In day 3 of Modern Sales Series, Ben will share how you can use sales enablement to create a flywheel of growth at your business. His talk will cover everything you need to know to enable your sales reps to succeed, from how to build a sales enablement team to key plays and strategies he learned while building HubSpot’s sales enablement team.
Times are changing for sales enablement, and it’s not good news. The sales enablement function is at a crossroads. Why? What we’re seeing is an out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new type mentality regarding sales enablement leaders. Unfortunately, sales enablement has been an afterthought for many organizations, and is treated as a second-class citizen inside the sales function. It … Continue reading “What skill-based capabilities are your sales enablement teams mastering in the 2020s?”
I’ve probably have heard the above statement 20 or 30 times per year for the last seven years. Whether we’re planning kickoffs, doing business reviews, or any kind of live, virtual, or on-demand training programs, sales leaders give me the same excuse time and time again, no matter what the industry: I DON’T WANT TO … Continue reading “Why are you so afraid to “pull your reps out of the field”?”
Over the last two weeks, two prospective customers have approached me with different ideas they had for their businesses.
Does your sales team have 6-18 months sales cycles? Is the buying committee involves 5-10 people on every customer transaction? Does it feel like your sales team needs to draw from everything they’ve learnt in The Challenger Sale, Customer Centric Selling, and Value Selling… insert sales methodology here?