SMEI

JANUARY 16, 2024

What is a GPT and how can it enhance my sales and marketing productivity? A GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a type of artificial intelligence model designed for understanding and generating human-like text. GPT models, like ChatGPT, are trained on a wide range of internet text.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 31, 2024

Recent corporate belt tightening has put sales-adjacent departments like sales enablement and marketing in the hot seat. Because even though they contribute to and quite literally enable sales, their activities aren’t always as easy to tie to the deal as it is for reps who get phone and face time with buyers. What’s a CRM Scorecard?

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. . But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. A Lack of Training.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 6, 2020

This group shared over 80 tips/ideas (47 in this post) on what they are doing to navigate through this crisis. This group shared over 80 tips/ideas (47 in this post) on what they are doing to navigate through this crisis. Some of the tips may be repetitive but I wanted to capture all the great ideas and gems that the group shared.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Like in a post-apocalyptic movie, sales heroes valiantly fought a formidable foe, developing and broadening their skills to combat the challenges of uncertain markets, supply-chain chaos, rising inflation, and the great resignation. Here are the top sales training trends to watch in the coming year: Delivery Methods. Sales Assessments.

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Allego

MAY 6, 2021

This article originally appeared in LTEN Focus on Training Magazine. Dozens of ventilator manufacturers began shipping makes and models to hospitals unfamiliar with how to operate them, leaving healthcare professionals without proper ventilator training and experience overwhelmed. Competitors Unite in a Collaborative Effort.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. While virtual selling has challenges, many commercial organizations are finding it works better than expected.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2021

Build a Bigger Network and Increase Your Market Value. Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. When I talk about market value, I am referring to the two critical areas that will help you increase your value to your organization and up your personal value. Take a look at your marketing counterpart.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. What if instead of needs or problems, you framed yourself as an outcome, a positive, desired outcome for the prospect? The people without needs or problems, which is most of the market, will think and answer no.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Image Source For sales professionals, ethical AI concerns compound as they handle customer data and represent their company in customer-facing roles. But how do you do that ethically?

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Vengreso

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Add to that how sales professionals are trained, there’s no wonder that many B2B and B2C sales organizations are struggling to meet their monthly and quarterly sales goals. Our guest leads one of the most iconic sales training organizations in the world, so you know his insights will be both actionable and proven.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. It’s nearly impossible to believe that will be true.

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Product Management University

JUNE 12, 2024

Customer Advisory Boards (CABs) are still the best bang for the buck when it comes to “customer discovery,” not to be confused with user or product discovery! More on that later. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of facilitating numerous customer advisory boards for my clients. There are two common denominators in every meeting.

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Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It's a fascinating conversation in which you'll learn about the challenges and rewards of building sales teams from diverse age groups. Communication differences: Younger generations may prefer digital communication, while older generations may prefer face-to-face or phone conversations.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2018

They want minimal downtime, support they can rely on and access to as much training as possible, so they can be in turn, as successful as possible with their deployment. You can have the best and most user-friendly offering on the market. Ensure new customers are armed with the training they need to be successful.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 24, 2024

Properly used, with the right prompt engineering, AI can help us better understand potential issues our customers face. We can, for instance, ask it for issues facing certain roles. We can ask it to look at certain industries/markets, or types of companies. The LLMs will provide ideas, insights. There’s always a gap.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. In this scenario, they might have minimal leads, and the founder can handle and close accounts, while they perfect their Go-to-Market strategy. .

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 3, 2020

When you turn on the television today, it’s hard to avoid news about the novel Coronavirus, which is running rampant across the globe — wreaking havoc on markets and business and leisure travel , and stoking fear. Enter Virtual Training. Benefit of Virtual Training.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Training during the last 15+ months [10:43]. powered by Sounder.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2023

They wander, they commit/decommit/recommit/change, they start/stop, the buying group changes, and 60% of the time they fail to make a decision! We have our classic, “marketing catches them/sales skins them” approach. Marketing creates awareness/demand, sales qualifies/closes.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A recent study by the Relational Capital Group revealed that 89% of senior leaders believe that relationships are the most important factor in their success year over year. Similarly, in many businesses, customer-facing employees can’t relate to their customers. That asset is the customer. . . Most people aren’t born with them.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

One would think that eliminating face-to-face meetings would make it more difficult to build strong relationships with co-workers and customers. Author: LIZ PULICE The COVID-19 pandemic has caused sales organizations to adapt overnight to a new world of social distancing and digital-only collaboration. it’s just different.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

He mentioned the obstacles he faces in creating compelling sales training for new products. One of his biggest hurdles was the lack of alignment between training and marketing. Sales was telling one story while the marketing content said something else. And improve your ability to train salespeople on new products.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 14, 2020

That meant having teams communicating and managers working closely in groups and with individuals. Author: Jeff Kalter Several months into working remotely during the COVID-19 shutdown, many employees have awakened to the possibility to continue working from home. So what can we expect going forward? Again, it’s all about being flexible.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 19, 2024

I learned that many who face the undesirable in their lifetime strive to improve and share how they did so for those in their company and those they leave behind following in their footsteps. Staff not recognized as people desiring to learn and advance will soon quit corporate employment. It is a part of the legacy we leave.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 7, 2020

The economy seems to grow in line with the average sales, or is it the other way? And every app you add to the stack, claims to add 30% to your productivity and efficiency. Reminds one of the old joke about a salesman introducing technology to a VP of sales. The pitch concluded by the rep saying, “It will help you close 50% more deals.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Typically dispersed across territories far and wide, and always on the go, face-to-face communication is often overridden by email, voicemail and text. Essential to the development of this plan is an understanding of salespersons’ communication preferences and information needs which may be gained via focus groups and/or surveys.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. The range of sales tools is becoming as diverse as those on the marketing side. Also, we’re seeing generational changes. More digital disruption. Reps and robots learn to co-exist.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Hundreds of the world’s most innovative companies, including Uber Freight, Snowflake, Southwest Airlines and Invesco, rely on Spekit to empower their employees with real-time knowledge and training, without disrupting their day-to-day workflows.The company has raised $60M in venture funding from notable investors Craft Ventures.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Coupled with the inherent speed of GenAI, you have the very real possibility that even small errors could quickly spread throughout a go-to-market motion, leading your team in wildly wrong directions. The magic of GenAI lies in its ability to predict what humans want.

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Highspot

MAY 30, 2024

Many teams face challenges that keep them from hitting their targets. Whether it’s sales and marketing not syncing up, using outdated tools, or outdated processes, these problems can slow progress. It ensures all customer-facing teams are equipped to provide a cohesive, consistent customer experience that maximizes growth.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. New research from Dave Kurlan and The Objective Management Group (OMG) backs up my claims. A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Whether you’re welcoming a new person to your sales team or helping develop skills among your current staff, sales training is a very important part of fostering a successful sales program. Studies show that sales teams who complete highly-rated sales training programs see a 10% higher win rate and are at least 10% more likely to hit quota.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2013

Organizations that have achieved real sales and marketing alignment are as rare as unicorns. Of course, like most companies, they have their own sales and marketing alignment challenges. Just because sales and marketing effectiveness is their business doesn’t make them immune. What percentage of leads should come from marketing?

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