Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 20, 2012

I was traveling south on Montgomery Road today and NOT thinking about sales, sales management or coaching sales. I believe that this also has significant implication about selling and coaching sales people. So now after about 4 minutes I am thinking about selling, sales management and coaching people.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 8, 2013

elements to build and grow a stellar sales team: 1. People get into sales because it’s got the potential for great financial rewards. Sales wars (battles between sales and production, administration and credit) end up killing the customer. Reward sales with money. Nothing happens until a sale is made.

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Selling Energy

MAY 17, 2022

A ninja shared her experience as a solar professional that was offering other energy efficiency incentives as a package deal. A few years ago, I came across an excellent example of up-selling.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 22, 2011

Tweet Share At the corporate sales meetings where I give presentations, I am often asked to participate in giving out sales awards. They are sales achievement awards. There is an incentive for that person to maintain or improve his or her performance to stay at the top. Gitomer | May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

Do you manage a sales team or an organization that has a sales team? 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…”. Simply put, small tweaks have an outsized impact in sales. That way, your sales team is starting with an advantage.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

It may feel risky to select a new city for an important sales meeting or incentive event, but in an era in which you’re asking the sales and marketing professionals you count on to take a few risks in order to create some rewards, there may be no better time to practice what you preach.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. The annual sales kick off (SKO) meeting. As the term implies, a sales kick-off meeting is meant to be a sales reset.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They’re researching business products and services online, purchasing via websites as much as they can, and foregoing interactions with sales representatives whenever possible. Of course, the shift to digital sales tactics has been underway for years. What sales investments should you focus on in 2022? Sales engagement.

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Pipeliner

JULY 9, 2018

Having spent the past twenty-eight years working in small and mid-size businesses as a senior sales & marketing executive or as an independent sales operations consultant, the question I hear over and over again from business owners is … “Why aren’t my company’s sales growing as expected?”. And last but not least ….

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Of course, no organization can completely do away with meetings, so you’ve got to find a happy medium—one that supports the company’s goals while also providing value to your salespeople. Read on for our top five tips on how to hold a sales team meeting that’s actually worth everyone’s time. Download it today!

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Allego

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

At the same time, travel restrictions and pandemic protocols have prevented cybersecurity sales training teams from meeting in person.The result has been a surge in demand for scalable virtual sales training. 6 Ways to Enable Virtual Sales Training at Scale. It Must Be Tailored for the Specialty. First things first.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 11, 2018

Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Provide constant feedback, hire the right people, incentive programs, create compensation plans that drive behavior…the list goes on and on. Yard sales’ occur every day in the sales profession.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

Simply sending an email announcement of your next incentive to make the reps aware of the program will not maximize results. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Behind every successful sales team, is a sales leader who’s dedicated to ongoing training and sales force development. This year, be the leader who leads your salespeople to excellence by following these 6 secrets to outstanding sales success. Projected Sales Pipeline. Length of Sales Cycle.

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Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

I’ve often used the analogy that B2B enterprise sales professionals are the Olympic athletes of the corporate world. That said, try putting them in a front line B2B sales role focused on the complex sale at the enterprise level and see how that works out for you. Oh, sure, we throw money at the sales department.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 18, 2018

This blog – the Sales Leader blog – is designed to provide resources for anyone charged with leading a sales team or improving its performance. Explore, share, and start implementing these strategies with your own sales team to boost their performance in the coming year and beyond. Most-Viewed Blog Posts of 2018.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

These are the luxuries afforded to the typical inside sales rep. But aside from the obvious environmental difference, there’s a lot more that separates inside from outside sales teams, and that’s what we’re going to explore here. What is inside sales? . Inside sales vs. outside sales .

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. “So, I keep hearing that I have to increase sales activity to increase sales. Can you qualify the unqualified sales leads before you give them to me?”.

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ExecVision

MAY 29, 2018

When sales are slow or appointments are down, many inside sales leaders instantly start saying things like, “We have a rich comp plan in place and a differentiated service to sell, so why isn’t my team killing it?” Companies routinely fall down in one critical area: sales culture. At least half the team makes the trip. ?

