Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In many — if not most — cases, uncertain financial times lead to what might appear to be significant dips in a sales rep's overall performance. Maybe, they don't deliver the kind of results you, as a sales manager, have come to expect from them. Maybe, they don't hit quota. Maybe, they lose out on accounts.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

AI-driven sales tech is emerging as a practical answer for many of the challenges facing sales leaders, trainers, managers, coaches, and sales enablement pros. B2B sales is evolving, and the Zoom boom of 2020 has only accelerated those changes. How to prepare your team to embrace AI-assisted sales.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 3, 2023

First, let’s start with a definition of revenue productivity: Revenue productivity is a set of processes, strategies, and technologies used to enhance sales performance by utilizing seller data, revenue analytics, sales enablement, and front-line sales coaching. This, by the way, is not just your CRM system.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. Consider this: a recent survey ranked ‘sales account manager’ as one of the most stressful jobs in the US, with 73 percent of respondents rating the role as “highly stressful.” ” ( source ).

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

You need a strong personality to succeed in sales - a combination of grittiness under pressure and true smarts makes for the perfect sales rep. In order to manage a whole team of those personalities, a sales team manager has to have a pretty strong personality themselves. Here’s what they told us. Use Your Data.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 26, 2018

Soon after starting my sales career I became aware there was a staggering list of things I needed to learn. The biggest challenge I faced was securing appointments with owners of small businesses. I lacked the wisdom and experience to understand the difference between sales activities and progress.

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Pipeliner

JULY 9, 2018

We have to look at ourselves, and how we can take responsibility and put ourselves in the right position, and sales managers have to help their sales team get there. This expert sales interview explores accountability in sales: How to remove the excuses mentality. The sales managers job.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 18, 2021

Online sales training has both advantages, disadvantages, and parity with the more traditional approach to upskilling salespeople. Remote working, flexible working hours, cost, productivity, and preference will lead to sales training being delivered online with a decline in traditional instructor led classroom training.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

One of the greatest obstacles to upholding sales ethics is taking a "sales by any means necessary" approach. However, cutting corners with customers during the sales process doesn’t result in greater returns. Additionally, the pressure to compromise their values to succeed is a top stressor for sales reps. Sales Ethics.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

So, today, we explore five ways to double down on Seller Experience to save money, bring in more revenue, and ultimately create an environment where sales professionals can thrive– even in the face of hardship. When sales reps are happy, engaged, and supported they’re able to provide prospects and customers with a better experience.

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Nutshell

JULY 2, 2020

Sales calls are tough, but making calls while your coworkers argue next to your cubicle? Sales calls have been giving salespeople ulcers since the day they were invented. Creating a positive sales call experience. If you can follow up with a mindful remedy, your prospect will appreciate it even more. Forget about it.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

All too often sales people face the wrath for sales failure or the celebration for sales success by themselves. If sales people aren’t making the number, it’s their fault. When it comes to sales organizations, I agree with the second statement but not the first. Be Sales Driven.

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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

In the world of business-to-business sales, coaches are just as essential to ensuring reps have the skills they need to close deals with confidence. Why is sales coaching important? How do you coach and develop a sales team? Top sales coaching techniques. What makes a sales coach great?

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A recent Ignites newsletter article ‘ Wholesale Change: Skilled People ‘Are Going to Have to Reinvent Themselves ’ summarized how funds’ data-driven sales processes, growing product/platform complexity, increasingly time-pressed advisors, and the internet’s erosion of wholesalers’ information advantage make a hard job even harder.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 7, 2017

” I think this is an important concept and why any high performer must actively seek coaching from their manager and even mentoring from people they respect. For example after each major sales call (voice to voice or face to face), think about the call and how you did. See what they do differently.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. Consider this: a recent survey ranked ‘ sales account manager ’ as one of the most stressful jobs in the US, with 73 percent of respondents rating the role as “highly stressful.” Keep reading!

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Hyper-Connected Selling

JUNE 21, 2016

I was having a conversation with a sales manager about how to train and develop his salespeople. This is commonly found in the business world Why stumble around on a sales call when you don’t know what to say? In many ways, the most important role that a sales manager plays is detective. Lack of Competence.

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MEDDIC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Let’s crack the code on how Aristotle’s age-old concepts of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos secretly power one of today’s most buzzed-about sales methodologies: MEDDPICC , with a particular focus on Metrics. In sales, metrics could range from customer gains to return on investment (ROI) or time saved using a product or service.

