CommercialTribe Co-Founder and VP Sales, Jonathan Palay, was featured on the Sales Enablement Lab podcast, a regular review of new ideas in the space that has included guests like Tim Riesterer (Corporate Visions), Scott Santucci (Alexander Group), Jill Rowley (#SocialSelling), and Peter O’Neil (Forrester Research). The host of the Sales Enablement Lab podcast is Thierry…
We’re excited to announce the release of CommercialTribe’s newest platform, Ascent! Ascent is a complete redesign of CommercialTribe, created through real customer feedback, lessons from over 85,000 practice sessions, and indications from the market. Providing a tool most able to boost the efficacy of reps required new investments in ease of use, design, stability, and…
Get Your Dreamforce 2015 Game Plan Here! Dreamforce 2015 is a behemoth, with over 140,000 visitors expected in San Francisco and more than 400 vendors at the Cloud Expo. Without a game plan in mind, it is easy to get lost and miss out on great sessions. After analyzing the agenda, we’ve found 5 great…
Sales Enablement is a critical role that can make or break a company’s success, guiding how sales teams think about training, coaching, and measurable growth. Undergoing a tremendous evolution in past decades, the field has become highly methodical, helping link sales practice to performance. Thierry van Herwijnen, Director Sales Enablement, Global Head Sales Knowledge Management…
Just about every week, someone asks me: “What does enterprise-ready mean to this market?” Every industry has unique requirements that evolve with market demands. By recognizing what is unique to this industry, we can establish a set of characteristics that shape successful enterprise-level services in this market. Through our 2014 and 2015 learnings, we have…
More companies today are realizing the value of great messaging. What reps say at the moment of truth has always been considered more art than science. The need is heightened when you must navigate a complex sales process with multiple products and services to win. If your reps are more often consultants than “order takers” and…
If you ask sales leaders what the single most critical factor to closing deals is, what do you think they would say? According to recent survey data by Corporate Visions, 85% of companies agree that their sales team’s ability to articulate value messages rises to the top. But that’s not all… In the survey, conducted…
As an industry, sales training has relied on a mixed bag of the same tricks – kickoff, webinars, sell sheets, roleplay, etc – each designed to promote learning and more effective selling. Yet, into the 21st century, the facts remain stunning: according to a recent survey by Corporate Visions, only 41% of companies ask their…
Defining upskilling as a process isn’t the hard part, the trick comes in execution. To define your upskilling process, take your existing sales team and segment it to strengthen and develop new capabilities. The goals are typically better win rates and faster sales cycles. The trick comes in execution: when completed effectively, the entire bell…
In part 1 of our interview, we spoke with Drs. Tom Tonkin and Mark Tuggle of the Sales Conservatory about their role in developing comprehensive sales skill and competency training programs. Both Tom and Mark worked previously with Oracle’s Sales Performance Team, and later co-founded the Sales Conservatory. Part 1 covers the concept of sales…