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New Movie Has 3 Great Lessons for Salespeople and Sales Managers

Understanding the Sales Force

It's almost like the movie studios decided to release all the movies filmed in the past several years that weren't ready for prime time and hope that people would stream them at home during the pandemic because we had watched everything else. This article is not a review of the movie but it was a terrific film and worth the time to watch it.

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A Myth of Successful Sales Management - You Have to Sell to Manage

Anthony Cole Training

Here is an excerpt from a recent CBS College Basketball article : "Of the Sweet 16 teams remaining in the NCAA tournament, four are coached by guys who never played college basketball -- Crean (Indiana), Marquette's Buzz Williams (a former Crean assistant), Cincinnati's Mick Cronin and Baylor's Scott Drew. What is your competency is managing.

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Manage Like the Godfather

No More Cold Calling

Sales managers can take a few lessons from Don Corleone’s leadership style. How many times have you seen The Godfather films? A sure sign of a really great film is that it’s filled with lines you know by heart and lessons you can apply in your life. So how do you encourage constructive conflict among your sales team?

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What Hollywood is Teaching Us About Selling

Janek Performance Group

As a result, films exploring the art of selling continue to draw audiences and offer entertainment and thought-provoking narratives. In this article, we analyze three sales-themed movies, exploring the lessons and implications they provide for the art of selling. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing.”

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Top 13 Inside Sales Management and Automation Tools for B2B SaaS

Pipeliner

In addition, you should use automated sales management tools as often as possible. SaaS B2B Sales. Make sure your plan doesn’t resemble a Romanian arthouse film, i.e. fascinating, interesting but unclear due to many stages. EngageBay is a great platform for sales management at B2B SaaS companies.

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15 Tried and True Ways to Improve Your Sales Skills

Hubspot Sales

The sales industry is continuously changing due to updates in technology and culture. To continue being a sales expert, it's important to read articles and books , listen to podcasts , and be active and engaged in your work. Review your sales calls. When you're participating in a film review, listen more and talk less.

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The Real Reason Sales People Struggle to Close Opportunities

Pointclear

This article was originally published by Bob Apollo on his blog Accelerating Revenue Growth: the Inflexion-Point Blog. I am, of course referring to his role as Blake, the alpha dog motivational salesman in the film “Glengarry Glen Ross”. But it’s not just down to the sales people. It’s a laughable description.