There isn’t a company out there that doesn’t want to increase revenue, yet many sales reps are woefully undercoached and unprepared to drive growth. In fact, one informal study found the typical sales person said they get little to no professional training. Surprising, given that the number one driver of organizational performance is coaching, according…
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Why Do You Need a Sales Readiness Checklist? After the pandemic, the world of sales changed dramatically. All the processes had to be rethought, and the sales rep mentality had to transition. As we have all had to embrace remote and hybrid environments, reviewing this sales readiness checklist will help determine whether your organization is…
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At its core, sales coaching focuses on getting the best out of an organization’s sales reps. It involves continuously supporting sales reps’ teams in their crucial revenue-generating tasks. But it has no real “endpoint”- leaders complete employee onboarding, and there’s always more training and coaching to do. Even if your sales reps are well trained…
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The Challenge: Quantifying What Matters Most As a sales leader, your primary focus is ensuring your sales team closes deals. In recent pandemic times, your reps may have faced significant challenges in regard to the way they have to communicate with your customers and prospects. Having to utilize a camera and a technological interface in…
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Before Learning How to Accelerate Sales, What Is Sales Acceleration? The business landscape is changing, perhaps faster than ever before. But sales organizations still need to close deals more quickly and increase productivity. At the same time, buyers demand compelling interactions with salespeople who have empathy and can help them solve their main problems. Companies…
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Before the Best Sales Acceleration Tools: What Is Sales Acceleration? The business landscape is undergoing a tremendous transformation, which may be more rapid than any other in history. Even so, sales organizations still need their deals to close fast, while customers expect emotional connection and compelling interactions with salespeople who can solve their main concerns. Organizations…
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Sales Readiness Tools for Virtual Sales Interactions Regardless of their industry, sales teams around the world have been forced to transform their sales-readiness programs. In the process, sales managers have found the way they deliver training has become even more pivotal. The following data from Harvard Business Review (HBR) can be helpful in illustrating current…
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IT Services Sales Training: What Are the Effects of the Pandemic? IT services sales training is just one of many B2B areas that have changed due to the pandemic. Digital channels are becoming the norm for communicating with customers and prospects. Consequently, sales leaders have had to make agile decisions to improve the conversation skills…
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Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Training Needs Updating Sales teams throughout the healthcare industry encountered new challenges due to the pandemic, much of which was due to not being able to visit prospects and customers physically. Even the best pharma sales reps found themselves struggling to be as effective in a virtual world as they were in…
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New Requirements in Coaching for Sales Performance Most coaching for sales performance emphasizes traditional selling skills or how to construct a tremendous in-person pitch. In addition to these generic objectives, reps are frequently guided to update their product knowledge or sales processes or simply improve their wording and competitive battle cards. In this guide, we…
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