

JUNE 12, 2020

On-boarding, training, check-ins, and maintaining camaraderie becomes difficult when teams are scattered around the country or around the globe. If you’re exploring the possibility of going “remote,” adding new territories, or if you’re already managing a remote sales team, this eBook is here to help guide you. Download Now.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 29, 2021

It’s been reported by the Sales Management Association that the average sales new hire spends 10 weeks in training, only becoming productive after 11.2 When a sales rep isn’t fully prepared to answer questions and address the needs of prospects, they will struggle to hit their sales targets and quotas. Prospecting process.

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Close.io

AUGUST 7, 2019

They not only publish new blog posts often, but also provide useful content such as podcasts, webinars, online courses, sales training, videos, eBooks, and more. Excerpt: “Professional sellers who think like owners of their territories take more accountability for their outcomes and success, no matter what’s going on around them.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 16, 2019

It takes time and effort to build a territory and account plan. To prospect effectively, you need a general theory about why your dream client should change. As you go through the process of having these sales conversations, you move closer to the particular approach that is most compelling to your prospective client.

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Vengreso

MARCH 30, 2022

It provides sellers prospecting opportunities through advanced search features (not available in the free version of LinkedIn) and the ability to set up personalized notifications. However, most of our digital sales training clients with an enterprise license pay between $700 – $1,300 per license per year. Lead Recommendations.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Download the latest version here. Prospecting. Sales Training. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Below is Part One of our discussion, use what you can. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Download the latest version here. Prospecting. Sales Training. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. As always the goal is to provide a couple of actionable things you can implement in your selling. Tibor Shanto.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Maybe these clients generally already have a software solution in place, but you provide analysis and training solutions ranging from $250-500k. Download Now. Is there an opportunity for expansion, such as a new territory or a complementary offering? Download Now. But what if you don’t have many clients? Engage Marketing.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Together, coauthors Byron Matthews and Tamara Schenk have a combined 48 years of experience and expertise in the areas of sales-performance improvement, sales enablement, and sales training. Combo Prospecting by Tony Hughes. His potent “COMBOs” will help your team gain access to top-level prospects, secure meetings, and make the sale.

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Decision Maker Handbook Lead Rank Lead Scoring 126

Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 7, 2020

They are going to make you do a territory or account plan, and they aren’t going to provide you with any coaching. You will be required to do territory and account plans, to create new opportunities, to use your technological tools, and to win deals. Download my free eBook! Download Now. Get the Free eBook!

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

Download the worksheet. Prospecting. Sales Training. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. You need to be able to respond to different obstacles, and you need to win the deal when it presents itself. Next Steps.

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