Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

In the past decade, attention has shifted from seller activity to sales manager activity as a key driver of performance. Companies are realizing that sales success isn’t driven solely by sales rep performance, but also by effective sales management. Management Matters. Well, kind of.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2018

Author: Kevin McGirl Sales managers have a tough job. A good sales manager needs to stay on top of their game at all times, and ensure that their team is focused, efficient and most importantly, profitable. There are many moving parts in the sales process, and it’s not easy staying on top of them all.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 14, 2011

While a good sales meeting can invigorate sales people and increase revenue, a poor sales meeting will cost you more than you can calculate. Incredibly, many sales managers take the structure of a sales meeting for granted. There is no such thing as an ineffective sales meeting.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 20, 2024

In this Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Gerilyn Horan , Hilton’s VP of Group Sales, shares strategies to become the best place to work In the world. Scrimmaging, rather than role-playing, before important meetings or presentations can improve performance and ensure team members’ alignment.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Most sales reps groan, “Here we go again” at the thought of another sales meeting. Another sales meeting? How much has changed since our last meeting?” Yet again, another hour that will be lost forever once the sales meeting finally concludes. Cost of a Bad Sales Meetings.

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criteria for success

MARCH 2, 2022

There are many aspects to sales development. And all great sales managers know that when it comes to sales development, opportunities for growth are endless. When we talk to sales managers about sales development, we tend to get some similar questions: Where is the best place to start? Where to Start.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

Anyone in charge of a company’s sales success knows a sales team is only as good as its members. Like any group of individuals that comes together for a common cause, if a sales team is going to succeed consistently, reps and management must operate in a culture that motivates individuals to perform at their best.

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Braveheart Sales

MARCH 21, 2023

As you approach Sales Management training, your philosophy should be the same. Thanks to Objective Management Group , data we have on millions of salespeople would suggest that much of this has to do with a salesperson’s mindset regarding sales – their beliefs, motivations, and attitudes about sales, commonly referred to as sales DNA.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 19, 2022

Congratulations, you are now a sales manager. Earning the title of sales manager is an important step in your sales career, regardless of the size of your sales team. There is plenty that new sales managers need to learn on their journey to become a sales leader. Trust is reciprocal.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But typical sales team issues were also able to transfer over from in-person to remote work, like the common occurrence of boring or unproductive meetings. We’ve interviewed hundreds of sales managers over the years, and one of their biggest complaints is that team meetings are frustrating, monotonous, and ineffective.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 1, 2024

Whether it’s Catholics who the Priest referred to, Jews that I referenced, various other Christian denominations, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and more, we are all members of a group – a congregation, and a religion. Some take this membership very seriously. Some take their beliefs very seriously. Some take both very seriously.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Peer Group Discussion and Coupled with Leadership Coaching Will Pump you Up! Sales leaders need to remember that they, too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. The most effective ways are networking with a peer group of like-minded sales leaders who face similar challenges and utilizing a sales leadership coach.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 28, 2020

There aren’t too many things more important in sales than gaining first meetings with your dream clients. Nothing happens until you can meet and explore change. How to Get a First Meeting. Critical Outcome: Gaining a Meeting with Your Dream Client. Necessary Actions: Phone Call to Request a Meeting.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 13, 2020

Sales managers are being tested in ways they’ve never seen before, and new managers have even more challenges as they assume their roles in the midst of sweeping change. Here are five ways that sales leaders can help newly minted sales managers accelerate through the turn and spearhead recovery.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Welcome back to our Meet the Team series! So, without further ado, let’s meet the team! Billy has been in sales/sales management his entire career and previously spent five years at Capshare. Meeting new friends along the way, he picked up sports, which became a hobby of his until this day. Final Thoughts.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 24, 2024

How To Identify A Stalled Sale It’s important that you can tell when a sale has stalled out. Sales Acceleration Group notes that reps often think a stalled sale is simply at a slow stage in the funnel. This deal requires a buyer group's approval, and they won’t meet any time in the near future.

