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The Best Cold Call Script Ever [Template]

Hubspot Sales

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. Here's a hypothetical positioning statement: "I work with sales managers in hospitality with five to eight reps on their team. Then, I follow up with, "My sales rep asked me to start a conversation with you."

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How to Give a Sales Performance Review in an Uncertain Economy

Hubspot Sales

In many — if not most — cases, uncertain financial times lead to what might appear to be significant dips in a sales rep's overall performance. Maybe, they don't deliver the kind of results you, as a sales manager, have come to expect from them. Maybe, they don't hit quota. Maybe, they lose out on accounts.

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8 Ethical Behaviors to Live and Sell by in Sales

Hubspot Sales

While it may be tempting to defer responsibility to save face, being accountable for your actions and offering a solution to remedy the situation is a more ethical approach. Last, but certainly not least, the most important thing sales managers can do to uphold ethics is to exhibit ethical behaviors themselves. Lead by example.

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The Most Unusual Sales Objections We've Ever Heard [& How Sales Reps Responded to Them]

Hubspot Sales

At some point in your career, you're going to get hit with an unusual sales objection — one that's completely unprecedented and forces you to think on your feet. We asked a few HubSpot sales reps to share their experience with unusual sales objections. A HubSpot Sales Manager ran into this one a few years back.

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15 Unique Characteristics of Top-Selling Salespeople

Hubspot Sales

That might be because, as HubSpot sales director Dan Tyre often says, “Success in sales is 90% mental.”. That might be revamping their messaging, setting mini-goals they know they can hit for a quick confidence boost, talking to their sales manager, or ramping up their activity. They’re paranoid. They're honest.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Management and Operations. Sales Manager Survival Guide. The Ultimate Sales Machine. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Sales Management. The Sales Acceleration Formula. Sales leader Mark Roberge reveals the framework and formula behind HubSpot’s incredible scaling efforts.