Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Every year, billions are spent in sales training. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. The billions spent represents spending in buying, developing, and delivering training. Train them in how to do this reinforcement and hold them accountable for doing it.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 16, 2024

We spend 100’s of millions on SKO speakers, books, and training–all focused on doing the things that drive business, sales and marketing performance. For example, as sales people, we know–without a doubt that: We’ve got to prospect and fill our funnels. I contribute my fair share to the clutter.)

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 5, 2020

Your sales team’s success depends on effective prospecting, and effective prospecting depends on effective prospect planning. Help your salespeople fill their pipelines with qualified prospects that lead to more sales, using these 8 steps. Define Your Ideal Prospect and Qualification Criteria. Clarify Messaging .

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SalesProInsider

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That’s what we want with our prospective clients! Right-size all we do to show the good fit for the prospect. Take the processes we use for example. Right-Size Your Pace with Your Prospects and Clients The second right-size adaptation we can make is pace. Are your prospects people who move and talk fast?

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SalesProInsider

MARCH 11, 2020

So, for example, if you tell people, “We’re going to work with you on your cash flow.” Free Training Workshop. How to Talk with Upset, Confused, Fearful, or Difficult Clients and Prospects. Join Sales Pro Insider CEO and Top Sales Book Author, Nancy Bleeke for a brand new workshop. One Size Doesn’t Fit All.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

All by now have implemented virtual sales training or online sales training programs that have had a better impact on sellers’ behavior than a face-to-face training session ever was able to achieve. Is Online Sales Training Effective? Virtual training workshops just had a stigma.

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SalesProInsider

AUGUST 18, 2023

The two words you should never say or ask when a prospective client shares a concern, an objection, or an unfavorable decision. A prospective client lets you know that they’re just not sure whether they have the time available to commit to doing their part in implementing working with you. Pause again.

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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 Hacker

MARCH 4, 2019

Despite all their best efforts, his sales reps were only connecting with prospects 3% of the time. You are probably going to call the prospect five times before giving up anyway (actually the real average is a much sadder 2 times ). If you don’t leave voicemails on any calls, you send the message that the prospect isn’t important.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

Sales training is a big investment. Not only are you paying for the training itself and related expenses, but your sales team is also losing prime selling hours to attend workshops and sessions. So, how do you make your training a success , not a flop? Top Reasons Your Sales Training Will Fail. Some are neutral.

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SalesProInsider

JANUARY 22, 2020

That’s why, when I heard a speaker at a conference tell the audience they should have a long list of specific components and features for ALL the potential services they offer and not only show the list to the prospect – but to use the list after the sale to remind the client of all that is available to them, I cringed. Let’s change that.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? Introducing, the “foot in the door” cold email prospecting method! The techniques we discuss in today’s post will help you email any prospect, whether it’s a CEO, marketing VP, industry influencer, or your favorite podcast host.

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Corporate Visions

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In-classroom training limitations are only exacerbated in a virtual classroom. Everyone assumes that virtual sales training is a pale imitation of classroom-based training when it comes to behavior change. Improving Virtual Sales Training with Recording. Ability to see peers’ best practice examples.

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Autoklose

MARCH 11, 2024

Prospecting is a high-stakes game, so many sales reps make the mistake of being too pushy in an attempt to quickly convert leads into sales. Organize an Online Conference, Webinar, or an Industry Meetup First of all, do your research and find out what your prospects deal with and identify their pressing pain points. That’s right!

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Allego

APRIL 16, 2024

Increasingly, sales teams use it to personalize content, enhance sales training , improve onboarding, conduct competitive analysis, streamline sales communication, and more. So, you must make sure you train the AI—input all the information and resources necessary for the tool to generate accurate results. There’s no doubt about it.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Once upon a time, “personalized training” meant printing the names of workshop participants on their handout folders. Today, this key component of modern learning means exactly what it says – sales training that is genuinely personalized , genuinely “just for me.”. What are the advantages of personalized sales training?

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

7 Sales Negotiation Strategies to Close More Deals Sales Negotiating Training Example Sales Negotiating Training Program Work With Sales Enablement to Provide Negotiation Materials and Training What is Sales Negotiation? People are more likely to trust and build relationships with those who are transparent and sincere.

