SBI

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I recently had the pleasure of being the guest on the Sales Enablement Radio podcast hosted by the Brevet Group. I sat down with Brian Williams, a partner with the Brevet Group, and we discussed what Sales Enablement is (people define it in many ways) and how to navigate the complexity of the technology in the Sales Enablement space.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Vendor Ideal Customer Profile 139

SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. by Howard Brown, CEO of ringDNA.

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Sales Management Scale Top of Funnel Hiring 136

Openview

MAY 10, 2019

Effective sales enablement in the Digital Age blends the traditional practice of aligning business needs to training with the (far trickier) task of finding new and innovative ways to make training as targeted as possible to the needs of the learner. Accounts Won, Deal Close time, Opportunities Created, etc.) Additional Takeaways.

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Sales Enablement Data Scale Survey 88

Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Sales organizations undergo constant change initiatives. Managers sit squarely at the intersection of these trends, yet for most organizations, sales management strategies have hardly changed. In fact, the changes that have occurred in the managerial ranks have intensified managers’ internal and administrative focus.

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Trends Study Hiring Sales Management 65

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Data-driven marketers aren’t playing to win a hand or two. They’re playing to grow market share. The Data-Driven Sales Manager. The average tenure of a sales VP these days is just 19 months, according to Xactly CEO Chris Cabrera, who expects that number to drop lower as businesses become increasingly data reliant.

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Sales Enablement Data Hiring Decision Maker 84

Miller Heiman Group

MAY 14, 2019

Sales managers influence what salespeople sell, where they sell, who they sell to and even how they sell. These factors make the sales manager role one of the most influential and demanding jobs in any company engaged in complex B2B sales. How many direct reports do sales managers have in your company?

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Coaching Sales Management Hiring Territories 73

Sales Hacker

APRIL 27, 2020

Whether you run a one-person sales enablement program or are part of a team, the sheer scope of the job can be overwhelming. Which is why we’ve put together this guide on sales enablement, focusing on the three primary parts of the job: strategy, execution, and governance. Sales enablement strategy.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Government Scale 88

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Sales Development. Sales Growth. Sales Enablement. Enterprise Sales. Sales Operations. Sales Technology. Digital Sales and Development Manager. VP Europe Sales, Presales and Marketing. Managing Client Partner. Regional Vice President of Sales. Sales Director.

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Demand Generation Agencies Hiring Enterprise Enterprise 121

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

For example, sales applications should draw on a focused set of data?—?from from CRM, sales performance management solutions, sales enablement, CPQ and other sales-related applications. This creates a new challenge for sales management: how do you train your sales team?—?including

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Training Penetration Government CRM 206

Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Building Blocks, Close Up by Mike Kunkle , VP Sales Effectiveness Services, SPARXiQ and Felix Krueger. Explanations, Resources, and Advice about the Building Blocks of Sales Enablement. Enablement Engine by Allego. Published weekly.

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LinkedIn Hiring Sales Leadership B2B 118

Sales Training Connection

JUNE 19, 2013

Medical device sales and sales managers. The medical device market faces transformational market challenges – decision criteria shifting from clinical to economic, decision-making moving from local hospitals to IDNs, the rise of GPOs, and the dramatic impact of new governmental regulations.

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Pivotal Health Care Hiring Sales Management 100

SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On’s streamlined user interface puts first-rate marketing tools at your fingertips, making campaigns and programs easier and faster.

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Vendor Twitter InsideView InsideSales 139

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2021

There are all sorts of things for us to think about: We can give them more responsibility and bigger territories. For example, we can move them into sales enablement, helping onboard or train sales people. Or product management, helping developers better understand the “real world of customers.”

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Territories Hiring Account Coaching 87

BrainShark

MAY 31, 2023

While still a leading metric ( one that can be measured as a direct outcome of your activities ), time to competency is more of a holistic metric that, when implemented correctly, leads to “more effective initiatives to up-level the skills of the sales organization” (source). So why is time to competency so important?

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Hiring Sales Talent Scale Sales Enablement 62

Allego

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Salespeople need to look at their territories, accounts, and opportunities and do some planning, leveraging data and building out strategies. – Ken Valla. Ken and Nick Valla are co-founders of The Valla Group, a sales effectiveness firm recognized as a modern sales training company. And salespeople are struggling with that.

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Google Maximizer Territories Groups 93

Lessonly

MAY 3, 2021

Sales enablement technology can work for you in much of the same way. Sales has a strong “science” component to it, and for this reason, among many other things, it can be studied for patterns. Sales tools and techniques span far and wide, the key is identifying your process and constantly tweaking it to make it better.

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System Sales Enablement Hiring Coaching 26

Vengreso

DECEMBER 2, 2020

With so many ups and downs this year, as well as company pivots and new long-term strategies, sales planning is more important than ever before for success. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be a born leader to devise a master marketing plan or hit your sales objectives. plans to address market segmentation.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Hiring Segment 120

Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Only about one-quarter of sales leaders believe that their managers effectively coach and develop their sellers. In part, that’s because sales managers spend less time coaching—14%—than they do on selling, forecasting and administrative tasks, according to our latest study, 2020 Trends in Sales Management.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Top of Funnel Lead Rank 80

Allego

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

We had to figure out how to virtually communicate in ways that supported connection and engagement and enabled us to keep our fingers on the pulse of what is happening in the market—and with our teams. . Effective sales leaders acknowledge that fact and find new ways to provide employees with what they need to succeed.

