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How to Avoid Coaching Failure… More Lessons from the Soccer Field

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jason Jordan In a previous blog post , I recounted the story of a coach who shouted absolutely useless advice to a team of 12-year-old boys who were trying to win the last game in a soccer tournament. This is the equivalent of sales managers telling their salespeople that they “really need to make their quota.”

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Partner Hiring and Training

Your Sales Management Guru

Partner Hiring and Training Lessons from Sage Summit. 1 job of management. What tends to be missing or where weak vendors or non-productive partners seem to fail, however, are in two other aspects of management’s responsibility: proper onboarding and ongoing training and development. for the first time sales manager.

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Get the Gatekeeper on Your Side

No More Cold Calling

Learn more about the power of referral selling from some of this month’s blog posts: Forget B2C or B2B—Focus on H2H Instead. Sage advice from a sales VP I used to work under: “Joanne, never leave a meeting without giving your buyer a task. Find out how you can have the best sales year ever, using referral selling.

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How to Avoid the Trash Folder

No More Cold Calling

Most ask me to buy lists of Salesforce, Oracle, or Sage users. You’ve launched your content marketing strategy but it’s not working—few fans, even fewer followers, some light traffic to your blog, and a few lonely clicks from various calls-to-action. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

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Q3, Q4 and Beyond

Pipeliner

As sales managers everywhere offer their guidance and motivation that, even with these ends and beginnings that remain in the year, there’s still time to make good things happen. And we’re flooded with blogs sharing sage insights about how to do just that – close the year strong. And to make an end is to make a beginning.

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18 Sales Podcasts Every Rep Should Check Out

Hubspot Sales

Learn about sales team management, creative business development strategies, time-saving sales tools, B2B strategic partnerships, aligning sales with marketing, effective prospecting, negotiation techniques, and more. Hosts: Sales trainer Bryan Neale and author, speaker, and coach Bill Caskey. In the Arena.

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The Top 35 Sales Podcasts for Sales Professionals

Zoominfo

Whether you’re just getting started in your sales career or you’re a seasoned veteran, this podcast is designed to help take you to the next level. The Sales Podcast with Wes Schaeffer. Host Anthony Iannarino is himself a successful and consummate sales professional with the know-how and experience to coach you on your way.

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