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4 Steps to Motivate an Underachieving Salesperson

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jen Wagstaff More than 10 years spent working in sales training have taught me to understand and turn around salespeople who are struggling. But too many sales managers make the mistake of starting with the negative. Starting with encouraging, constructive discourse will have a positive impact on your whole conversation.

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How CEOs Can Lead Sales Change through Historic Times

Alice Heiman

The Wall Street Journal has estimated a loss of 30 – million positions from payrolls and 40-million layoffs this spring as a result of the pandemic. in April , the steepest decline since 1959 according to a May 29 article in the Wall Street Journal. Keep Sales Going . consumer spending, fell by a record 13.6%

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The Adapter’s Advantage Podcast: Episode 17 Featuring Frank Cespedes

Allego

In episode 17, sales management authority Frank Cespedes explores how the pandemic has impacted sales training, what sales managers need to know about the new selling environment, and the biggest trends in sales learning. B2B sales—and sales training—have been upended by the pandemic. From This Episode.

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Weekly Sales Meetings Suck. Here Are 5 Ways to Improve Them

Sales Hacker

Summary: For effective sales meetings, just make it relevant and productive again. The weekly sales meeting — you know the one. The whole crew gets together for what amounts to an hour-long discussion around menial housekeeping items or which sales rep got a little closer to nailing a sale. 1) Role-play sales scenarios.

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Digital Marketing Takes Center Stage

Sales and Marketing Management

Many B2B manufacturers still deploy a “catalog approach” to sales, with inside reps relying on frequent touches with prospects and customers to close deals. Even in the pandemic, many B2B companies tried to adapt that approach to the new world order by simply shifting in-person sales presentations to video calls.

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Sales Training Topics That Get Results

The Digital Sales Institute

Sales training topics that actually get results can be challenging to nail down. There is the hard sales skills V soft sales skills debate not to mention social selling, customer profiling, outreach tactics and all the steps in the sales process. The rise of relevance in sales.

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PODCAST 43: Why Endurance and Tenacity is Important for Sales Success w/ Carson Heady

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to author Carson Heady , whose “Birth of a Salesman” series translates real-life sales issues into a popular fictionalized series of sales books. If you missed episode 42, check it out here: PODCAST 42: How Sales Managers Should Build Their Career Path w/ Jamie Scarborough.