The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 9, 2019

However, our 2019 Media Sales Report revealed some telling information related to how salespeople and sales managers feel about the culture of their company and industry today. Corporate culture has arguably always been important, but in recent years it’s become a popular point of discussion.

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SalesFuel

MAY 6, 2024

The Jobs of Tomorrow report , produced by the World Economic Forum, measured the looming impact of AI on work. AI and the Sales Profession AI is already impacting jobs in the sales profession. In the past, your reps may have spent significant time on sales research.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Annually spending by companies: Sales training $20 billion on sales training.

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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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Steven Rosen

JUNE 3, 2020

Unleash the 10X Factor to Close the Sales Gap. Do you want to close the sales gap? Now is the time to get sales on track. Even though we are still social distancing and face to face selling may not resume until 2021, you are still responsible for sales results. Doing nothing is not an option!

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOLD Sales Leaders will perform best in a rapidly changing environment. It is not the most competent or the smartest sales leader that will survive, but rather the sales leader that is BOLD and can adapt to change will thrive. I don’t care if you are the head of sales or a front-line sales manager.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

of BDR professionals received a quota increase, reports 6sense research. To maintain team dynamics and deal flow, managers must actively help BDRs succeed in the new B2B marketplace. Managers can help sales reps who are waiting for great leads to be passed along by the BDR team. In 2024, 39.3%

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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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LeadFuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. A recent study showed that only 11% of organizations train their sales managers. If you are a new manager, you are asking, “What do I do now?”. Sales Manager Killers. Control Your Destiny.

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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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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2021

Sales are Down. I always hated having to explain why sales are down. Sales executives and managers have no shortage of challenges. I faced challenges when sales were off. One year in February we were already behind budget in sales. Tip #12: Proactively Manage your Boss When Sales are Down.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

7, 2022 — Highspot , the sales enablement platform that increases sales productivity, today announced it has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave : Sales Content Solutions, Q4 2022 report.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 30, 2012

One of the main questions I get from sales people is what to do when trapped under ineffective, negative, de-motivating or otherwise, bad sales management. Being a sales director myself, I hesitate to align myself with unfounded complaints about sales management. Sean McPheat MTD Sales Training.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 16, 2024

As a sales manager, you may feel this pressure more than other department heads. You can increase team productivity by personalizing coaching and improving efficiency in sales team processes. They may have recognized that their reps face bigger challenges in guiding leads through the B2B sales funnel.

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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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SalesFuel

APRIL 17, 2024

She explains that the major appeal of social sales videos is the sense of authenticity they deliver. Thanks to the shareability of video, and the continued use of social, combining the two is a smart choice. “It It should be an essential part of everyone’s social selling strategy,” advises Erin Pennings for HubSpot.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2012

The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to effectively coach. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect and unless effectively coached or trained managers can make all types of blunders. Do You Want To Increase Sales Performance? In fact, sales coaching is the management No.

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SalesFuel

MAY 20, 2024

Salespeople report that only 30% of their clients and prospects have given them a sales referral in the past year, according to SalesFuel’s Voice of the Sales Rep study. View Referrals Differently Sales professional Marc Wayshak believes that sellers need to rethink the word “referral” to freshen their approach.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sales organizations face a paradox: although many continue to increase hiring, attrition is on the rise, according to our 2018-2019 Sales Performance Report , creating a major pain point. Poor hiring practices prove costly to sales organizations in many ways. How Sales Organizations Can Improve Hiring Decisions.

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Braveheart Sales

AUGUST 12, 2021

We know that sales managers require different skills and strengths than salespeople. Sales managers need to recruit the right individuals, coach, hold people accountable, and motivate their teams. The same is true of sales managers vs other managers. Additional Sales Management Abilities.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2023

5 Ways to Stay Inspired Paul Smith is the Sales Director of a leading technology company. He has been in the industry for the last ten years and has been a star in various sales and marketing roles. His recent promotion finds him managing managers. But what exactly does it mean to “inspire?”

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 31, 2020

We’ve seen solutions for everything from customer management , data management , and marketing to office admin and the sales process. It’s for that reason that prior fixtures of the sales process, like the sales call report, are less popular than ever. And they weren’t that popular to begin with.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 11, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the impact of burnout on performance and productivity and offer strategies for leaders to create an environment that decreases burnout and stress. Community and workplace social support is important for managing stress and preventing burnout.

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Keith Rosen

AUGUST 24, 2010

With more business conducted across online communication platforms and more sales teams operating in a virtual environment, many sales managers question how proficient they can be at coaching their team at a distance—especially if they have never been shown how to do so effectively.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Because of this, not everyone will respond the same way to your methods of managing and motivating, and that means you need different ways of motivating, mentoring, counseling, or even some babysitting. Most managers are way too busy in meetings, or reporting, or just plain hiding out to be really effective. Sound familiar?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 6, 2019

Tim has been writing a series on sales management, Why Can’t We Build Better Sales Managers? In this particular article, Tim suggests we may not need traditional sales managers anymore. My immediate reaction was, “What is the role of a sales manager?” ” Absolutely!

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 14, 2015

The problem was that sales management had their heads in the sand. Wake-up call for sales organizations: If we focus too much on the big picture and neglect to see the business realities right in front of our faces, we set our companies up to fail. And that is exactly the type of leader/manager I’d want to work for.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2022

First, congratulations, your first job as a sales manager is a huge step forward in your career. Now, don’t screw it up—you’ll get a lot of managers who will immediately congratulate you, shake your hand, smile then say, “What have you done for me lately?”. Before I go on, let’s backtrack a little bit.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales managers normally face a trifecta of shifting demands from buyers, their direct reports and their organization. The COVID-19 pandemic gives sales managers the perfect opportunity to work toward transforming into more capable leaders. Shift From a Sales Manager’s Mindset to Sales Leader’s Mindset.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2018

KPIs for Sales Managers. Sales Volume by Location. Sales managers -- and particularly field sales managers -- can often feel like they are trapped in a fog. Download our free report here to learn the top 3 metrics ranked by sales professionals. New Leads/Opportunities. Is quota too high?

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SalesFuel

APRIL 15, 2024

Getting Creative DOOH ads by nature are dynamic, says a report by Campaign US. One is faces. JCDecaux says that faces attract attention as long as they make sense in your client’ overall messaging. Both human and animal faces will do the trick. Put them where they stand out and have little to no competition.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Sales leaders, be honest — you're curious about what your peers are up to. This year has been unconventional (to put it lightly) and leaders have been faced with challenges that they likely haven’t seen at other points in their careers. The ability to share information with other leaders, or to ask "how are you managing?"

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2024

Sales enablement is providing high quality training. Sales people are meeting their activity goals, sales ops is doing their reports, managers are managing performance, and so forth. When we are designing a machine, we specify the dimensions and performance characteristics of each part in the assembly.

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SalesLatitude

AUGUST 30, 2018

Being a sales manager is one of the hardest jobs in the sales profession. You need to manage up the chain as well as manage your sales team to get the results the business needs. What does it take to manage and coach your sales team to success? Are you merely telling your sales reps what to do?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 10, 2014

The First Time Sales Manager. I can remember…those first 6 months as a new sales manager was a challenge! I had taken over from two previous sales managers who were now reporting to me and three other salespeople for a total of five on my team. So what can a first time sales manager to do?

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