Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

I was struggling to meet with a sales manager. He kept postponing our calls, “Dave, I’m running all out, I’ve really got to be out in the field closing business for my people… ” We finally had our meeting. But in the course of the conversation, I learned that Bill had once again saved the month.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 24, 2023

For any sales manager, it's incredibly frustrating when their salespeople don’t seem to be able to close the deal. A successful sale often depends on the product and customer knowledge of the salesperson, but what happens when the hard work isn’t translating into results?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Learn 12 Ways to Handle Sales Pressure and make sure you #hityournumber this quarter! How Sales Dialers Help Close Deals Faster. Sales dialers save you time and take out the chance for manual error. If you’re still not convinced, here are a few ways sales dialers allow your sales team to close more deals, fast.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

In business, it’s often assumed that a person who excels as a sales rep will also be successful as a sales manager. As such, top sales reps are often promoted to sales managers and left to find their way into their new roles. What is sales management training? This approach simply doesn’t work.

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 31, 2021

Recently, Forrester Research released its latest report , “New Tech: Conversation Intelligence for B2B Revenue, Q3 2021.” Mindtickle’s conversation intelligence solution, Call AI , is featured in this report. We’re excited for this research into how and why our Call AI offering is so helpful in making sales teams better.

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Vengreso

JUNE 9, 2022

Our recent survey shows that 69% of sellers think that getting the first conversation is harder than presenting a solution or even closing the deal. The fact is that without the first conversation, nothing else happens. What is a Sales Conversation? Or do they just wing the conversation? Simple, right?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 20, 2015

Think your team has a “closing” problem? How often have you heard leaders say, “My salespeople can’t close”? If you’re a sales manager, you’ve probably even said it. But failing to close is never the real problem. If his team wowed the client, they had an opportunity to close a million-dollar deal.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With nearly two years of selling digital-first, our panel of sales pros will discuss what new buying behaviors, what conversations continue to reoccur and where they think B2B selling is headed. The post Close the Gap: Open Opp to Closed-Won appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Mindtickle

MAY 20, 2021

MindTickle’s Call AI is the only conversation intelligence solution where you can identify and fix the real-world behaviors that stop your salespeople from closing every deal. Unlock the skills that drive successful sales interactions . How it works.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Sellers often can’t explain why deals don’t work out, leaving your sales managers in the dark. Your sales managers need the ability to identify why deals are lost and how they can train and coach reps to win today’s deal — and every deal in the future. Pre-qualification call. Discovery call.

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Membrain

JUNE 19, 2022

Here’s a startling fact you may not know: Salespeople who uncover budgets are 172% more likely to close business than those who do not.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Let’s look at each one.

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Pipeliner

MAY 13, 2021

For salespeople, sales managers, sales leaders, and other business people, there is an enormous amount of metric; so much so that CRM systems and other organizational software are prioritized as one of the most important things that you can do for your business. Changing Behavior. Changing Behavior. It’s more like playing jazz.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When you add focus on expiring quotes to your sales management process, you establish a sense of accountability within your sales team. Each sales rep is aware that prompt follow-up is necessary to secure deals before they expire. The report is grouped by sales rep – that visibility adds an extra layer of accountability.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 2, 2020

Many decades ago, the theory about how to close deals faster was to use a trial close, followed by increasing pressure, regardless of your prospective client’s objections (which were unresolved concerns). The most popular theory now is to improve your sales velocity, the speed at which you complete “the sales conversation.”

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Mindtickle

APRIL 2, 2024

With AI, sellers can boost productivity and close more deals , and CROs are taking note by investing accordingly. By 2025, 0 % of CROs will have a centralized AI operations team on their GTM org The most innovative organizations also incorporate AI in sales enablement to ensure their sellers always have what it takes to close deals.

