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How can you make sure that your sales team understands how to use selling tools they're given and can sell the product?
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As a PMM your job is not just to create the content, but you also want to make sure you are training them and providing the right context.
- You can do self-serve training using LMS tools or video tools like Loom - and share that as you launch new content
- You can run live (virtual or in-person) training workshops and sessions (if you have an enablement team, partner with them)
- Host office hours so people who have questions can come to you for answers
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Rachel Cheyfitz
Coro Head of Product Marketing and Documentation • November 26
- Have regular meetings in which you invite all relevant parties and review the newest updates, how to find them, etc.
- Make sure to use the tools already available in the company if/when they're available
- Have regular meetings with Sales leaders to ensure they're "fluent" in the items you want their teams to understand and ask of them their support on an ongoing basis
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Linda Sonne-Harrison
Giant Stride Marketing Group President • October 11
Medium- to large-sized companies typically have a sales enablement team that focuses on this exact problem. In a smaller company, sales enablement often falls on product marketing. In that case, how can you make sales enablement work?
- Collaborate closely with sales leadership. Make sure that the sales tools you're producing will actually help sellers.
- Make sure that your sales tools are self-explanatory (in spite of recommendation #4). Include clear and concise messaging, answers to any questions or objections they may encounter, and frequently asked questions. Include detailed speaker notes on presentations. (I can't believe I have to say this, but I see slides delivered with no notes all the time!)
- For anything that you expect a seller to read out loud, read it out loud yourself. Multiple times. Get rid of tech jargon and wordy descriptions that don't roll off the tongue.
- Test sales tools with a few key sellers before rolling them out.
- Do a live training. Recruit a seller to co-present with you and encourage questions. Record the session for those who can't make it.
- Answer your email and Slack messages when people ask for help! Better yet, create Slack groups dedicated to specific types of sales tools (e.g. competitive-plays, sales-play-1).
- Encourage feedback and release new versions on a regular basis (but not so frequently that people lose track of what the latest version is).
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