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The Best Resources for Sales Managers

Nutshell

As a sales manager, you want to stay up to date with the latest sales trends, keep up with your sales skills and knowledge, and continually build your management and leadership expertise. In this post, we’ll share some of our favorite resources for sales managers. Here are some of our favorites.

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8 Effective Closing Techniques To Improve Inbound Sales

Crunchbase

Within these two main goals, a sales team must employ the most effective closing technique for each situation. Below, we go over eight effective options that are sure to improve inbound sales for your business. During the sales process, you must understand your customer’s needs and promote positive conversation.

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Are Sales and Sales Management Candidates Getting Worse?

Understanding the Sales Force

Companies are spending more money on sales force evaluations, sales training, consulting, sales leadership development, sales process, infrastructure and sales recruiting services than 5 years ago. There were some very good salespeople and sales managers among the mix of the total population of candidates.

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B2B Sales Training Techniques and Best Practices

Highspot

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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The 13 Best Sales Management Books Every Sales Manager Should Read

Hubspot Sales

You were an outstanding sales rep -- and now, as a sales manager, you’re eager to cultivate the same performance from your team members. Thousands of newly minted sales managers have been in your exact position, and many of them have written top-notch guides to thriving in this role. Best Sales Management Books.

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Outbound Lead Generation: How to Build an Efficient Growth Machine

Zoominfo

Every business dreams of a pipeline of well-qualified inbound leads that land in their sales team’s laps. Outbound vs. Inbound Lead Generation The difference between outbound and inbound marketing tactics revolve around how potential customers engage with your company.

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What Does it Take to Become a Sales Manager?

Understanding the Sales Force

It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. Compared to the rocky road to coaching in the NFL, the road to sales management absolutely sounds like a road paved with gold! You see, only 18% of all sales managers are any good at coaching and only 66% of them can be coached up.