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Keith Rosen

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

For any coaching initiative to be effective and long-lasting within your organization, there are important obstacles that managers and internal sales coaches need to overcome. A sales manager might easily say, “I’ve been doing this for 10 years. and also likes to be managed and communicated to in a different way.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 18, 2021

Data has become more valuable to sales teams since the COVID-19 outbreak caused such a change in economic conditions. That’s why making full use of sales data via a high-functioning sales analytics program is vital to ensure your business’s safe passage through an uncertain market. What Are Sales Analytics?

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Keith Rosen

MARCH 17, 2020

If you’ve read Part One, you’ve probably noticed several opportunities to improve your leadership, remote coaching and management skills, to become the exceptional leader you can be. Managers, Learn How to Coach and Manage a Remote Team. Managers, Learn How to Coach and Manage a Remote Team.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 5, 2017

You know that sales enablement can help your sales reps be more effective at their role, but how do you know which sales enablement platform is best for you? Generally, sales enablement platforms fall into two categories; sales readiness and sales asset management. How dynamic is your industry?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 5, 2017

You know that sales enablement can help your sales reps be more effective at their role, but how do you know which sales enablement platform is best for you? Generally, sales enablement platforms fall into two categories; sales readiness and sales asset management. How dynamic is your industry?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. If you're in a hurry, skip to the script , or download free sales call templates.) Not only does it waste time and energy, but you end up facing more rejections than you normally would, which can quickly lead to burnout.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 16, 2017

Applying the same lens to sales teams, how do you know if your sales team are ready to have customer conversations? If you don’t know whether your reps are sales ready, you’re really just hoping they know what to say and how to address your customer’s pain points. So how do you know if your business is sales ready?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 15, 2017

Applying the same lens to sales teams, how do you know if your sales team are ready to have customer conversations? If you don’t know whether your reps are sales ready, you’re really just hoping they know what to say and how to address your customer’s pain points. So how do you know if your business is sales ready?

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Companies with above-average diversity on their management teams report 19% higher innovation revenue from products launched within the past three years ( source ). Companies with above-average diversity on their management teams report 19% higher innovation revenue from products launched within the past three years ( source ).

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Jonathan Farrington

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

What you do after you’ve made the first sale determines whether you get the next one or any referrals. If a sales person doesn’t provide the relevant reassurance that validates the benefits of their decision, then the likelihood of the customer cancelling their order increases dramatically. Make a decision to buy from you.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

MARCH 18, 2010

Sales performance is at its lowest in years. When thinking about remedies, the first thought usually goes towards initiatives, mostly in the form of training, focused on sales people helping them to increase their performance in this 'new normal' that seems to emerge. Sales effectiveness is however improved by changing behavior.

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Allego

MARCH 16, 2023

That includes your onboarding, training, and marketing teams—in addition to your sales team. To help you, we asked some of the brightest minds in the sales world to offer their advice. This issue focuses on sales strategies to guide you through these uncertain times and drive growth and profitability.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2021

That might be revamping their messaging, setting mini-goals they know they can hit for a quick confidence boost, talking to their sales manager, or ramping up their activity. High sales achievers don’t let themselves mentally count a deal as "won" until the prospect has signed the check. They believe in their product.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

B2B Buyer Changes Also Impact Sales Email Effectiveness The new bulk email requirements come at a time when B2B buyers’ needs are changing, further impacting sales email effectiveness. According to Forrester, buyers now conduct up to 70% of their research before reaching out to a sales representative.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020. Sales Models and Fundamentals.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 30, 2020

The truth is, customers can glean product information from your sales packet and website. It takes a skilled salesperson to offer unique solutions for customers’ pain points and move prospects through your sales cycle. So what’s the secret to hiring sales reps who can turn into star performers ? OK, that’s an exaggeration.

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A Sales Guy

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’m a little nervous about being a guest on A Sales Guy’s blog. I’m not a sales guy. I’m not usually an in-your-face kind of a person. And to make it even worse, I used to be an English prof, director of the writing program, and dean of the college devoted to remediation. That’s what sales is all about.

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Allego

AUGUST 3, 2021

If you’re managing a sales team, you want to reach your quota, right? In B2B sales, hitting that number is what matters most. Today’s sales managers face tremendous pressure to achieve ambitious targets. Today’s sales managers face tremendous pressure to achieve ambitious targets.

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