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New Study: 2020 Trends in Sales Management

Miller Heiman Group

In the past few years, three waves of change have rocked the sales industry: Sellers often play a smaller role in the buying cycle, as buyers wait later in the sales cycle to engage them. Sales organizations undergo constant change initiatives. Managers should take the lead on driving adoption, but only 26.7%

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37 Sales Leadership Stats to Know in 2020

Hubspot Sales

Sales leaders who did not invest in remote selling fell behind — 50% of this subgroup did not hit their sales targets this year. After a significant dip in March 2020, American businesses experienced a 45% increase in deals won in September 2020. 51% of sales leaders rely on data to measure sales rep performance.

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Setting Intentions for 2020

Igniting Sales Transformation

I’m bucking the annual tradition of pitching predictions about what is or is not going to happen in sales, marketing and business in 2020 or the decade ahead. Predictions aside, for the past decade buyers have clearly communicated their displeasure with traditional, outdated selling approaches; yet, old behaviors rage on.

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Adapting Your Sales Enablement Strategy to 2020 Realities

Sell Integrity

In many organizations, revenue has “fallen off a cliff,” as one sales leader put it, and companies are looking at where they can make cuts and recapture lost momentum. After all, potential buyers are dealing with those same economic challenges, uncertainties and shifting priorities. Sales Enablement Strategy: 2020 vs. 2019.

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Why Sales Managers Struggle with Effective Hiring

Miller Heiman Group

Though sales organizations hire more sellers than ever to grow their business and compensate for losing salespeople, studies show that they may not be following hiring best practices: 84% of sales leaders say they lack the sales talent they need to succeed in the future. How Sales Organizations Can Improve Hiring Decisions.

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Buyer Engagement: Delivering the Best Buyer Experience Wins

Showpad

Engaging buyers in an effective way requires sales professionals having access to the right content and messaging for their targeted buyer roles and their business challenges. Buyer engagement is all about delivering an interactive, impactful and inspiring experience for buyers.

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From Chaos to Clarity: 4 Steps to Creating Content that Helps Sellers and Buyers

Allego

Sales reps say they spend 51% of their time on non-core selling activity, according to the Forrester Sales Enablement Society 2022 survey. Further, sellers spend 11 hours a month looking for and modifying content for buyers, Forrester’s Q4 2020 Global Sales Enablement survey found. Can you find the content?

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