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20 Clutch Sales Prospecting Tools for 2022

Crunchbase

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? Search less. Close more.

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Sales Managers: The Software Stack To Turbocharge Your Team in 2022

Gong.io

While the exact list depends on who you ask, the following (alphabetized) traits are all critical for a sales manager: Able to coach, analytical, available, confident, empathetic, good listener, innovative, leads by example, loyal, motivating, passionate, positive attitude, serves vs. dictates, strategic vision, strong communicator, and thoughtful.

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The 5 Reasons Sales Teams Excelled in 2022 — While Others Didn't

Hubspot Sales

The HubSpot Blog’s Sales Strategy & Trends Report says that 42% of salespeople exceeded their goals in 2021, a similar amount simply met their goals, and 16% underperformed. In 2022, 41% of salespeople exceeded their goals, and an equal amount met them. Let’s go over how those top-performing sales reps met their goals.

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Top Sales Training Trends to Watch in 2022

Janek Performance Group

At Janek Performance Group, we spent the year talking to hundreds of sales and sales management professionals, ranging from individual contributors to Chief Sales Officers. Here are the top sales training trends to watch in the coming year: Delivery Methods. Skill Assessments.

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The Truth About Sales Agility: Separating Fact From Fiction

Speaker: Michelle Vazzana

Should they change their sales methodology? Should they adopt better technology tools? Recent research has uncovered that the most successful and adaptable salespeople and sales managers are agile, meaning they don’t use one single sales approach and they select their approach based on the buying situation they face.

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5 Best Sales Enablement Tools on the Market in 2022

Gong.io

By ignoring sales enablement, 65% of the sales content you’ve painstakingly developed to close deals will sit on your servers or computers unused. Investing in a sales enablement tool and using it effectively ensures that no case study or white paper sits around unused. . But what is a sales enablement tool?

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29 Critical Sales Compensation Benchmarks & Statistics for 2022

The Spiff Blog

And, conversely, you already know the wrong compensation plan can do the exact opposite- demotivate teams, decrease performance, and cause high rates of sales rep turnover. So, what makes a good sales compensation plan in 2022? Only 37% of sales reps’ time is being spent on revenue-generating activities ( source ).