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5 Sales Management Myths Debunked

SBI Growth

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below. The majority of Sales VPs are guilty of at least one.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Which Hurts Salespeople More: A Lack of Confidence or Poor Selling Skills?

The Sales Hunter

If you want proof, just listen to the next telemarketer that calls you. The sales manager must play a key role in this area by displaying confidence in their salespeople. They have the script and a process, but zero belief in what they doing; it shows in their lack of confidence.

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How to Fix a Sales Forecast Killer

Pointclear

Territory turnover for this new sales manager isn’t unusual, but the solution can be evasive, expensive and humbling. Experienced sales managers, however, know how to deal with it. He had 10 sales territories in his domestic North American sales force. So, What’s a Sales Manager to Do?

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3 Steps to Effective Sales Management

Pipeliner

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. How is your staff trained on products?

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How to Have Sales Reps Train Themselves — Twice as Fast, Twice as Well

Sales Training Advice

In other cases the problem is overconfidence in himself or lack of confidence in you, the sales manager. Whatever the reason, sales managers are only as successful as their ability to train reps to be successful. Many years ago I managed a B2B telemarketing staff and ran into serious training issues.

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It’s All About the Ratios

Adaptive Business Services

His book, “Sales Manager Survival Guide” , is the best I have read on that subject matter. Recently Dave published a couple of articles on prospecting where he shared that, when sales are low, the answer that most sales managers have is … “We need to fill the pipelines! Dave Brock is one smart guy.