SBI

JULY 9, 2019

The3 C’s Needed to Achieve Your Sales Training Goals. We like sharing our wins and cursing our losses, but we also enjoy discussing big-picture issues, like the challenges we face, where the sales industry is as a whole, and where it’s going. Of course, training for training’s sake can be ineffective.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We work with a lot of great sales, marketing, and enablement teams, and all the best ones do something really, really important: they flip their perspective from inside the company—where people talk about ‘sales enablement’ or ‘revenue enablement’—to outside the company, starting with the buyer’s view of things.

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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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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In the last few years, there has certainly been a lot of talk about sales enablement —it’s one of those trendy terms that came around and has definitely remained. There certainly is no sales enablement “magic bullet”—you utilize it and bang! So what is sales enablement, really, and where is it going?

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Mereo

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Sales training has been a popular prescription for dried up pipelines and below-par performance. While effective when properly administered, there is ample amount of malpractices and over-promises when it comes to sales training. Read on to learn about the top sales training myths and their counterpoint facts.

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Product Management University

MARCH 14, 2017

There’s a good reason why athletes in contact sports wear protective pads. If product management is a contact sport, what’s your organization’s risk of injury? Delivering, marketing and selling products in B2B is a contact sport in many ways. Sales credibility is the #1 reason you’re customers buy.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Hey, do you remember that training you went through last week? Chances are you ask anyone that question — whether they’re in sales or any other function — and the answer will be no. And more recent research by Gartner finds that B2B sales reps forget 70% of information within one week of training, and 87% within one month.

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The Pipeline

MAY 3, 2018

.” Coming from that perspective, breaking down what exists to rebuild a better version piece by piece is where sales skills can be the variable that allows one organization to reap more rewards from identical stacks. The differentiators continue to be execution, made up of a dynamic process as James highlights, and skills training.

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Membrain

AUGUST 21, 2019

But as any skier knows, it’s a sport with some very specific risks. I love to ski. It’s one of my top “flow” activities, and I especially love the alps, which has some of the best ski slopes in the world. One of the most dangerous things that can happen, is to get caught in an avalanche.

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Lessonly

AUGUST 25, 2020

I’ve worked for multiple companies in different sales roles, so I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of sales enablement strategy. And I’ve used all kinds of sales enablement tools along the way. From my experience I’ve been asked, “Can you give a clear sales enablement definition ?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

These are the skills your sales team needs to survive. If you want to develop a more effective salesperson, start with how your organization coaches and trains them. A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. Training by inquiry is more personal.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

System Two: Training. Onboarding (new hire training) is as important as hiring right. In addition to basic HR items, members of the sales team need to be trained on company products and services, sales processes, as well as marketing and sales tools to name a few. System Three: Sales/Buying Process.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

We’ve entered a new era of sales training. But today, sales reps expect more creative and comprehensive career development tools, and customers expect salespeople to be valuable industry experts. Sales instruction must now include new methodologies that didn’t exist even 10 years ago. What is Sales Training?

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Athletes and sports teams often talk about reviewing the game tape. In sales, this is called a win-loss analysis. Combining everything from the framework of a win-loss analysis to training, this is a must for every sales organization. This is a process in which they revisit a game to see why they either won or lost.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Its sales team has become increasingly complex as it has grown; 325 salespeople are located across the 3 major offices in the US, internationally in Europe and Asia, and with some remote roles working from home offices across the country. There are five distinct sales roles within the sales team that each have their own unique challenges.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Its sales team has become increasingly complex as it has grown; 325 salespeople are located across the 3 major offices in the US, internationally in Europe and Asia, and with some remote roles working from home offices across the country. There are five distinct sales roles within the sales team that each have their own unique challenges.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Take into consideration what type of “sale” they worked in: ACV, time to close, segment, industry, size of sales team, and composition of sales team. Discuss their ramp time and what type of training they enjoy. Sales is a sport where your competitors are always working on their craft. Coachability.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

We’ve entered a new era of sales training. But today, sales reps expect more creative and comprehensive career development tools, and customers expect salespeople to be valuable industry experts. Sales instruction must now include new methodologies that didn’t exist even 10 years ago. What is Sales Training?

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Allego

APRIL 21, 2020

The speed of change raised the bar for training and ongoing productivity. Companies find it’s more important than ever for sales reps to collaborate and share best practices with one another. Yet in-person training and face-to-face communications are two things we cannot do right now. What are you hearing from training managers?

