Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Every business needs to present what it’s selling as standing apart from the competition, but differentiating how you sell it is equally important.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sales Managers – it’s what you say and how you say it. A hallmark of a great sales manager is being a good communicator. For example, front-line sales managers are the critical screens through which messages travel from top management to the sales team. ©2013 Sales Momentum ®.

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Braveheart Sales

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It shouldn’t be surprising that we spend a lot of time training sales teams and coaching the sales team leaders. Here are five elements that must be considered before any money is spent on sales training. Can sales training be embedded into a repeatable selling system and process within your CRM?

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In this guest blog post from one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , Kevin Lewis, Global Sales Excellence Leader at Milliken Chemical and an authority on developing sales managers, recommends five ways to get new sales managers off to a great start. Great sales leaders aren’t born: they’re made.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

70% of sales managers say a manager’s ability to navigate change is more important now than it was five years ago. 43% of sales leaders believe customer satisfaction is the top insight for measuring sales performance. 51% of sales leaders rely on data to measure sales rep performance. Remote Selling.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

So, you think you want to be a sales manager? If you’re an individual top-performing contributor in your sales organization and you’re thinking of applying for a sales manager role, let me give you a bit of a reality check first. Check out my book on running a human-centric sales process that'll win more customers.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Online Training. Getting into sales for the money. If you don’t love what you do, you will never achieve the goals that you’ve set for yourself, let alone the arbitrary ones your company sets for you (also known as quotas). A big part of selling is expecting a positive outcome. Sales Management.

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Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

“I’m running out of sales training ideas ,” the director of sales told me, a bit embarrassed. “My My job is to upskill the sales team ,” he said. But keeping a calendar of sales training topics has been tough to juggle with everything else I have to do.”. With each sales training topic we cover here….

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

We won’t touch on revenue, percentage of quota, customer retention, etc. 66% of Sales Reps believe that increasing the time invested by sales managers would help to increase their sales. Don’t wait for your manager to come to you. Go to your manger and get the training / coaching that you need and deserve.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A sales training initiative can be one of the most impactful things you can do to improve your organization’s success. In over 40 years in the industry, we’ve learned that the ROI for a sales training initiative is greatest when live instructor-led training is followed up by a strategic sales training reinforcement program.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A sales training initiative can be one of the most impactful things you can do to improve your organization’s success. In over 40 years in the industry, we’ve learned that the ROI for a sales training initiative is greatest when live instructor-led training is followed up by a strategic sales training reinforcement program.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much reliance on selling tools. Upcoming: Not enough training in the industry/space. Too much activity management. “Welcome to the team,” said my new sales manager, as he dropped a giant yellow pages phonebook on my desk.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 27, 2013

Sales VPs are asking a similar question this time of year: " What can we do with my reps to get a quick revenue lift? Can I make up the deficit and make my quota? ". There are certain trainings that can produce these results. Register now for our How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Execute.

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Mindtickle

MAY 20, 2021

Unlock the skills that drive successful sales interactions . According to McKinsey research, over 85% of B2B sales interactions happen on the phone or within web conferencing platforms, making it impossible for sales managers to shadow every interaction between sellers and buyers. How it works.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. This will gauge their overall confidence in selling your solution. .

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Showpad

AUGUST 23, 2018

Sales managers at any organization are in a position to guide and motivate those they lead, similar to the coach of a sports team. So it would make sense to give managers the proper training for sales coaching, right? Training Sales Managers to Coach.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sales organizations must reinforce using perspective with sellers by implementing the three key pillars of sales enablement: content, coaching and training. Take The Sales Conversation Metric. higher quota attainment than those who didn’t. Offer Impactful Training through a Seller’s Career.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Though the “goal” is to set the stage for sales success, SKO agendas are dominated with things that do not help salespeople be better at the craft of selling. Use your SKO time to train your sellers how to be better at selling; otherwise scrap the meeting. Lack of training? SKO’s are expensive!