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Sales Leadership Face-to-face Distribution Webinar Metrics 127

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales Ops: Table of Contents. Building Sales Ops. Sales Ops vs Sales Management. Sales Operations Process. Sales Ops Metrics & KPIs. Sales Operations vs Sales Enablement. Sales Ops Best Practices. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Territory design.

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Sales Operations Top of Funnel Hiring Scale 87

SBI

OCTOBER 4, 2018

.” It helps sales and marketing build pipeline. He described how their AI Sales Assistant takes on the grunt work and delivers prospects who are ready to have quality conversations. Our very own, Steven Wright, interviewed Erroin Martin, VP Sales at Conversica. You can watch the video here. Next up was LevelJump.

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Report SalesForce Video Distribution 138

SalesforLife

JUNE 27, 2019

Build a Total Addressable Market (TAM) for the event. If you read our blog, you know that account executives are responsible for building TAM maps for their particular geographic territory. This also applies to an event, where you’ll have a defined, set criteria, times, size of the room, set number of attendees, and geographic markets.

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Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Trade Show 95

Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

In this guide, we’ll give you everything you need to know to implement a revenue-driving sales operations team and cover topics including: What is sales operations? Why is sales operations important? What is the difference between sales enablement and sales operations? Sales operations roles.

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Sales Operations Top of Funnel Forecasting Sales Enablement 75

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Ongoing prospecting, finding/qualifying deals, moving them through the buying/selling process, building healthy funnels/pipelines, forecasting, account/territory planning, call planning, creating value for our customers, developing competitive strategies, and on and on. We engage with customers in meetings/calls.

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Jigsaw Top of Funnel Territories Maximizer 68

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Originally designed to help sales development functions manage high call and email volumes, companies in this segment can now deliver sizable productivity gains to entire revenue teams… — Laura Ramos and Mary Shea, Forrester Research, Now Tech: Sales Enablement Automation Q2 2020 , May 2020. Your Content Strategy.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Persona 105

InsightSquared

APRIL 1, 2019

Too often first deals are either closed by the manager (thanks boss!), the result of a lucky inbound lead (thanks Marketing!) or a primed opportunity (thanks rep who I inherited the territory from!). Sales enablement will provide training, sales tools, and larger picture programs to support success.

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Quota Sales Enablement Sales Leadership Pipeline 99

SBI

MAY 6, 2014

See which tools we chose for: Contract Management and eSigning. Marketing automation. Pipeline Management & Deal Flow. Sales & Marketing Content. Sales Enablement. Territory & Account Planning. InsideSales. Mobile Selling. Performance and Compensation. Power Prospecting.

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Sales Tools Tools Revenue InsideSales 57

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

It seems Dreamforce has become the magnet for all the sales and marketing automation suppliers to trot out their shiny new toys and releases, enticing us to buy. I have dozens of people reaching out, wanting to introduce me to their latest greatest technologies oriented at helping sales and marketing professionals.

Marketing 48

Marketing Lead Gen System Tools 48

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s like a traditional business plan but focuses specifically on your sales strategy. A business plan lays out your goals -- a sales plan describes exactly how you’ll make those happen. Who writes sales plans? What is a sales plan template? A typical sales plan includes the following sections: Target customers.

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Buyer Persona Referrals How To Commission 145

Allego

APRIL 21, 2022

And even after months of adjusting, you might still be struggling to adapt to this digital transformation and lead your sales team into a tech-driven new world. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries are encountering the same challenges: Onboarding and training sales reps virtually.

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Hiring Video Distribution Buyer 71

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2014

Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Do Technical Salespeople Need Sales Training? Why Doesn''t Sales Methodology Get More Attention? Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training. Marketing and Sales Feedback Loop Can Help You Grow.

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Lead Rank Sales Methodology Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 240

SBI

MAY 6, 2014

See which tools we chose for: Contract Management and eSigning. Marketing automation. Pipeline Management & Deal Flow. Sales & Marketing Content. Sales Enablement. Territory & Account Planning. InsideSales. Mobile Selling. Performance and Compensation. Power Prospecting.

Sales Tools 50

Sales Tools Tools Revenue InsideSales 50

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. Modifying sales reports and dashboards to enable sales managers to track new product sales. Call to Action.

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Compensation Incentives Incentive Penetration 244

SBI Growth

MAY 21, 2013

At the core, your best sales ops employees: Deliver insight, not just data. Build trust among Sales Management as dependable, resourceful and experienced partners. Help sales make their quota. As sales ops leaders, you value these outcomes because they directly support your objectives. Why do I lose top talent?

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Hiring Collateral Comparison Territories 300

Emissary

JUNE 26, 2023

Sales Enablement In the last half of the year, enablement morphs from driving methodologies and broad rollouts, to running office hours and tactical/practical support to working behind-the-scenes to prepare for the following year. Enablement’s job is to worry about the things that sales managers just can’t spare the time for.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Lead Rank 52

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Having a sales performance management process in place is crucial for your team’s overall success. There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Helps predict future sales trends.

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SAP Oracle Compensation Territories 119

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 21, 2020

There’s the laundry list we all know: Forecast reviews, pipeline reviews, deal reviews, account/territory plans, prospecting programs, one on one’s, and so forth. They have each invested in the tools sales organizations are supposed to invest in, including CRM, marketing automation, sales enablement platforms, and so forth.

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Sales Methodology Territories Sales Enablement Forecasting 78