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The term “sales culture” is a bit of a fuzzy concept. All of those elements and several others are influenced by your company’s sales culture. Here, we’ll discuss several aspects of sales culture, what a good one looks like, how to improve yours, and how to scale it as your company grows. Conclusion.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But with sales enablement tools, you can understand the attitudes, content, and skills that help your sales reps reach their objectives. What to look for in a sales enablement tool. What to look for in a sales enablement tool. Growth and development: Insights on sales rep performance can spot weaknesses and strengths.

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Xvoyant

JULY 16, 2020

As part of my career as an enterprise salesperson, sales leader, consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur, I’ve spent my share of time on airplanes. It is easily the travel incentive I appreciate the most. Just like different airlines have different airport benefits, each micro-community has something different to offer to sales leaders.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. Tags: Attitude , Coaching , execution , Guest Post , Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training. December 2007.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

This guest post is written by Derek Singleton of Software Advice , an online resource that report on technologies, topics and trends in B2B sales and marketing. Marketing and Sales have long been at odds over whether it’s better to generate a large volume of leads or if it’s better to generate fewer, higher quality leads.

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Sales Training Advice

OCTOBER 19, 2010

When times are tough and prospects seem to be holding on to every dollar, your job as a sales manager is more important than ever before. Now is the time to roll out a sales contest to generate additional sales and build morale. Offering a contest to your sales team is a smart business decision on many levels.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Sales commission plans constantly change to reflect shifting business priorities, unstable market conditions, new product releases, and more. With these changes, businesses typically provide reps with something called a change of commission letter– or, sales commission agreement letters. Sales turnover is at an all time high.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In the classic play and movie, Glengarry Glen Ross , Blake, the somewhat strident troubleshooter from downtown, informs us that “ Sales is a tough racket. ”. Selling is not only tough on the sales rep, it is also tough on the company. As a VP or director of sales, you’re ultimately responsible for the actions of your sales team.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

Do all the research you want… Implement all the bright-shiny strategies you can think of to get sales reps excited about their roles and success…. Clearly, new strategies alone aren’t enough to motivate a sales team. Sure, these are all key motivators for your sales reps. So what’s the missing link? Is it money?

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

So, what is a sales spiff, exactly? It’s no secret: sales is a fast-paced industry. For many businesses, the answer lies in offering incentives like spiffs, spivs, or commission structures. For many businesses, the answer lies in offering incentives like spiffs, spivs, or commission structures.

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Pipeliner

JULY 26, 2018

If I had a dollar each time I heard someone opine the chasm between their revenue results and sales forecast , I’d be spending twelve weeks every summer relaxing in a tony Montana lodge, fly fishing by day, and gazing at constellations at night. Trying to get sales forecasts to hit actual revenue bang-on is a fool’s errand. My invoice?

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 13, 2012

One of the most common sales leadership complaints is sales people don’t use the CRM. Getting sales people to use the CRM has been an on going challenge for sales leaders for far too many years. They just end up frustrating the sales people and irritating leadership. There are two ways to show value.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 15, 2015

Sales Leaders. Although Ibaraan was writing about business in general, we thought her message held particular insight for the world of sales. If buyers change how they buy, sellers need to change how they sell and sales leaders need to bring the insight to make that happen. So let’s translate this message to sales management.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 28, 2012

Several years ago, I was the guest speaker at the National Sales Meeting for a very large technology company. The theme they had selected for the meeting and the year was, “It’s how we put it together that sets us apart!” Likewise, the latest greatest Sales 2.0 I could go on and on. all interrelate.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 15, 2011

In the recent post, “The 3 Worst Practices For Conducting A Successful Sales Meeting,” I highlighted the three main DON’Ts for a successful sales meeting: DON’T. While this important “DO” seems obvious and easy, it’s usually not the case in most sales meetings. Intimidate. Three Approaches.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 4, 2014

a sales training industry analyst and research organization - to conduct a study to help us identify best practices for building the most effective sales coaching program possible. The resulting report is called "The Essential Elements of a World Class Sales Coaching Program" and it outlines some pretty eye-opening stats.

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