Allego

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s sales training and enablement professionals can’t afford to be dismissive of ROI: if your sales training and coaching programs aren’t generating tangible results – in terms of higher revenues, faster ramp-up, shorter sales cycles, etc. – We often hear from clients that their reps need better negotiating skills.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Welcome to the second installment of our Sell Like a Girl Series. Last week we explored gender bias in sales. Today, we’re continuing the conversation by celebrating a group of incredible women from a variety of sales organizations who have made their mark in the world of sales. In my case, that’s teaching.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Negotiation. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. Hire only top sales reps. Create a better incentive plan.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales reps need support to drive growth and increase likelihood of success, whether they’re going through initial onboarding, working through the buyer’s journey or collaborating with marketing. First and foremost, both closely partner with sales managers to support reps through every touch point of the sales cycle.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. Building a sales process is absolutely necessary to your company’s success, and is perhaps the most important thing you can do as a sales manager to impact your team’s ability to sell.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 21, 2019

” The answers are pretty predictable, vague ideas about sales people being money driven, so all we have to do is show them the path to making more money, then they will sell more. Also, pricing really isn’t in their control, you control it, they just have to sell it. Say the products I currently sell are $100K.

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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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Pipeliner

APRIL 11, 2018

Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Provide constant feedback, hire the right people, incentive programs, create compensation plans that drive behavior…the list goes on and on. Negotiation skills. Time management. Good Selling!

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

These are all activities that sales people perform or should be performing. These are all activites that should be used as metrics for success because they can give you, the sales manager, a leading indicator as to what will show up in pipeline and what will potentially be sold. Wrapping this up, it comes down to this.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. For example, a person operating within the aerospace sector, negotiating multi-million pound contracts can find himself sitting next to a young saleswoman who markets insurance policies and is based in a call center. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 12, 2015

Sales organizations are finding it harder and harder to deliver predictable revenue, and historical sales models are beginning to show cracks. Slowly but surely, sellers are lining up on one side of the sales cycle, while buyers line up on the other. It goes from one side to another, up and down, and all around.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

These are all activities that sales people perform or should be performing. These are all activities that should be used as metrics for success because they can give you, the sales manager, a leading indicator as to what will show up in the pipeline and what will potentially be sold.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

From B2C consumer-focused tech to the next B2B enterprise cloud giants, B2B, and B2C technology companies are springing up left and right and sprinting toward multi-billion dollar valuations (whether on the private or public markets) faster than ever. What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s also a number that is easy to ignore because most sales leaders are focused on the impact of underperforming sales reps on their bottom line. With average reps, they say, “We’ll get the next one,” and chalk it up to “Can’t win them all.” Don’t attend sales training.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

The Advanced Selling Podcast. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sell or Die. Sales Pipeline Radio. The Advanced Selling Podcast.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

All of those elements and several others are influenced by your company’s sales culture. The role of congruence in sales. What is the definition of sales culture? Sales culture is essentially the sum of your team’s attitudes, values, and behaviors; it can usually be summed up in ten or so terms.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 3, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? Sales Core Competencies II.

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Xactly

JULY 2, 2018

It can often feel like every sale comes with its own unique challenges, and closing can be the most difficult part of the process. However, sales objections aren’t always a bad thing. Their hesitation will give reps a chance to negotiate. Nonetheless, objections shouldn’t be something sales reps dread.

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Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

That said, try putting them in a front line B2B sales role focused on the complex sale at the enterprise level and see how that works out for you. I assume you’ve heard the sayings, “Nothing happens until somebody sells something” and “Sales is the lifeblood of any company.” Lead management. Sales call planning.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 19, 2012

Learn to negotiate more effectively. If you believe you are going to have make some kind of offer, set the stage earlier in the sales process by either mentioning an “upcoming” promotion that may occur in July (example) and then offer the promotion/incentive when appropriate. Try to use “stratified selling”.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

With this approach, you won’t need to develop creative ways to get them to want to sell more. The intrinsically motivated sales rep wants (and needs) feedback, and because of that, they’ll seek it out. When you praise them, you’ll see them smile and “light up.”. Extrinsically motivated sales reps work for the money.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 19, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? Sales Core Competencies II.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Motivation Webinar Metrics 136

Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

Sales People often provide discounts or incentives to buyers in order to help them hit sales targets and win more business. Reducing or even better eliminating discounting by sales people, is in many ways one of the easiest ways to grow your business and maximize your profits. Is this really necessary though?

