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How Effective Sales Training Drives Performance and Revenue Growth

The Center for Sales Strategy

It is usually something that we undergo when we begin a new position or new company, but the best sales organizations, like the best sports teams, are constantly training all of their people. Simply put, well-trained salespeople drive more revenue.

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Are You the Chief Rescue or Chief Revenue Officer?

Steven Rosen

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the role of a sales leader as not just bringing in the numbers but developing their salespeople into self-managing individuals. ” – Steven Rosen “Unbelievably talented sales leaders still fall into that trap of rescuing their salespeople versus developing their salespeople.”

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Onboarding In Sales: Training + Leadership

Sales and Marketing Management

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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Is Sales Adding A Premium To Intrinsic Revenue Growth?

The Pipeline

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead. Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace.

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25 Sales Experts on the Importance of Coaching Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. As a reminder, consistent daily coaching increases revenue by 28% and when it is paired with effective coaching, revenue increases by 43%. Sales Managers don’t want to coach because it takes away from personal sales.

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What is Revenue Enablement?

Highspot

Imagine that only 28% of your sales reps expect to hit quota. As a sales leader, you’d probably scoff at this. But according to Salesforce, this is the reality for many businesses, and the pressure to hit revenue targets has companies looking to improve sales processes to boost performance. What is Revenue Enablement?

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How to Buy Sales Training That Delivers Results

If we've learned anything over the last two years, it’s that if your sales team is not actively developing skills you are falling behind. 40% of businesses missed their revenue targets last year. But where do you begin the process of identifying the right training partner? Only 24% of salespeople hit their quota.

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Top 5 Ways to Drive Sales Rep Productivity

The pressure is on for Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) and sales leaders to optimize their revenue engine by achieving consistent rep performance, quarter after quarter. Use this whitepaper to learn how to transform your revenue engine by: Equipping your teams with the right content. Training your reps with excellence.

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The Critical Role of the Front Line Sales Manager

Sales managers play an integral role in improving reps’ performance and growing an organization’s revenue. However, they often face a number of challenges, starting with a lack of training and preparation for their responsibilities to overseeing large, globally-dispersed teams.

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Core Principles of Great Sales Enablement are the Same: It's The Tactics That Have Changed

If your role includes supporting sellers, then this in-depth sales enablement guide is for you! Keep remote onboarding and training engaging (including SKO). Take the next steps from Sales to Revenue Enablement. Discover valuable insights and practical steps on how to: Adjust your tactics to deal with the impact of 2020.

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The #1 Reason Why Sales Coaching is Critical to Your 2022 Sales Success

Speaker: Tim Hughes, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Leadership Associates

With most of the world’s population active on social media, it is imperative that teams improve their sales strategies by investing in sales coaching & training. Investing in high quality sales coaching will help to systemize your sales strategy and teach your team how to navigate social media in an effective and meaningful way.

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Sales Enablement: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Where It's Going

Speaker: Roderick Jefferson, Chief Executive Officer

The biggest problem with Sales Enablement is that there is no one universal definition. If you were to ask 10 different people “What is Sales Enablement?” you would get 10 different answers, ranging from training to tech to messaging & positioning. The webinar will cover: The core building blocks of modern Sales Enablement.

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How to Transform Training with Conversation Intelligence Technology

Speaker: Jonathan Carlson, Senior Director of Marketing, Allego & Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Imagine if you could go back and review every phone or video conversation at your company: training sessions, conferences, sales calls - anything and everything - and have a teachable analysis ready almost instantly. You could identify topic trends, coachable moments, and examples of what good (or bad) looks like.

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. Now add the fact that we're facing a global pandemic and it could add an extra 2 - 3 months or more to a sales cycle. How to tap into growing markets for new sales opportunities.