Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2016

Why New Sales Managers Fail. Are you a new sales manager , or have you just been promoted into a sales manager role? I am going to share the number one reason why new sales managers fail. Time and time again companies promote their best sales reps into managerial roles.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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Vengreso

MARCH 19, 2019

It’s an all too familiar story among sales management teams that purchase Sales Navigator. LinkedIn Sales Navigator’s in-house training covers the features of the product, but the strategy for getting results with the platform isn’t included. Analyzing a Sales Navigator Usage Report.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

There’s a lot more to sales than meets the eye. The best sales reps have developed an arsenal of productivity hacks to balance the administrative work with the actual sales process. Today we share our own set of productivity tips, in the form of sales productivity statistics. . But, sadly, this isn’t often the case.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

So, you think you want to be a sales manager? If you’re an individual top-performing contributor in your sales organization and you’re thinking of applying for a sales manager role, let me give you a bit of a reality check first. Over half of all salespeople close at less than 40%.

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CommercialTribe

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Across a 2 month study, we asked sales leadership who’s ultimately responsible for the productivity of individual reps — and it wasn’t surprising to hear that the buck stops with sales managers. This means adding more to the to-do lists of already-taxed frontline managers who have limited time to coach in the first place.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. Good luck, and happy managing! Assess your strengths as a manager. What is your management style?

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Author: Jim Ninivaggi, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Brainshark Sales rep attrition remains a vexing issue for organizations?— with companies losing about one out of every three reps each year, according to The Bridge Group. that is, when reps leave voluntarily in years two and three. Doing the math.

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CommercialTribe

MAY 4, 2021

Fact: There’s a gap between the reality of who and where sales managers actually spend their time versus who and where sales leaders believe time should be spent. One sales leader who participated in our study quipped, “The whole thing is upside down. Who, Where, and How Managers Spend Time Matters.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

The Crunchbase 2023 Influential Women in Sales List is a submission-based list. They’re launching sales podcasts, YouTube channels and startups of their own. They’re creating safe spaces to empower female professionals and championing diversity in sales, both inside and outside their organizations.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2017

If your sales reps miss quota this year, they might not deserve the blame. The more I delved into the film’s history, the angrier I became with sales leaders who let their account based selling teams fail to meet quota. NASA wouldn’t let their mission fail, so why do sales leaders let their account based selling teams fail?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2017

A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking in 2017? Last week after presenting a keynote program called Gourmet Living, an attendee came up to me afterwards and discussed her challenges as a sales manager. At the half way point of the year, there is time to continue to exceed your goals.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 29, 2020

“You won’t get to second unless you take your foot off first.” I’m not looking forward to stepping out of my sales comfort zone this year, but I must. Sure, I can learn it, but it’s not in my sales comfort zone, and it’s not exciting for me. Just like baseball, I won’t grow and get better unless I take my foot off first.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Are you in sales and looking to get promoted into management? Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. What traits or skills do they look for in new managers?

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CommercialTribe

MARCH 5, 2019

Google “sales rep productivity” and you’ll find no shortage of information. But what about the sales manager ? Beyond saying “hit this number,” the expectations of today’s sales manager are nebulous. Beyond saying “hit this number,” the expectations of today’s sales manager are nebulous.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the past several years, news gets tougher and tougher. First the pandemic, we and our customers had to discover new ways of working, engaging and moving forward. Just as we started to learn how to manage in the pandemic, we start seeing supply chain challenges. Even dramatic reductions in numbers of sales people.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Sales is a game of statistics. Yet, many founders and sales leaders fail to recognize the importance of data-driven decision-making. Founders with passion and vision often over-rely on instincts and guts. The odds a startup will fail the first year is 1 in 5, or 20 percent. Let’s explore.

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Emissary

JUNE 26, 2023

The year is half over for most in the tech space — six months (or less) to achieve goal. But this refocus for sales success can’t wait until the mad-dash and hysteria that inevitably comes at year-end. Sales Teams The second half is the most tumultuous for sales teams. Q4 starts in Q3!

