Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When you add virtual selling and remote sales teams to the equation, enabling a CEO mindset among the sales team becomes more evasive. Team-building exercises often end up being counterproductive. Another CEO I was fortunate to meet ran an import/export company as his primary business. Why did I think this way?

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. The B2B sales process is a structured yet flexible journey tailored to meet the unique needs of customers.

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Awarathon

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

We all know the role of a video roleplay platform in sales exercises. It is one of the best sales tools for preparing and practicing your sales process online. A video training software is a video-based training platform that allows you to train your sales team efficiently on the go.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Use trusted software. With the right tools you can join the 61% of sales professionals who find AI and automation tools important to their overall sales strategy. Sales professionals can ask ChatSpot for a desired outcome. Manage leads. Make sales predictions such as expected lead closure. And so much more!

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SBI

JUNE 15, 2021

In the less-than-ideal world we live in, enterprises get frustrated with their sales coaching attempts. Obstacle #1: not enough time In the vast majority of companies, sales managers bear responsibility for coaching employees. You can’t blame sales managers, though. The bigger the company, the bigger the problem.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. Role-play sales training exercises have long been recognized as a powerful training tool for good reason — because they work. 8 Types of Sales Role-Play.

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Allego

MARCH 29, 2022

As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, many people involved with sales learning and development are now wondering what comes next. A recent Allego webinar, Reinforcing the Impact of Learning Events , hosted by the Sales Management Association answers that question. Meet Learners Where They Are.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s like a traditional business plan but focuses specifically on your sales strategy. A business plan lays out your goals -- a sales plan describes exactly how you’ll make those happen. Who writes sales plans? What is a sales plan template? A typical sales plan includes the following sections: Target customers.

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InsideSales.com

JUNE 22, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Sales Development Representative. 6:30 am – Exercise. 8:45 am – Stand up Team Meeting. 11:30 am – Daily Sales Meeting. They use tools such as social media, phone, and email, as well as mastering lead generation software and other CRM platforms. Stand up Team Meeting.

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Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Sales Qualified Lead Exercises 58

BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

These approaches are enhanced with sales training technology to provide on-demand access to engaging microlearning content, such as video-based presentations and interactive quizzes. Below, we’ll take a closer look at 10 sales training ideas and activities to revamp your strategy for 2024 – and ensure your reps stay prepared.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Holding your team accountable is one of the toughest jobs in frontline sales management. Staying on top of each individual sales rep to make sure they’re hitting their numbers can be taxing, and doing it day in and day out gives us grey hairs, anxiety, and sleepless nights. Schedule meetings. “How’s your call number?”

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. Role-play sales training exercises have long been recognized as a powerful training tool for good reason — because they work. Product demo. Objection handling.

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Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 72

Allego

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Take the videos captured from meetings, recorded calls, coaching and roleplay exercises, and repurpose them into bite-sized content , including assessments. It also lets you spread responsibility for its creation among a variety of new players – top sellers, sales managers, etc. Reinforcement is a must.

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Showpad

APRIL 2, 2021

Sales managers and business leaders know and appreciate this fact, so sales coaching is often a central component of training new hires and providing ongoing support for long-time agents. Depending on your office culture and your workload, the cadence of these meetings will vary, as will agenda items. Ongoing obstacles.

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Allego

JUNE 28, 2022

Today’s sales managers face tremendous pressure to achieve ambitious targets. Now more than ever, you need to up your game to increase sales performance. But choosing which sales metrics to measure can be tough. 6 Sales Performance Metrics to Track. Sales Lead Quality. Sales Call Quality.

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Ideal Customer Profile How To Top of Funnel Lead Rank 62

Allego

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

With modern learning platforms, you can take the videos captured from meetings, recorded calls, or coaching and roleplay exercises and repurpose them into bite-sized content. It also lets you spread responsibility for content creation among a variety of new players – top sellers, sales managers, etc.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

But it can just as easily be summed up in a few statistics: Per a survey conducted by the Association of Talent Development (ATD) in 2021, over a quarter (28%) of median sales people didn’t meet their company’s sales goals during the last fiscal year. Sales Management Training Programs.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas. Yet, quota setting is one of the areas that comes most difficult to sales managers. In fact, 61% of sales managers cite quota setting as their biggest challenge ( source ). This poses a huge issue in sales departments.