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SBI

JANUARY 28, 2020

6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support. Sales Enablement is generally focused on assisting individual sellers with less focus placed on others in the organization. “ Sales Enablement supports the sales team to move buyers to a decision point. Sales technology.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2014

And he said, "But we don''t want to evaluate everyone right now, we want to start with our sales management team.". Small and mid-market companies don''t usually request this particular approach because their management teams are usually quite lean and it doesn''t make sense for them to take this approach. I hate being right.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The area of commitment is one of the Crucial Elements for Success identified by the Objective Management Group in their Impact Analysis of sales organizations. Which brings me back to the purpose of this post today - to discuss the "dilemma" or "problem" with the bell curve in sales management.

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Your Sales Management Guru

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Making Monday Morning Sales Meetings Easy for Remote Teams . For this Making Monday’s better post I wanted to talk about what is often the most common and mundane part of the Monday routine and that is the sales team conference call. Let me know how you make life better for your sales teams and more efficient as well.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

As a sales manager, one of your jobs is to make sure your salespeople are equipped to succeed when selling to purchasing departments and/or buyers. Then in an upcoming team meeting, make a list of the tips/insights from salespeople who have been successful in selling to purchasing departments or working with buyers.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 29, 2020

They host monthly sales talks that provide opportunities to learn, collaborate, and connect with growth minded professionals seeking to achieve excellence in the realm of B2B sales. London Enterprise Sales Forum ). Join the elite community shaping the future of technology sales.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I’m sorry if this offends anybody, but the weak link in the revenue chain is usually sales management. Sales meetings often expose lazy or short-term mindsets and, sadly, waste most of the participant’s time. Sales meetings often expose lazy or short-term mindsets and, sadly, waste most of the participant’s time.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. One of the most common questions I get from sales managers is, “How can I make some small changes that will allow my sales team to sell significantly more?”. Scalable offering.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 28, 2018

A 1:1 sales meeting provides sales managers and sales reps time for reflection and goal setting, as well as an opportunity for both sides to raise their concerns. As a manager, you shouldn’t look at your weekly individual meetings as simply a time to go over sales numbers.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2021

Between meetings, presentations, conferences and emails, I rarely had time to even meet with customers. Groups like YPO (Young Presidents Organization) provide CEO’s an opportunity to discuss organizational concerns and receive feedback from other CEOs freely. Why Would Sales Executives Need Networking Groups?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting?

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In this guest blog post from one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , Kevin Lewis, Global Sales Excellence Leader at Milliken Chemical and an authority on developing sales managers, recommends five ways to get new sales managers off to a great start. Great sales leaders aren’t born: they’re made.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 11, 2012

When Acumen Management Group undertakes consulting engagements with clients, we always sit in on their Monday morning sales meetings. We know that these gatherings are among the best ways to build a high-performance sales organization.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Sales managers and SMB owners are scrambling to schedule their next Sales Kick Off meeting. One the screen is the predetermined annual sales goal broken down into quarterly goals based upon the last five years of sales per quarter. Note: This is a working sales kick off meeting.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As a result, they can’t anticipate when in a sales cycle or sales process they will be impacted, and don’t have the awareness to take steps to work around it and improve. When this lack of awareness is prevalent at the top of a sales organization, it is challenging to grow it or scale it.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

94% of sales managers are optimistic about their salespeople. Objective Management Group's (OMG's) findings from the evaluations and assessments of 1.8 Objective Management Group's (OMG's) findings from the evaluations and assessments of 1.8 Salespeople consistently meet or exceed quota or expectations.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. Assess your strengths as a manager. Understand how your team wants to be managed.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 24, 2015

Here’s what she has to say about the importance of face-to-face meetings in a tech-driven world: ‘”Formal face-to-face meetings will disappear’ has been the hue and cry of alleged futurists. Meeting spaces are proliferating; convention centers are expanding; hotels are experiencing sold-out nights because of meetings and conferences.

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 11, 2019

The role of a sales manager may be the hardest job in sales. While coaching your team to sales success, your responsibilities include recruiting new talent and meeting the needs of key customers, all while collaborating with internal stakeholders such as marketing, product management and executives.

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