Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 26, 2018

Soon after starting my sales career I became aware there was a staggering list of things I needed to learn. In retrospect I’m not proud to admit that my objective when making initial calls was to see if I could get a second call with prospects. Sellers are under pressure to get a number of prospects in their pipelines.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. Building a sales process is absolutely necessary to your company’s success, and is perhaps the most important thing you can do as a sales manager to impact your team’s ability to sell.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Although it’s easier said than done, as a sales rep or sales leader, it’s important to shift your focus to the activities that lead up to a sale. This way, you build a strong pipeline that will protect you should you lose a big account or sale at the last minute. Need more pipeline? Incentivize. Communicate.

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SBI

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, when using CRM, sales leads are engaged less than two times on average, with 48% of new leads never being contacted, and the average time to contact a new lead taking in excess of 35 hours. Those results do not result in new pipeline. As previously stated, most CRM systems fail miserably at this.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

For pipeline creation, for example, I sit down with each team member and run through their pipeline math with them. Working backwards from their quota and based on their ASP, sales cycle, and win rate, we calculate how much pipeline they need to have in play in order to hit their number. Rinse and repeat.

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Highspot

MARCH 13, 2024

Furthermore, AI considers a wide range of variables such as seasonality, economic indicators, and the impact of marketing campaigns to provide a holistic view of the sales landscape. It allows them to precisely focus on the unique strengths and opportunities within the sales team. At the same time, try not to overwhelm your team.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood. While coaching on the pipeline and tactical sales activities is important, reps need more to be successful. And they need a cadence to this, it’s not enough to rely on coaching sessions at QBRs or sales kickoffs.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood. While coaching on the pipeline and tactical sales activities is important, reps need more to be successful. And they need a cadence to this, it’s not enough to rely on coaching sessions at QBRs or sales kickoffs.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 11, 2018

Just like a project, sales consists of tasks and activities. Demos, objection handling, closing. Like tasks in a specific project, sales activities are interrelated and need to be managed closely to fix overlaps. Just import the relevant project management skills into a sales environment. Lead generation.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 11, 2011

close more sales (21). consistent sales (4). dealing with objections (7). desire for sales success (6). driving sales (6). evaluating sales teams (1). getting sales decisions (4). hiring sales people (6). Sales Force (5). sales goals (29). sales improvement (22).

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

It doesn’t matter how diverse your talent pipeline is— if underrepresented candidates still have to jump through the usual hoops to land in qualified roles, recruiting a diverse team will be an uphill battle. The remedy is real, concrete action items at every stage of the hiring process. Set realistic hiring goals. Cultural fit”.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Rather than taking on more sales data, it’s important to find and utilize the right data. Sales Quota Attainment. Sales Content Usage. Sales Training Completion. Sales Cycle Length. Sales Pipeline Coverage. To invest in sales coaching, clearly identify what good looks like in sales rep performance.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 5, 2017

Sales asset management platforms enable reps to manage their sales content. In this post, I’m going to focus in on the five steps that will help you find the right sales readiness platform for your business. Step 1: Step back and define your objectives. Is your business in need of a sales transformation?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 5, 2017

Sales asset management platforms enable reps to manage their sales content. In this post, I’m going to focus in on the five steps that will help you find the right sales readiness platform for your business. Step 1: Step back and define your objectives. Is your business in need of a sales transformation?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

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Allego

APRIL 12, 2022

Artificial intelligence has entered the sales arena. The shift to remote and now hybrid workforces dramatically affected how sales managers train and coach their reps. Already facing time constraints, managers have reduced visibility into seller activity and struggle to personalize coaching. That’s where comes in.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 21, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Management and Operations. Sales Manager Survival Guide. The Ultimate Sales Machine. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Sales Management. Here, Brian walks through strategies and methods for moving deals through the pipeline and adding more “Closed Won” deals to the board. Simplified.

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Allego

AUGUST 3, 2021

Today’s sales managers face tremendous pressure to achieve ambitious targets. In fact, 47% of all sales managers spend less than 30 minutes per week coaching their reps, according to CSO Insights. Improve Sales Coaching. Improve Sales Learning. Conversation Intelligence can help you get there.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

This practical sales glossary is meant for anyone in sales who needs to refresh their memory on the most commonly used sales terms – especially new reps who are still learning the playing field. We’d also recommend this guide for any sales managers or business development leaders who are on-boarding new reps.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It has to be delivered to them and persuaded and presented to them and their objective to handle this and so on and so forth. That started my journey from being business general’s founder, to our first sales rep, to our first sales manager and then VP of sales. What’s the goal?

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