Mike Kunkle

JULY 2, 2022

Senior sales leaders and C-suite execs, this one’s for you. In an expanding number of vertical industries (but not yet everywhere), the concept of “enabling the sales force” has exploded. Way back in 2003, I worked in a department called Performance Development and led the Sales Performance Development team.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 29, 2018

Sales has become a technology-driven profession. Now, CRM is nearly ubiquitous, and many sales leaders are veterans of multiple implementations (some better than others). But sales technology doesn’t end with CRM. The ROI of Sales Technology. Sales Research Shows Training Lags Implementation.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 29, 2018

Sales has become a technology-driven profession. Now, CRM is nearly ubiquitous, and many sales leaders are veterans of multiple implementations (some better than others). But sales technology doesn’t end with CRM. The ROI of Sales Technology. Sales Research Shows Training Lags Implementation.

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Arpedio

MARCH 15, 2022

ARPEDIO, a leader in Key Account Management (KAM) software for B2B sales professionals, is included in the Forrester New Tech: Account-Based Sales Technologies, Q1 2022. In the report, Forrester presents a landscape overview of emerging vendors in the market of Account-Based Selling technologies.

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Sales Gravy

JUNE 30, 2023

Moving From A Culture of Efficiency to A Culture of Effectiveness Acting and improv skills are similar to soft skills in sales— leading with empathy and understanding your audience and your customer is paramount. Sales technology should focus on making people better, not just faster. Efficiency does not equal effectiveness.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. The Best Sales Conferences. Digital Sales Engine. Sales Acceleration Technology Summit. AA-ISP Digital Sales World 2018. Sandler Sales & Leadership Summit. TOPO Sales Summit.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sales organizations must reinforce using perspective with sellers by implementing the three key pillars of sales enablement: content, coaching and training. Take The Sales Conversation Metric. Sales enablement content is essential to helping sellers share perspective with buyers. higher win rates and 11.8%

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 20, 2020

At a time when sellers have immense pressure to close deals with limited time to engage customers, sales technology is an invaluable tool to give organizations clarity regarding what they need to do to be successful. How does Korn Ferry Sell change the game for everyone in your sales organization? higher win rates and 8.1%

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Zendesk

MAY 19, 2022

If you’ve ever taken sales training of any kind, you know that mastering sales vocabulary is shockingly difficult. Many sales terms sound interchangeable when, in fact, they mean drastically different things. That’s why we compiled a list of the 100 most useful sales terms every salesperson needs to know.

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Miller Heiman Group

JANUARY 29, 2019

In today’s unpredictable, fast-paced sales environment, midsize organizations need a formal sales enablement initiative to ensure that sales reps are having quality conversations with prospects that lead to more wins. Sales enablement affects the bottom line in a real way. percent win rate. percent win rate.

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Miller Heiman Group

JANUARY 9, 2020

In this post, he recommends ways that sales enablement leaders can implement sales transformation strategies. As a global sales enablement professional and leader, one of the chief lessons I try to teach is moving sales enablement from the perception it’s purely a training function or just a new word for training.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Sales leaders, the driving force behind a company’s revenue generation, understand that time is of the essence. At the same time, deals take longer to make their way through the sales process than they used to. In a dynamic and competitive world, sales efficiency is paramount. That’s true in any sales landscape.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There’s no doubt that having a solid sales stack is a must. In fact, 82% of SDRs agree that sales technologies are critical for closing deals while the companies that don’t use any software for sales enablement are known to be less likely to achieve their goals. Three signs it’s time to re-evaluate your sales stack.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 9, 2016

I came across three interesting quotes while doing research the other day, and they all give an insight into the future of sales. Sales reps will need to adapt or be replaced” – Jill Rowley, Evangelist for Social Selling. That’s where the results are” – Ken Krogue, Inside Sales. Technology is a double-edged sword.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 12, 2019

CRM systems and supporting sales technology platforms give sales leaders access to rich amounts of data. The challenge for many sales leaders is extracting actionable insights from the data that can be used to coach your sales team to achieve higher win rates. There is nothing magical about sales analytics.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 11, 2018

When we launched Scout by Miller Heiman Group , our powerful sales analytics platform, we promised it would change the way you sell. By combining data-driven technology with our trusted and updated sales methodology, Strategic Selling® with Perspective, we said that Scout would make technology relevant and useful for your sales team.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 12, 2018

When we launched Scout by Miller Heiman Group , our powerful sales analytics platform, we promised it would change the way you sell. By combining data-driven technology with our trusted and updated sales methodology, Strategic Selling® with Perspective, we said that Scout would make technology relevant and useful for your sales team.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 27, 2023

Understanding Sales Operations A company’s operations team is responsible for everything from managing leads, selling strategy, and territory planning. This post is an acting guide on efficient sales operations team structure! This post is an acting guide on efficient sales operations team structure!

