Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In this blog you will gain insight into what a GTM team looks like, helpful tips to boost productivity within your go-to-market process, and technology you can use to align your teams and launch new products successfully. Structure this team correctly and you’ll be able to feed your sales reps qualified leads both before and after the launch.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By embracing innovation and aligning your enablement programs with business initiatives, you can embody what good looks like and achieve your organization’s goals. Here are five tips to go beyond what good looks like in enablement so you can drive world-class programs that empower your reps to win more deals.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 13, 2022

Here’s a pop quiz for sellers and sales enablement folks. Be honest, don’t cheat…… Raise your hand if you have had a formal training program on change and change management! Our sales training programs spend a lot of time helping us develop skills around what we sell and how we sell.

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Veloxy

MAY 24, 2023

Mastering sales velocity is essentail for driving revenue growth in today’s competitive business landscape. Sales velocity measures the SPEED at which deals move through your sales pipeline, resulting in shorter sales cycles, higher conversion rates, and increased revenue generation. Need help with Sales Velocity?

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Highspot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, you can convey how investing in enablement helps leaders realize their business goals. By demonstrating how adoption leads to improved performance, leveraging analytics to prove how your programs drive sales outcomes, and highlighting stakeholder feedback, you can create a compelling business case for enablement.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 7, 2022

Every organization I work with has everything a sales organization should have in place. We go down laundry lists all the programs, tools, processes that are in place: CRM and the classic “sales stack?” Check, every sales person has access to Sales Navigator. Sales process? Onboarding?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I just had an outstanding discussion with a very bright sales enablement team. They had been developing and delivering some of the best programs I’ve ever seen. Some of the sales people were eating up the programs–but they were the consistent top performers. Effective prospecting will vary.

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The 5% Institute

MARCH 12, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of online commerce, basic sales form the bedrock of a successful business. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the intricacies of basic sales strategies, providing you with actionable insights to elevate your business to new heights. Building Trust: Establishing trust is paramount.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement. In this comprehensive blog post, we will explore the significance of a robust GTM strategy and delve into the critical role of sales enablement in ensuring its successful execution.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement. In this comprehensive blog post, we will explore the significance of a robust GTM strategy and delve into the critical role of sales enablement in ensuring its successful execution.

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Highspot

JUNE 15, 2023

Often, the sales department is a company’s highest expense, which means that maximizing the potential of every rep to scale productivity is mission-critical in today’s economy. Increasing sales productivity ensures that you drive more revenue with each rep you have. Why is Sales Productivity Important? Every deal matters.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s not the first time you’ll hear this, and it’s not the last: training new sales reps is crucial. But the most vital thing to remember is that training isn’t just for onboarding. Ongoing training and continuous development are crucial to a rep’s and an organization’s success. Training isn’t just for onboarding.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 3, 2023

Managing a remote sales team effectively is no small feat. This blog post aims to equip you with comprehensive knowledge on how to manage a remote sales team, ensuring optimal performance and productivity.

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CRM Lead generation Trust Sales 52

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2021

My friend, Orrin Broberg, wrote a great post: 5 Critical Sales Enablement Mistakes To Avoid. His first point was stunning in it’s simplicity, we fail to give sales people what they need. It’s a critical issue, we have to understand, at a deep level, what sales people need to perform at the highest levels possible.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

Hopefully, the start of the new year has you super jazzed about what your sales organization will achieve in 2024. We know we’re excited about the potential our sales team has at PandaDoc. A sales team is the powerhouse behind any thriving software company. It sounds simple enough, right? It sounds simple enough, right?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 1, 2022

We do this through hiring the right people, training, giving them tools/processes/programs/systems to help them perform, providing the right support, eliminating barriers to their performance, and constantly coaching/developing them. As leaders, a key element of our job is to maximize the performance of each person on our team.

