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Like Peanut Butter and Jelly: How Training Software and a Knowledge Base are a Perfect Pair

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It takes thoughtful consideration to curate the right mix of enablement tools to set up employees on a path toward ongoing success—and training software and a knowledge base are a perfect pair for growing teams. Why use a knowledge base? A knowledge base accelerates individual work for those with a self-serve mindset.

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Onboarding In Sales: Training + Leadership

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mat Singer, Senior Director of Sales Operations and Excellence, Upland Software Sales teams are often one of the most expensive resources within a company, yet the average frontline sales manager spends only 9% of his or her time developing direct report sellers. .

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Goliath Takedown: Proven Strategies for Small Agencies to Compete With Giants

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Large agencies boast more resources, a more extensive workforce, and greater reach. Large agencies — often dubbed as large digital agencies or large marketing agencies — usually have more resources at their disposal, from manpower to capital. Nevertheless, their limited resources may restrict their reach and breadth of services.

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

For instance, more than a decade ago, Cisco Systems installed an on-demand portal that has a wiki knowledge base, virtual product demos and an expert locator. If a specialist cannot answer a customer’s question, he or she no long resorts to broad email blasts, but instead can locate the best resource quickly.

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What is Sales Enablement? Definitions and Best Practices

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Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. Scalability: By standardizing processes, resources, and tools, sales enablement allows businesses to scale their sales operations more efficiently.

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The New User Cadence: Help Your Customers Help Themselves

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If you were tasked with such a feat on a team of two people, what resources would you want to provide for customers? You could create FAQs or a knowledge base or online training (all of which SalesLoft has), but even that may not seem like enough. Or if you prefer independent learning, check out the SalesLoft Knowledge Base.

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Why Sales Managers Need Street Smarts

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In any pursuit in life there is a formal knowledge base and an informal knowledge base. The formal knowledge base is what you’re told. Informal knowledge is everything they don’t bother to tell you. RESOURCEFULNESS. They are born, raised, live, and work in all types of environments. “I