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In the classic play and movie, Glengarry Glen Ross , Blake, the somewhat strident troubleshooter from downtown, informs us that “ Sales is a tough racket. ”. Selling is not only tough on the sales rep, it is also tough on the company. Two large organizations represented by two individuals negotiate a deal.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome back to our Sell Like a Girl series– where we’ve spent recent weeks unpacking gender bias in sales. Today we’re continuing this conversation by sharing a preview of our latest research on sales commission. Men in Washington DC earn 121% more sales commission, on average, than women in Washington DC.

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LeveragePoint

JUNE 29, 2018

Value selling improves results. CRM data from B2B organizations adopting value selling show that opportunities where a Value Proposition is used have 5-15% higher win rates and 5-25% higher price outcomes. Adoption of value selling should be a no-brainer. A results-driven sales culture and incentives will take over from there.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

With limits on in-person meetings, it’s even more important to double down on your digital selling strategy. Sales leaders must shift their focus to empowering talent, strengthening customer relationships, and acquiring new opportunities in order to survive and thrive in this environment. It made me realize that sales was for me.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Negotiation. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Negotiating Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Profit. Sales Managers Have the Hardest Job in Sales.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

SPAs are a common vendor program that provide a special framework for offering exclusive pricing and incentives to strategic customers. SPAs also foster closer collaboration between manufacturers and distributors, aligning their sales and marketing strategies with strategic accounts. SPA Processes The SPA process is straightforward.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Never leave a sales call or meeting without sharing next steps. For calls, set a date and time for a follow-up. Of course, the specifics depend on your place in the sales process. Trust is essential for successful selling. Selling means sharing, and vulnerability is an asset. Not Following Up. Space it out.

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The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Today is that time to develop a plan for business transformation with new approaches to management, workforce deployment, customer engagement and leadership. Every B2B sales strategy must now be able to answer these questions: NOW. How do we enable virtual selling that drives sales? Virtual Selling. Where to Play.

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LeveragePoint

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Account-Based Selling (ABS) is necessary to execute effectively on Account-Based Marketing (ABM). Part 1 of this blog series focused on Value Propositions as the most important piece of content for B2B Account-Based Selling. After all, sales VP turnover is faster than that of their colleagues.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

When it comes to sales one of the most potent superpowers a sales manager can have is the ability to coach effectively. But why do we still think sales managers should be able to coach without any training or practice? Just like Superman, sales coaches need to learn how to walk before they jump.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

When it comes to sales one of the most potent superpowers a sales manager can have is the ability to coach effectively. But why do we still think sales managers should be able to coach without any training or practice? Just like Superman, sales coaches need to learn how to walk before they jump.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 5, 2023

KPIs can focus on any aspect of your sales activities and be tied to the business’ overarching goals. For example, you may have the goal of upping your sales velocity by 30% over the next year. Countless KPI examples for sales demonstrate how you can use your raw data to measure and track sales performance.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 23, 2019

As players seek to get a one-up in their markets, the focus on data driven sales strategies continues to dominate the conversation, from accurate forecasting to in-depth reporting. As you devise your own sales approach for the next year, incorporate the outreach , negotiation , and sales development tactics shared below.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2020

Sales being the hyper-competitive place that it is, a business can potentially live or die by its ability to bring sales professionals up to speed. As a result, coaching and the steady production of fresh, new sales training ideas can be major stressors for sales managers, particularly on SaaS sales teams.

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