At CeBIT 2014, Gary D. Burnette, VP of sales transformation at IBM, gave some insight into why and how IBM had deployed Sugar from SugarCRM to support a global sales force of more than 45,000 sellers within 12 months of a successful pilot. IBM's successful approach provides a valuable lesson for organizations embarking on major multi-country or global customer relationship management (CRM) deployments.

How do you ensure your time and financial investment in sales training pays off? People often talk about tools that enhance sales productivity. In this webinar, we explore the common reasons sales training fails. By understanding what these pitfalls are and avoiding them, you'll set the course for successful training initiatives that lead to increased sales performance and long-term revenue growth.

Sales people hate to role-play. I hear all the time, but what if there were a way to get your sales team practicing consistently ultimately driving performance and revenue up? This webinar will teach 7 strategies you can deploy to drive greater acceptance of practice sessions and skill development.

The skills and knowledge required to be successful in sales are greater than ever. Yet while selling is getting harder, the amount of time and resources dedicated to on-boarding efforts is declining.

Just as B2B sales strategies must adapt to increasingly savvy buyers, sales training must change too. This brief discusses how newer training content and methods can result in a better, smarter sales force.

The numbers don’t lie—prospecting is challenging. Consider: It takes 18 dials to connect to a single buyer 10-30% of your customers will stop doing business with you each year Your sales team has a 56% greater chance of attaining quota if they engage buyers prior to buyers contacting potential vendors

In today’s business world, important buying decisions are rarely made by an individual. Buying teams are the rule rather than the exception, and salespeople need to know how to sell to and influence multiple people, with multiple priorities, who have to make a single decision — whether to buy from you, someone else, or not at all.

Depending on which sales research you’re reading, Win Rates hover under 50% and No Decision rates vary greatly from 25% to over 50%. The bottom-line? We can do better. And many of us need to make our number.

The fundamental reason is obviously to earn more money, but like anything, people do have an inner belief to truly improve. The reason sales reps want sales coaching is most salespeople don't like to be managed, and sales coaching is about positioning a salesperson to not only have success, but to participate in truly improving their ability and careers. Sales management alone cannot achieve this.

Building and maintaining a qualified, correctly sized pipeline is the key to sales success because no problems = no sales. Your sales pipeline is a collection of other people's; problems, worries and struggles. There are many reasons why sellers and their managers struggle or fail to do so.

The days of "sales" being assigned to just one individual or team are GONE---in a typical transaction in today's market, literally every member of your team may come into contact with a client or prospect. And every one of those moments is a selling opportunity...making EVERY job a sales job! Dr. Cindy McGovern will show you how to take the "ick" out of selling and adopt a new and energized sales mentality. Everyone in your organization is capable of playing a part in elevating the customer experience.

With all the turbulence in the economy right now, people are still buying. In fact, some companies are seeing dramatic increases in their business, due to this pandemic. So how do you adjust your sales approach and provide a "story" to your prospect?

Forget Photoshop and pricey stock photography—you already have everything you need to create professional looking image-centric slides in PowerPoint.

Are your salespeople generating enough first meetings to support their sales goals and, more importantly, your business goals?  Are you tired of hearing excuses around how difficult it is to get in touch with prospective clients?  Let’s interrupt the pattern of too few first meetings and too many excuses by giving the tried-and-true, battle-tested cold call framework implemented with 1,000s of salespeople a new upgrade that adds video messaging.  

We’re all well aware that today’s workforce is very different then that of just last year. Whether your organization is now returning to the office, staying remote, or implementing a hybrid model, there is a need to connect employees together and create meaningful collaboration to support organizational priorities. Plus, employees are looking for ways to stay connected with each other and methods for accelerating their ability to upskill in areas critical to team, organizational and personal success.

Only 16% of buyers say that sellers convey value effectively when selling virtually. Is your remote sales team missing the mark?   

The foundation of Customer Success is an effective process for customer onboarding, implementation and launch. This reduces the time it takes for customers to see value from their purchase, known as Time to First Value (or TTFV). But what exactly is TTFV, why is it so important, and how can you minimize it? In this whitepaper, we explore the concept of Time to First Value, which is just one aspect of Imparta’s Customer Success & Renewals program, and describe the 7 techniques you can use to reduce TTFV to benefit your customers, and your own organization. 

A year into virtually all sales teams working from home, salespeople have adapted to the new normal of selling and organizations have updated their tech stacks to help their teams through the remote process. However, now that teams have acclimated to remote selling, it’s time to turn your sales team into a data-driven machine and accelerate pipeline, advance deals, and close more revenue. Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered guided coaching is an investment in your sales team’s productivity. AI assistants identify coaching needs in real-time, providing your reps with the right messaging during live calls to improve performance and progress deals. With the guided coaching capabilities of conversation intelligence technology, sales leaders can provide their remote salespeople with even more informed coaching insights than they could while in the office. This guide demonstrates: What sets real-time AI-guided coaching apart from other sales tools How AI-guided coaching can benefit your sales team What to look for in an AI-guided coaching provider Features to look for in a solution, and more!

Over the past 18 months, we’ve seen a global pandemic, social unrest not seen since the civil rights movement, working parents stressed with having to home school, and a country deeply divided, we’ve also seen a changing workplace, where remote employment now being the norm in many office locations, and employees demanding that DEI (diversity / equity / inclusion) becomes a corporate initiative.  The boundaries between work - life have never been less clear.

Find a mirror and take a good, hard look in it. Who’s staring back at you? What does that person stand for? And how does that person fit within a company or organization? It’s time to find out once and for all by discovering the power of your personal brand.  

In every team meeting, sales presentation, speech online or in-person, your opening remarks set the tone for your audience’s experience. Do not underestimate the importance of your first 30 seconds.  

The worst question a B2B salesperson should ask is "tell me about your business." The second worst is "what keeps you up at night?" Ask one of these questions and you're toast.  

Immerse yourself in an empowering session with Dale Carnegie’s CEO, Joe Hart. Drawing from the pivotal lessons of his Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, Take Command, Joe shares how you can confidently step up to lead, elevate your career, and master your life. Dive into time-proven principles, invaluable leadership tenets, and transformative narratives from leaders around the globe. Uncover a blueprint to accelerate your career trajectory and be more fulfilled.  

Do you struggle to communicate your company’s value and uniqueness to prospects? This innovative marketing presentation will show you exactly how to position your business as a top industry leader and authority. Discover how to stand out far above your competitors.