BrainShark

JULY 4, 2023

Research firm CSO Insights offers a more formal definition: “Sales coaching is a leadership skill that develops each salesperson’s full potential. ” Coaching is often led by sales managers and facilitated by sales enablement professionals. Sales coaching is essential for many reasons.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Hiring Video 62

Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 2, 2020

How a Power Dialer Streamlines Your Sales Process and Improves Productivity Power dialers improve your sales process and productivity. This means that 80% of the time sales reps are not doing revenue-generating tasks. Sales is a contact sport so we have to become proficient in making calls.

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Sales Process CRM Follow-up Scale 52

Pipeliner

MARCH 9, 2018

As sales managers, you all know how important it is to be effective at managing your sales staff and sales pipeline. At times, being reminded of 3 Steps to effective sales management can have a profound impact on your effectiveness. What amount of business do you expect each sales person to generate?

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Sales Management Hiring SalesForce Policies 40

Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Table of Contents How Sales Teams Use AI Creative Ways for Your Teams to Use AI Tips for Implementing AI How Sales Teams Use AI To understand AI’s impact on sales, we asked more than 600 sales professionals how they use AI in their work. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective.

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Top of Funnel Forecasting Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 87

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

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Hiring Sports Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics 168

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Past training programs, last year’s tools (which we never used anyway), many things that were highly effective and some which weren’t are no longer valid, displaced by this year’s version. It is no longer fashionable to talk about sales enablement, now it’s revenue enablement. Soccer is the same.

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Fashion Face-to-face Sports Consultative Selling 117

Close.io

MAY 7, 2018

So they make them a sales manager. Putting a killer sales rep in a management position means they can share their unique insights and techniques with the rest of the team. In fact, 99% of the time, the best sales people make the worst sales managers. How I discovered I was a terrible sales manager.

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Hiring Sports Coaching Sales Management 132

Chorus.ai

JULY 16, 2020

Golden 1 Center is reputed to be the world’s most technologically-advanced and sustainable sports and entertainment arena. It’s hardly surprising then that the Kings sales organization is big on technology tools. This diversity made ensuring consistent messaging in the sales process critical. The Weekly Briefing.

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Sports Coaching Call-back Inside Sales 62

Pipeliner

JULY 21, 2020

It is not a sports car. This adoption is vitally important on a sales management level as well. Sales managers not only must provide their teams with a working tool but one which salespeople will actually enter data into and use. All of this is impossible without digital hubs and communication tools.

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Sales Enablement Hiring CRM Vendor 95

No More Cold Calling

MAY 19, 2015

Your birthday, favorite sports team, or hometown could help you seal the deal. The same goes for people with similar political agendas, passions, or hobbies, or who like the same sports teams? Unfortunately, social selling is usually misunderstood as navigating the sales process using only tools like Twitter, Linkedin, or Facebook.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Convenience, and with over 2,000,000 podcasts there is a treasure trove of choices, giving listeners easy access to engaging shows that cover every topic imaginable – from sports and crime thrillers to business and comedy. The sales world is no exception. Other Top Picks for Sales Managers: 14. The Sales Evangelist.

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Hiring Negotiation Buyer Persona Influencer 71

SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Act-On’s streamlined user interface puts first-rate marketing tools at your fingertips, making campaigns and programs easier and faster. Integrate your CRM, webinar management and more, most with one click. Sales reps can use DocuSign right from within Salesforce CRM. Fantasy Sales Team. Accelerate Sales Ramp Up.

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Vendor Twitter InsideView InsideSales 139

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 6, 2012

As part of my visit I spent some time with Mark Trinkle, one of our sales development experts, during one of his sales training sessions for new hires. Our client has an 'immersion program' designed to help new hires get up to speed quickly in execution of their sales process and sales managed envirionment.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Exact Sports 181

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. Processes are different, if they exist at all. Product expertise. 1) Video Skills.

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Analysis Scale Film Video 137

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 14, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

Hiring 168

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Sports Webinar Metrics 168

Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

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Hiring Sports Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics 120

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. I often work with new sales managers who think, "If these tactics and scripts worked for me, they'll work for my team." The best sales coaching is individualized. But it's not enough.

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Hiring Training Hubspot How To 104

Janek Performance Group

JULY 5, 2022

That’s something I still agree with, but it does not mean you cannot have a sense of humor about sales. If we agree that selling is about establishing trust, developing a relationship, and forming a connection, then a little levity can be a powerful tool. In this article, we look at the lighter side of sales. How’d you do that?”

