Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Author: Brian Trautschold As a new hire, structured training and onboarding programs are expected. Today, it is rare to see a company that doesn’t have a strict training program in place from the moment a new hire walks through the door. That’s where sales coaching comes in. Provide Managers Better Visibility.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Lee Smith A recent State of Sales report published by LinkedIn revealed that U.S. businesses spend $15 billion a year training their sales employees. Despite this spending level, 68% of sales professionals are rated as moderate performers in the State of Sales, fourth edition, report from Salesforce.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. They can be instrumental in accelerating revenue generation and fostering customer relationships. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. This also ensures sales resources are allocated efficiently.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2020

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. . Furthermore, training doesn’t end after onboarding.

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Allego

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re involved in sales training , you know creating a training program is a multi-step and multi-person effort. Create Engaging Content: Your sales training content must be engaging, relevant, and effective. It should also be practical and directly applicable to their daily sales activities.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

In business, it’s often assumed that a person who excels as a sales rep will also be successful as a sales manager. As such, top sales reps are often promoted to sales managers and left to find their way into their new roles. Even the most seasoned sales reps need proper training to be effective sales managers.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most technology revenue teams include a sales enablement function, but its mission has been evolving over the last several years. Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers. Train Early, Often, and in Small Doses.

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Shari Levitin

AUGUST 23, 2023

Your junk drawer, like your sales and sales training process, undergoes a natural sort of entropy. Managers: Declutter Your Sales Training Approach According to neuroscientist Daniel Levitin: “Our phones and computers are just like our junk drawers, but thousands of times more disorganized. I think not).

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Awarathon

APRIL 12, 2024

Understanding the role of Generative AI in training The rise of Generative AI is transforming fields with the ‘adapt or perish’ mantra, and sales training is no exception. Generative AI is on the cusp of revolutionizing sales training programs. Let’s go through this in detail.

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SMEI

JANUARY 12, 2024

On the morning of January 6, 2024, SMEI Vietnam, representative of Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI), organized the ceremony to award the Certificate of Sales Professional (SCPS – SMEI Certified Professional Salesperson ) and the Certificate of Professional Marketing Specialist.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You can, most of the time, accomplish what you need via research, experience, and speaking to your team and customers. Reducing Human Error Photo by George Becker Train Your Team Mistakes happen when people have clear instructions on what to do or take shortcuts because it’s easier, and they need proper training.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

I want to stay in the game long enough to see the old sales practices retired and the new digital selling model take hold.” Initially, I provided the models to sales teams. You could feel the positive energy, and I realized the impact sales can have across a company – I was hooked.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building.

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Allego

APRIL 11, 2023

You launched your new sales training program ! You have personalized training, peer-to-peer learning , training reinforcement, and a sales content library filled with just-in-time learning that sellers can access when they need an immediate answer. It was a huge project, and now you are done.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Provide Excellent Service Making your customers a top priority is vital for your business to thrive. Utilize CRM software to keep track of your customers’ essential communications, stay on top of target dates, and maintain all the critical information in one place.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2024

Any reader who was trained as an engineer or anyone with experience in assembling machines (or Ikea furniture) will recognize the Tolerance Stack Up Error. We see this everyday in our sales and marketing organizations. Sales enablement is providing high quality training. They are also meeting their MQL goals.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 16, 2024

We spend 100’s of millions on SKO speakers, books, and training–all focused on doing the things that drive business, sales and marketing performance. For example, as sales people, we know–without a doubt that: We’ve got to prospect and fill our funnels. We’ve got to be customer focused.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2024

Trade shows are opportunities for personal interactions, which can be invaluable when building long-lasting customer relationships. By attending a trade show within your industry, you can reach out to customers in your target audience and promote brand recognition and sales. Be Inspired and Inspiring!

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In sales, where every conversation counts and every opportunity demands precision, your team needs more than just the ordinary training programs. In this post, we will go over: What is Sales Training Software? EdApp Source EdApp is a training software that supports sales teams.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Power of Commerce APIs Online shopping is gaining ground on brick-and-mortar sales. When customers can readily access engaging content, quickly find what they’re looking for, and easily discover product details, they’re more likely to walk away satisfied and return to make additional purchases.

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Pipeliner

MAY 26, 2023

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. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

On average, sales reps don’t know the answer to 40% of product questions asked by customers. That’s just one of the many surprising findings from new Allego research on the current state of sales enablement for companies nationwide. The report, Who Owns Sales Enablement? Findings Reveal Inadequate Seller Training.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The commonality between the two of us is the obsession around helping customers solve complex problems and create great value. My obsession to provide Customer Value Written by Christian Maure r Dave, thank you very much for picking up the challenge. To answer even your first question:” Are you interested in Sales?”

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 19, 2024

Develop Tailored Plans: Based on role-specific insights, develop customized onboarding plans. It includes identifying key competencies and knowledge areas and creating targeted training modules and resources. After training, survey what was most liked and disliked for improving future efforts. Be Inspired and Inspiring!

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Highspot

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sales training can be like sailing the high seas – an always-on adventure where focus, navigation, and teamwork are vital. We’ve curated a collection of the best sales training tips so you can build a program that will put wind in your team’s sails to navigate an uncertain selling landscape and outperform every quarter.

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Highspot

JUNE 1, 2023

Major advances include: generative AI for sales enablement, enterprise-class training and coaching, and ​​services and success resources that empower revenue teams to scale what good looks like in business-to-business (B2B) selling. Companies everywhere are intent on increasing efficiency, which requires running programs with rigor.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2024

The global economy/turmoil and continued layoffs/reductions, and shuffling of priorities–both within our customers, markets, and within our own organizations. Our fixation on mechanizing everything in selling, minimizing the human connection, and our failure to connect with customers on their problems/challenges.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 13, 2022

Here’s a pop quiz for sellers and sales enablement folks. Be honest, don’t cheat…… Raise your hand if you have had a formal training program on change and change management! Our sales training programs spend a lot of time helping us develop skills around what we sell and how we sell.

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SBI

AUGUST 11, 2020

4 Action Steps For Remote Sales Onboarding. Most organizations have sales teams that work primarily from in the company’s offices and sales reps working from home covering a certain territory. This will require training on how the business has changed and to help employees adapt to new business conditions.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 21, 2024

I met Mary years ago when she was Director of Programs for an educational not-for-profit in New York City. She had spent many years as a teacher, and was now responsible for delivering very innovative educational programs to K-12 schools. It is anything but that, Mary states, “I love the honesty of a great sales experience.”

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 27, 2024

No matter what company you work for, you will be expected to use computers, programs, and software to generate ideas, collaborate, and interact with customers. Learning more about new technology and becoming confident using various programs and operating systems will make a huge difference.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 17, 2023

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. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

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