Brooks Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the dynamic world of sales, where every decision can make or break a deal, harnessing the power of data is critical. As a sales leader or sales manager, your ability to navigate the complex terrain of market trends, team performance, and individual contributions hinges on a crucial tool—sales metrics.

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Mike Kunkle

MARCH 31, 2023

When many organizations develop competency models and assess their sales force, they often weave both methodology and competencies into the assessment, which they can do, because they have implemented a specific methodology. These organizations are just combining them. But the definitions in this post still hold true.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 27, 2019

Let’s start with a list of the types of organizational learning that you should have in place (or should consider, based on organization size, resources, and budget) to support sales employees. Sales onboarding for new sales reps and new or promoted sales managers. Management and leadership development.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 15, 2019

In a B2B setting, AI will review customer websites, blogs, PR statements, financial reports, social media contributions from potential decision makers, determine price elasticity segmented by the sales representative that is assigned to the opportunity, based on their past discounting habits, and assign a probably of winning an opportunity.

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Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 10, 2020

And the cornerstone of a formal lead qualification strategy is the strategic opportunity quality scorecard, which was the focus of our recent webinar Selling in the New Normal: Qualifying Opportunities Virtually. Decision-making process. Decision-Making Process. What are your top decision criteria?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds. In this article, we discuss how sales and marketing collaboration makes a difference and provide tips and tools for making this collaboration more efficient. Training webinars. The secret sauce?

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Insightly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Juggling targets, managing teams, and making critical decisions can be demanding and overwhelming. This is where the power of a well-implemented Customer Relationship Management system (CRM) comes into play. Ask yourself the question “Does your sales leader love your CRM?” Here are the 7 ways with detail on each.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 2, 2022

It’s a function or department, a practice, a profession, a title, and a growing body of knowledge about how to support sales forces (sellers and managers) to achieve the highest-possible level of sales effectiveness. At a high level, the current state of sales enablement commonly includes: Sales messaging.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Table of Contents What is a sales process? Why is it important to have a structured sales process? A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers.

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Mike Kunkle

JUNE 12, 2022

Unfortunately, many company executives still needed to make tough choices, even with their revenue-producing teams. Even under financial and emotional duress, strive to make calm, thoughtful, strategic decisions. This post on The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation may also be helpful at this time. Strategy First.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Warmer months mean more distractions, and with key decision makers on vacation, a potential drop in leads. This is a toxic combination for sales reps and their managers. Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Benefits of sales training for sales teams and their managers Sales training is beneficial for all members of a sales force, and investing in it can have many benefits and aid in establishing a culture of growth and support. Improving morale and a sense of unity may also improve sales performance.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

There are no one-fits-all solutions for sales training. The best programs are the ones tailored to your organization and sales force. That is where role-specific sales training comes in. For a program to be effective, it must be tailored to the needs of your sales force; otherwise, it can be counterproductive.

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 25, 2020

Without travel and face-to-face meetings, how can sales organizations maintain—and grow—their sales revenue? Sales organizations must take a critical first step in crisis management and help sellers figure out how to shrink the gap between themselves and buyers. Listen to the webinar.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. When you can pinpoint dips in productivity and identify the elements that contribute to slower workflows, you can make the changes needed to support your sales team.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Last month, Miller Heiman Group CEO Byron Matthews kicked off our webinar series, The Future of Sales Is Now , by sharing marketplace trends that challenge sales teams across all industries: Sales performance is faltering. Talent gaps are derailing sales organizations. Listen to the Webinar.

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Insightly

JUNE 26, 2023

In general, CRM training refers to the process of educating the end-user individuals on how to effectively use customer relationship management (CRM) software and tools. CRM training can also refer to the training needed to the administrator of a CRM, meaning the person or teams that will own the system within an organization and maintain it.

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Insightly

AUGUST 14, 2023

Lead disposition is a set of rules that govern how the sales team moves a sales qualified lead (SQL) to an opportunity, disqualifies it as inappropriate, or returns it to marketing for further nurture. Either way, a member of your sales team follows up to learn more about the lead’s needs. This is a lead.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 26, 2023

The challenge is that there are no one-size-fits-all solutions for sales training. Every organization offers distinct products and/or services, has a specific go-to-market (GTM) strategy, and faces different competitors. What is Sales Training? The goal of sales training is to improve sales performance.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this blog post, we delve into the world of pre-sales, uncovering its definition, exploring its significance in the sales funnel, and delving into strategies for maximizing its effectiveness. It encompasses a series of crucial interactions and engagements that occur before a potential customer decides to make a purchase.

