Partners in Excellence

JULY 18, 2017

Thanks to people like Mike Kunkle , Tamara Schenk , Jason Jordan , Mike Weinberg , and others; the importance of Front Line Sales Manager Enablement is getting some visibility–though still not enough. But simply sending a manager to a training program on coaching is insufficient. We need to do more.

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Sales Management Coaching Sales Enablement System 56

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 27, 2017

Increasingly we are recognizing the impact that managers have on individual and team performance. Win rates are much higher comparing those managers having a disciplined approach to coaching versus those that provide no or informal coaching. Recently, I conducted a round table discussion with managers from a number of companies.

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Coaching Sales Management Maximizer Sales Enablement 49

Keith Rosen

MAY 4, 2020

If companies aren’t honoring their vision statement and values plastered on your website and in your office, it’s time to call BS. Managers, Learn How to Coach, and Manage a Remote Team. Own Your Day Online Course – How to Develop a Productive, Balanced Remote Workplace and Your Ideal Life.

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Coaching Course Retention Engineering 77

Crunchbase

JANUARY 7, 2021

In sales, creativity is the only way to stand out from your peers and competitors who are all doing the same thing. It is the single thing that can get you noticed in increasingly saturated markets. But is it enough to simply insert a prospect’s name into your email template and fire it out to thousands of recipients?

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Prospecting How To Scale Social Media 109

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

When I landed my first “big girl job” 20 years ago as an Inside Sales Manager , I was underqualified, overambitious, and soon underwater. I’m going to share my top 20 sales onboarding secrets to help your team beat their 30-60-90 day plan. When I ask people what the hardest part about building a team is, do you know what they say?

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Hiring Outsourcing Services Sales Methodology System 109

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend on role clarity. If we are managers, we manage…… But as I talk to people in these roles, I start scratching on the surface of these, seeking to get a deeper understanding of what all that means, what’s important, and why. Role clarity is important.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

And the front line managers are doing what, exactly” Like Mike, I’m seeing the same trend. Increasingly, sales enablement organizations are being staffed up and given the responsibility to coach and develop front line sales people, helping maximize their performance. Sales enablement or their managers?

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Sales Enablement Sales Management Hiring Maximizer 48

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 31, 2014

They are obsessive in their learning–but it’s really focused learning. They are obsessive in their learning–but it’s really focused learning. Obsessive learning , I’ve noticed this is almost a paranoia among top performers.

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Call-back Face-to-face Sports Pivotal 97

Partners in Excellence

MAY 23, 2016

I’ve been obsessing about this date, May 24, 2016 for some months. It is the target date we established for the launch of Sales Manager Survival Guide. We’ve made it, for some of you who’ve visited Amazon , we actually made it several days ago! You’ve deep experience as a sales leader.

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Face-to-face Sales Leadership Sales Management Opportunity 48

Partners in Excellence

MAY 6, 2016

We promote them into sales management! If I had a nickel for every time I saw this happen……… (well you know the rest). If I had a nickel for every time I saw this happen……… (well you know the rest). These top individual contributors are terrible managers and leaders. A disaster!

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Incentives Incentive Compensation Sales Management 48

Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2022

We obsess over deal velocity. Managers ask weekly, “When’s this deal coming in?”. This cycle puts pressure on front-line sellers to go out and hustle opportunities into existence. This cycle puts pressure on front-line sellers to go out and hustle opportunities into existence. Try This Instead.

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Hiring Promotion Sales Cycle Territories 92

SBI

JULY 9, 2013

“The undirected worker spends more of his time walking about for materials and tools than he does in working; he gets small pay because pedestrianism is not a highly paid line.” 3) Use sliding assembling lines by which the parts to be assembled are delivered at convenient distances. Henry Ford. Let’s continue with this premise.

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Revenue Hiring Proposal Sales Qualified Lead 135

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 21, 2017

Hopefully, managers will also start coaching it. I suggested managers ask a couple of simple questions, in pre call planning, asking, “What value will you be creating for the customer in this call/meeting?” ” In post call debrief, “What value did you create, how did the customer acknowledge that?”

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Company Face-to-face Loyalty Coaching 48

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2021

If you missed episode 149 check it out here: What Makes a Great Sales Leader with Hunter Madeley. An incredible sales leader, Michelle has risen up the ranks over the last 20 years. You can also see how Outreach runs account-based plays, managers reps and so much more using their own sales engagement platform.

Hubspot 59

Hubspot Lead Rank Media Lead Scoring 59

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The best sales funnel is one that works for your business and your sales team — all the sales funnel diagrams in the world and definitions of the KPIs that make a funnel work won’t matter if they’re not customized to fit your sales goals. Free Trial A Sales Funnel Has Four Stages: 1. Awareness Stage 2.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

As managers, we don’t develop a rich hiring profile supported by a competency model. I could go on and on, but you get the point or you are getting really pissed off. As sales people or managers, unless we are totally unconscious, we know the things we should be doing to produce the best results.