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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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SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below. The majority of Sales VPs are guilty of at least one.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 10, 2021

When I first got started in B2B selling, I was formally trained on how to use a variety of sales closes … “either or”, “Ben Franklin”, “Columbo”, and many more. Through the years I picked up quite a few more including the “Japanese Origami Folding Paper” close. I am a strong believer that closing is severely overrated.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 7, 2018

Author: Gregg Schwartz Many people think sales management is complicated and mysterious, that there's some unknowable process to becoming a great sales manager, or that great sales managers are born, not made. Here are five choices that great sales managers make – and you can make these same choices too: 1.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned sales manager or a frontline rep hustling for results, we get it – the struggle is real. Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. How Does the Sales Closing Process Work?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 10, 2018

Inside Sales Management: Are you Measuring What Matters Most? Learn about successful inside sales force management closing strategy, process techniques, training ideas, prospecting tools and best practices for managers and representatives. If you’re an inside sales manager , then you know all about metrics.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Key Sales Management Actions To Prepare for A Stellar 2015. Making time to plan for 2015 while closing 2014 can be a challenge. You can learn from six of the best in Sales Management Consulting. Tibor Shanto – Principal at Renbor Sales Solutions. Steven Rosen – Executive Sales Coach at STAR Results.

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SBI

MAY 14, 2021

Allego Launches Enhanced Conversation Intelligence Product, Adds Significant New Artificial Intelligence Technology. Needham, MA - May 11, 2021 - Enhanced Conversation Intelligence. Allego , the leading sales learning and enablement platform provider, today announced its enhanced Conversation Intelligence product.

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Nutshell

MARCH 7, 2023

Table of Contents What are KPIs in sales? Why should sales managers track KPIs? How to track and report on KPIs KPIs for Sales Managers What are KPIs in sales? Examples of sales KPIs include customer lifetime value, conversion rate, and number of new leads.

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Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 11, 2020

One of the most significant changes in sales is the meaning of the word “closing.” In the past, sales leaders would suggest that they wanted to hire people who could close deals, asking the prospective client to buy, and getting ink on a contract. Understanding Conversations and Commitments.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The topic of Sales management is very broad, and is covered in an infinite number of books, so we won’t be covering that here. There is also an endless list of material on sales management—and as anyone who has read my previous writings on the subject knows, I consider that management is management.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What Makes a Great Sales Manager? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? Responsibilities of a Sales Manager Qualities You Need To Go From Good To Great Sales Management Strategy for Sales Managers The Importance of Sales Coaching And Training What Does Sales Manager Success Look Like?

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Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In recent times sales reps have switched to email prospecting logically reasoning that the increased volume of messaging from email will generate more leads, unfortunately, email conversion rates have dropped below 0.1% Closing : Closing cycles that fail 80% of the time are the norm (where 1 in 5 deals in the pipeline closes.)

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SBI

JUNE 1, 2021

The Art of Holding Deal Strategy Conversations. Three Impactful Approaches High-Performing Enterprise Sellers Practice for Deal Strategy Conversations. The Status Quo is Your Biggest Threat As a sales leader, coach and seller, I have been on both sides of deal reviews and strategy conversations. By Les Yuen, DealCoachPro.

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Allego

MARCH 17, 2022

Amand, The 2022 Guide to Intelligent Sales Enablement. We’re currently in phase two of the intelligent sales era. There’s more coaching, increased focus on methodology, and more use of conversational intelligence,” Lundy said. And that includes tools such as Conversation Intelligence, he said. Conduct Digital Ride-Alongs.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Although factors like your product line, buyer personas, and brand awareness are important, sales managers are also critical to the success of any business as they have the potential to unlock huge returns that impact the business's bottom line. Onboarding and training new hires is another sales management responsibilities.

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Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

There is no doubt that confident salespeople close more deals. I had this conversation this week with one of the great sales teams I have the pleasure of working with. In fact, I often have this conversation and I had the pleasure of discussing this with a savvy group of sales leaders on #CallCamp.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It means your marketing and sales are at their peak when you base them on valuable metrics like click-through rate (CTR) and lead close rate. One metric you might use is lead close rate. But what is lead close rate? What is lead close rate? But while all sales are conversions, not all conversions are sales.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

[link] — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) March 30, 2020 How Sales Dialers Help Close Deals Faster Sales dialers save you time and take out the chance for manual error. If you’re still not convinced, here are a few ways sales dialers allow your sales team to close more deals, fast. Free Trial 1.

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