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Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

The prospect may have shown interest, which means they’ve entered your sales funnel as a lead. But there’s work to be done before passing the lead on to your sales team. This includes getting to know the prospect, their organization, role, wants, needs, and pain points. DOWNLOAD Ready to become a better sales leader?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2019

We know that best-in-class sales organizations use a consultative sales process. A sales process is consultative when the stages and actions align with the customer’s buying experience and are defined in terms of the customer relationship. Make sure that's clear for your prospect. Customers make the purchase.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

To move up and to the right in this model, your enablement organization must become faster, more flexible, and more responsive, equipping the field to address more acute, must-win business challenges and market opportunities. These programs could take months or even years to roll out across your entire organization.

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Zendesk

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Though the sales landscape has changed drastically over the years, the fundamentals of sales remain the same. In today’s virtual world, inside and outside sales teams play crucial roles—making it important for your business to incorporate them into your modern sales strategy.

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Showpad

MARCH 17, 2020

While there was a time when working remotely was the sole domain of field sales representatives, it’s become the new normal for sellers of all types. With that in mind, here are five ways to achieve favorable outcomes for your remote sales team. The other half is making sure they can find and access it when the moment comes.

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Zendesk

MAY 26, 2022

This collateral includes tangible and digital content and can be used by individual sales reps or distributed as marketing materials. It is a part of sales enablement and sales support, both of which help your sales team. Good sales collateral gives your prospects the information they need to make a purchase decision.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Every sales team needs sales strategies, and a strong sales strategy plan builds the foundation for a cohesive, successful sales team and organization. Sales strategies also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work — keeping them happy and successful, too. Time to track!

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SBI

APRIL 9, 2014

Do you employ leverage to get the most from your sales organization? One way to accomplish that is to deploy sales tools. Back in 2010 when I first wrote about the topic of leverage in Sales, I talked specifically about DiscoverOrg. If you sell to IT organizations, you need this information. Who makes the decision?

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SBI

JULY 15, 2021

First and foremost, having visibility into account plans will enable your sales team to stay flexible and agile. By removing the siloes, your team will have the insight to make informed decisions when things turn on a dime. According to the Pareto principle, 20% of your customers produce 80% of your sales.

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Procurement Account Planning Sales Stakeholders 57

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. But Colibri Sales Copilot and other similar AI software surely can.

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Artificial Intelligence Sales CRM e-Learning 52

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Certain prospects may even skip stages in your pipeline -- for example, if a buyer proactively introduces you to the budget authority before you’ve asked, you’d move the deal straight from “initial connect” to “meeting with decision maker.”. Sales Pipeline vs. Sales Forecast.

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ProlifIQ

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Additionally, advanced forecasting techniques help companies accurately predict future sales trends based on past performance data. With a full view of their funnel, teams can make smarter decisions about how to move forward and maximize potential gains.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Buyers are different; they don’t have the internet to guide their decisions. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. Product expertise.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Meanwhile, nobody makes a purchase decision. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Learn why your team ignores your sales process and how to fix it. Get details on what best-in-class organizations are doing differently next year.

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ACT

JANUARY 11, 2023

In comparison, a business struggling to generate sales leads is always on the brink of disaster. With no clients in sight, it cannot function profitably or make any long-term growth plans. What to look for in your sales leads Not all sales leads are an ideal fit for your company.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

Talent Assessment of Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. Organization talent and people is often an emotionally charged area. It’s easy to make talent decisions based more on gut reaction than facts. Download the Sales Manager Competencies and Example Accountabilities Here. This is dangerous.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 28, 2020

B2B sales, on the whole, is slower, more labor-intensive and more consequential than B2C. A six- or seven-figure deal can make or break the entire year’s revenue, providing little margin for error. So it’s probably time to level up how your organization runs sales teams and integrates new B2B sales techniques into their repertoire.

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