Janek Performance Group

JUNE 21, 2022

Remember when you started riding a bike, a new workout program, or learned a new sport? For entrepreneurs, creating a sales approach that is repeatable and scalable can be a painful experience, even for people as smart as Elon Musk. A software developer is eager to land their first major account. Here’s an example.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

According to our recent State of AI Report : 16% of sales professionals use AI for prospect outreach. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective. 72% of sales professionals say it helps them build rapport faster. 16% of sales professionals use AI for research. Test, test, and test again.

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SBI

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Yet not all sales workflows are created equal – there are some pros and cons to keep in mind before you decide whether a playbook is right for you. In sports (particularly football), playbooks are an integral contributor to a team’s success. A great playbook documents processes that work and pitfalls to avoid when selling.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2020

Whether it is sports, politics, or business, there is a podcast for everything. The sales podcast offers a wealth of information that can help you level up your sales game. These podcasts can help you in improving your sales approach and conversion rate. Where to find this sales podcast: Website , iTunes , Stitcher.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

Just like sports, the use of science to develop elite performers also applies in sales. In sports, much of the science focuses on the athlete: genetics, biomechanics (movement techniques, training regimen), nutrition, and psychology (for mental toughness, behavioral modifications, and positive visualizations).

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Technology must totally support what a sales team does. Using a sports analogy, a runner couldn’t run a marathon with shoes that hurt them. Just as an athlete requires shoes that fit and support them perfectly, so does a sales team require technology that supports them in the same way. Speak My Language?”. After The Start.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 27, 2018

I think we’ll start to see more training and conversations trending in this direction. I know it’s in our upcoming Sales Engagement book in a big way. When it does, sales teams with the highest level of efficiency will be left standing. Mindtickle , Brainshark , and LevelJump for Training.

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Follow these sales best practices to improve your sales reps’ selling skills and turn regular salespeople into sales superstars. In this article: The Significance of Understanding the Digital Buying Process. Selling Is a Competitive Sport. 7 Sales Best Practices. Selling Is a Competitive Sport.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Act-On Software. Bloomfire gives your team fingertip-access to all the sales training they need to spike sales fast videos, presentations, spreadsheets, and more.Sales reps can ask questions – and get answers… from product managers, sales managers and each other. Sales reps can use DocuSign right from within Salesforce CRM.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

My two primary focuses and areas of expertise are sales management and new business development. Sales Gravy. Sales Gravy is the most visited sales specific website and the destination sales training resource for sales professionals across the globe. Peak Sales Recruiting Blog. Heinz Marketing.

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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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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

“ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. We plan on doing the best sales blogs punchy, to the point, easy-to-implement tactics, drenched with useful visuals. 5 Best Sales Role Play Scenarios to Train Your New Hires. +24 The Gist:

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SBI

JULY 31, 2012

Tweet Olympic athletes train hard, and they are certainly among the ranks of the most dedicated in the world of competitive sports. They strive to excel in every capacity and endeavor, to have the right team,the right equipment, the right training regimen, the right attitude, and the right support network.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Tom Hopkins is a speaker, sales trainer, and best-selling author of 18 books including How to Master the Art of Selling which has sold over 1.7 He has trained over 5 million students on 5 continents and is a recognized expert in the field of sales since 1974. He has over 10+ years of experience in entrepreneurship and sales.

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Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Effective management begins with the realization that you need both sales team management tools as well as reps that are well-trained and prepared for the sales floor. They understand the concerns; questions thought processes which help generate qualified sales leads for an organization.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. According to HubSpot , 40% of sellers admit that prospecting is the most challenging part of the sales process. Prospecting with Sales Video.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Tom Hopkins is a speaker, sales trainer, and best-selling author of 18 books including How to Master the Art of Selling which has sold over 1.7 He has trained over 5 million students on 5 continents and is a recognized expert in the field of sales since 1974. He has over 10+ years of experience in entrepreneurship and sales.

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HeavyHitter Sales

AUGUST 13, 2011

Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Sales Career Advice.

