Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In sales, thought leadership is a crucial component of success. It’s part of an organization’s sales enablement strategy that primes reps to believe in and sell their products and services to the best of their ability. Without question, lead generation is a sales topic as comprehensive as it is fundamental.

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BrainShark

MAY 31, 2023

While employee cutbacks and attrition are widespread across sectors and roles at the moment, these numbers are especially concerning for sales— a department with historically high turnover at the best of times. What is time to competency in sales onboarding? Because of quota attainment,” said Zines. “If

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Pipeline

MAY 30, 2023

What makes sales teams win more deals? Turns out that sales enablement plays a key role in results. Sales enablement gives your sales reps the leadership, support, technology, content, and processes they need to close more deals consistently. It’s also how you turn 50% of your average performers into elite sales reps.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Well, it also takes a village to improve sales performance. Per a report from CSO Insights , just over 61% of organizations had sales enablement in 2019. As a result, it also becomes difficult to measure how much these initiatives impact sales readiness – if at all. 5 key sales performance dashboards for CROs.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 31, 2022

While the exact list depends on who you ask, the following (alphabetized) traits are all critical for a sales manager: Able to coach, analytical, available, confident, empathetic, good listener, innovative, leads by example, loyal, motivating, passionate, positive attitude, serves vs. dictates, strategic vision, strong communicator, and thoughtful.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 21, 2017

Author of Sales EQ: How Ultra High Performers Leverage Sales-Specific Emotional Intelligence to Close the Complex Deal. Managing probability is how ultra-high performers play sales. Average salespeople look in awe at the performance of ultra-high performers, believing that UHPs have somehow defied the odds.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The secret that Saban learned and sales teams can benefit from is that a process-focused team will outperform an outcome-focused team. Before Saban started his dynasty at Alabama, he was the head coach at Michigan State. Saban took that concept and applied it to every activity for his players and coaches.

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Nutshell

JUNE 5, 2020

This phenomenon is known as the “ Curse of Knowledge ”: When you encounter information that you’re familiar with—like a beaten-to-death professional title ( *cough* self-described “thought leaders” *cough* ), or a scripted sales message—your brain instinctively “doesn’t wanna know,” because you’ve encountered the same data before.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 21, 2022

Long hours, aggressive targets, difficult prospects. However, it's also a recipe for stress, frustration, and low morale — which, when left unchecked, can quickly affect sales performance. It's no surprise that sales is a tough game, making it essential for sales leaders to keep their team's morale high.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Any company's sales leadership needs to keep a pulse on how its salespeople are performing, both individually and on a broader organizational level — getting there often starts by understanding the degree of effort reps are putting in. That's where performance indicators known as sales productivity metrics come in.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. December 2007.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many salespeople waste too much time on prospects with little to no chance of converting. Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. Read on to learn more.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 11, 2023

One way to reverse this trend is through life coaching in the workplace. In this article, we’ll define life coaching and its benefits for both employees and companies. We’ll also discuss how to implement life coaching programs in your organization and highlight the advantages of profession-specific coaching.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As I work with sales organizations across the world, I am frequently asked if the inbound sales philosophy works in an industry defined by a transactional sales process. Many salespeople find it difficult to overcome price objections, especially when their sales process is short and their product isn’t highly differentiated.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How well can you explain (or defend) the way your company compensates sales employees? In today’s world, where pay transparency and compensation fairness are increasingly in the spotlight, sales employees and high-quality job candidates want to know more than just “how” your sales reps are paid. Let’s get into it!

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 30, 2015

Spring is also a great time to up your game and perfect the pitches that will get your sales prospects on base. The sales year is even longer, but it flies by quickly. This might only be Q2, but if you’re not keeping your eye on the ball now, your sales pipeline is already in real trouble. Baseball season is long.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 7, 2021

LinkedIn is a huge platform that’s great for prospecting. The question is, once you’ve connected with a prospect, what should you do next? Join Donald Kelly and Ahmad Munawar as they talk about what you should do next once you’ve connected with the prospects. What works in any business and in sales is relationship building.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 7, 2021

LinkedIn is a huge platform that’s great for prospecting. The question is, once you’ve connected with a prospect, what should you do next? Join Donald Kelly and Ahmad Munawar as they talk about what you should do next once you’ve connected with the prospects. What works in any business and in sales is relationship building.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Sales templates help guide new and seasoned salespeople. If done well, they serve as a starting point for various steps along the sales process — incorporating best practices and often company and product-specific messaging. However, most sales templates are not backed by data and science. The BEST sales deck ever.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 7, 2021

LinkedIn is a huge platform that’s great for prospecting. The question is, once you’ve connected with a prospect, what should you do next? Join Donald Kelly and Ahmad Munawar as they talk about what you should do next once you’ve connected with the prospects. What works in any business and in sales is relationship building.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 12, 2022

Profession after profession, we observe two things about the highest level performers. Again, profession after profession, we see the top performers do the prep work themselves. Even in selling, we see the top performers are those who do the prep work themselves. I don’t know how to talk to those prospects, but Marc does.

