Hubspot Sales

JULY 27, 2020

As a sales manager at HubSpot, I lead a team of nine reps who sell to small businesses based out of California. Though various curveballs have been thrown our way, we have met or exceeded quota for a year straight, with an average quota of 120 percent month over month. How My Sales Team Hit Quota for One Year Straight.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Whether you’re taking up a new hobby or developing on-the-job skills in a sales role, it’s true what they say: Practice makes perfect. There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. The value of sales role-play.

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Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 72

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales contests are a great way to get your reps hustling and keep their heads in the game. But if you’re only leveraging them for short-term results, you’re majorly underestimating the heavy lifting they can do for your team, your sales org, and ultimately, your bottom line. Why Sales Contests? Engage the team.

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Incentives Incentive Competition Distribution 103

Pipeliner

MARCH 29, 2021

This ebook is designed to show you how Pipeliner CRM, with its constantly innovated and evolving new features, assists salespeople, sales managers and other roles in the company as they make their way into the future. A salesperson’s job is broken down into specific tasks which, within Pipeliner, we refer to as activities.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A moral compass is not only crucial for a good and stable society, but also for a company not having its name trashed in the media and its products thrown away and burned. We have all had the experience of buying a particular product or service and being cheated—the product or service, or the company delivering it, was fraudulent.

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Salesmate

JUNE 12, 2020

Well, you might have been taught by sales managers in your induction program that closing sales deals is an art and it is really simple. You have to be prepared, show up for your sales meetings, leave a mark on your prospects, navigate through their objections, pitch your proposal, and follow-up! Seems so simple right?

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Closing Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 96

Pipeliner

JANUARY 26, 2021

Pipeliner CRM, with its constantly innovated and evolving new features, greatly assists salespeople, sales managers , and other roles in the company as they make their way into the future. A salesperson’s job is broken down into specific tasks which, within Pipeliner, we refer to as activities. Effectiveness and Efficiency.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For anyone who has ever thrown a dart at a dartboard, you know that finding the elusive bullseye can be a monumental challenge. Just How Costly Is Sales Turnover? When hiring – and retaining – sales talent, you might say that a bit more is at risk: Nearly $100,000 of your hard-earned revenue, to be exact.

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LevelEleven

JUNE 18, 2018

If you’re like many sales leaders, you’ve experienced the challenge of having too much data in too many places. A combination of Salesforce reports, dashboards, spreadsheets, as well as other sales software programs can make it nearly impossible to extract the critical information necessary to take action.

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Data SalesForce Hiring Coaching 72

The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Few jobs are more demanding than that of the sales manager. With just a few tools and techniques for managing your time better, you can stress less, get more done, and spend time on the high-gain activities that move you and your team forward. . As a sales leader, you will be asked to do a lot. Prioritize.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 3, 2020

Being in sales means they probably didn’t have the ability or skills to ascend to the executive level—despite the fact that there are many instances when a top salesperson can out-earn some executives. When you’re shopping at the mall, who do you turn to for help? Why do we say that? Well, here are the precise reasons.

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Pipeline CRM Ideal Customer Profile Motivation 87

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

What sets sales leaders apart from everyday reps? It’s a term often thrown around board rooms and blog posts, but today, I’m breaking down exactly what it is, why it’s important, and how you can develop it. In today’s hyper-connected world, the “lone-gunslinger” model of sales is no longer effective. What is Business Acumen?

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Ideal Customer Profile Churn Face-to-face How To 107

Chorus.ai

MARCH 31, 2021

You might have read Steve Jobs’ biography four times cover-to-cover or have a motivational sales quote or two on your coffee mug. Are we sweating toward our sales target for the bonus? If you’re a sales leader, it’s a question you should be used to asking your sales team. It’s a question we rarely ask ourselves.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It’s a tough time for sales leaders: as budgets are cut, sales teams are expected to do more with less. Sales enablement leaders are faced asking themselves: what is the best sales training and how can I ensure my current sellers have what they need to meet revenue goals this quarter? Go beyond sales onboarding.

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Ideal Customer Profile Training Hiring Top of Funnel 52

Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with Marc Jacobs , SVP of Sales and Customer Success at CB Insights about the secret to incredible sales management and building a sales coaching culture. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. 4) Hiring and growing a millennial sales force [9:45].

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Coaching Hiring Sales Management Account 43

Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Sales productivity can be a pretty nebulous term. At its core though, sales productivity is all about increasing your number of sales for the amount of time you spend actively selling. Want all of our best sales productivity tools, content, advice and templates? Get access to The Sales Library now.

