Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 30, 2018

This is the equivalent of sales managers telling their salespeople that they “really need to make their quota.” Work harder' is a losing strategy. Except that this time, the coach offered the following sage advice to the kids: “Hey guys, you’ve got to work harder.” Work harder? Yeah, they already knew that.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created. Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created. You get these from sales tools. In this post, I want to tell you about something that boosts prospecting results: trigger events.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 12, 2024

After all, we have to send 1000s of emails a day, we have to make 100s of calls, we have to spend hours doing outreach in LinkedIn and other channels. It’s harder and harder to get a response. The number of people wanting to talk about themselves, their jobs, their dreams, their challenges was stunning!

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Face-to-face Commission Up-Sell Discount 107

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2020

According to a survey from management consulting firm Korn Ferry, 63% of millennials said the primary purpose of businesses should be improving society instead of generating profit. Here’s how to inspire your millennial and Gen Z sales reps using mission-driven prospecting gifts and employee recognition. Build confidence.

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Incentives Incentive Motivation Demographics 227

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2020

According to a survey from management consulting firm Korn Ferry, 63% of millennials said the primary purpose of businesses should be improving society instead of generating profit. Here’s how to inspire your millennial and Gen Z sales reps using mission-driven prospecting gifts and employee recognition. Build confidence.

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Incentives Incentive Motivation Demographics 227

Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

How are your sales to date? Every sales leader I have spoken with could easily answer this question. For the last 20 years, experts have talked about the challenges with business execution. If you are like most of the VPs of sales and marketing that I work with, you love developing marketing strategies and tactics.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2017

But the other night, Van Gundy was asked whether having a veteran player like guard Jimmy Butler on the Minnesota Timberwolves this year would help motivate a younger player like Andrew Wiggins to work harder. Sales is competition. Our job is to give them the confidence to be winners.”. Van Gundy didn’t pause.

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Motivation Coaching Hiring Incentives 225

Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 25, 2018

How are your sales to date? Every sales leader I have spoken with could easily answer this question. For the last 20 years, experts have talked about the challenges with business execution. If you are like most of the VPs of sales and marketing that I work with, you love developing marketing strategies and tactics.

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Strategy Objections System Meeting 373

Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 19, 2019

The same ratio applies in sales…”. In my 35 years of selling, managing, and coaching inside sales, there is one thing that has remained constant: The top producers in any company or industry are also the hardest workers. And if you’re in sales, then I know that you see this relation as well. Vidal Sassoon. And he did.

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Face-to-face Inside Sales Gatekeeper Decision Maker 127

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. With multiple studies across the world highlighting shrunken marketing budgets, campaign delays, and hiring freezes…where should your sales and marketing efforts begin? Work smarter, and harder (and together).

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Yes, it’s a tough job, and the hard work doesn’t stop there. Account based selling teams need their own specific strategy with sales activities mapped to each stage of the sales process, which then need to be mapped to the buyers’ processes. Teams need their own strategy with activities for each stage of the sales process.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

With any job, a primary consideration is compensation. One common perk of a career in sales is the ability to earn more based on your own hard work and selling success. However, the types of sales compensation plans can be more complex than for other professions. We all want to be paid fairly. Not all plans fit all salespeople.

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Compensation Salary Commission Margin 118

Anne Miller

JULY 15, 2023

You are the sales manager of this tech firm. They are also reluctant to call on old prospects who have previously said “no,” because those prospects saw “no need” for the original product. The sales reps weren’t against the innovation. The good news is your company has a new product to offer the market. What would you do?

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Up-Sell Relationals Prospecting Energy 117

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2022

With unemployment rates steadily hovering around pre-pandemic lows , the power in the US job market has shifted into the hands of applicants — with competition that goes far beyond who has the best craft beers on tap. Leaving a job is no longer an anxiety-inducing endeavor. So what keeps employees around?

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Hiring Top of Funnel Promotion Compensation 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2022

Every company has a sales and marketing function. As the head of enterprise product and sales at ZoomInfo, I had the opportunity to speak with JP Valentine on The Alldus Podcast: AI in Action. The job becomes much more complex when you try to look at 10,000 companies, not to mention 10 million. Take Siri for example.

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B2B Marketing Scale Lead Rank 130

Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most technology revenue teams include a sales enablement function, but its mission has been evolving over the last several years. Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers. Train Early, Often, and in Small Doses.

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Sales Enablement Strategy Hiring Face-to-face 130

Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Five Recommended and Necessary Business Expenses for Growth Some necessary business expenses can benefit your company even though they appear costly. Ensure you have up-to-date desktop computers at the office. Some are voluntary, and some may be mandatory.

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Education Hiring Retention Licensing 102

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales team plays an essential role in driving revenue and reaching goals that stretch across the organization. So should you be worried about churn in your sales department? Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units. Why do sales teams experience high turnover?

