Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2023

There are eighteen years worth and 2,000 articles and while there are a few popular series of articles listed on the right-side navigation panel, there hasn’t been a way to finding the most helpful articles. To avoid wasting time and chasing opportunities that have ghosted you, read articles about qualifying.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 24, 2018

If you’re researching the latest and greatest sales trends, you just might fall victim to the bright-shiny-object syndrome. Just because certain sales prospecting techniques are all the rage, doesn’t mean they’re right for you or for your buyer. Sales productivity tools are everywhere, but do they really enhance productivity?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 5, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan During the past 9 years I have written the occasional Top 5, Top 10 and Top 20 Articles and we have now put them into a series of their own. In no particular order they are: Top 10 Sales Competencies. Top 10 Sales Management Functions. 10 Sales Coaching Examples.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 12, 2021

In this series of articles, we’ll explore the many reasons why salespeople seem, almost universally, to HATE CRM. This phenomenon will be particularly acute for salespeople who’s earnings are largely based on making sales. These three articles will explore …. How CRM can increase your sales. Don’t believe me?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 23, 2014

You’re hearing it from your Sales Managers and reps. Your VP of Sales is sick of the excuses. Your team needs to take more responsibility setting appointments with prospects. The number one way teams are doing this today is through Social Prospecting. Reps that can execute Social Prospecting win for 3 reasons.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 31, 2022

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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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you are a new sales manager, building trust with your sales team is your first challenge. Without trust, progress will be slowed and time is a luxury few new sales managers have. In this article we will outline the key elements of trust and how a new sales leader can build trust within their new sales team.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In this 2:56 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the need for sales managers to go beyond setting sales goals and to define learning goals for their teams. They share how organizations can align learning goals with sales goals and invest in training and resources to support their salespeople.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan There are probably topics which I've written about more often than coaching salespeople, but none that are more important nor have greater impact than coaching salespeople. I present my Top Articles on Coaching Salespeople: Why Accidental Sales Training Works More Effectively.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 19, 2022

Congratulations, you are now a sales manager. Earning the title of sales manager is an important step in your sales career, regardless of the size of your sales team. There is plenty that new sales managers need to learn on their journey to become a sales leader.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 18, 2017

So what are the identifying marks of a weak sales manager ? How can you, as Sales Director, determine the signs that have to be dealt with? A strong sales manager will identify what is under their control and work with that information to plan for changes that can be assessed, measured and influenced.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 31, 2014

Sales Training Article: How Social Prospecting Helps Forecasting. By John Kearney, Sales Benchmark Index Image courtesy of Adam R at FreeDigitalPhotos.net It’s a topic that won’t go away. Marketing is not driving the quality sales leads the field needs. You’re hearing it from your Sales Managers and reps.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today's article has a collection of links to help you, your sales managers and your salespeople become more effective. It's a nice collection of important reminders, tips and insights for all things sales. A new book by Adon Rigg, Insightful Selling , launched today.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 25, 2022

If you are in sales, you likely see yourself as a leader. If you are a sales manager, you must be a leader. But if sales management is a new role for you, it can feel like you are swimming upstream. First Rule of Sales Leadership: Know Your Purpose . What is that purpose of a new sales manager?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

What do top-performing sales teams do better than under-performing sales teams? They don’t waste time selling to prospects who are not ready to buy. Instead, they have a system to identify the highest value prospects in their pipeline and invest their time with those that are most likely to close. Prioritize Leads.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I posted an article that linked to two additional articles I wrote for EcSell Institute and Top Sales World. Apparently there were issues with those links last week because I got dozens of emails letting me know that you couldn't get to those two articles.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. Keep it customer-centric and accessible.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

But not closing sales is never the real problem. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during earlier stages of the sales process. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. It’s just a symptom.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

A good coach knows how to communicate, motivate and personalize each sales associate’s training, so the sales team repeatedly delivers results. This article explores what a sales coach does. It covers how an effective sales coach can take a good or even mediocre sales force and make it great. Search less.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

In the competitive world of SaaS sales, 40% of salespeople cite prospecting as the most challenging part of the sales process, ranking it more daunting than closing or qualifying stages. 1- Increase Accountability Accountability is key to ensuring that individual sales reps are meeting their goals.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

But those methods will only treat the symptoms, not the real sales management problem: a lack of proper planning. It’s similar to the conversations most sales reps have with prospects. Sales management: Listen up. It’s your sales team’s expertise in defining and communicating prospects’ problems.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 30, 2012

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 5, 2022

In a perfect world, prospects would immediately recognize the value your product or solution delivers and take the required actions to secure the solution for themselves. Therefore, value can be proposed but until prospects recognize value, they will remain hesitant to move forward in the sales process.

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Apptivo

MAY 16, 2023

From seeds to success: Journey of leads and prospects in sales 2. What is a sales lead? What is a prospect? Lead Vs Prospect: what’s the difference? Where are prospects and leads in the funnel? How to turn a lead into a prospect? What is a sales lead? What is a prospect?

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In this article, I would like to discuss a very fundamental quality for someone’s successful conduct in life—that of virtues. Perhaps more than other more average fields, you really need virtues in sales management. In sales management, wisdom must be constantly exercised both in choosing people and in leading them.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 30, 2022

You can’t tell a sales rep to “increase sales” and expect them to know what to do. A good place to start is to set the right sales objectives. In this article, we’ll explain what sales objectives are and why they’re critical to business growth. What is a sales objective? They’ll just give you a blank stare.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 1, 2024

And although I’m beginning by referencing the sermon, this is not an article about Religion. As someone who for thirty-eight years has led a global sales consultancy specializing in sales, sales management and sales leadership training, I can use the same words to describe people “who belong” to the sales profession.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 14, 2015

No one had time to prospect, because they couldn’t keep up with the business coming in every day. The problem was that sales management had their heads in the sand. Leadership and Management—You Can’t Have One without the Other There’s an important distinction between sales management and sales leadership.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

By staying proactive, continuously learning, and embracing change, sales leaders can navigate the challenges of the future and drive excellence in their organizations. Full Episode Article Welcome to the Sales Leadership Awakening Podcast, where we tackle the challenge of bridging the knowing and doing gap in sales leadership.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

One route into the position of a sales manager is promotion from having been a highly successful salesperson. They are suddenly saddled with the responsibility of the entire sales team. Fortunately, though, sales management is a craft that can be learned. This will help a sales manager to get up and running.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

The interactive podbook below contains videos, audio, articles, summaries, transcripts, and YouTube shorts from this podcast episode. In this article, we focus on building excellence and how to have a blockbuster sales year. Accountability is key, and sales leaders should be accountable for their coaching activities.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 28, 2014

I started that post with the comment that I thought my dad could have been a good sales manager. He was a little rough around the edges and would not have survived current HR and political correctness constraints… BUT he would have had a highly productive sales team. Tell your sales people to say, “Great!

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Braveheart Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It’s then that It struck me – many sales managers could learn something from this mama deer. Managing Sales in a Deer-like Way. What do deer have to do with managing sales you might ask? This article is partly written to reinforce this process for me as I coach and nurture new salespeople on our team.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. 5 Sales Training Tips for Sales Managers AND Salespeople. Learn something from every sales call.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 19, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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