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Showpad

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Technology’s role in sales enablement increases every year. The better technologies become, the more they support the success and scalability of sales enablement. What sales enablement technologies are organizations investing in? The majority of Sales Enablement teams invest in sales enablement technologies.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 26, 2017

First Half of the Year is Over! In many situations cash flow is tighter, pipelines have been impacted and sales cycles have grown longer. C) Complete your next 90 day sales training plan. D) Make sure you have an end of year sales contest set and announce it soon. (E) Building a Sales Culture.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 26, 2024

Sales reps have always depended on the right tools to meet their sales quota. A survey found that nearly half of sales reps feel their phone is “the most effective tool for performing their jobs. However, that mobile device must have the right mobile sales tools. How do mobile sales tools benefit my sales teams?

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The Pipeline

JULY 27, 2012

Two heated discussions this week put focus on an interesting question for sales organizations; based on where you land the issue, and where you are in the sales organization, the topics could have profound implications. . First was a rep trying to answer a simple question, “why do people buy from your company?”

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 10, 2018

Over the last year, sales management coaching has become THE hot topic. There has been an avalanche of articles in sales publications on coaching and new sales tools focused on making it easier to coach. In 2018, we are developing our version of the five core competencies for sales managers.

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BrainShark

MARCH 3, 2024

You know sales enablement is important and choosing the right technology to help power your team is critical. Whether sales enablement technology is a new initiative for your organization, or your current solution isn’t getting the job done, you need key decision makers on board with your vision for success.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Sales leaders have a bad habit of dumping people into a new job without properly preparing them to succeed. When I landed my first “big girl job” 20 years ago as an Inside Sales Manager , I was underqualified, overambitious, and soon underwater. What’s So Important About Sales Onboarding? So tune in….

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SBI Growth

MARCH 18, 2013

An event occurs: the top sales rep resigned. This is a common problem in sales teams today. Too often Sales VPs don’t change anything when the top rep leaves. But they add up over time. Don’t think the top sales rep leaves because someone offered a better opportunity. The sales culture does.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Can you count on your current Sales Rep behaviors to “Make the Number” in 2013? HR has a stake in this as the governor of company-wide behavior modification, including the Sales Department. Sign up for our Make the Number tour to learn more about how top performing companies will change Sales in 2013. says the Sales rep).

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Allego

DECEMBER 22, 2021

During the pandemic, sales managers in all industries have faced time constraints, reduced visibility into seller activity, and hybrid work environments that make personalized coaching even more difficult than it was before. Arco’s sales team of 30-strong outbound reps faced a number of challenges. Time Savings.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 2, 2020

The most popular theory now is to improve your sales velocity, the speed at which you complete “the sales conversation.” ” The “sales conversation” is your sale process, and if you believe your prospective client has one, the steps that they think they need to decide what to do and who with. .”

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 3, 2014

Guest blogger, Todd McCormick, shares three reasons listening matters in sales management. It was your typical sales conference—except the speaker wasn’t typical. I was particularly intrigued that he was a sales leader for a marketing firm, which gave him a unique understanding of both customer-centric professions.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 11, 2018

So, if a manager is to survive, never mind thrive, they need to accept and, indeed, embrace the changes that will be ushered in over the next few years. What skills will a sales director require by 2025 to be successful and build their department’s success? 2) People Leadership skills. 6) The application of EQ.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

In sales, as with any other field or practice, sometimes you need to think outside the box to come out on top. Knowing the rules for a sales call is vital; so is knowing when to break those rules. Our research has shown how much sales calls have changed in the last year. Longer sales cycles.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 18, 2019

First proposed by a Swedish psychologist, the rule states that exceptional expertise requires at least 10,000 hours of practice. Tiger Woods would probably tell you it took well over 10,000 hours to achieve his latest Masters jacket. His was a journey that started at 3 years old. Here’s how this translates to sales.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This crisis is causing sales professionals to struggle, lose sales, and harm their reputation. Many sales professionals want to be considered “trusted advisors,” yet they self-sabotage their efforts with shortcuts, half-truths, and over promising. Integrity For Sales Leaders.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This crisis is causing sales professionals to struggle, lose sales, and harm their reputation. Many sales professionals want to be considered “trusted advisors,” yet self-sabotage their efforts with shortcuts, half-truths, and over promising. Integrity for Sales Leaders.

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