Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sales teams need automated processes and systems that adjust to continuous change. The basics: What is sales enablement? Sales enablement is the systematic approach of providing your sales team with content, tools, strategies, and training to help them succeed. Case studies. Streamlining sales enablement.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 14, 2020

We looked at the entire service experience—including awareness, purchase and adoption—in our Customer Experience Best Practices Study to discover the key differentiators between companies that have raised their customer satisfaction (CSAT) score and those whose CSAT remained steady or declined.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

One of the most important sales behaviors is demonstrating to prospects the benefits that your products offer. A key objective for sales training is to increase the number of benefits focused conversations while decreasing the number of features focused conversations. Sales Training Performance Data Required to Make Decisions.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

One of the most important sales behaviors is demonstrating to prospects the benefits that your products offer. A key objective for sales training is to increase the number of benefits focused conversations while decreasing the number of features focused conversations. Sales Training Performance Data Required to Make Decisions.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

High-revenue growth companies are seeing the payoff; 54% of high-performing companies are using sales coaching more than in the past, and 60% use sales coaching as an integrated part of a sales training program. It requires a process, a consistent sales methodology, and time. A survey of 330 U.S.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Sales Training Article: 5 Proven Steps to Sell Smarter. By Dan Bernoske, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Of the 365 days in a year, you can spend 232 of them selling (See Exhibit A). A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. Finally, "Sales Specific Admin" typically steals 8.9%

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Mereo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

With the business world still experiencing great disruption from COVID-19, we are taking an in-depth look at exactly how sales teams are being altered by this situation — and the best ways to adapt for success in the uncertain future. Sales will follow. Field Sales Teams. Virtual sales require new capabilities and tools.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Why Virtual Sales Skills Training Matters The shift from in-person to remote work demands new skills. With only 33% of salespeople effective in virtual environments , training in virtual sales skills, emphasizing digital communication and platform proficiency, is crucial to adapting to customer needs in a virtual setting.

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Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In the last few days I have been facilitating focus groups for a research study in Australia being conducted by The Eventful Group who are running a big CRM conference in Melbourne in July 2015. So far we’ve done half-day workshops in three cities with approximately 80 people ranging from senior business leaders to IT system managers.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. Field Sales vs. Inside Sales. Only 1 percent are entirely inside sales.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. Josiane heads up TeleSmart Communications , and is leading practice and thought leader in the area of inside sales and management. Some people are quick studies, but not everyone.

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Pointclear

JUNE 26, 2012

Having recently authored a piece for SandHill.com called Mastering the Virtual Sale , I discovered that the inside sales profession is growing at a rapid clip—far exceeding growth in field sales. So I attended this event expecting to find out more about how and when resources would be flowing to inside sales teams.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 12, 2015

Despite a growing economy, research indicates that there will be over 1 million less B2B sales reps employed in 2020 compared to today. At the Forrester’s Sales Enablement Forum last week, a study by Andy Hoar, Principal Analyst at Forrester was revealed showcasing this 22% expected decline over the next five years.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

million professional salespeople in the U.S , and field sales make up 52.8%. Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. Your outside field sales reps have already been doing some of these activities.

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Frontline Selling

DECEMBER 16, 2022

They need more training! A field sales rep gets days to prepare for a demo or a meeting. Like the fighter pilot and the NFL QB, they need to rely on their reflexes and training for those split-second decisions, which are the difference between success and failure. They need more tools! Enjoyed this?

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Stahl says he joined the Dallas-based company six years ago and built a telesales team of nearly 100 people to complement the company’s independent rep field sales team of more than 3,000. Giving feedback on sales skills that results in increased sales. Discovering and utilizing their rep’s best skills and abilities.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

Inside sales refers to any form of selling that isn’t done face-to-face. Unlike outside sales (or field sales ) reps, inside sales reps connect with potential customers remotely through phone, email , and web conferencing. Among B2B companies, the use of inside sales reps has exploded in popularity.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 11, 2019

To forge these lasting customer relationships, sellers must create a world-class sales system that consists of three components: customer engagement, performance support and sales enablement. Sellers need to be prepared to share any relevant content, including product sheets, case studies and blogs.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 18, 2018

As we often tell our clients: There is no content without training, and there is no training without content. If your enablement function is just getting off the ground, your audience may be limited to one role such as field sales. “In a mature enablement discipline, none of these services stands alone.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To answer this question, let’s start with some data: According to the latest HubSpot Research Study , we found that 40% of businesses will miss revenue targets this year. Before this year, there was already a clear split in sales models. Modern sales organizations are transforming their enablement function.

