SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2012

Are your sales resources properly aligned with growth opportunity ? The Sales Leader is about to receive the 2013 Revenue Number. He will rely on you, the Head of Sales Operations, for sales strategy advice. Have you conducted growth opportunity analyses in your market? What is wrong with this picture?

Opportunity 316

Opportunity Strategy Banking Territories 316

Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 30, 2012

Sales Leadership: Impacting Your 2013 Revenue. Yes, I am fully aware it is still 2012 and there are five months left in this year to exceed your quota and hopefully you are well positioned from a pipeline, marketing and headcount to achieve your goals.

Sales Leadership 68

Sales Leadership Revenue Hiring Compensation 68

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It''s amazing what Harvard Business Review will print on their pages when it comes to the subject of sales. The November 2013 issue featured an article titled Dismantling the Sales Machine. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan' It was a survey! 5 Steps don''t make a process.

Sales Process 249

Sales Process Margin Survey Forecasting 249

SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

The market outpaced him. You will learn if you possess the relevant skills of an “A” player sales leader. He did it as a District Sales Manager. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. In the first 6 months he: Did monthly pipeline reviews with every sales manager. Below is a true story.

Promotion 310

Promotion Fashion Trends B2B 310

Score More Sales

JULY 17, 2013

Gerhard had been in the UK recently for a Sales 2.0 We are eliminating phone calls since we are much more focused and more productive using video calls” – David Keene, Head of Enterprise Marketing, Google, UK. Devon McDonald – Director of Sales & Marketing Support at OpenView Partners. Expand Your Pipeline.

Hiring 192

Hiring B2B Video Lead Rank 192

Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 7, 2013

Learn how thought leadership marketing will impact your vertical market presence. The first thing most people ask when considering whether to focus on vertical or niche markets is, of course, what are the benefits? Lower cost of sales. Wednesday July 10th, SM18 Dominate Your Market: at 2:30pm . Better margins.

Marketing 86

Marketing Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 86

SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

I was lucky enough to be introduced to a sales team’s top performer for 2013. Julie’s Sales Operations leader thought I could learn a lot from her. Her pipeline was full of opportunities likely to close this quarter. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training.

Training 293

Training Top of Funnel Hiring Hotels 293

SBI Growth

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet many front-line sales managers are slow to respond. Because speed requires more time and effort from a sales manager. The average sales manager will avoid these requirements. This post will explore ideas sales managers can implement to increase their speed. Or at least a few of them.

Promotion 308

Promotion Quota Social Media Territories 308

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 9, 2014

When we work with companies selling through channels, the sales processes, metrics, sales management, sales coaching, sales training, messaging and coaching must be different from what we do with direct B2B sales forces. Channel sales is quite different. Do you sell through a channel?

Channels 221

Channels Retail Hotels Territories 221

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 21, 2014

OMG''s sales assessment is an executional sales assessment and scientifically shows not only if a sales candidate can sell, but whether or not they will sell and succeed - for your company, in a specific sales role, against your competition, at your price points, calling into your market, and from the challenges they''ll face.

Hiring 258

Hiring Groups Exact Face-to-face 258

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Marketing (6398). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Sales Process (1775). Pipeline (1320). 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast?

Lead Rank 99

Lead Rank Leads360 Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 99

Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2013

There are SMB and mid-market sales organizations who have not embraced a cloud-based, customer relationship management system, better known as CRM or SCRM. Now there are very capable CRM products on the market that are extremely low cost – even free for micro businesses. A TOOL JUST FOR SALES MANAGEMENT?

CRM 291

CRM Revenue SugarCRM System 291

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 22, 2012

If you aren’t able to answer YES to all 3 questions then sign up today for our Q3 Tour Research: How your Peers are allocating People, Time and Money in 2013. His tool on measuring sales management impact can help you figure out where you stand. Market conditions, hot products, and blue bird deals. Where do You Stand?

Territories 316

Territories Follow-up Meeting Tools 316

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Here is their success story and an invitation to learn more best practices from SBI's “ Make the Number 2013 Tour.”. As the strategic HR partner to multiple sales leaders, Steve is responsible for recruiting and retaining top talent. Last week I talked with two Steves who faced this challenge and developed a sustainable solution.

Hiring 306

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Oracle 306

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Do Technical Salespeople Need Sales Training? Why Doesn''t Sales Methodology Get More Attention? Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training.

Proposal 233

Proposal Sports Sales Qualified Lead Scale 233

Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

Sales Qualified Lead 49

Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 49

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 5, 2014

Most companies sell products and services to a saturated market - companies and consumers that already buy "stuff" like that and the only thing a customer or prospect must determine is which company they will buy from this time. Their business is different - a little - from most businesses, but certainly not unique by any definition.

Hiring 130

Hiring Conference Coaching Up-Sell 130

Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

On my flight to Seattle I was pondering what this week’s blog might contain; it occurred to me that in reflecting on the past year and looking forward towards 2013 a quick summary of a few basic actions sales leadership must take to succeed would be of value. Recruiting is sales leadership’s marketing campaign for sales leads.

