Partners in Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

While there will be a need for face to face, it will be the smallest part of the customer engagement process. It’s clear that sales and selling is changing, but I’m not sure we define it by a technology. Our engagement strategies have to be multi-channel. Our engagement strategies have to be multi-channel.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2016

Channel Strategy: Building a Sustaining Partner Community. -A What I would like to do in this blog is attempt to document and tell the story of one Worldwide channel focused software organization that did it the best– at building their channel. Constantly invent new sales or partner incentive programs.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

In fact, according to HubSpot's 2019 Remote Work Report, communication with co-workers, feelings of loneliness, and overworking are challenges that remote workers face daily. And if you work in sales, it can be even harder. Plus, we review best practices for managing a group of remote sales employees.

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Nutshell

MARCH 18, 2024

So, how do sales managers and their teams overcome this challenge? Today’s online-centric sales landscape requires sales reps to adapt quickly to technological advancements in the software necessary to connect with customers and prospects. It all depends on the CRM system. Attend a live guided tour!

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 12, 2021

Many sales professionals have come to appreciate the ability to connect with customers and partners remotely — whether that be online or over the phone. If you're a manager, it's worth having these types of conversations separately because they differ from forecast reviews or sales coaching. Make sure to move (your body).

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

Author: SMM Sales managers rely on meticulous onboarding programs, continuous coaching and extensive product instruction to instill confidence in their sales reps. To that end, leading suppliers train their sales reps to engage customers with a specific kind of information? Information overload.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Sales prospecting techniques are the tactics a salesperson uses to find new customers. Prospecting is an early and critical stage in the sales process. Let’s jump in. What are Prospecting Techniques?

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

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. In no particular order, here are 35 leading women in sales you should be watching in 2023.

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

With proven sales training strategies and ongoing coaching and enablement, reps will be ready to tackle the art of selling. Why are Sales Skills Important? Sales skills enable sellers to persuade, negotiate, and communicate effectively. Many sales skills apply to in-person sales, remote roles , and many areas of life and work.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Sales teams around the world have been forced to quickly adapt and learn remote selling techniques, due to the coronavirus pandemic. million professional salespeople in the U.S , and field sales make up 52.8%. In May 2020, 71% said they were conducting more than half their sales virtually. Source: RAIN Group.

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 4, 2024

In B2B sales, cross-selling and upselling are pivotal to maximizing growth and profitability. And let’s face it, the term “upselling” can be unfortunate from a buyer’s point of view. And this is as true when cross-selling and upselling as in initial sales. However, cross-selling and upselling can present challenges.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

The VP of Sales Operations was part of the decision-making team that brought us on board. The VP of Sales Ops identified 3 reasons he was personally invested in the Onboarding program. One of the unwritten Sales Ops leader's jobs is to be like an Ombudsperson for the sales organization. This sales leader agrees.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Other questions we tackled: Being a woman of color in sales – have there been specific challenges that you’ve faced? You are a sales manager, Mandy. How would you describe your management style? Often the next step for a salesperson is management – or at least they think that is the next step. Listen HERE.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2014

The top management team was asking me what to do. I know they were thinking, how can we make our field sales people sell much more so costs of selling could be better managed. Instead, I suggested some completely different models–perhaps leveraging channel partners, or moving much more of the sales function inside.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2021

If you're looking for another article about why your sales team should only hire ESFJs, you've come to the wrong place. While it's true that not everyone is a perfect fit for the sales profession, most people just need the right motivation and management to thrive. Sales Personality Types. ENTJ (The Visionary).

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome back to our Sell Like a Girl series– where we’ve spent recent weeks unpacking gender bias in sales. Today we’re continuing this conversation by sharing a preview of our latest research on sales commission. The Current State of Gender Bias in Sales Before we take a look at our newest findings, let’s level-set.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 2, 2020

With so many ups and downs this year, as well as company pivots and new long-term strategies, sales planning is more important than ever before for success. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be a born leader to devise a master marketing plan or hit your sales objectives. What is a Sales Plan ?

