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How to Train a Sales Team on Products: Use Modern Software, Not Old-Fashioned Training Techniques

Bigtincan

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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Key to Significantly Improve Sales Training Results

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. If we translate all of that baseball to selling, the only two things that change are the activity and the age of the people being coached and trained.

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Why Evaluate Potential Sales Talent? - A Great New Case Study

Anthony Cole Training

The beauty of this case study is that Market Sense was able to isolate the relative effectiveness of individual findings, something that hasn’t been done since the mid-80''s! Just as important, they were able to neutralize the effect of good versus bad sales management and coaching. There simply wasn''t any!

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Creating a Successful Sales Manager Coaching Program

Steven Rosen

Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching significantly impacts performance. Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. As a result, very few companies realize the gains promised by these studies. You can train your sales managers in coaching.

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Four Principles for Hiring Sales STARS!

Steven Rosen

Time & Territory Management. Rigours: As head of sales during the hiring process it is incumbent that the rigours be used in the following areas: Learn from past hires and examine your existing sales force and study behaviors, competencies, and profiles of your top and bottom performers so you can create a clear profile.

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Creating a Successful Sales Manager Coaching Program

Steven Rosen

Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching significantly impacts performance. Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. As a result, very few companies realize the gains promised by these studies. You can train your sales managers in coaching.

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5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program

Steven Rosen

Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance. CSO 2015 Sales Management Optimization Study: Formal coaching process: 17% improvement in sales win rate. Only 53% of sales organizations are investing in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers.