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10 Sales training ideas that increase team readiness

BrainShark

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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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Though many field sales reps are already accustomed to using web meetings or phone calls to navigate some of the sales process, what is new for a large percentage of sellers is 100% reliability on virtual interaction to sell. And there are some industries that still rely on printed catalogs and handshakes to close deals?—?“knuckle

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Sales Training is a “Process” not an Event

ROI4Sales

We don’t say that reps are “sales trained” – for all you English majors – we use the present participle form and refer to it as “sales training.” And for a good reason: sales training must be a continuous process if you are going to be successful in today’s B2B sales environment. Sound familiar?

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Do Sales Enablement Professionals Need Selling Experience?

Partners in Excellence

A reader wrote me, “Dave do you think sales enablement professionals need selling experience?” ” It’s a follow on to many of the discussions about “Do sales managers need sales experience?” Or whether it’s providing the right training, tools, content, programs or processes.

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The Adapter’s Advantage Podcast: Episode 17 Featuring Frank Cespedes

Allego

In episode 17, sales management authority Frank Cespedes explores how the pandemic has impacted sales training, what sales managers need to know about the new selling environment, and the biggest trends in sales learning. B2B sales—and sales training—have been upended by the pandemic.

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Performance Platforms

Sales and Marketing Management

With those numbers in mind, if you are a sales manager, HR director, marketing manager or other executive charged with increasing employee engagement or driving customer loyalty, what tools do you think make sense to use as your starting point? That was six years ago. The technology needs to enable that.”.

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Get Promoted to Sales Management (Advice from 17 Experts)

Sales Hacker

Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. Of course, I also wanted feedback from industry veterans — the folks who are training & coaching sales management teams around the globe.