Brainshark to Present New Sales Onboarding Strategies at Gartner Sales & Marketing Conference 2018

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Brainshark, Inc., delivering SaaS-based sales enablement and readiness solutions, will present new approaches and insights to improve sales onboarding at the Gartner Sales & Marketing Conference 2018, Oct. 9-11, at the ARIA Las Vegas. More than 1,000 sales and marketing leaders will attend the event ? focused on helping B2B professionals maximize their sales talent, overcome sales productivity and competitive challenges, and improve their sales enablement initiatives. 

Among the salient obstacles sales organizations face today is how to get new reps ready ? and keep them ready ? to sell. The status quo isn't working. In fact, for more than 60 percent of firms, sales onboarding programs are not meeting management expectations, according to the Sales Management Association.

Brainshark's chief readiness officer, Jim Ninivaggi, will present a new methodology to help companies structure sales onboarding programs that foster knowledge retention, and improve reps' time-to-productivity and results. Session details include:

Title: "The Agile Sales Onboarding Methodology: An Introduction"

When: Oct. 9, from 11:30 a.m. ? 12:15 p.m. PDT

Highlights: Whether they're blasted by the proverbial fire hose at boot camp, or learning as they go, sellers often get rushed into the field before they're truly ready to sell ? resulting in lost deals, damage to the brand, and frustration for both buyers and sellers. Ninivaggi will describe a fresh and effective approach, which he recently detailed in a Forbes article. Borrowing from agile software development principles (no coding involved!), sales organizations can create onboarding programs that are flexible and responsive, and enable reps to achieve key milestones quickly ? so they're ready to close more deals. Ninivaggi will also discuss how technology can help power and measure the agile onboarding process.

"Sales onboarding is typically the top priority for any sales enablement leader ? but for far too long, the programs haven't driven the desired results," Ninivaggi said. "It's time for a change, and there are terrific parallels between what works in software development and in sales onboarding. With agile sales onboarding, reps develop skills ? mapped chronologically to key activities ? and companies can measure what matters. The result is a better-trained sales force that's maximally prepared to capitalize on all buyer interactions."

Brainshark Demonstrations
At the Gartner Sales & Marketing Conference, Brainshark will also demonstrate its full suite of award-winning sales readiness solutions from booth #209. Recently named "Best Sales Enablement Software for Enterprises" in the inaugural MarTech Breakthrough Awards, Brainshark provides solutions for sales content authoring, training, coaching and more. Attendees can also see, in action, Brainshark's new Machine Analysis offering ? an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered engine that improves sales coaching and earned a gold Stevie® Award in The 2018 International Business Awards®.

For more information on Brainshark's acclaimed sales readiness solutions, please see www.brainshark.com.

To learn more about how to ramp up reps ? faster and better ? with an agile approach to sales onboarding, please see:

• Free eBook: "The Brainshark Agile Sales Onboarding Methodology"
• Free webinar replay: "Agile Onboarding: Measuring What Matters"
• Forbes article: "The Future of Sales Onboarding: Applying Agile Methodology"

About Brainshark
Brainshark sales readiness software equips businesses with the training, coaching and content needed to prepare salespeople when, where and how they work. With Brainshark, companies can: enable sales teams with on-demand training that accelerates onboarding and keeps reps up-to-speed; validate readiness with sales coaching and practice that ensures reps master your message; and empower sales organizations with rich, dynamic content that can be created quickly, updated easily, and accessed anywhere. Thousands of companies ? including more than half of the Fortune 100 ? rely on Brainshark to identify and close performance gaps, and get better results from their sales enablement initiatives. Learn more at www.brainshark.com.

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