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What Companies Don’t Know About Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

And “We don’t know what we don’t know about sales” is a true statement in most companies. 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.

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Hiring Sales Talent: A Tool to Help CEOs Get It Right the First Time

SBI Growth

Effective growth CEOs can balance working on short-term sales tactics and long-term business strategies. A theme emerged around how much time to spend “in” sales tactics. If you act as the de-facto VP of sales, you’re working in the business. Maybe the current sales leader isn’t your long-term player. A Tool for You.

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Hiring New Salespeople (While Keeping Up With Business as Usual)

Sales Hacker

Like most things in life, hiring sales talent is a matter of timing. Especially since the best candidates with strong sales skills are usually snatched up within 10 days. That’s why it’s critical to overcome indecision and move quickly when recruiting sales talent. Is it unrealistic sales quotas?

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How to hire the right sales reps (and keep them!)

PandaDoc

Behind almost every successful business is a successful sales team. Whether you’ve got a small team of inside sales reps, a large outdoor sales team, or a wholesale department working on distribution partners for your next product, sales is the lifeblood of any business. Before you start: Sales reps by the numbers.

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Sales Managers: Think You’re Ready for Referrals?

No More Cold Calling

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. It’s a lonely world for account executives. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sound familiar?

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Unlock Sales Potential with a Sales Training Strategy

Highspot

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building.

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How to Hire the Right Sales Crew

Pipeliner

Hiring is too important to leave to a seat-of-the-pants approach. You should have a hiring process to ensure you hire the right sales crew. A hiring process should employ a series of time-tested steps. Here is a seventeen-step recommendation on how to hire the right sales crew: Complete a job role worksheet.

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