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Commission Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 78

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Your team can practice roleplay on your own once a month, or you can find a sales training course that implements roleplay in the material. There are several roleplay exercises your team could try. of reps meet quota. Review your sales calls. Getting comfortable breaking up with prospects. Improve prospecting skills.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Here are a few of the most commonly utilized: Features: The features of your product or service did not meet the requirements of the prospect. HubSpot Account Executive Sarina Kowaguchi found that setting and clarifying the next steps in the sales process increases the likelihood of closing the sale. Establish exit criteria.

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SBI

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Holistic sales enablement solutions that make it easier to learn, execute and improve your sales strategy will gain traction. We’ll also continue to see consolidation among software vendors, with acquisitions left and right. It will be an exciting year, for sure! Udi Ledergor, VP of Marketing, Gong.io.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The Tunnel that Meets in the Middle. If such a project were begun from two sides, and either side was just a half a meter off, they would never meet. If such a project were begun from two sides, and either side was just a half a meter off, they would never meet. How can they meet and avoid costly errors themselves?

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HeavyHitter Sales

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Sales Career Advice. Sales Techniques. Sales Tips.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Components of an ideal channel sales partner: Complementary solution: The partner’s product or service would fill a gap in your offering or help your customers use your offering more effectively. For example, HubSpot’s marketing agency partners help small businesses take full advantage of HubSpot’s marketing software. is $94,358.

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Channels Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 99

Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 27, 2012

Sales Leadership: Focus on Focus. During an initial meeting where I was performing a business assessment with a new client several common topics re-appeared and since I seem to discover these quite often, I thought it would be a good topic for this blog. This particular client has not had a sales training program for over 5 years.

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Sales Leadership Penetration Ideal Customer Profile ACT 71

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 24, 2023

Sales Forecasting and Analytics AI sales reps excel at analyzing vast volumes of sales data to provide accurate forecasting and analytics. These insights enhance revenue predictability, improve resource allocation, and drive overall sales performance.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face Forecasting 80

Emissary

AUGUST 16, 2022

The software makes it easy to personalize content for individual buyers while securing your messaging. On-demand exercises are designed to help learners adopt and hone new skills more than twice as fast as traditional approaches. Training plans are customizable by industry, including call center and channel sales strategies.

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Sales Enablement Tools Top of Funnel Hiring 52

BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Some sales skills to continuously coach for are: Business Acumen Storytelling Active Listening Objection Handling Negotiation Skills Buyer Research Judgment Find more in 17 Sales Skills All Reps Need. Using “coaching” time for deal forecasting There tends to be confusion around what “sales coaching” really means.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Scale Hiring 62

Mindtickle

JANUARY 9, 2017

This leaves local and field enablement in the hands of sales managers, who may also be distributed, making it even harder to develop effective enablement initiatives. What type of sales do your reps need to do? This one small exercise could potentially save you thousands of dollars in staff turnover in the long-run.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 8, 2017

This leaves local and field enablement in the hands of sales managers, who may also be distributed, making it even harder to develop effective enablement initiatives. What type of sales do your reps need to do? This one small exercise could potentially save you thousands of dollars in staff turnover in the long-run.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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Paid Content Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Sales Career Advice. Sales Techniques. Sales Tips.

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Meeting How To Penetration Sales 60

Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Provide SDRs with a checklist to assess whether a lead meets the necessary qualifications for further engagement. Case Studies Case studies demonstrate real-world applications and successes, providing sales teams with concrete examples to illustrate value to potential clients.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 52

HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Sales Career Advice. Sales Techniques. Sales Tips.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Gain access and get a meeting . Prepare for the meeting . Sales Messaging Tip 2: Make it Visual . This exercise often takes up to half a day, so make sure that time is set aside for your reps. But with video recordings and software such as Gong.io, your reps and managers can get personalized scoring and feedback.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Coaching Lead Rank 81

Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 15, 2019

You find out information on their general software stack and watch webinars, videos, and read company blog and news articles. Here are four specific principles for the consultative sales process, designed to help you act as a trusted adviser and problem solver for your potential customers. That’s where you come in.

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Webinar Metrics Education ACT Consultative Selling 86

PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

Keep in mind that, while this is a great exercise to help you imagine your next key player, great salespeople come in all shapes and sizes. It might make sense to involve sales managers from your existing team or bring in sales leaders and top performers to ask interview questions. Build a positive sales culture.

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