Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

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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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I think you can get AI to figure out what the likely outcomes are based on all risk factors and the market you’re selling into etc. and free up time for managers to coach the reps on how to add more value in their territory for better outcomes.” There were a hundred million actions in my territory every year.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

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. Jonathan Farrington interviews Jill Konrath on her new book, Agile Selling. Translation from Baseball to Selling. The Talent Warp.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

The average ramp-up time for salespeople is between six and nine months. Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). Pre-week training. This gives your sales reps context around their roles and what they’ll learn during training.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

Step 2: Identify Training Needs and the Training Program. Your training program should incorporate different modalities, topics and methods. Training should be focused on helping your sales reps identify prospects and close deals. Training can take place in a classroom setting, via LMS, mobile applications, etc.

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LeadFuze

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Navigate these waters with ease – join us as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sales training podcasts. Welcome aboard as we chart out a course through the vast ocean of best sails training podcasts. In fact, sales training podcasts are emerging as a preferred learning tool for many professionals in the field.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Through consistent follow-up and relationship-building activities, BDRs can expand sales pipelines. This is accomplished by uncovering additional opportunities and cross-selling/up-selling to existing clients. BDRs may struggle to pivot toward more inbound-focused strategies, such as content marketing or social selling.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Think of it as being multilingual, they only speak one of the three languages spoken in their territory. Everyone gets trained; buyers know what to say to shunt also-rans and reward the 20% they want to deal with. The 20% who are recognized as eagles continue to sell the future, but future is not singular.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. But she also knew she needed to get up to speed very quickly. Automating call transcription in each local language is crucial for teams that need to understand what’s happening across territories and markets.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Some think great sellers are born , but more often than not, they’re made through virtual sales training, teaching, practice, and support. Below we outline 10 skills your sales team can develop with help from a virtual sales training platform. Top skills for virtual selling success. Time management. Technology use. Storytelling.

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criteria for success

APRIL 7, 2021

If you're in the market for some DIY sales management training, you've come to the right place. We often talk about the importance of process in selling, but good sales management is a process too. It's important to remember that everyone could use some training from time to time, even once they have advanced to a leadership position.

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Selling Energy

APRIL 22, 2022

Their mission statement was to install more EV charging stations for electric cars in their territory, and it was my job to train their employees on how to sell these charging stations in various business, municipal and residential situations. To say the least, this had an impact on me both professionally and personally.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. On her right is another person who is developing a successful career in manufacturing, selling hydraulic components and next to him… I think.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers in coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. Sales management training with no follow-up or reinforcement is just an event, nothing more, nothing less.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

You can think of training and enablement programs as similar waves along a continuum. As you move up the y-axis, those programs gain more executive altitude , becoming more strategic and immediately impactful to the company’s growth agenda. The Second Wave: Territory Plans. The First Wave: Learning Paths.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A lot of the conversation focuses on “freeing up time.” ” But as I think about it, is the issue really about freeing up time or is it about using our time more effectively? Even non selling activities at 15% can be very important uses of time. The post Freeing Up Our Time, Or Using Our Time More Effectively?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 24, 2018

Author: Tim Riesterer Most training and learning efforts are based on clusters of competencies, supported by a curriculum or catalog that gets scheduled on interest and availability. Just think about all the situations that might crop up suddenly, presenting challenges that you need to address right away. Limiting, right?

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Territory turnover for this new sales manager isn’t unusual, but the solution can be evasive, expensive and humbling. He had 10 sales territories in his domestic North American sales force. Now everybody was scrambling, with a lot of pressure on those remaining to make up the difference. The Situation. Why it Matters.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Time Available For Selling is a critical issue for everyone in sales. But before I go into a further discussion about time available for selling, let me first define how I look at time available for selling. There are review meetings-ideally to help improve their selling performance.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers in coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. Sales management training with no follow-up or reinforcement is just an event, nothing more, nothing less.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense. logically shrink territories. logically shrink territories. Free Resources.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. Companies have shown selectivity with other training or development programs.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 20, 2018

Here are a few tips: Divide your territory in a way that makes sense. One of the first steps to effective territory management is to have a concrete view of current customers, potential customers, competitors’ activity, and the location of all of these. Happy Selling! MTD Sales Training. Sean McPheat.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They’re trained to sell to anyone who wants to buy and facilitate a quick buying process — but as inbound salespeople, we know who our products are made for, and we should only be selling to customers who are going to leverage value over time. The prospect is not in your sales territory. Their vertical market (i.e.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

It was also used to ensure that follow-up tasks were completed when due. Nothing happens until somebody sells something. Assigning leads for follow up and having a record of those. How can we ensure that leads are being followed up on? Rep training. These also become a fast-track training blueprint for new hires.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Conversely, we’ve come across teams that throw their hands up in despair. All your data is rolled-up to a common definition of the customer. IT needs to step up here. Training: Have you given your team the right training? Some people just need the right information and training to become more productive.

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Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve been professionally selling for about 20 years and delivering formal sales training for approximately 8 of them. I’ve bought and sold a lot of training over the years and have seen it have a significant impact on results and I have seen it fall completely flat. How to Approach Sales Training. The New School Approach.

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Showpad

JANUARY 8, 2021

Research from Clearslide and CSO Insights found that, on average, it takes new reps between six and nine months to get fully ramped up to the performance levels of established sales agents. Your training content must clearly educate new reps as to the circumstances they’re likely to encounter in your corner of the sales universe.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 21, 2013

Every time there’s a territory rezoning he bellyaches. Or If you chop up my territory, I’ll look somewhere else. How to Spot Them: Look at the number of prospects in each territory. No territory should have twice the amount of any other. She doesn’t care about corporate initiatives or training.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As I always say, “Good selling is good selling,” but there are some changes we all need to make to continue to bring in new business and more business from existing customers. Although training can certainly help, I believe coaching is the most important way to help salespeople make the needed changes. . Click To Tweet.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2019

Selective Training. When you ask them straight up, they always have a reason or excuse. I remember a rep about two years in the territory, telling me he has earned the right not to prospect. Which then blows up as inexperienced people are left to lead newer less experienced people in a crucial sales task, i.e. prospecting.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Some of the sales people were eating up the programs–but they were the consistent top performers. I had to learn how to apply these skills, training, and knowledge to the specific job I had. Managers play a key role in helping the sales people apply these skills within their territories and within specific sales situations.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Only 53% of sales organizations are investing in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers on coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. The best-selling method is the one that is used and understood by a majority of your salespeople.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

We’re all in unchartered territory now. If they haven’t joined my blog yet, they can sign up here. And finally, if you are a manager or company owner who has had to send your sales team to work from home, then now is the perfect time to give them access to my new on-demand inside sales training. Sound familiar?

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

He was asking me if we could run a motivational programme for his team so that they would go out and sell more stuff, and stay longer at his company. The overall cost of advertising, screening, hiring, training and coaching a new salesperson can run into many thousands of pounds. And I didn’t just mean hard cash costs. He hadn’t.

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Allego

JULY 14, 2022

After that, they are released to their territories and don’t receive any further systematic training until the next national sales meeting six to 12 months later. Formal training is one-size-fits-all and does not account for individual competencies. Agile Training Gives Veritas a Competitive Advantage.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

With training and coaching to support the development of critical sales skills, organizations can equip their sellers to close more and bigger deals, all while ensuring time with buyers is well-spent. Selling to local SMBs is very different from selling to Fortune 100 executives, for example.) Social Selling. Prospecting.

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