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Articles Three Examples of Situational Enablement in Action This article describes three examples of Situational Enablement in action. What is Situational Enablement? Situational Enablement programs are flexible and responsive sales enablement initiatives you can roll out to quickly address must-win business challenges and market opportunities. At the core of Situational Enablement is the integration of tailored messaging, content assets, and relevant skills training to respond in weeks (not… July 14, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
Articles The Three Waves of Sales Enablement In Alvin Toffler’s book, “The Third Wave,” he talks about society’s transition from the Industrial Age (Second Wave) to the Information Age (Third Wave). Toffler considered the Agricultural Age as the First Wave transition from our hunter-gatherer origins. You can think of training and enablement programs as similar waves along a continuum. As you move from left to right across… July 2, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
Articles Winning the Moment with Just-In-Time Situational Sales Enablement Too many organizations plan their enablement with a “just-in-case” mindset. They lean on competency maps and learning paths to plot out an annual plan, only to scrap those initiatives and start from scratch when confronted with unexpected events or executive initiatives. You can’t plan for competitive moves, market changes, or global economic events, but they happen all the time. And… June 25, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
how to improve virtual sales meetings Articles Make Virtual Sales Meetings More Engaging and Memorable You don't have the luxury of looking your audience in the eye and pulling them back in when you sense their attention is starting to wander. When selling online, you need to use different tactics to get your buyers' attention, keep them focused, and make sure they remember your message. June 18, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
Articles The Good Room or the Bad Room? Turns out, training effectiveness scores are impacted by “room quality,” even in a virtual environment. “Training leaders were refusing to teach in the basement classrooms because their scores were lower versus when they would teach in the top floor classrooms with a view of the city and windows all around. Same content, same instructor, consistently different scores between the two… June 4, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
Articles Four Must-Win Conversations to Keep and Grow Your Customers There are four acute scenarios in which you need to rally your organization’s marketing, sales, and customer success resources to keep and grow your customers. They’re also the tense situations where much of your (and your company’s) success hangs in the balance. May 8, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
Articles Remote Sales 101: Ten Easy Tips to Improve Your Online Meetings 70% of salespeople don’t believe remote sales presentations can be as effective as in-person meetings. Consider this Remote Sales 101. In this article, you’ll find 10 practical remote selling tips and techniques that you can use to improve the quality of your online meetings. May 1, 2020 | Anton Rius
Articles Why Isn’t Everyone Whiteboarding? While the use of whiteboards seems paltry when you consider there is scientific evidence to prove it significantly outperforms traditional slide decks, it’s even more amazing when the same survey respondents admit they feel that a whiteboard is a better option than PowerPoint. Why isn't everyone using it? April 25, 2020 | Tim Riesterer
Articles Customer Churn is Coming. What Can You Do? Recent research from Gainsight, a customer success software company, paints a gloomy picture for technology companies when it comes to customer renewals and upsells. Almost in an instant, companies are turning nearly all their focus toward keeping and growing their existing customers. April 16, 2020 | Tim Riesterer

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