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Lead Rank Closing Lead Scoring Hiring 117

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 13, 2017

Configure price quote software makes approving complex sales orders easy and fast. It is amazing what some companies do to make sure they want to accept a deal brought in by their hardworking sales force. Each order went through the following checks: The sales manager confirmed pricing and evaluated commission processing.

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Looking for a promotion, career change or a new job? When preparing for your next interview, it’s one thing to get your resume and yourself in order, along with intelligent responses to the questions that you’ll be asked during the interview process. The Interview Process Goes Both Ways.

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Hiring How To Positioning Ideal Customer Profile 128

Braveheart Sales

AUGUST 1, 2017

By understanding what motivates salespeople, sales managers can tap into an individual’s type to help him or her succeed. Historically, when we’ve analyzed the motivation type of salespeople and candidates alike, we’ve found two main categories: Extrinsic and Intrinsic. Latest development. Understanding individual variations.

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Motivation Incentives Incentive Hiring 40

Hyper-Connected Selling

MARCH 20, 2019

When people think of “mindfulness” their minds are often filled with images of monks calmly meditating in a lotus position next to a flowing stream. They rarely connect mindfulness with salespeople prospecting on the phone or delivering a sales presentation. And so we crave a way to manage those demands.

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Journal Exercises Scale Lead Rank 84

DialSource

MAY 6, 2019

According to Forbes, 57% of sales reps missed their quota last year. The ongoing challenge of reaching (and hopefully exceeding) quota is something that will never leave a sales organization. To unlock sales growth at your company, the most important step to take is simplifying the sales agent experience.

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Compensation Inbound Education System 52

Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

“I’m running out of sales training ideas ,” the director of sales told me, a bit embarrassed. “My My job is to upskill the sales team ,” he said. But keeping a calendar of sales training topics has been tough to juggle with everything else I have to do.”. With each sales training topic we cover here….

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Training Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Objections 92

ExecVision

JUNE 10, 2019

Every smart seller understands that a great sales team is more than the sum of its parts: it also showcases a well-honed sales culture that enhances productivity and wellbeing, making it possible for those people to outperform their comparably-competent competitors. Detailed Feedback.

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Distribution 40

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Many of us grew up in a time when sales was considered a numbers game. Make more dials, get more sales, right? In the search for increased sales, profitability, and market differentiation, vendors are scrambling to become solution-oriented. To improve your sales rates, give your clients a road map to success.

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Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Together, involvement and empowerment create an environment in which sales people can have responsibility for their own actions. These elements build higher motivation because sales teams enjoy having the authority to make decisions and get the job done. After all, why should a sales person care about their sales team?

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Seismic , the market leader for sales enablement platforms, today announced the acquisition of Percolate, a leading marketing campaign orchestration and content management platform. Seismic Acquires Percolate to Create Exceptional Content Experiences at Every Point in the Customer Journey. Doug Winter, Seismic co-founder and CEO.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics Customer 52

Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Let’s be very clear, responsibility cannot be given – it can only be taken; therefore a sales leader can only give sales people the opportunity to take responsibility for their work demands. These elements build higher motivation because sales teams enjoy having the authority to make decisions and get the job done.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In the world of sales, an SDR is a foundational role that offers a kind of sanity check for aspiring salespeople to see if they have what it takes to make it in a high-stakes sales environment. Less obvious career outcomes for sales professionals. Sales development and customer success have in common a customer-facing approach.

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Hiring Face-to-face Collateral Sales Qualified Lead 104

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Sales job interview questions. To build a strong sales organization, it’s imperative to find people who can hit quota, handle rejection, and be persistent without turning aggressive. Sales isn't an easy job to hire for, and the wrong person can keep your company from meeting important business goals.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I am reading the blog of Insideview's recent post is about building a "Rock Star Team of Sales Hunters". They highlight a research paper by one of their partners Vorsight that has identified a hunting sales model - (DEPT)^T. Using OMG sales person evaluation let's further explore each one of these DNA strands.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

One of their recent posts is about building a "Rock Star Team of Sales Hunters". They highlight a research paper by one of their partners, Vorsight, that has identified a hunting sales model - (DEPT)^T. In this instance, the author of the research paper is suggestion that "DNA" is defined as the genetic code for sales hunters.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 28, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Steven Broudy , Vice President and Head of Sales at Bevy, which helps companies build virtual communities. Steven is a long time SaaS sales executive, having worked at MuleSoft before coming to Bevy. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes.

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Hiring SalesForce Call-back Exercises 61

Sales Hacker

APRIL 28, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Lori Richardson , founder of Score More Sales. Loris is passionate about pursuing, advocating, and furthering the cause of female sales leadership and helping women advance through their careers. We talk about what makes a great sales person. We’re on iTunes.

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