MJ Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

You might be a horrible leader, but if you stay in sales long enough, you will be promoted to management. However, your chances of ascending higher — to a VP or Director of Sales position — are zero. Only successful sales managers become sales executives. What many sales managers never grasp?

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 1, 2017

New Sales Managers. Customers now want sales reps who are trusted advisors not product facilitators. All this means that in order for a sales team to be successful in the years ahead, front-line managers need be highly skilled. Let’s look at how a new sales manager can get off on the right foot.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 30, 2018

This is the equivalent of sales managers telling their salespeople that they “really need to make their quota.” If so, then badgering the sales force to “work harder” is a losing strategy. Either way, the sales manager has committed coaching malpractice. sales calls) to achieve specific sales objectives (e.g.

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MJ Hoffman

APRIL 22, 2019

Who’s likelier to make a mistake: The rookie sales rep who’s never sold a day in their life, or the veteran rep who’s been on the front lines for nine years? As salespeople become comfortable in their role and territory, they begin to develop strong relationships with certain customers. The reality is, they’re both going to screw up.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

The Crunchbase 2023 Influential Women in Sales List is a submission-based list. They’re launching sales podcasts, YouTube channels and startups of their own. They’re creating safe spaces to empower female professionals and championing diversity in sales, both inside and outside their organizations.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 6, 2018

So will you lose your job in 2017? Not if you master the following whiz-bang platforms: Man the photon torpedos and tune your dilithium crystals because sales 3.0 AI is steadily creeping into sales assistants that loop into Slack Bots to sync to Salesforce like Troops.ai. What we need is some good old-fashioned sales training.

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 23, 2017

The annual sales meeting is a crucial part of setting the tone for the upcoming year with your sales team. If you’re intentional about the planning of your annual sales meeting, your salespeople will be more engaged and will walk away prepared to hit their goals in the New Year. Get Input from Your Sales Team.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The remote sales force and customer service team is officially here. employees reported working remotely all or some of the time in 2017, compared to just 23 percent in 2015 and 19 percent in 2003 , per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sales and customer service teams are not immune to these larger trends. Coordination.

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Keith Rosen

JUNE 24, 2017

Moreover, the additional collateral and costly damage can include strained internal relationships, eroded trust among clients and prospects, your limited time, team attrition, productivity, stress, lost sales and revenue, your team’s culture; even a tarnished company brand. Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 3:19 PM. From: Chris.

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Nutshell

MAY 29, 2018

Building a sales process gives your future sales efforts a much greater chance of success, but your work isn’t done until it’s part of your organization’s DNA. Missed the last installment of our sales process series? Click here to read How to Build a Sales Process. PART 1: How to automate a sales process in your CRM.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Paula Shannon , Chief Evangelist at Lilt , a machine learning company focused on language translation. Join us for an engaging conversation about language, sales, career success, and embracing cultural differences in leadership. What has changed in sales over the last two decades.

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Nutshell

MARCH 14, 2018

For many companies, sales teams are the ultimate growth engine—which makes effective hiring of sales reps tremendously important. Figuring out the right time to hire, nailing down the responsibilities and expectations of the sales role, and understanding how to evaluate and select the best talent can make or break your business.

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Cience

JULY 25, 2019

Similarly, in B2B, buyers ask questions to sales and expect an immediate response. Taken into account that the USA has 4 primary time zones (not including Alaska, Hawaii, and some other territories), you can receive an inquiry in a chat window at any time. Giving an option for those who really hate talking to sales.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2021

More salespeople equals more sales, right? Scaling your sales team is crucial to growing a healthy business. Take a strategic approach to scaling your sales team, and make smart hiring decisions that will benefit your organization for years to come. Check out these 12 mistakes to avoid when scaling your sales organization.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Sales automation may just be the answer to all your selling woes. Overlooked an issue in your sales process for a dangerously long time? If you can relate to any — or all — of the above, you need sales automation. What is sales automation? Sales automation. improves the accuracy and accelerates your sales process.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Your organization needs an effective sales hiring strategy to survive. The average annual turnover for sales teams is around 27% , meaning that if you have 10 reps, you could lose three of them within the year. The only way to maintain — and, ideally, to increase — sales performance is to hire often and well.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Have you ever wondered how to become a VP of Sales? By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. At the time, I had two years as a VP of Sales under my belt. How can you become a VP of Sales? So how did I do it?

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SugarCRM

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“The people we sell to don’t buy our product,” Avi Barr, national sales manager at ASI during his presentation at SugarCon 2017. Getting sales reps on board with standard methodologies is a challenge for any business in any industry. These are influencers like architects, facilities managers, and building owners.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

“I remember the first time I got my own CRM system, nearly 10 years ago” recounts author and sales coach Adam Metz. And that’s thanks for the most part, to good data management.” ” There are two main reasons CRM adoption fails for sales teams trying to increase their performance.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

“I remember the first time I got my own CRM for sales, nearly 10 years ago” recounts author and sales coach Adam Metz. And that’s thanks for the most part, to good data management.” ” There are two main reasons sales CRM adoption fails for sales teams trying to increase their performance.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Seismic , the market leader for sales enablement platforms, today announced the acquisition of Percolate, a leading marketing campaign orchestration and content management platform. Sales Enablement. Sales Enablement. Doug Winter, Seismic co-founder and CEO. San Diego, CA and New York, NY (November 5, 2019) –.

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Xactly

AUGUST 29, 2018

To say this wreaked havoc on sales morale and finance numbers would be a massive understatement. Errors aside, the compensation planning of these organizations was also stifled by what was possible to calculate manually, not what would give their organization the greatest opportunity and sales potential.

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