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

11 Actions Sales Management Must Take Now! Sound investment portfolio-management advice ranges from “hold firm with your existing stocks” to “take advantage of a great opportunity to buy at today’s basement prices”. This also is an opportunity to build a better sales team that will increase your market share as competitors lag.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 14, 2015

Dave is truly a subject matter expert when it comes to hiring better sales people (link to our site), assessing sales organizations to answer 17 critical business questions (link to his site for download of sample) and he is an expert at helping sales managers get their sales professionals to sell more, more quickly at higher margins.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 10, 2018

It was a group of very bright thinkers/practitioners in sales and marketing. We were discussing the future of sales and marketing–things we saw happening, things we believed needed to change. Am I contributing to it’s improvement and the ability of sales to contribute to our customers and the companies we sell for?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 6, 2019

As I reflected on the question, I think we can only discover the answer by changing the question, “Why do customers need sales people any more?” They have solution provider web sites, influencers, referral sources, and other sorts of channels to learn about new solutions and how different supplier solutions might fit.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 6, 2022

Things like: Are we doing our best to be customer focused in every channel that we engage our customers? Do we understand what they face, how they feel, what they want to achieve…? Are we doing our best in engaging them in conversations that are meaningful to the issues they face? I’m a big fan of Marshall Goldsmith.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 11, 2023

In fact, 65% of sales reps prefer to learn from their peers versus a sales manager or sales enablement practitioner (Salesloft). That’s why you need to build a community and culture of peer learning in your remote sales teams if you want to be effective as a sales enablement leader. Create a buddy system.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2022

The core elements of customer relationship management include the channels in which customer interactions occur. CRM systems are comprehensive software suite that facilitate the companies in implementing customer relationship management strategies and practices. Routes data into automated sales and marketing tools.

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Altify

JUNE 5, 2018

This series is all about managing and developing Millennials, specifically in the Sales function of a company. I will be on a live Webcast on June 19th at 10a PDT/ 1p EDT where you can hear firsthand about how true sales transformation takes into account every member from executive management to the frontline sales reps.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Exceeding sales targets and quotas is the primary goal for 45% of sales executives , according to 2022 HubSpot data. The best way to tackle this challenge is through effective sales networking. You’ll also find a few real-life examples that will help you get sales networking right. What is sales networking?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 5, 2013

Your Sales Management Guru Blog Author on “Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers” List . Speaker, consultant, and author Ken Thoreson’s updated Sales Manager’s Tool Kit now available . Ken Thoreson, Acumen Management Group, Ltd. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., KNOXVILLE, Tenn., About Ken Thoreson.

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Gong.io

MARCH 16, 2020

The good news: the principles behind managing a team are the same whether they’re in the same room… or remote in their living room. Because – let’s face it – a rep looking through their notes might slow down an in-person meeting… but it kills a virtual one. . But sales reps need individual recognition too.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Your annual sales kickoff (SKO) is ALMOST HERE. . Excitement from sales reps!) . SKOs have long held significant value for sales organizations. While that means unused budget, it also presents new challenges—and opportunities—to build the human connection that sales orgs have come to love and cherish. The downside?

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Allego

AUGUST 4, 2019

When the sales training team at one medical device maker was facing budget cuts, they decided to move forward instead of scaling back. By adopting sales learning and enablement technology , they were able to dramatically improve the company’s sales enablement program with fewer resources. New Product Launches.

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Showpad

JULY 21, 2020

In this edition, I’ll be discussing why you as an executive in a sales, marketing or CX leadership role play a mission-critical part when it comes to making sales enablement successful in your organization. . Another aspect is how to make sales enablement the engine of your digital transformation efforts. .

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

There’s a lot to consider, including bias, data management, permissions, and more. Plus, insights from sales experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about using AI in sales ethically. Conscientious sales pros worry about AI bias , transparency, brand reputation, customer experience, and human relations. Manage leads.

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BrainShark

OCTOBER 25, 2022

There can also be a lot of crossover between product marketing and sales enablement, depending on the organization. For example, sales enablement is responsible for ensuring salespeople understand who they are selling to, new product features and the value they can provide, and the messaging around those features. .

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, according to Altify: Companies receive 60 percent of their sales revenue from existing customers. It’s putting their needs ahead of the sale to form long-term relationships. However, according to Gartner , 51 percent of sales leaders agree account management channels fall short. Also, monitor their sales.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

All focus was on maximizing growth, and frontline sales managers were most worried about what to do if their reps were regularly exceeding quota. It’s altered so much of the context surrounding sales, from the kinds of companies able to buy to the language that wins deals. But COVID-19 has drastically changed this environment.

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