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 9, 2019

The latest Move the Deal episode features Pam Hammers, sales performance consultant at Miller Heiman Group. With more than 15 years of experience and a focus in the manufacturing industry, Hammers’ expertise includes attracting, training and retaining millennial sales talent—and she’s sharing her advice with Move the Deal listeners.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 13, 2019

In our new whitepaper, “ Reinventing the Machine: Growing US Manufacturing Sales in the Time of Tariffs and Globalization ,” we explore the latest research on manufacturing sales and trends and provide strategies that organizations can take to overcome these challenges and transform their sales performance. Download the Report.

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SBI

JANUARY 28, 2020

6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support. Sales Enablement is generally focused on assisting individual sellers with less focus placed on others in the organization. “ Sales Enablement supports the sales team to move buyers to a decision point. Coaching skills for sales managers.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Exceptional sales management is key to an organization’s success—yet the role of a sales manager is one of the most challenging. Leading a sales team has become more difficult due to an evolving business landscape, technological advancements, changing customer expectations, and a host of other factors.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As technology changes, so must our sales approach and related sales technologies. The standards of the sales industry changes rapidly, and it can be challenging to keep ahead in the face of these alterations. The benefits of having a skilled sales team leader are nothing to scoff at. Be A Good Listener.

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Zendesk

APRIL 15, 2022

Sales teams love numbers. Given the many ways to measure success—KPIs, ROI, quotas, sales pipeline velocity, and churn—it’s easy to get overwhelmed by raw information. With the avalanche of internal and external sales statistics out there, it can be difficult to know which ones are most relevant to your sales strategy.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In the world of sales, there’s simply no better teacher than experience. That’s why we gathered 35 of the top pieces of sales advice from sales professionals around the world. Dive in as they share their hard-earned knowledge on the following topics: Sales leadership. Sales careers. Sales performance.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 9, 2018

Sellers need technology and a methodology to succeed. But here’s the problem: No sales technology on the market is connected to a successful sales methodology. And when it comes to sales methodologies, it’s difficult to sustain over time, monitor seller adoption and ROI, and achieve CRM integration.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Transforming Sales: 3 Types of Sales Org Transformation to Ensure Seller Readiness. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. Now is the time for three types of sales org transformation to ensure seller readiness. Coach your coaches.

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Showpad

MAY 18, 2020

And it’s the responsibility of chief sales officers to ensure their teams have the content, tools, knowledge, skills and coaching necessary to optimize every buyer interaction. That’s why now, more than ever, is the time for CSOs to invest in sales enablement strategies and technologies. Sales enablement is the solution.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 23, 2024

Revenue operations (RevOps) vs sales operations (SalesOps) are slightly different approaches for businesses to reflect on internal processes and strategize for the future. Key takeaways SalesOps enhances sales team productivity ; RevOps optimizes all revenue-related processes across your business.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The new look, tone and user experience reflect our commitment to our roots in sales, service and research, while recognizing our evolution into technology and analytics. While we’ve been a leader in the sales training realm for decades, the concept of CRM has been around even longer. s days were numbered.

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SBI

MAY 18, 2015

For them, it’s not enough to just have products that span the entire marketing and sales funnel. The survey uses intelligence based on what was included in the sale along with past orders and delivers questions that are specifically unique to that customer. This is what I would consider true sales-automation.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

We call it Sales Tech Simplified. Mark: Corporations spend millions on classroom training and sales kick-offs, yet the ROI simply isn’t there – in fact, studies indicate that participants in curriculum- and lecture-based training forget more than 80 percent of the information taught within 90 days.

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Red Star Kim

JUNE 15, 2023

My KAM/relationship management experience (0=low, 10=expert): 0% 18% 18% 9% 9% 9% 18% 18% 0% 0% Have you had formal sales training?

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SBI

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enable remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SBI

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

We call it Sales Tech Simplified. Mark: Corporations spend millions on classroom training and sales kick-offs, yet the ROI simply isn’t there – in fact, studies indicate that participants in curriculum- and lecture-based training forget more than 80 percent of the information taught within 90 days.

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SBI

AUGUST 10, 2021

4 Powerful Ways to Prove Sales Enablement ROI. The era of rep-centric sales enablement has arrived—and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Gartner recently called this period “ Sales Tech Mayhem ,” saying “The market is fast moving from a wide set of categories into a narrow list of vendors with wide portfolios of capabilities.”

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SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

ringDNA Expands its Suite of Sales Engagement Solutions with the Addition of AI-Powered Sales Coaching. Groundbreaking conversation intelligence solution, now released to general availability on desktop and mobile, transforms sales management through AI-powered performance insight. LOS ANGELES, Nov.

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