The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The length of your sales cycle will vary, and so will the number of touchpoints necessary to close a deal. But sometimes the process is dragged out longer than necessary simply because your salesperson lacks the confidence to ask for the sale. Sales Performance Improvement Time Management Sense of urgency.

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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. With that in mind, how can you make sure your B2B sales training program will set your team up for success?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Take this experience with my internet provider (well part time provider, the system keeps going down). A variation on the familiar “oh no, it is not the hardware, it’s a software issue” ya right. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Leadership.

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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. Inept or disengaged data entry staff could disrupt the entire system. Here are three reasons sellers may be skeptical or outright hostile when implementing new CRM software.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 3, 2016

Sales Tips: Do Your Buyers Have a Sense of Urgency? When trying to get to the end of sales cycles, sellers always seem to be in a hurry. 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. Need some help to increase sales?

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

the industry leader in sales assessments and sales force evaluations, and the CEO of Kurlan & Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in sales force development. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment.

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

So, what are B2B sales, and how are they different from B2C sales? In this article, you’ll learn how businesses use varying strategies to sell to each other and what type of software they can use. Use the links below to navigate each section: What are B2B sales? How are B2B sales different from B2C sales?

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 30, 2013

Sales Training Article: Why A Rising Win Rate Could be a Bad Sign. By Drew Zarges, Sales Benchmark Index The software company''s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. Their shortlist could be created without even interacting with sales representatives. The software company was among them.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

As you grow your inbound strategies, follow one of the leading software and content providers in this small and medium business space, Hubspot. And the larger your company (it’s reach, sales force, brand offerings, partner layout), the more robust your tools need to be. And the easier and more comprehensive your software, the better.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Turn a "No Decision" into a WIN. When a software client grew frustrated with their dismal results from efforts to improve sales, they knew they needed to find out exactly what their buyers wanted. This software client’s win rate significantly improved with buyer feedback. Find buyers’ pain points.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Be clear about any changes you’re making to the tech stack , offering how-to-use workshops if necessary, and demonstrate how your reps’ performance will be assessed. There’s a battle within the war here to find out what motivates your individual sales reps. Start with your customer relationship management (CRM) software.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 23, 2024

Each stage in a pipeline utilizes specific tools, such as CRM systems, business directories, as well as proposal generation and document management software. Integration of CRM software with sales automation and document management tools is fundamental to enhance overall operational efficiency in sales.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Steve is an experienced leader in CRM and Sales Force Automation with a strong sales background obviously. Our chat gave me the opportunity to share publicly, for the first time, some of the nuggets I usually only share in my private workshops. Of course, the sales rep needs to be good at execution, being able to ask questions).

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SBI

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Jake: With Highspot, sales reps can: Find the right content whenever and wherever it’s needed, whether from email, the web, within CRM, or on any mobile device. Create a personalized experience that gives prospects a single URL for engaging throughout the sales cycle.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2020

One of sales training’s primary uses is to show your reps how they can best use their time, resources, and attributes. New approaches and tools emerge frequently, from time-tracking software to new CRMs, and your team must be up-to-date. New approaches to sales conversations can improve outcomes in every phase of the sales cycle.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

By using lead scoring, organizations can streamline their lead qualification process, improve lead-to-customer conversion rates, and optimize sales and marketing efforts. The goal of sales onboarding is to accelerate the time it takes for new sales representatives to become productive and contribute to the organization’s sales goals.

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Sales Hacker Training

APRIL 30, 2018

To see what selling on steroids looks like, check out companies with the best sales enablement strategies. You’ll discover a lively place, with a lot of things — like revenue, productivity, and win rate s — going up, and a lot of things — like speed to revenue, sale cycle period, customer churn, and staff attrition rate — going down.

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

Sales development training: Build the skills of your team. Sales development analytics and goals. Other great tools and software to use. 4 important sales development FAQs. Overview of sales development. The conversion rate average for lead generation in the software industry is just 5-10%. What to track.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Sales Models and Fundamentals. The Transparency Sale. It may be hard to imagine, but something as counterintuitive as leading with your flaws can result in faster sales cycles, increased win rates, and makes competing with you almost impossible. Insight Selling: Surprising Research on What Sales Winners Do Differently.

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Costello

JANUARY 15, 2019

“At Resolute , we’ve been working to tie our marketing and sales initiatives closer together and have seen some very promising results including gaining more focused opportunities that are a fit for our business, a busier deals pipeline, and shorter sales cycles,” says Colton De Vos. The impact has been a well-oiled machine.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2018

And with the addition of our predictive dialing call automation software, you’ll drastically cut down on the amount of time spent listening to dial tones. Depending upon your sales cycle and the amount of coaching they need, this can vary a bit, so track key metrics carefully and use your quarterly review with a manager to gauge progress.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

G2 Crowd Sales Blog. The Gist: G2 Crowd is a massive name in the software space. What some may not know is that they also have the best sales blogs to help those tech founders grow their business. Now he’s turned his attention to building the software platform that will power the next wave of Cold Calling 2.0

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

S&OP roles include: Executive leader Sales leader Marketing leader Demand planner Operational leader Supply chain leader Technology S&OP software and technology support tasks like real-time data analysis, forecasting, and planning for uncertainty. Process The process guides S&OP from start to finish.

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