Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. A well-designed program, paired with a robust training software , will empower your sales reps with the knowledge they need to deliver value and close more deals. What Is B2B Sales Training? Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Remember that last sale that you made where you ran into an objection? We all know that selling doesn’t really start until we run into an objection. The reason is, objections allow us to get an idea of what our prospect is feeling internally. We’re going to focus on overcoming objections in five steps.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. Sales leaders and reps can efficiently navigate this crucial stage of the sales process with ongoing coaching and training. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work?

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Awarathon

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of sales, artificial intelligence (AI) is paving the way for a revolutionary approach to training by aiding roleplay for sales. Specifically, roleplay for sales training, powered by advanced AI software, offers a transformative experience by providing lifelike interactions and immersive scenarios.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2019

This doesn’t just apply to prospecting but everything you do. Prospecting is already a tough task; it’s only made tougher when you fail to prepare. Below are 10 steps you need to follow to ensure you’re prepared to prospect. Focus on prospecting with the people who align closest to your perfect customer.

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Sales Hacker Training

JULY 24, 2020

If a salesperson knows their product like the back of their hand, there’s hardly a question or objection they can’t answer and overcome. That’s why ongoing product knowledge training needs to be a priority in every sales team. The Pitfalls of Poor (or no) Product Knowledge Training. What Should I Include in My Training?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

There are nearly 15 million salespeople working in the United States, and they spend weeks or even months training for success in their role. Given the different responsibilities, industries, and team structures salespeople encounter, it’s hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to sales training. Use a sales training template.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Objection handling is tough. 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. Why Do Buyers Object?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). When you're creating a new-hire training plan, remember a few things : Keep your training plan personalized, because no two reps are the same. Pre-week training. Product Training.

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SalesforLife

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

I was recently on a call with a prospective customer working on a global project scope, and they asked me a question that made me stop and think. Here at Sales For Life, we rarely encounter alternatives to modern, digital selling because our competition has always been the status quo, or alternative training programs. It’s the people.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Prospecting. Make meeting scheduling easier for prospects. Help build email sequences for lead nurturing — the ones that don’t respond to initial prospecting. It’s when prospects should be convinced that your product or service will resolve their challenges. Plan for every type of sales objection. Qualification.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Objection handling is tough. 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. Why Do Buyers Object?

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Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. Tips for adoption of social selling training.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Over the past ten years, we’ve worked with thousands of sales leaders who run large sales teams and we’ve found that there are seven highly-effective techniques that are responsible for consistent and effective sales strategy development: Break training down into bite-sized chunks to help reps retain more product knowledge.

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Are you struggling to deliver training that leads to positive, measurable outcomes? Most training fails to deliver long-term impact. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Better Handle Buyer Objections. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. In our workshops we don’t spend a great deal of time on objection handling. Buyers sometimes raise objections to slow down speeding trains.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Prospecting Attention Deficit Disorder: How to Avoid the Shiny Object Syndrome. And you competently juggle your frenetic schedule, apportioning just the right amount of time for office work, prospecting, sales calls, follow-up, travel, and communication. It is aptly referred to as the Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

Sales training programs offer your reps the opportunity to develop their sales skills and connect with customers more meaningfully — when set up and executed properly. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why you need formal sales training and how to guarantee its success. . Components of a successful sales training program.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 31, 2021

Sales objections happen all the time but with the health crisis today, it’s a standing question of how the pandemic may impact your customer’s sales objections or how it has already impacted them. Join Donald Kelly and Chris Mele as they talk about the pandemic, customers, and sales objections. Why are there objections?

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 31, 2021

Sales objections happen all the time but with the health crisis today, it’s a standing question of how the pandemic may impact your customer’s sales objections or how it has already impacted them. Join Donald Kelly and Chris Mele as they talk about the pandemic, customers, and sales objections. Why are there objections?

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 31, 2021

Sales objections happen all the time but with the health crisis today, it’s a standing question of how the pandemic may impact your customer’s sales objections or how it has already impacted them. Join Donald Kelly and Chris Mele as they talk about the pandemic, customers, and sales objections. Why are there objections?

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

A Lack of Training. Harvard Business Review foretold this problem in that old article, noting that installing and using automation tools “requires expertise in technology (computers, data communications, and software) as well as in marketing and sales.”. One side deployed code; the other deployed prospecting campaigns. “On

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Lessonly

MARCH 23, 2020

How could a customer service team benefit from sales training software? Sales training software allows reps to engage with self-guided learning, practice, role play, quality assurance, and more, all of which are beneficial skills to hone for customer service teams, too. Self-Guided Training. Here’s how: 1.

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Allego

JUNE 16, 2020

At the same time, few can afford to interrupt their busy schedules to attend sales training classes or read stacks of books, manuals and articles. On top of this, travel restrictions during the pandemic have made training even more difficult—both for trainers and for learners. 2 Ways to Kick Your Training Content Into High Gear.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 13, 2012

Do you struggle with prospecting by phone? For many salespeople, having to make prospecting telephone calls is one of the most difficult parts of their job. If you want greater success in prospecting — and more sales! Problem is many times their failure to have a process is the reason they’re not successful.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 19, 2022

The number of quality interactions with prospects has declined. By using sales discovery to truly understand the prospect, you can build a relationship and partner with them to solve the challenges they’re facing. During our conversation, we talk about how important ‘discovery before discovery’ is to successful calls with prospects.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

Inside sales teams leverage technology to connect and engage with prospects. Some methods inside sales reps use to engage with prospects include: Phone calls Video conferencing Email Social media Other online channels Conversely, outside sales reps rely on face-to-face conversations. Today, that number has grown to 67%.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I first began selling, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt about sales prospecting. Picking up the phone to call leads that didn’t know who I was, to pitch them on why they should hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for my product, was enough to make my stomach turn in my early days of sales prospecting.

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BrainShark

MAY 3, 2022

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Lets you evaluate your training program’s impact on sales KPIs. How long will your training materials be?

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Allego

JANUARY 11, 2024

People in all industries use generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to create content, analyze data, write software, create sales strategies, develop employee training, manage teams, and more. Suggested prompts: How should I approach a new prospect? How can I refine my objection handling skills?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here’s what we’re going to cover: Salesforce objects. Data Governance & Salesforce Objects. Whether your selling model is transactional, self-service, enterprise, or a combination of these, you will need to set up some objects in Salesforce that support the sales and eventual retention strategies of your business.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 29, 2021

In 1998, this Texas software engineer woke up with numbness in his legs. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then get instant access to our On Demand training today. It took him more than eight hours, but he did it.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

Outbound calls are any call made by your business, while cold calls happen when sales representatives call prospects without knowing if they’re interested in your offerings. Embrace training and team resources. For example, this can prepare sales people for questions like: What do I do if a major prospect hangs up?

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LevelEleven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This can be great because it provides the industry with a multitude of perspectives and views, but it can also be tricky to train people who have never sold your product or anything similar before. Follow these 10 sales training tips below to get your new hire ready to play ball. Immediately show them your software.

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Highspot

JULY 20, 2023

Managers juggle many duties, from taking care of current business to training new sales reps. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are changing the game, using predictions and decisions to automate tasks based on what customers and prospects need. For example, a rep is on a call with a prospect.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 1, 2019

I was onsite training in Montreal , Canada last week—a software company, hi everyone! and one of the sales reps brought up today’s quote as we were reviewing calls during the training. He explained that he had “caught” the prospect, finally, and delivered a presentation. Want to be trained how to sell better?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

billion on training and development, including external providers, internal expenses and tuition reimbursement, according to The American Society for Training and Development. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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