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Highspot

JUNE 26, 2023

Sales enablement is instrumental in boosting organizational performance. Recognizing this, teams continuously search for the right metrics to monitor and refine their sales strategies. What are Sales Enablement Metrics? Sales enablement metrics are data points that measure the impact of sales enablement initiatives.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Sales enablement continues to move from being a competitive advantage to a must-have asset for organizations that want to shorten the sales cycle, convert more customers and generate revenue. . Define Sales Enablement for Your Organization. Strategic Sales Enablement Tips.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Well, it also takes a village to improve sales performance. Per a report from CSO Insights , just over 61% of organizations had sales enablement in 2019. As a result, it also becomes difficult to measure how much these initiatives impact sales readiness – if at all. 5 key sales performance dashboards for CROs.

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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. Training and coaching.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2023

You’re probably here because you want to build a successful sales enablement strategy for your business. Read on to discover how to create effective sales strategies through the power of enablement and turn your team into an all-star performance machine. What is a sales enablement strategy? You’ve come to the right place!

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 12, 2016

So, we recently published a blog entitled, “ What You Won’t Learn from Books About Sales ,” and now here we are sharing our favorite books and blogs that can make your better at inside sales. Yes, best performing salespeople learn from experience and develop “grit” without the help of sales books. Sound interesting?

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Score More Sales

MAY 31, 2012

After that, it is company process training – meaning more about the internal workings of how orders flow through the organization than even close analysis of the key steps within sales for a predictable process to happen. Storytelling – the art of story is what helps sellers paint a picture to the prospective buyer. It is very simple.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 21, 2023

While it may seem like it from an altruistic perspective, treating all accounts fairly isn’t actually a viable key account strategy and doesn’t guarantee a successful relationship with your top portfolios. However, this is sometimes easier said than done, and many sales organizations struggle to develop a strategy that gets real results.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 10, 2020

What does it really take to be successful in sales? Though one’s idea of success can vary from person to person, there are some core proficiencies top reps and sales organizations have in common. Core Competencies in Sales. At a high level, there are core skills that are a must for a career in sales. Communication Skills.

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Marc Wayshak

JUNE 7, 2023

Or the prospect pushes back and you don’t know what to say? Mindset is a critical differentiator in sales. After all, you need the right sales mindset to ensure that you’re in the right place mentally before you can use the right sales techniques and tactics. Or you just get nervous?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 11, 2023

Before we get into it, curious to hear your thoughts on last weeks Sales Hacker/GTMnow announcement ?! This week I sat down and interview the VP of Sales at Crunchbase , Ang McManamon. Ang shares her 5 P’s of Sales Leadership: Professionalism Preparation Process Performance Play More on these below.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 14, 2022

All too often, revenue leaders buy into the outdated (but still widely accepted) notion that great sales reps are born, not made. According to this view, a person either has what it takes to be a successful seller or they don’t — and those who do drive the lion’s share of sales. Of course, you can’t exactly clone your best sales reps.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

LinkedIn is one of the best channels for discovering leaders especially if your decision makers are in sales leadership roles. ” There does continue to be this fatal sales leadership presumption by many LinkedIn Members. ” There does continue to be this fatal sales leadership presumption by many LinkedIn Members.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Building a new sales strategy in the face of a recovering economy is even more exciting when you’ve got a new or revamped product or a slew of new features to give to your customers. You have the product in hand, but without a high-quality sales strategy, it won’t attain the success it was made for. What is a sales strategy?

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Showpad

JANUARY 5, 2021

The employment life cycle of every sales rep always starts in the same place — with a set of strong training and onboarding processes that establish a blueprint for these rookies to find success in their time with the company. However, a number of challenges can prevent timely, efficient and effective coaching.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2015

Are you coaching your sales team, or leaving them to fend for themselves? “ You need to understand that I’m not just another number on your sales team. If you’re leading an underperforming sales team, your reps might not be speaking up, but I guarantee they’re thinking these thoughts. That’s not coaching.

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