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SBI

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Metrics are the bedrock of any sales function (in fact, one could argue that no enterprise function is tracked, measured and analyzed more than sales!). Sales leaders have been well trained over the past decade to believe that when it comes to data, more is better. Here are 3 key sales metrics you may be missing: 1.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 13, 2020

Make sure that you have established for your team exactly what your expectations are, including following your sales process , the high-gain activities they should be engaging in, desired behaviors, training requirements, and so on. Are there particular stages of the sales process they’re struggling with? Co-create a Solution.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Instead, most sales teams are composed of reps with a wide range of experience, strengths, and weaknesses. Usually, there are a number of common competencies and selling skills top performers have. Those skills are correlated with success in the field. Deliver customized training and coaching . And for good reason.

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Mindtickle

MAY 20, 2021

Unlock the skills that drive successful sales interactions . According to McKinsey research, over 85% of B2B sales interactions happen on the phone or within web conferencing platforms, making it impossible for sales managers to shadow every interaction between sellers and buyers.

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Gong.io

MARCH 16, 2020

The bad news: quotas aren’t going down. The good news: the principles behind managing a team are the same whether they’re in the same room… or remote in their living room. Waiting for everyone to be onsite to perform training might seem like a logical course of action. Yet remote sales teams require more consistent training. .

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

When you consider that the average onboarding and ramp-up time for a sales professional is nine months or more, that turnover rate starts to have serious consequences for individual sales teams and the revenue they’re responsible for. Signs of Sales Rep Burnout. But turnover can also be a positive thing.

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Miller Heiman Group

DECEMBER 12, 2019

In this guest blog post from one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , Joan Ridgeway, sales training performance consultant at Roche Diagnostics , suggests innovative ways to make sales training more fun—and more effective. One of the most challenging roles in any sales organization is that of the sales manager.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As your sales process evolves, it's important to keep your skills relevant and up to date. Plus, it can increase your sales. In a case study by Rain Group , a global sales training organization, they discovered that a client who went through sales training closed 15.2% Attend sales training.

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Allego

JULY 28, 2022

Podcast hosts are turning to Allego experts for advice on improving sales results. That’s because sales teams are under intense pressure to win deals and hit quota. It’s understandable, as sales are what drive a large part of a company’s success. That demand, however, may cause sales reps to pressure buyers.

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Allego

JANUARY 28, 2021

“I have mastered the classroom training. found herself asking the very question she poses during leadership conferences and sales training alike, this time to herself: . found herself asking the very question she poses during leadership conferences and sales training alike, this time to herself: . “Do

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. This will gauge their overall confidence in selling your solution. .

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore the key sales skills that will equip your reps with confidence and boost sales. With proven sales training strategies and ongoing coaching and enablement, reps will be ready to tackle the art of selling. Why are Sales Skills Important?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 13, 2018

So much of the conversation we see in selling is on enabling the sales person (not just limited to the sales enablement function). Millions/Billions are invested in sales tools, training, content, and programs. In spite of all these investments, sales performance isn’t improving.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 16, 2018

Or what about the rep that offers a discount early and often, despite the fact he just attended a training course on negotiation skills? Here’s the issue: Most CEOs and sales managers focus on the wrong end of the problem. Certainly such skills are important. The second scenario is little different.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 6, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. It’s the start of a new year, and for most salespeople, it means the start of a new quota. This is the sole reason why I say January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.” Sales Prospecting: Follow-Up or Follow-Down.

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Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

What sets the MEDDIC sales methodology apart? But that alone doesn’t get anyone to quota. . Today’s top sales leaders also track team metrics and offer reps support when they see sales skills that could use a boost. They focus on objection handling , active listening, presenting skills, storytelling, and more. (As

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

This was a critical takeaway as we sometimes get so focused on data that we forget that you need compelling stories to change sales behaviors. Focus on the “why” of training, not the “what”. This will help you get executive buy-in and involvement in sales onboarding. Google: Jen Bradburn, Sales Training and Development Lead.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

This was a critical takeaway as we sometimes get so focused on data that we forget that you need compelling stories to change sales behaviors. Focus on the “why” of training, not the “what”. This will help you get executive buy-in and involvement in sales onboarding. Google: Jen Bradburn, Sales Training and Development Lead.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

Eye contact may sound like a trivial skill to average reps, but for top performers, every behavior matters. Our experience in sales training shows that 50 percent of sales reps regularly miss quotas or underperform. Within the group of reps achieving quota, only the top 10 percent can be viewed as high-performing.

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