Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 1, 2013

Sales Management and Mowing Your Lawn. The first quarter is over and sales leaders are capturing forecasts for the next two months and hopefully celebrating the achievement of their first quarter results. This necessary in order that your summer sales will generate the necessary look and feel that you desired.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 27, 2018

When you go to make a sales call, do you simply dive right in? Today sales call planning is vital. Join our webinar with author and renowned sales trainer Ken Thoreson and learn how to do it right. He has been ranked 4 times by Top Sales World magazine in the Top 50 Sales and Marketing Influencers.

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HeavyHitter Sales

OCTOBER 12, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 6, 2016

July is Sales Leadership Month. As a sales leader you must always have a vision and action plans for a rolling six months, this is why July is the perfect month for anyone that has sales management responsibility—so why not name it Sales Leadership Month ! Did the quarterly sales training plans work?

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Last week during a client’s sales meeting we got into a discussion regarding pipeline values, needless to say the number of prospects and dollar values were insufficient to achieve the overall corporate revenue objectives. In this format there maybe a series of marketing campaigns, tele-sales people and a well-designed CRM reporting system.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like sales prospect research , sales outreach, and professional development. We strongly recommend you go check it out!

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

The Crunchbase 2023 Influential Women in Sales List is a submission-based list. They’re launching sales podcasts, YouTube channels and startups of their own. They’re creating safe spaces to empower female professionals and championing diversity in sales, both inside and outside their organizations.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The most critical component in creating a high performance sales team is attracting and selecting the right level of talent, however, hiring correctly is still the number ONE problem in most organizations. Recruiting must be a constant focus of sales management. Why Some Organizations Continue to Prosper. In our SLAMMED!

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Pipeliner

APRIL 5, 2018

Verne Harnish, the author of Scaling Up and founder of both Gazelles and the Entrepreneurs Organization, once called me on the stage at the Fortune magazine Scaling Up Conference in Atlanta. The audience consisted of 1,000 growth-focused business leaders, and Verne asked me to share a sales tip with them. Tip: Keep at it.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Sales Mgmt.: On my flight to Seattle I was pondering what this week’s blog might contain; it occurred to me that in reflecting on the past year and looking forward towards 2013 a quick summary of a few basic actions sales leadership must take to succeed would be of value. 4 Steps on how not to get fired.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 27, 2014

While everyone maybe thinking of their Halloween costume or what tricks or treats they may provide, as sales leaders we must consider the bigger picture. The question is: as an owner or sales leader how are you lowering the fear in your sales teams and how are they approaching their prospects or clients to lower their fears?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

At this time of year it is not unusual for salespeople and sales managers to simply focused on closing business to achieve their yearly objectives, maximize their compensation plans and unfortunately drain their pipelines. January can be a good month with leftover sales opportunities but many sales teams face a weak February/March.

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SBI

MAY 7, 2019

In this new role, Sean is responsible for leveraging Cirrus Insight’s strong fundamentals to take it to the next level in terms of world-class sales enablement, enterprise-grade service, and individualized customer success. Sean Piket, VP of Revenue. About Cirrus Insight. Cirrus Insight has been on the Inc.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 23, 2016

Building a Culture of High Performance: Sales Games. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for the 4th quarter and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. Improving customer service.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2016

This book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone , by Stu Heinecke, is a must read for Executives, Sales and Marketing people on your team. When you read how Sandler Sales used the concept to drive huge returns or even how Paul McCord wanted to attract local builders to his business generated $1.1M

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 6, 2015

Every salesperson and all sales leaders at this time of year must focus on maintaining or even increasing their levels of energy-especially for the months of July/August. With vacations, a summer attitude of relaxation and with the first half of the year completed many sales teams take a deep breath and coast. Focus on attitude.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 13, 2015

Last Friday my topic was “Accelerate Your Business in 2015”, during the program I covered a variety of ideas, techniques and tools the audience could use to drive increased levels of sales pipeline values and revenues. Either something comes up or a distraction occurs and the sales/marketing/management programs fail to achieve their goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

I missed last week’s blog because of some of that travel but I also wanted to make sure everyone had time to consider the blog on sales compensation planning for 2017-it’s a critical component for building a high performance and self managed sales team. Recruiting must be a constant focus of sales management.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Today, we are humbled and honored to share that in 2020 Highspot earned four awards announced by Fortune Magazine: #2 Best Workplaces in Technology. #2 ” –Brie Tobin, Sales Manager, SMB and Commercial. ” –Jen Chien, Senior Marketing Campaign Manager. 2 Best Workplaces for Millennials. #6 DETAILS MATTER.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. As AI evolves, sales processes will become more predictive and proactive.

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HeavyHitter Sales

AUGUST 2, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

This blog post was originally “The 25 Sales Leaders You should Get to Know in 2020.” We realize, after speaking with several sales leaders, that this methodology excluded some of the most impactful sales leaders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. VP of Sales at Mixpanel. Jordan Arogeti. Meka Asonye.

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Cience

JULY 25, 2019

Similarly, in B2B, buyers ask questions to sales and expect an immediate response. Similar to many sales organizations, all SDRs in CIENCE have a “canned responses” file. Similarly, it’s hard to avoid certain inquiries that your sales team usually answers in the later stages of the purchasing funnel for certain reasons.

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HeavyHitter Sales

AUGUST 19, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

MARCH 31, 2009

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 1, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 4, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 6, 2020

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can exploit classical management tools such as the Pareto Principle to boost sales and profitability. Technology, such as customer relationship management systems (CRM) and configure-price-quote (CPQ) software , can help. Applying the Pareto Principle to Sales and Marketing.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 23, 2021

Turn off that solopreneur mindset and get the support you need to manage and grow your business with this mix of free and paid resources. HubSpot Growth Platform is a full stack of marketing, sales, and customer service software. The Sales Hub helps with meeting scheduling, email tracking, and automation. month), Business ($24.99/month),

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The path to sales enlightenment requires continuous self-learning, but there’s a real problem. That’s why we’ve rounded up the complete list of best sales podcasts to turbocharge your journey to achieving sales mastery. Listen To Sales Podcasts, Then Go Listen To Your Prospects! . Salespeople are BUSY.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Pat O’Brien , the Chief Revenue Officer of Zylotech. Pat heads up heading up sales, marketing, and business development. If you missed episode 88, check it out here: PODCST 88: How to Establish Strong Sales Motion with Pete Kazanjy. Welcome to The Sales Hacker podcast.

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