Sales 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2022

A classic issue in sales forces is promoting one of the top performing sales reps to the manager of a sales team, then having them fail in this new role. I just became much clearer on why this happens and what can be done about it, by reading just one section of David Brock’s book “The Sales Manager Survival Guide”.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 16, 2020

For many sales managers and account executives, working from home is a brand-new concept. The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) has embraced the work from home lifestyle. And like any emerging work style, those who've had more in-office job experiences feel skeptical about remote work.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Who among us hasn’t faced a dilemma or frustration in our sales career that seemed long on gridlock and short on solution? That’s why I want to make you aware of Lee Salz and his team over at Sales Architects. They offer a great resource called The Sales Management Challenge. All of us, right?!

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Steven Rosen

MAY 10, 2017

6 FREE Sales Management Training Webinars . The #1 driver of performance in sales organizations are front-line sales managers. The STAR Sales Management Development Survey found that only 50% of sales managers were receiving on-going training and development in core skills.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

5 Sales Manager Coaching Blunders. Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to coach effectively. Do You Want To Increase Sales Performance? ” As a sales manager , you probably were a top sales rep.

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The Sales Readiness Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sales leaders today face a common problem: how to drive increased productivity from their sales teams. Let’s dive into the four strategies to do this. Let’s dive into the four strategies to do this.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 25, 2021

Building trust virtually, finding qualified leads, getting in front of the decision-makers — these are all challenges that salespeople face. And as a sales manager, you’re finding innovative ways to address these issues. To help narrow down the current sales challenges facing sales managers, we asked our experts to weigh in.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As a sales manager, you are faced with competing priorities and objectives that you would like to emphasize with your team. Successful sales managers are aware that business development is a key ingredient to account and organizational growth and should prioritize it with their account executives.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 2, 2024

I’ve helped sales managers and business owners interview hundreds of potential sales reps over the years, and I’ve identified 3 top mistakes that virtually eliminate sales candidates on the spot! Nothing is more of a Red Flag to a potential hiring manager than instability of employment. Less is more.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 4, 2022

In the pre-COVID days, sales managers would ride along with a sales rep for the day. They would observe calls, ask questions to help the sales rep evaluate what worked well and didn’t work, and have the rep come up with ways they would commit to improving their selling skills. Step 2, is Coaching Focus.

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Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, I sit down with Mike Weinberg for Part One of our conversation on the state of the Sales Profession, sales leadership, and getting started as a new sales manager. The effectiveness of traditional methods like phone calls and face-to-face meetings remains significant.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JUNE 3, 2019

In the past media sales organizations employed a tried and true approach to solving dips in revenue. Selling more is not the solution to the current challenges faced by media organizations because it’s a new day, and it is not filled with rainbows and unicorns.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 10, 2018

Author: Michelle Vazzana, CEO, Vantage Point Performance Frontline sales managers have a difficult job. In fact, we think they have the hardest job in any sales organization. Despite the varied and intense demands put on sales managers, they are given relatively little guidance or training on how to actually do their job.

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Selling Power

AUGUST 25, 2020

Today's post is by Brian Trautschold, co-founder and COO at Ambition, the leading sales coaching and gamification software used by in-house and remote sales teams across the globe. You’ve heard it time and time again: Sales coaching is the number one thing sales managers can do to improve the performance of their reps.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . Of course, different industries face different realities. . However, there are two fundamental activities that successful sales organizations have been able to continue doing despite COVID. Virtual Selling.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It is enticing to play the role of a manager in a sales team. Along with your own quota, you even need to ensure that your sales team performs well and achieves its sales quota. The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Best sales management books you must read.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 11, 2024

Zoom became a lifeline for millions working from home and a savior of reps competing for a remote sales closing. More Channels Provide More Personalized Choices for Sales Closing Finding a comfortable way to communicate with key clients is essential. To fail a sales closing is costly. Generally, People Want to Say ‘YES.'

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team. POST-SALES SUPPORT. Lack of quality leads.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We know they are overwhelmed, we have to help them make sense of what they face, help them sort through the issues, focusing on that which is most relevant to what they are trying to achieve. Our people face exactly the same issues and concerns. Sellers know that value creation and realization are critical in engaging our customers.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 12, 2017

Sales Management Challenges . Many sales managers are finding it increasingly more difficult to keep juggling all their priorities. Well, here is a great opportunity to hear it straight from two leading sales management experts. Overcoming Your Biggest Sales Management Challenges.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

How come so many sales managers who are highly intelligent and experienced are still unable to motivate their teams to achieve great results? What happens to great salespeople so that when they become sales managers they fall by the wayside? They learn from the errors or mistakes so the symptom or cause aren’t repeated.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

As part of a special one day promotion I am offering my new eBook 52 Sales Management Tips – The Sales Manager’s Success Guide FREE. Front line sales managers are facing unprecedented change. This book was written for sales managers who understand the need to develop themselves.

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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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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The Sales Manager’s Success Guide. Even though I was a sales manager long before I had the opportunity to get involved in training, it was my work with trainers that help me appreciate not only the real challenges sales managers face, but their importance to a successful sales team executing their sales winning consistently.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 13, 2023

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities: Managing Behavioural Issues I have had the privilege of working with numerous sales managers, guiding them through the challenges they face in leading high-performing teams. I want to share some actionable steps to empower sales managers to address behavioural issues.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 25, 2020

We are facing a global health and economic crisis few have ever experienced before. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had hundreds of calls and emails from sales managers struggling to figure things out. I have thought a lot about how I can best help sales managers step up their game in these difficult times.

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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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Shari Levitin

JUNE 14, 2023

Within a week, he assisted the sales department by standardizing the hiring process and mentoring new sellers. Diego unknowingly employed the number one rule of management. Great managers reproduce successful behaviors by abandoning their egos and developing others. The next day he began training the other marketers.

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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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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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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Let me explain: If you’re like most sales reps, then you hate making calls because you’re either afraid of being rejected, or you’re are afraid you’re going to mishandle a call and so lose a good lead. Like my first sales manager used to say: “There’s nothing to it but to do it.”. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Being a sales manager is a whirlwind experience, especially for those who were once successful sales reps themselves. Fortunately, there are valuable best practices that can help aspiring sales managers excel in their positions. Best Practices for Sales Managers 1. Lay a robust foundation.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Sales managers without even trying are very good at taking profit right out of their company. Sales managers place inordinate pressure on salespeople to close the sale immediately, and in so doing, they are telling the salesperson to cut the price as a way of getting the order now. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 3, 2024

Dennis Connelly, Derek Baer and I were sharing our experiences coaching salespeople, sales managers and sales leaders, and comparing those who were and weren’t coachable. The data from Objective Management Group’s (OMG) assessment of 2.5 It wasn’t personal. Next, let’s look at the salespeople.

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SBI Growth

JULY 4, 2013

Sales Manager dashboards have been updated. the Sales VP asks. Download the Sales Manager Execution Guide. It will: Provide you 10 Sales Manager actions you must take immediately to save the year. It will: Provide you 10 Sales Manager actions you must take immediately to save the year.

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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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