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Smart Calling

MARCH 22, 2018

Do you really know where you stand with the prospects in your follow-up files right now? Although some reps argue that at least they are making contact and “touching” their prospects through their messages, I reject that totally. Come on, really now? Here’s why: 1. You waste time, and money, on a couple of levels.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I first heard this when I attended a workshop I attended years ago in Cleveland, Ohio. Many years have passed since that day and I've had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of prospects and sales people about their prospects. Prospects must think that salespeople are morons. The answer to that question is: YES!

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

billion on training and development, including external providers, internal expenses and tuition reimbursement, according to The American Society for Training and Development. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. Companies have shown selectivity with other training or development programs. Given that, why train them?

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LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

What are Sales Training Programs. Sales training programs are any type of formal or informal training that helps employees sell more effectively. The fast-paced, online, data-driven sales environment requires new sales training programs to empower the team. Why are Sales Training Programs Important.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

Customer business challenges/opportunities: Issues that customers face or opportunities to improve the way they do things that can motivate prospects to engage. This isn’t simply about describing the different target segments, it’s about sharing those snippets of intel that help salespeople focus on the right prospects early on.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One major telecommunications provider in Scandinavia, for example, has migrated B2B sales to virtual channels, using marketing automation to create leads and installing an online self-service portal. Zoom, the video communications firm, uses software to analyze call data in order to identify winning communication styles and inform training.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Opening A Cold Email Template Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? With the “foot in the door” method, you can reach any prospect — whether it’s a CEO, marketing VP, industry influencer, or your favorite podcast host. For example: Japan. Books, courses, seminars, workshops, etc.?)

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Not only do you need a unified sales enablement platform to equip, train, and coach your sales reps on making effective use of this content—you also need to consciously structure your site to be intuitive and aligned with your business objectives. What information, training, and coaching do they need to win?

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The next phase of my training was to shadow one of the senior sales reps for a few days. Then, before I knew it, I was ready to start calling prospects. He recruited the best basketball prospects in the country. A good sales leader will break down each step, provide examples and explain the why behind the example.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

A few recent examples: Selling to the C Suite. The Death of Event-Based Training. A few examples you may be seeing: Cadence – They aren’t sure where or how to spend their time. Were they given training and tools to address the above issues? Almost 100% of sales training in B2B companies is focused on reps.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. The company I use most often as an example in my speeches is hands-down alone at the top… Lexus of Omaha. Sales Training Tip #345: What is Your Advantage? prospecting. sales training. sales training tip. training tip.

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Sales Evangelist

MAY 21, 2020

Learn To Prospect Like An Expert With Steve Kloyda Prospecting isn’t to be taken lightly and there are skills needed before you can prospect well. His aim is to help salespeople attract more prospects, retain more clients, and drive more sales. Steve also remembers unforgettable customer service.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 6, 2024

For example, 84 percent of CSOs are satisfied with gender diversity. For example, buyers in Shanghai differ from those in Tokyo. This drives everything from prospecting emails to content creation and discovery questions. Inclusive Training and Development : Incorporate diversity into sales training and coaching.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 31, 2014

Sales Training Article: How Social Prospecting Helps Forecasting. Register today for a sales training workshop to improve sales performance and increase sales. Connections Your team needs to take more responsibility setting appointments with prospects. Reps that can execute Social Prospecting win for 3 reasons.

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SalesProInsider

APRIL 2, 2020

I’ll use me making a phone call as an example and explain the framework as I go for how to start these conversations. Some possible candidates for a call include stalled prospects, leads that haven’t even become a full prospect yet, and your centers of influence (COIs). Free Training Workshop. Hello, Robert.

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Product Management University

MARCH 23, 2023

The telling demos are more like an introductory training class on the product versus a sales presentation. Here’s an example. The consequences are longer more expensive sales cycles (more demos) and fewer wins because prospects don’t understand what your product helps them accomplish and how it makes them more successful.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 16, 2017

Here’s how to start a conversation (and book a meeting) with almost any prospect in your database or CRM using the “Foot-in-the-Door” email. Example: A researcher called people in Indiana and asked them if, hypothetically, they would volunteer to spend 3 hours collecting for the American Cancer Society. Marketing VPs.

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