Journal 77

Journal How To Sales Leadership Pipeline 77

Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 6, 2013

The first is Friday May 10 th , Building Predictable Revenue: Sales Management Systems. The second is May 28 th , 1pm EST: Creating Sales Compensation Plans for High Performance. This is one of 10 Sales Management Training programs from Top Sales Management: read below. REGISTER: https://m360.salesassociation.org/event.aspx?eventID=74422.

Compensation 74

Compensation Forecasting Penetration Sales Leadership 74

SBI

JANUARY 29, 2014

This week, I took part in a webinar hosted by DocuSign to debunk some of 2013’s most prevalent myths. Keeping in mind that we only had one hour, my co-presenters on the panel, Lori Richardson of Score More Sales , and Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing , narrowed our choices down to three apiece. Myth #1: Sales is a Numbers Game.

Lead Rank 139

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Lead Qualification 139

A Sales Guy

JANUARY 29, 2013

Sales people and heads of Sales, from the sales manager all the way to the CSO fail because they don’t know how to get it done. I’ve spent much of January listening to my clients and their sales staff go through their 2013 sales plans. It is that simple. They just don’t know how.

Webinar Metrics 117

Webinar Metrics Sales Social Media Strategy 117

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She was recognized as a leading sales mentor by Women in Sales North America. She is the co-author of a business book, called Aligned to Achieve , about sales and marketing alignment. Lauren Bailey was voted “Top 25 Most Influential Leaders in Inside Sales”?

Top of Funnel 111

Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Sales organizations often drain their pipelines by the end of December. It’s important to ensure that marketing and prospecting levels remain constantly focused on future pipeline development. Having a strong foundation can make all the difference in how you end the year and position yourself for 2013.

Compensation 77

Compensation Vendor Pipeline System 77

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 24, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan On the heels of The Top 5 Sales Leadership Articles of 2013 comes the Top 10 Sales Leadership Tips of 2013. Each of these tips are excerpts from articles I wrote during the first six months of 2013. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan' Read Article. Read Article.

Sales Leadership 240

Sales Leadership Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Guarantee 240

Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Requisite Skills for Supporting Sales By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII series. Sales is most responsible because the end result (revenue) is readily measured.

Training 51

Training Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 51

Sales Hacker

MAY 18, 2020

We founded Sales Hacker in 2013 to give sales practitioners – the folks in the weeds who are responsible for driving revenue – a platform to share their knowledge with a broad audience. Today, Sales Hacker became a true B2B sales community. So Asa goes to the Sales Management Channel on Sales Hacker….

Sage 67

Sage Hiring Survey Webinar Metrics 67

Tenfold

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The same survey says that the executives observe a lack in the quality of their sales data. A 2013 study by business services company Experian has found that 91 percent of businesses suffer from data errors. Whether you do inbound or outbound marketing, the quality of your database and lists has a huge impact on your results.”.

Forecasting 47

Forecasting Data Lead Rank Margin 47

The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year. With such low adoption, it should not be a surprise that despite some good wins, your new value-focused sales tools might not be garnering the anticipated usage.

Sales Tools 68

Sales Tools Tools Incentives Incentive 68

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit?

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 111

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 7, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The May issue of Top Sales Magazine is now available and in addition to my monthly article, this month''s issue is loaded with important reading on sales and selling. Sales 2.0 - The Answer to our Prayers or a Costly Distraction? Seth Godin - Sales Expert or Marketing Genius?

Cold Calling 290

Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Networking Territories 290

Chorus.ai

MARCH 23, 2020

No doubt, many sales leaders are feeling unmoored, and even a bit alone, as they are faced with guiding a remote sales team and managing a sales pipeline in this challenging environment. My hope is that it will help sales leaders know they aren’t alone and, hopefully, think, “OK.

Face-to-face 81

Face-to-face Hiring Video Coaching 81

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Pete Crosby is the Chief Revenue Officer of Ometria, which is a marketing technology platform. Pete’s a longtime veteran of the SaaS world and the sales world. Our average sales cycle in our mid-market is roundabout 75 days. Show Introduction [00:00].

Lead Rank 69

Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring Scale 69

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A Vietnamese immigrant, dedicated mother, and seasoned technology executive, Hang Black has an extensive background in engineering, marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. Best-selling author of Embrace Your Edge, Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Hang Black.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

it’s not been a guru thinking about a concept, writing a book about it and then marketing it and then inviting everyone to apply. Miller Heiman is a great sales methodology. How much do you think you should customize this process for your individual role in sales or role in sales management? Great people.

Sales Qualified Lead 52

Sales Qualified Lead Sales Methodology Forecasting Hiring 52

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

A CRM or Customer Relationship Management tool is software used by sales and marketing teams to track the interactions you’ve made with your contacts and customers, and manage follow-ups. The CRM software market is expected to grow to a $36.5 Enhance the performance of your sales, marketing and support teams.

CRM 49

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 49

Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As Managing Partner, she leverages her colleagues’ experience in sales process methodology, measurement and metric development, project management, and recruiting to build high performing teams for clients. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

Ideal Customer Profile 50

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Outsourcing Services Inside Sales 50

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

What is a CRM for sales and why use it? A sales CRM or Customer Relationship Management tool is software used by sales and marketing teams to track the interactions you’ve made with your contacts and customers, and manage follow-ups. The sales CRM software market is expected to grow to a $36.5

CRM 39

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 39