Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 2, 2014

Sales Training Article: 2014 - So Far, So Good? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Now would be a good time to attend a sales training workshop to learn how you can save the year and make your number. Here''s Your Post-Q1 Wakeup Call. Miss your Q1 target?

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Training Buying Cycle Engineering Sales Cycle 59

LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

What are Sales Training Programs. Sales training programs are any type of formal or informal training that helps employees sell more effectively. The fast-paced, online, data-driven sales environment requires new sales training programs to empower the team. Why are Sales Training Programs Important.

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Training Hiring Trends Retention 52

Increase Sales

APRIL 19, 2012

Attend many of the sales training coaching seminars to workshops or even some some of the sales management software tools (customer relationship management CRM) and eventually you will hear all about you, as the individual contributor, need to “work smarter not harder” if you want to increase sales.

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How To Face-to-face Small Business Small Business 170

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2023

If you’re hiring for the position, see what responses a standout candidate would give. Be sure to spin your weakness into a positive!) However, it is more likely that a hiring manager will ask questions specifically related to the account manager position. Why are you interested in this position? Let’s get started!

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Hiring Account Retention Report 80

Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

Now you have to get commitment from people to participate in the overall process; get commitment from a core group to attend workshop sessions; and get commitment to participate on separate calls or online. Don’t leave the discussion on segments, workflows, and personas to the first workshop. Produce workshop pre-read.

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Conversion Ideal Customer Profile Customer Face-to-face 107

Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

So far we’ve done half-day workshops in three cities with approximately 80 people ranging from senior business leaders to IT system managers. We asked the participants what they believed the biggest challenges and burning issues are in Customer Experience, and we deliberately avoided steering the conversation toward CRM software.

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CRM Strategy Customer Epiphany 82

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 16, 2017

Positive reply rate: 15.6%. A few examples of CTA’s you can use: If you sell b2b software…. “Hi Hi {{FirstName}}, I noticed that you’re using {{competing software tool}}. I’ve had some success with filling this position for similar companies like {{example}} and {{example}} this year. How did it perform? Open rate: 76%.

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Conversion How To Skype Film 186

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The next phase of my training was to shadow one of the senior sales reps for a few days. In hindsight, that first sales position taught me exactly what not to do as a sales leader. Remember how you entered data in the new software, worried you’d hit the wrong key and crash the system? We started discounting the little things.

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Sales Leadership How To Hiring Coaching 118

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Developing an AI strategy should involve identifying pain points, setting goals, assessing infrastructure, calculating ROI, researching solutions, piloting tools, training staff, and tracking performance. Sales enablement software remains vital for managing sales activities efficiently.

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Lead Rank Sales Process Lead Scoring Outsourcing Services 52

Smooth Sale

JUNE 8, 2022

Proper Training Aids Long-term Employment. First, it is essential to properly train your team and equip them to deal with customer queries and complaints. For example, live chat software can provide instant assistance. Transfer the research to training your team to ensure comfort using the new tools at their disposal.

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Customer Service Customer Hiring System 78

Julie Hanson

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I was excited to see one of my students present a powerful new software solution in a recent workshop. Fear of committing to a position and potentially being wrong can also lead to vague and uncertain language. If it’s positive, it’s great reinforcement for the customer to hear himself say it. And if it’s negative?

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Positioning Follow-up Lead Rank Lead Scoring 106

Product Management University

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This approach positions his company to succeed in specific markets and beat the pants off competitors that have generic platforms. Agile development is simply a methodology for building software. Contact us today to discuss a personalized workshop for your team. And it’s a darn good one. Never gonna be!

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face Marketing 52

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan On the first Friday in March this year, Jeb Ory led an employee appreciation celebration at the Arlington, Virginia, headquarters of Phone2Action, a provider of advocacy software that enables organizations to create grassroots marketing campaigns. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training.

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Incentives Incentive Face-to-face Survey 227

SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

These changes are positive, but now sales leaders have new challenges that are keeping them up at night – myself included. We are all facing similar challenges and they gave me a lot to think about – from reducing time in the hiring process to how we can train managers differently. . They do not remember features, functions, and facts.

Ideal Customer Profile 105

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank Scale 105

Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

She also built the company’s sales process herself, hired and trained the company’s first sales team, and drove over 70% growth month over month. Scruggs’ people-first approach to leadership creates a positive sales environment and an opportunity for women and military spouses to grow professionally within the sales space.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Enterprise 130

Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Sales Training Article: How Top Sales Reps Discuss Risk to Win the Next Deal. Gartner Group published a study about failed enterprise software implementations. Workflows may need to change and be re-trained. Position the meeting as one where you share the risks with them. Two reasons: 1. You address risk early.

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Training Buyer Enterprise Enterprise 53

SBI

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Explains the value proposition, product positioning, and competitive analysis. Improves training. Playbooks shorten training, coaching and employee onboarding periods. Normally, when sales departments train, they make use of demos, mentorships, shadowing or similar methods – which are all prone to human error.

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Scale Sales Cycle Quota Sports 101

Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 26, 2013

Sales Training Article: 5 Ways to Keep Tabs on Your Customers By Geoffrey James, INC. An increasing number of positions usually signals the intent to expand while a decreasing number signals the opposite. That''s useful to know when you''re positioning your offering. When customers change, their needs change.

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Training Customer Churn Account 45

Mereo

JUNE 9, 2022

Rain-checked are the days when sales teams gathered at a mixer after a training event. Manage and reinforce sales training wisely. Lisa McQueen serves as the head of sales for Sandata , a leading software service company for Medicaid providers and payers that is a portfolio company of Accel-KKR. Prioritize your sales teams.