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Emissary

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Use that knowledge to inform marketing tools, planning tools, and strategies, and share those across sales and marketing to keep everyone in sync. Customize Field Marketing Campaign Actions for the Account. Use fact-based ROI analyses and data-driven case studies to prove your solution will follow through on its promise.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. Share testimonials and case studies. Objection 2.“I

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2017

From there I try to make sure the sales consultant or trainer’s skill sets are directly applicable to the business problem I am trying to solve – whether it’s training skills, new techniques, or a new perspective, it’s gotta be super relevant otherwise it’s kind of pointless.”. Check references!

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Velocify

JUNE 28, 2017

In fact, given a list of current sales technologies, high-growth companies were more familiar with 95% of the categories listed than flat or declining revenue companies, which on average, were 56% more likely to be unfamiliar with each technology. See full study for more. 1) Sales Gamification. 9) Sales Coaching Technology.

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Vendor Neutral

AUGUST 25, 2021

George Bronten, Membrain A lifelong entrepreneur with twenty years of experience in the software space and a passion for sales and marketing, George Brontén is always looking for new ways to achieve improved business results using innovative software, skills, and processes.

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SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Lead management should involve a way to score leads to prioritize them within your sales process. For example, consider the scenario below: You create a case study demonstrating the success of your product and offer it as a free download in exchange for an email address. Determines Which Leads Are Ready for a Sales Process.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and a quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. Share testimonials and case studies. Objection 2.“I

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Factor 8

AUGUST 3, 2017

Factor 8 is hiring bad-ass sales coaches! If helping reps improve is your favorite part of the job, you love to train and call coach, and you agree that inside sales is harder than field sales…read on! Here’s what we need: You have at least 5 years of experience making inside sales calls and / or coaching reps.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2019

Simply put, your sales team needs to be more diverse if you want your team to grow better. The Sales Playing Field. Sales as an organized profession has been around for over a century, but reps' roles and influence have transformed over the years. Inclusion extends well into your sales culture.

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Xactly

JULY 16, 2018

If you want to capitalize on a sales trend, then you have to see it before it becomes a trend. Start studying these insights and watching in any way that you can. Read online trade publications, pore through social media, and look for sales trends that appear to be gaining steam.

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Fill the Funnel

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Your company hopefully has many other platforms that are generating leads for the sales team. In a recent study of over 5,000 businesses, HubSpot found that traffic from LinkedIn generated the highest visitor-to-lead conversion rate. But in the field, sales reps are starving for the opportunity to serve those that have an interest.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Why are sales success stories important and how are they used? Sales success stories are an important element of peer-to-peer learning. They are internal tools that can be used to train new hires on how deals have been won, and inspire and educate seasoned reps. Make them available on their mobile device.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Why are sales success stories important and how are they used? Sales success stories are an important element of peer-to-peer learning. They are internal tools that can be used to train new hires on how deals have been won, and inspire and educate seasoned reps. Make them available on their mobile device.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

When selling a product, field sales will be used when the target segment is large and there are many steps in the sale process. Inside sales will work better for smaller segments with simpler processes. Provide your team with the relevant and available sales enablement materials so they can spend their time more wisely.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

But the reality is, spans of control are decreasing in field sales. They are hovering around 10 people (some studies have this lower). In inside sales, they appear to be a little larger, but not huge. Sometimes, we look at how they spend their time, sometimes there’s some training.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inadequate training or onboarding processes. Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. But one of the most important parts of training sales professionals is teaching the same sales methodology. Sales is no longer an individual sport.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

A recent study analyzed data from thousands of events over a five year period and found that approximately 70% of professional event speakers are male. Fortunately, more organizers than ever before are consciously seeking out female sales experts for panels, presentations, and podcasts. Sales Development. Sales Growth.

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