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Allego

MARCH 30, 2021

With over twenty years in the software industry, nearly ten in sales enablement , and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Chester has a proven track record of building successful sales enablement teams and programs. >>Watch I run a weekly training session, which I call pilot flight school.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Past training programs, last year’s tools (which we never used anyway), many things that were highly effective and some which weren’t are no longer valid, displaced by this year’s version. It is no longer fashionable to talk about sales enablement, now it’s revenue enablement. Soccer is the same.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Now is the time for three types of sales org transformation to ensure seller readiness. to transform the way you train, coach and prepare your sales team. Everyone knows that traditional training – jamming one-size-fits-all material into marathon sessions that are rapidly forgotten and soon out of date – doesn’t work.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. The annual sales kick off (SKO) meeting. As the term implies, a sales kick-off meeting is meant to be a sales reset.

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SBI

JANUARY 16, 2018

Sales is a sport. Just like a sports team, great sales teams are built with an obsessive focus on stats and success metrics. Sales needs the right players, and those players need the right tools. Sales needs the right players, and those players need the right tools. Who are the sales MVPs?

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

At this point, many sales organizations believe it is time to implement a virtual sales training program led by an instructor. However, that comes after you’ve properly planned for the training to ensure new techniques are implemented in order to achieve modern sales success. More on this later).

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you fail to understand the science of sales, then you cannot improve sales. But if you have ever been a part of a highly trained team, either in sports or business, you understand the confidence that comes from that training. Skills training and practice is the antidote to unpredictability. .

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Mereo

APRIL 14, 2021

Improving selling skills and sales enablement may go neglected – degrading long-term performance. To really harness the power of hope, sales leaders need to balance the right strategy, efficient processes, and regular training and guidance along with continually nurturing motivation.

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Allego

MARCH 11, 2021

4 Identifying Individual Training Needs. “So, We don’t usually hear the term “drill,” a decidedly sports term, in the context of sales and presentations. In our world, the “coaches” are sales managers and the “players” are their sales teams. Asked pointed questions directed at individuals.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

Communicating the organization’s vision to the sales team. Seeking and enlisting sales training partners. Hence, sales managers should be data-centric, with the ability to analyze key metrics. They must understand how these metrics translate to their sales team. Attending, mastering, and reinforcing sales training.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

I†ve worked on a lot of sales talent enablement projects over the years, and I know what it takes to make sure they are successful. So, today we†re going to look at the five key aspects of sales enablement positions through planning and preparation. Talent Enablement, Assessment, and Acquisition.

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BrainShark

JULY 4, 2023

Sales managers use their domain expertise along with social, communication, and questioning skills to facilitate conversations with their team members that allow them to discover areas for improvement and possibilities to break through to new levels of success.” Sales coaching is essential for many reasons.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Do Technical Salespeople Need Sales Training? Why Doesn''t Sales Methodology Get More Attention? Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training. Marketing and Sales Feedback Loop Can Help You Grow.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Convenience, and with over 2,000,000 podcasts there is a treasure trove of choices, giving listeners easy access to engaging shows that cover every topic imaginable – from sports and crime thrillers to business and comedy. The sales world is no exception. Sales Influence ( Key Episode: Sales Enablement Obsession ).

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Showpad

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Here are some key takeaways from the roundtable discussion and audience Q&A: The Distinction Between Sales Training & Coaching. Many organizations see Sales training and coaching as one in the same. Training is a strategic initiative that supports Sales reps at a higher level. and separate?purposes.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 13, 2019

Sometimes we experience it in sports. Sometimes, it’s in a sales call, you connect with the customer, you are in perfect synchronization with her. ” In sports, when this comes naturally, we refer to it as “muscle memory.” I’m sure you’ve experienced something that gives you a “rush.”

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 29, 2019

This makes sales hiring one of the most critical pieces of building a high-performing revenue machine. So, how do you think about what kind of sales team you want to build? Build Teams Like a Pro Sports Recruiter. Professional sports organizations think about building their teams in a very specific way. Make it fun.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But solution sales training shouldn’t stop at onboarding. Ongoing sales training, coaching, and learning opportunities help ensure reps are always well-versed in what they’re selling. In fact, ICPs should be a key component of your solution sales training program. Things are always changing.

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