Hiring 48

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Maximizer Coaching 48

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Check them out regularly, sign up for their emails even, and use the information they share to skyrocket your sales results.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

LeadFuze

JULY 6, 2021

Pricing strategies don’t just come down to what you charge, it can come down to how you present your prices. You’re trying to win the client who tops all clients; you’ve been burning the midnight oil obsessing over every last detail: What is going to impress them? You nearly have it finished.

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Proposal Strategy Discount Social Media 98

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2020

If you missed episode 120, check it out here: From SpecOps to RevOps: What Soldiering Can Teach Us About Selling with Matt Rizzetta. Key lessons for getting your entrepreneurial venture off the ground [5:26]. Hope you’re doing well. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher.

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Lead Rank How To 105

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Let’s flip the script: Your intellect, emotion, instinct, and empathy as a woman are what make you both a valuable human and invaluable company asset. Celebrate taking time off to be with your family, kids, pets, friends, or alone with your thoughts. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. It’s a race to zero, no matter how you look at it. Shame on us.

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Guarantee Prospecting Lead Rank Top of Funnel 145

John Barrows

JANUARY 30, 2019

One thing he noticed was that your listening skills are directly related to your close ratio. Here are the highlights, key takeaways, and some tactical tips to help you sell better. Ever notice how when you’re in a meeting, on a call, or in a classroom, your mind starts wandering. Put your cell phone away.

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Call-back Up-Sell Sales Ideal Customer Profile 133

LeadFuze

MAY 18, 2021

Why is Sales Motivation Important to Your Business. Learning how to motivate your sales team can feel like an impossible task. We’ve tried to round up all the best sales motivation strategies, insights , and ideas on how to motivate your sales team. That doesn’t mean you have to sit back and let it happen though.

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Motivation Hiring Top of Funnel Salary 52

Tony Hughes

MARCH 18, 2018

Depending on which statistics you choose to believe, up to 70% of CRM implementations fail. But the term ‘Customer Relationship Management’ has been hijacked by software companies. Buckle-up and then let me know what you think. Your product will be better. I received some interesting opinions. They are playing it safe.

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CRM Lead Rank Software Software 66

Tony Hughes

MARCH 4, 2018

The overarching takeaway that I can share is the best practices most commonly held and shared are often the ones hurting your strategy the most. When your writing transcends symbols on the page to becoming a Youtility that engenders rapid actionable results, you've matriculated into the realm of viral. Good is the enemy of great.

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Social Selling Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 69

Sales Hacker

MARCH 27, 2020

In it, Founder of Startup Hypeman, Rajiv Nathan, shows you how to do sales presentations that don’t suck. Steps you can take to improve today. When do you use a sales presentation? (12:25). And no, just because you see an NBC camera on the slide, it was not NBC. You know, a little bit of the bubbly. ADD_THIS_TEXT.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Call-back 73

Rob Jolles

MARCH 6, 2023

Let’s have ourselves a pocket-sized pep talk because amongst other things, today’s guest believes caring about people and noticing that that’s your real work, Intro ( 00:20 ): A pocket size pep talk, the podcast that can help energize your business and your life with a quick inspiring message.

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Hiring Follow-up Retention Call-back 40

Jonathan Farrington

APRIL 18, 2012

Are we becoming overly-obsessed with process and process tools? They also need to be specific, because too much time can be wasted over-burdening employees with inappropriate and irrelevant skills without any identifiable plan for their future requirements. Do mark your diary – Tuesday May 1st. systems etc.

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Tools Education Loyalty System 36

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

How long have you been in sales? What do you consider your greatest achievement? What’s the one piece of advice you wish you had when you started? Finally, in frustration, I said to myself, “You haven’t failed. You just haven’t figured it out yet!” You just haven’t figured it out yet!” .

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Hiring Top of Funnel Lead Rank Call-back 90

LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

To increase sales productivity, you need creative solutions for your business. The best way to increase sales productivity is by simplifying your work process. Have your attention? This is how it is going to revolutionize, revamp and renovate your modus operandi. Best Solution to Increase Sales Productivity.

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Hiring Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 52

Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wondering what the right sales approach for your company is? Should you build an inbound sales machine, set up an outbound sales team, or take a hybrid approach? It all depends on your goals and the type of business you run. And keep reading after you finish! Setting up your inbound and outbound sales teams.

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Paid Content Outbound Inbound Top of Funnel 64

Jeff Shore

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

21:58] How much control do we have over these blocks? [27:39] If you’re looking for a bank that has it all, great people, great service, great rates, this is the place for you. It should be yours as well. It’s your one-stop shop for all your banking needs, both business and personal.

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Training Study Banking Call-back 79

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Picture a real funnel into which you pour liquid; capturing a lot of material on top in order to direct it into a narrow, specified location at the bottom. For most organizations, the problems behind launching a sales funnel are central to data management. Contents What is a Sales Funnel?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Data Sales Qualified Lead 246

Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2023

It's a useful (or even essential) exercise to conduct at the start of your sales process — but there are certain limits to it. If you over-qualify up front, you might wind up narrowing your perspective to the point of missing viable opportunities and working on bad leads. Seems like a no brainer, right?

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Lead Rank Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 104