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Travel Hiring Face-to-face Lead Rank 36

Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. I had the pleasure of working with a VP of Sales at a $75 million software company. Unfortunately, many sales managers act more like administrators by looking in the rearview mirror at YTD positions against quota that are lagging indicators.

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Strategy Quota Incentives 40

SBI

MAY 2, 2018

Our AI software delivers real-time sales and pricing guidance for all sales channels – direct, inside, eCommerce and more. Jared: When evaluating AI software or technology, in general, B2B leaders need to first understand the problem they’re trying to solve for and then match an approach that can help.

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Revenue How To ROI Case Study 139

Costello

APRIL 16, 2019

In our latest research done in partnership with Databox , marketers and sales managers agree that playbooks improve the effectiveness and efficiency of calls, help train new salespeople and ensure product and services are correctly positioned. Sales scripts and objection handling are the core of my sales playbooks,” says Meah.

Hiring 111

Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling Lead Rank 111

Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 17, 2013

Sales Training Article: How to Leverage the War Room to Win the Big Deal. He is currently the #1 producing Rep at a Fortune 50 software company. Position yourself for the win to close the deal. Take a look at the sales training workshops available to you and improve sales performance.

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Training Buyer Sales Cycle Commission 45

Vendor Neutral

APRIL 22, 2021

Walk Customers through the Adoption Process Especially if you’re a technology or software company, make sure you’re not neglecting the critical adoption piece. If you can create an effective experience for an existing client, you can create powerful positive associations between that customer and your brand. Have questions?

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Retention Webinar Metrics Strategy Cancellation 59

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

The hypothesis above is based on the research and conclusions of four leading sales trainers who shared their findings at the 2015 PipelineDeals Accelerate Sales Conference and Sales Hacker Workshop with Microsoft in Seattle, WA. There are many trigger events such as office expansion, product upgrades, and even competitor product upgrades.

Ideal Customer Profile 133

Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

The Brooks Group

JULY 7, 2017

Your salespeople should use the positive flow of energy and confidence to get going right away with another opportunity. The Sales Territory Planning workshop will teach your salespeople to build detailed action plans that they can execute, track, and measure for success. Momentum is powerful, and difficult to come by.

Hiring 74

Hiring Energy Case Study CRM 74

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author. Andrea has led numerous sales initiatives and teams at enterprise software and solution providers, including Varolii, IBM, Symphony Technology Group, Vitria Technology, DigitalThink, and PeopleSoft. Brooke Bachesta – SDR Manager at Outreach.

Top of Funnel 111

Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 11, 2015

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. The objective of product training, skill training and sales enablement is allowing sellers to make better calls. Oddly enough, this statement borders on asking executive to trust (referenced above) you/your company/your software.

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Buyer Vendor Forecasting Guarantee 40

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The training industry went through massive changes in 2020. Almost every form of education went virtual, from workplace training to recreational courses. Now that we have two forms of training available, it begs the question: What are the real advantages and disadvantages of in-person and virtual training?

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Training Face-to-face Data Education 84

Lessonly

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

That’s why prioritizing training and development within your company is oh-so-important. New skills and knowledge acquired through employee training and development programs helps teammates in their present job sets them up for success in future roles. What Is Employee Training? Training increases morale.

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How To Pivotal Education Training 29

Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 17, 2016

Software firms struggle the most in all three KPI categories. Position your firm broadly—through a multi-channel outreach strategy—as an industry thought leader. Take a look at the sales training workshops available to get started and improve sales performance. Need some help to increase sales?

Vendor 40

Vendor Loyalty Case Study Government 40

LeadFuze

JULY 4, 2023

Offer top-notch training programs, advanced lead generation tools like LeadFuze, and comprehensive marketing support. Training Programs: Sharpening Skills and Attracting Agents But wait, there’s more. Besides fancy tech tools, you gotta offer killer training programs.

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Real Estate Compensation Commission Hiring 52

Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 8, 2015

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Extensive product training make talking about products a "comfort zone" for salespeople. Sharing best practices in software development. Sign-up NOW for the next open workshop coming May 5-8 in Boston. Some always do.

Hiring 40

Hiring Enterprise Enterprise Churn 40

Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Also, they dissect all data put in front of them to justify your selling position. After all, incompletely specified data leads to software codes generating security vulnerabilities and engineered outcomes which miss targets (literally). Technical professionals are trained to compare and contrast various approaches to solving problems.

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Decision Maker Social Media Infusion Retention 65

Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 3, 2016

I’m consulting with a client and recently was discussing a $500,000 software opportunity in a seller’s pipeline that he hopes to close by year-end. He has talked about having his staff design and build a platform from the ground up to integrate their existing software. The CIO is a potential adversary. Need some help to increase sales?

Buyer 40

Buyer Vendor Software Software 40

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Training & Coaching. VP Nokia Software, North America Sales. Showcase Workshop. BMC Software. Global Revenue Enablement & Training Manager. Director of Training & Sales Enablement. Head of Sales Training & Enablement. Sales Development. Sales Growth. Sales Enablement. Enterprise Sales.

Demand Generation Agencies 121

Demand Generation Agencies Hiring Enterprise Enterprise 121

Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 4, 2016

Decades ago, while selling clients their first business computer systems, I learned a valuable lesson: Software is only as good as the data that’s entered. Implementing software within sales organizations such as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is a significant undertaking ( What is CRM?

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