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Hyper-Connected Selling

JULY 10, 2018

Other examples of specific topics: If you are in SaaS software sales: data security, AI and its impact, or integration challenges. And since it is still work-related, it’s more relevant in a professional context than bonding over a favorite sports team. Your internal meetings, everything from trainings to awards banquets.

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Close.io

AUGUST 28, 2018

A predictive dialer is call automation software that allows sales teams to dial multiple numbers at once, where the technology behind the dialer detects when a real human answers the phone and immediately routes an available sales rep to that call. It supercharges your team’s ability to make more sales calls.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

Most businesses measure and optimize every part of the sales process except the most critical one — right before a prospect agrees to buy and hands over their money. So why are you still in the dark about what happens in your sales process after your reps send a proposal?

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LeadFuze

MAY 18, 2021

LeadFuze is a software solution that helps you build lists of accurate leads automatically while integrating with sales outreach tools to allow you to contact those freshly verified leads. For this reason, many companies are changing over from manually figuring out bonuses and commissions by hand to sales commission software.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

A plan that rewards the best performers will attract quality sales reps and keep turnover low. That turnover costs money in time and training, so make a winning comp plan from the beginning. You will need to understand the cost of sales. 4 Types of Sales Compensation Plans. How to Retain Sales Reps in Your Company.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sam Jacobs: This week on the show, we want to put a spotlight on account executives, people like you that are in the trenches making sales. We’re talking with Callie Moriarty, an enterprise account executive at 6 River Systems, which is software that manages robotics platforms that help pack e-commerce shipments.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 29, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Travis Huff, Director of B2B Sales at Wayfair. He dives into how he effectively trains sales coaches and how his sales team is able to take a piece of advice (sometimes 500 pieces of advice) and execute it. Training effective sales coaches.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

#DigitalSelling #socialSelling Click To Tweet Buy the Book Here #21 More Sales Less Time by Jill Konrath LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE A time management guide for overwhelmed sellers, More Sales Less Time , helps you gain momentum and optimize your sales process. This just in! And it is a skill that can be learned.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inadequate training or onboarding processes. Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. But one of the most important parts of training sales professionals is teaching the same sales methodology.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inadequate training or onboarding processes Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. But one of the most important parts of training sales professionals is teaching the same sales methodology.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world. Lori speaks, writes, coaches and trains company leaders on ways to find, recruit, retain, and promote more women in sales and helps women become part of the best profession – B2B sales.

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OnePageCRM

MAY 25, 2017

Prospecting is the most difficult part of the sales process for salespeople. However, in our modern reality, with modern CRMs and social media, it’s easier than ever to build up a customer persona so you don’t have to go into your outbound sales calls completely cold. I’m probably any sales person’s worst nightmare.

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Sales Hacker Training

APRIL 30, 2018

Aberdeen reported that companies with excellent successful sales enablement programs are: 2.2 times more effective at linking sales actions to revenue, 83% more effective at improving productivity using technology, and, 58% more effective at finding, training, and retaining talent. 4) Process. What is Sales Enablement?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar : The Sandler Sales Institute’s 7-Step System for Successful Selling. Contrary to popular sales training, you don’t have to make presentations to everyone who will listen. If you are new to sales, make this the first book you read.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In this article, I will breakdown how to run effective discovery calls within the sales process, in just 7 easy steps. It’s no secret that discovery is one of the most crucial parts of any sales opportunity, and ultimately – delivering demos without this vital component is likely to be a wasted activity.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Regarding our 2017 sales predictions , here’s a quick reflection: What we were RIGHT about: Powerful partnerships and mergers e.g. Salesforce & Google. Powerful buyer influence of software review sites like G2Crowd & Capterra. The evolution of Sales & Marketing into Revenue Ops & Customer Ops.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

I had to let go of my well-trained staff and focus on healing. Enterprise Account Executive and Sales Leader at Lucid Software Inc. Co-Founder and Board Member of Utah Women in Sales. How long have you been in sales? I have been in sales for over 25 years. How long have you been in sales? .

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 30, 2020

Or said more plainly, if you look at how you behave on a Sunday morning in a place of worship or a Friday afternoon in a library, it’s very different from how the very same person would behave on a Friday night in a bar or a Sunday night at a sports event, in the old days when we could go to those things. Is it a software?

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