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Cold Calling Up-Sell Software Software 62

Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Recently I happened to have heard a sports talk radio host discuss Brain Waves in terms of what winning football players must exhibit, he specifically discussed using powerful Brain Waves to get into the head of their opponent allowing the one player to dominant. They all relate to having the correct Brain Waves.

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Hiring Face-to-face Sports Sales Leadership 58

Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Creating a kick-ass coaching culture begins with sales managers recognizing that rep training needs to be sustained far beyond the onboarding stage, Caprio said. Most frontline sales managers seem to believe that enablement and training are handled during the onboarding process,” he explained. That’s a fallacy.

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Coaching Hiring Scale Distribution 73

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 24, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Webinar Metrics 180

SBI

JULY 31, 2012

Tweet Olympic athletes train hard, and they are certainly among the ranks of the most dedicated in the world of competitive sports. It isnot enough to hire the right people, provide the right sales training, the right tools, and the right processes. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools.

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Webinar Metrics Hiring Forecasting Lead Rank 120

Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 16, 2015

First, in every organization that I have been with or have consulted in that had great cultures, those sales teams not only worked hard, were professional in their approach they also had a culture of fun. The second aspect of creating fun and selling is with prospects and clients during the sales process. Sports events?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face Sports 40

Mereo

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Sales Training Is Only One Part of Sales Enablement. Sales training and sales enablement are one and the same. Think of sales enablement as a three-legged stool. One leg is supported by sales processes and buyer/seller activities. Learn more about sales enablement here.

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Training Sales Enablement Sports Coaching 53

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics 185

Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Effective management begins with the realization that you need both sales team management tools as well as reps that are well-trained and prepared for the sales floor. So what can sales managers do to help their teams meet quota? Build Positive Relationships with the Sales Team.

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Enterprise Enterprise Top of Funnel Compensation 40

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. According to HubSpot , 40% of sellers admit that prospecting is the most challenging part of the sales process. Lead Generation versus Sales Prospecting.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You’ll learn why in today’s blog post, as we explore the underlying psychology of sales motivation that makes the sales leaderboard a successful sales management tactic. What is a sales leaderboard? It’s not as simple as purchasing a gamification tool and introducing it to your teams.

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Motivation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 69

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In addition to basic HR items, members of the sales team need to be trained on company products and services, sales processes, as well as marketing and sales tools to name a few. In addition to initial training, ongoing weekly coaching and mentoring is critical to ensuring long-term sales success.

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System Sales Enablement Hiring Top of Funnel 45

Sales Hacker

JULY 24, 2018

Here are five things you can start doing to make it happen in your sales organization: Master the fundamentals of your sales process. 1) Master the Fundamentals of Your Sales Process. Think of your sales process fundamentals like a basketball team practicing layups. Empower your reps to “self coach”.

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Scale Hiring Film Top of Funnel 56

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, you don’t buy a sports car because of its horsepower or how quickly it goes from 0–60. In this article, we’ll show you what conceptual selling is, why it works so well, and how you can help your sales team implement it successfully. . Gong Assist can even suggest the best steps to keep the sale progressing.

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How To Sales Methodology Decision Maker Buyer 62

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In dealing with people—something a sales manager certainly must do—the first thing you must admit is just how difficult it is to change people. It is extremely common for sales managers to dive in and attempt to strengthen sales rep weaknesses. Ask yourself: Have you ever tried to really change someone?

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Sales Management Hiring Commission Lead Nurturing 98

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 14, 2010

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

Hiring 136

Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics 136

Showpad

MARCH 19, 2021

TOPO explains that it’s critical to use personas as a training and coaching tool for your sales team. Most folks who are involved in professional sports, whether as an athlete or a coach, spend a fair amount of time watching the video recordings of past games.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Quota Scale 52

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

These are the two basic functions a sales manager should focus on. The farmer type of salesperson is the one who nurtures a lead and a sale along, growing them, qualifying them, and finally moving them up the sales process. You as a sales manager should see that they have all they need.

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Tools Sales Qualified Lead Quota Pipeline 98

Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

Don’t forget to check out the six (6) top sales management books at the end! The reader is provided with the tools and strategy on how to successfully secure a meeting with an elusive prospect. MustRead Best Sales Book for 2021 from Vengreso Includes: 'How to Get a Meeting with Anyone' by @StuHeinecke. This just in!

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Paid Content Conversion Top of Funnel Hiring 81

Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

Sales leaders must shift their focus to empowering talent, strengthening customer relationships, and acquiring new opportunities in order to survive and thrive in this environment. LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a relationship-based digital selling tool that is designed to help you do just that. The school is sending videos.

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SalesForce Video Call-back LinkedIn 78