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Allego

APRIL 29, 2021

2020 was a transformational year for sales enablement programs. The challenges caused by COVID-19 launched a boom in virtual selling and an estimated 90% of B2B sales are now virtual. 62% of sales professionals say they’ve lost a sale because they couldn’t meet personally with a buyer. What is Sales Enablement?

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Sales Enablement Hiring Face-to-face Scale 96

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Technological advancements have the ability to transform any industry or job function overnight—including B2B sales. Although these changes are often exciting, keeping up with the evolving technological landscape can feel like a full-time job. in sales revenue ( source ). Don’t let this happen to you! Keep reading!

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There’s a seismic, yet quiet, shift that’s taking place within the sales industry. Not only are modern buyers becoming more sophisticated and harder to sell to, but the modern seller is also evolving. Her innovative inside sales training tactics and proven approach gets her clients results every time.

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Customer Service Motivation Top of Funnel Customer 85

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 19, 2021

Coronavirus is Testing Mental Resilience The Coronavirus third wave is putting a strain on the mental resilience of sales professionals and impacting performance. From New Possibilities to Managing Mental Resilience The last time I came to you with the coronavirus talk was back in July. The job is hard. Drinking too much?

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Allego

DECEMBER 14, 2021

million Americans quit their jobs. At a recent Allego webinar, Josh Bersin , global HR industry analyst, and Kathi Enderes , Vice President Research at The Josh Bersin Company, and I discussed the findings from a recent report: The Sales Employee Experience: Driving Collaboration, Community, and Outcomes. strong management.

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Face-to-face Scale Hiring Survey 145

criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One of the most difficult aspects of a salesperson’s job is prospecting. As a sales manager, you can alleviate some of this prospecting pain by engaging your team in targeting and lead scoring. Take time to examine your team's targeting and lead scoring strategies, and you get your salespeople working smarter, not harder.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 98

SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

The sales industry is advancing more quickly than ever before. . Both the pandemic and full adoption of digital selling have rapidly improved the way that we are looking at workplaces and teams, how we communicate with customers, and ultimately how we sell. Three top sales leaders in EMEA recently joined me to chat about these topics.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank Scale 105

criteria for success

MARCH 23, 2022

They often just continue to promote people, assuming they'll learn on the job. Use our guide for Troubleshooting Your Sales Problems to identify the primary problems you are facing. Troubleshoot Your Sales Problems. 6 Common Causes of Poor Sales Performance. Your managers don't know how to coach. Download Now.

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Training Forecasting Coaching Motivation 98

Distribution Pricing Journal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Even distribution companies – long held up as examples of companies who require large amounts of on-premise work – have turned to remote and hybrid work for certain types of employees. Remote work was once only the domain of a select few job titles but now it has gone mainstream.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. The B2B playbook is changing. How do you make it work for you?

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Media Company Distribution How To 71

Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales managers normally face a trifecta of shifting demands from buyers, their direct reports and their organization. The COVID-19 pandemic gives sales managers the perfect opportunity to work toward transforming into more capable leaders. Shift From a Sales Manager’s Mindset to Sales Leader’s Mindset.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Strategy Funnel 110

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

So why do so many sales reps continue to sell like they were in 2001? The changing dynamics of sales have not been an overnight revolution. The changing dynamics of sales have not been an overnight revolution. Imagine a job posting describing the sales function like this….

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Hiring Call-back Training Up-Sell 118

Chorus.ai

APRIL 11, 2022

What does building a truck factory have in common with selling software? And while he probably won’t need to put on a hard hat anytime soon, overseeing sales and marketing operations for a B2B software provider has offered plenty of opportunities to use the same skills that helped him in manufacturing. That’s how Scott Sutton sees it.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Gates wrote: “The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition … is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.” Those who failed to pay attention would be left behind. Adapting to a New Way of Selling.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

I was worried about not being productive, feeling isolated, and not having a good space to work from. And if you work in sales, it can be even harder. However, the transition doesn't have to be difficult. Plus, we review best practices for managing a group of remote sales employees. Maintain a routine.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the past, onboarding involved sitting in a room and listening to your manager explain the role. There have been many benefits to this change — there are no geographic restrictions for who you hire and no need to pay for travel. Sales is a famously extroverted job. Virtual training has often become the default.

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2021

We’ve talked in the past about the sales leader’s role in conquering the complex sale. In fact, I have a free webinar you can watch if you’re finding it harder to close large enterprise deals. Today, I want to share six actions sales leaders can take to manage complex sales – even while working remotely.

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Hiring Quota Call-back Webinar Metrics 140

Sales Hacker Training

JUNE 17, 2020

If a salesperson hit quota at their last job, they’re much more likely to hit quota at your organization, right? According to statistics from our sales professional user base here at RepVue , only 46.7% of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. And it’s even fewer in software sales organizations. Not so fast.

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Nutshell

MARCH 7, 2023

but rather a capable and dependable sales time. In this article, we’re breaking down some key tips on how to build a sales team that’s successful, reliable, and just maybe rivals Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Did you know Nutshell isn’t just for contact management? If you’re a small business, your sales team can grow as you grow.

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