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Lead Fuze

MAY 26, 2023

Staying abreast of the changing digital landscape is a must for those in sales, recruitment, startups, marketing and small business ownership who want to stay competitive. Comprehending the intricacies of managing a prosperous social media marketing agency is essential in this constantly-changing environment of platforms and user behavior.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 2, 2023

How to get into tech sales without a degree? This question might be looming in your mind if you’re interested in the lucrative field of technology sales. In this blog post, we will delve deep into understanding the nature of tech sales jobs and essential skills required for success.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Channels “partners” have been a part of sales ever since sales have existed. They provide capabilities, amplifying our offerings, enabling our channel partners and us to create greater value to the customer. We train them, we provide marketing programs, content. A new type of channel partner.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The same can be said for sales enablement. Earlier in my career, I helped build a global sales enablement team at Oracle Marketing Cloud that designed, deployed, and measured a sales onboarding program integral to a business unit responsible for $675M in annual recurring revenue. Sales Onboarding. Sales Onboarding.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 31, 2022

This may be my own ignorance of programs leading sales enablement organizations are implementing. It’s driven by an observation about discussions I hear among sales enablement folks and observations from perusing my feeds. Later I moved to managing a large part of the manufacturing industry segment.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Salesforce is arguably the best customer relationship management system for B2B companies. While it checks a lot of boxes for Sales Managers, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done to unlock Salesforce’s potential to accelerate sales at your company. What is Sales Acceleration?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 15, 2022

A reader wrote me, “Dave do you think sales enablement professionals need selling experience?” ” It’s a follow on to many of the discussions about “Do sales managers need sales experience?” Or whether it’s providing the right training, tools, content, programs or processes.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Click Through Rate Lead generation 52

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Every year, billions are spent in sales training. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. The billions spent represents spending in buying, developing, and delivering training. First, let me provide a quick tutorial on the “forgetting curve.”

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the HubSpot Blog's recent survey of over 500 sales professionals, we tried to see what sales leaders hope to achieve when training reps and the top sales coaching tactics they use to get there — and our survey produced some interesting insight on both fronts. Sales Leaders' Primary Coaching Goals.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 12, 2023

Understanding how to ask for referrals in sales is a crucial aspect of any successful business strategy. Referrals can significantly shorten the sales cycle, provide high-quality sales leads and help achieve your sales targets more efficiently.

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Salesforce

MARCH 7, 2023

How to become a Salesforce Admin Career prospects and opportunities for Salesforce Admins Salesforce Administrator credentials and certifications How to prepare for the Salesforce Administrator certification exam Salesforce helps over 150,000 customers across a myriad of businesses, nonprofits, and institutions to connect with their customers.

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Hubspot

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’re looking to get into sales, not having a college degree can feel like a huge barrier to your career. But what if I told you that a degree isn't always required for a sales job? In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. Table of Contents What does it mean to work in sales?

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Lead Fuze

JUNE 28, 2023

Understanding how to become a sales rep can open doors to a rewarding and lucrative career. This job necessitates a blend of abilities, training, and qualities that let an individual to thrive in the aggressive sales landscape. We will delve into different types of sales roles and the qualifications required for each.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Brent Adamson wrote an outstanding HBR article on “ Sensemaking For Sales.” One of the most important things Brent discusses is how customers tend to cope when faced so much high quality information. Brent, also, highlights three styles that sales people adopt to help their customers.

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The 5% Institute

JULY 27, 2023

In this article, we will explore the concept of the 80/20 rule, understand its applications, and learn how to implement it effectively in both professional and personal spheres. Impact on Productivity and Time Management In the realm of productivity, the 80/20 rule emphasizes prioritization. What is the 80/20 Rule?

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The 5% Institute

JUNE 14, 2023

By consistently identifying and nurturing potential leads, companies can maintain a healthy sales pipeline and drive revenue growth. This process helps prioritize prospects based on their potential value, allowing sales teams to focus their efforts on high-quality leads and maximize conversion rates.

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Lead Fuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Best Sales Podcasts for You This 2021. The ability to listen to an almost inexhaustible supply of training, case studies, and applicable tips via sales podcasts shouldn’t be taken for granted. From individual sales reps to Founders, there are so many great “shows” to help you become better at your job.

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