A recent survey conducted by SAVO Group of more than 500 executives at 125 successful companies found that organizations that practice sales enablement consistently out-performed the Fortune 500 average year-over-year growth rate by nearly four percentage points. This white paperdescribes the seven attributes that separate these top-performing companies from the rest and the ways in which you can enable your sales team to consistently make the sale and increase overall revenue.

Now more than ever, retaining your key customers is a strategic imperative. The role of the sales manager is to manage the sales process and lead the people. Many sales managers are highly effective at managing the sales process. Yet, sales managers need to ensure their top sales performers are fully engaged. This is something most sales managers understand, but unfortunately fall short of exhibiting the kind of leadership that contributes to an engaged salesforce. To assist them, in this webinar we will discuss steps sales managers can take to lead their salespeople to full engagement and higher performance.

Although it would be nice, having strategic planning sessions for every sales opportunity, especially the low-value ones, is inappropriate. However, those bigger, must-win deals often require more than a sales rep’s standard approach. There are a number of critical components that all must be in place to win those big sales opportunities and the best way to be sure each component is in place and that they are the right components is through a formal deal planning session.

Ready to build stronger relationships with your customers and prospects? Looking for opportunities to connect with your audience at a deeper level?  It’s easy and cost-effective with live webinars.  And your key to success is in the planning, setup and execution. 

Modern, enterprise B2B buyers have no tolerance for "Jedi mind tricks."  And as professional, consultative sellers, we shouldn’t want to foster an environment where we "overcome" our buyers’ "objections." Could anything be less consultative and more combative?

Soft skills play a key role in your sales reps' ability to successfully turn a prospect into a client. This eBook discusses how your sales team can put themselves in their prospects' shoes emotionally, overcome any objection thrown at them and close the sale. Click below to download this eBook.

During this webcast for specific strategies will be taught illustrating coaching strategies that drive talent and how that talent improvement can save organizations money. Often, coaching is viewed as this extra item managers should do time permitted when in fact coaching is now being realized is a great talent and retention tool along with tremendous financial benefits.

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.

94% of buying executives expect salespeople to have business impact discussions with them, but only 19% of salespeople are effective at this.

Coaching is the most effective mechanism for accelerating human performance. So, why doesn’t everyone have a coach?  

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?

Why are some companies thriving in the current environment while others fall behind? The secret is modern sales enablement. Today’s winners are mastering virtual selling with an up-to-date approach to content, tools, and knowledge to help their sales teams succeed.

The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development. Buyers have increasingly embraced completing their own research for years. A Sales Benchmark Index survey from 2017 reported that in nearly 75% of sales situations, customers prefer not to meet in person. Though many field sales reps are already accustomed to using web meetings or phone calls to navigate some of the sales process, what is new for a large percentage of sellers is 100% reliability on virtual interaction to sell. And there are some industries that still rely on printed catalogs and handshakes to close deals — "knuckle and hand kinds of businesses" as one source we spoke with calls them. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Is it necessary to train sales reps on new skills? What components of an existing sales process transfer well to virtual interactions? What should sales kickoffs look like?   Download this Focus Report to learn more.

One of the most challenging aspects of leading a sales effectiveness or sale enablement function is deciding what to do first and how to prioritize your projects for maximum impact.  

Ever wonder How am I doing? Don’t wait for the evals or boss to tell you something’s wrong. Instead, join Becky for a fast-paced hour focused on a diagnostic you can use to assess your virtual training programs. Your learners thank you in advance!  

A person’s credibility is no different in virtual meetings than face-to-face meetings, yet many people exhibit behavior on camera that undermines their efforts to build trust and calls their credibility into question. Traditional methods of building trust fail in virtual meetings when you are unaware of how the camera (and thus, your customer or team) reads and interprets certain on-screen behaviors. In this session virtual-selling expert Julie Hansen shares the must-know secrets from her new book, "Look Me In The Eye: Using Video to Build Relationships with Customers, Partners and Teams."

Sales enablement intelligence is a data-driven approach to learning, coaching, and content to maximize revenue per rep. Sales enablement intelligence harnesses your sales analytics to help you identify strengths and weaknesses—and gives you actionable insights to achieve your goals. More importantly, sales enablement intelligence will help you lead a winning team.

Feedback contributes to improvement, productive changes, effectiveness, clear direction, an open culture, and, ultimately, success. Yet 95% of managers are unhappy with their performance review/management system and 59% of employees polled said that performance reviews are not worth the time. We are on a mission to change those perceptions!  

This webinar will teach specific questioning skills that support training while driving employee performance. During this webinar we will teach questioning skills that drive awareness and action in the following areas:

Much of sales involves gaining and keeping momentum in your opportunities. Mastering the sales conversation can help you get there.  

Download this special report loaded with additional findings from the study. Plus, you'll get insider tips for executive leaders and middle managers.  

Beyond the Discount: Coaching Your Sales Team to Negotiate Smarter

DISC is a powerful tool for understanding human behavior and improving interpersonal communication. In sales, knowing your client’s DISC profile allows you to tailor your approach, build stronger connections, and ultimately close more deals. This guide will help you understand how to identify DISC styles and how to adapt your sales techniques to suit each personality type. Whether you are speaking with a dominant decision-maker, an influential enthusiast, a steady supporter, or a cautious analyzer, DISC provides the insights you need to enhance your communication and sales strategy.