Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

Hiring Top Performers Post-COVID Recovery . Hiring top performers has always been the lifeblood of any sales organization. COVID has changed sales forever. The 3 most important questions that we need to address when making hiring decisions for a sales position are: Can the candidate effectively sell virtually?

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Hiring Lead Rank Retention Face-to-face 367

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

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Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2024

In B2B sales, success is often the result of strategic planning, deep customer understanding, and execution. While these factors are crucial, there exists another, less tangible, yet equally influential element: the Pygmalion Effect. Its opposite is the Golem Effect, in which lower expectations result in decreased performance.

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Coaching Film B2B LinkedIn 62

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Lee Smith A recent State of Sales report published by LinkedIn revealed that U.S. businesses spend $15 billion a year training their sales employees. Despite this spending level, 68% of sales professionals are rated as moderate performers in the State of Sales, fourth edition, report from Salesforce.

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Training Hiring How To Coaching 326

Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Time in the field: 17% increase in performance. Do nothing.

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Coaching Sales Management Sales Coaching Account 177

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you are a new sales manager, building trust with your sales team is your first challenge. Without trust, progress will be slowed and time is a luxury few new sales managers have. Trust is the foundation for building strong teams, creating a positive work environment, and producing winning results. Consistency.

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Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank ACT 118

Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Time in the field: 17% increase in performance. Do nothing.

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Coaching Sales Management Sales Coaching Account 156

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with KaTom CEO Patricia Bible to discuss what it takes to lead and sustain a hyper-growth company. This mantra has guided her through the highs and lows, enabling her to lead KaTom with resilience and foresight.

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Company Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Face-to-face 95

Pipeliner

MAY 9, 2023

In business, a successful sales team can make all the difference. Creating high-performing sales reps means supplying them with everything they require to reach their objectives, from motivation and professional growth. Building a successful sales team requires the right talent, strategy, and leadership.

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Hiring Strategy Social Media Incentives 98

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Yet, neglecting it might be what’s holding your team back. A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building.

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Webinar Metrics Training Strategy Ideal Customer Profile 52

Smooth Sale

APRIL 12, 2024

Event planning is a team sport, and as with any other team, the camaraderie and collaboration among staff can make or break the game. When you take the time to get to know your team personally, you can foster trust and respect. Don’t feel alarmed, as working with your event staff may not be as intimidating as you think!

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Networking Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 102

Allego

AUGUST 18, 2022

Ask people what they think sales enablement is, and you will get multiple, varying answers. They might say it’s anything your company does to help your sales team be effective. And others say it’s the process of helping sales teams. Sales enablement is an all-encompassing term that involves many components.

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Sales Enablement Vendor ROI Collateral 118

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How A Good Team Is Needed for Business Growth A business owner always has goals they need to work towards to ensure reaching the level of success they’ve envisioned. How you get that growth to happen requires many elements on multiple levels working cohesively together.

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Loyalty Networking 102

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 29, 2021

Every aspect of a sales process is prone to human error when carried out manually. As a sales professional, there's a good chance you've slipped up here and there. Or maybe, you struggled to find the right deck or piece of sales content to best convey your value proposition at the right time. Sales Automation Stats.

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Sales Automation Hubspot Lead Rank Lead Scoring 135

Allego

JULY 9, 2020

Sales productivity has never been more important, yet sales teams today face tougher obstacles than ever as the current crisis makes most in-person interactions impossible. Almost 90 percent of sales have moved to a remote model since the pandemic began, according to McKinsey. Managing Virtual Teams in a Changing World.

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Hiring Training Scale Sales Enablement 159

Nutshell

MAY 11, 2023

You might be wondering, can you use AI for sales? Sales is a field that relies heavily on human interaction, but technology has always played a significant role in enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness. AI is one of the latest technologies that’s making a big impact on the world of sales. How can sales teams use AI?

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Sales Process Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Automation 118

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gamification took the sales industry by storm in the latter half of the previous decade — and with good reason. Research has shown that there are huge benefits to gamifying your sales process, including better worker productivity and retention when it comes to learning new things. Let’s jump in! People love to play games.

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Sales Process Incentives Incentive Hiring 52

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The underlying element for business success is to listen carefully, legitimately weigh the pros and cons upfront, and hear opposing views with a follow-up Q&A, which can paint an entirely new picture for proceeding. The unique element is that we represent varying countries, giving us robust thinking and new ideas to consider.

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Hiring Gatekeeper Media Benefit 106

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 3, 2020

It’s becoming increasingly complicated to measure sales performance–particularly in complex B2B sales. First, as we look at leveraging teams to sell complex deals, I hear increasing concerns with, “Who do we credit? We don’t have problems with giving team or duplicate credit for results.

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Compensation Pipeline Penetration Quota 146

Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity?

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How To Sales Qualified Lead CRM Face-to-face 71

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 2, 2024

Preface: I first met Rene Voorhost years ago when he was the Nordics/Benelux sales manager for National Instruments. ” Since then, he’s become a thought partner in helping me develop tools and models on driving sales performance. I was hooked, I found my career and never left sales ever since.

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Engineering Education Face-to-face Intent 102

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. In fact, two statistics cited in Spotio are eye opening: 46% of B2B sales reps list lead quantity and quality as their top challenge.

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Lead Rank B2B Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 62

Allego

JULY 26, 2023

About 65% of sales marketing content is never used. One primary culprit: sales representatives don’t know enough about available assets or how to leverage them. Sales executives recognize the problem — 84% report content search and utilization as the top productivity improvement area. Try these three tips.

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B2B Collateral Case Study Marketing 62

Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

Despite this, many sales emails find their resting place in the trash, unopened and unread. We’ll explore how to craft good sales emails that get opened and inspire action, all while introducing four metrics to measure sales email success. Fortunately, sales teams can now easily address these issues with AI and automation.

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Lead Rank How To Lead Scoring Follow-up 96

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. There are a lot of standard qualities most companies look for when recruiting sales professionals. The Anatomy of an Ideal Sales Hire 1. Sales requires focus. Let’s dive in. They're money-motivated.

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Hiring Meeting Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 94

Sales Hacker Training

MAY 27, 2021

That means thinking of the sales team as remote-at-heart, not remote-by-default. Running a sales team without face-to-face communication. Remember the sales floor when it existed in physical reality? That means that communication in your team has been slashed to the bare minimum. Reimagined sales coaching.

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Face-to-face How To Coaching Software 130

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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Churn Hiring Survey Hubspot 114

Allego

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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. 6 Elements of Employee Experience. In August 4.3

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Face-to-face Scale Hiring Survey 145

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Building a sales funnel that aligns with your business goals is essential. I’m the head of Product at Datanyze, specializing in sourcing up-to-date prospect contact info to keep your pipeline flowing and sales funnel fresh. What is a sales funnel? And then there’s the sales funnel. The 4 stages of a sales funnel.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 118

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The secret that Saban learned and sales teams can benefit from is that a process-focused team will outperform an outcome-focused team. How does this process mindset apply to sales? Think about the sales manager who tells his team, “I expect you to make your quota.”. He called this “the Process.”.

Lead Rank 118

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling Coaching 118

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.

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Sales Enablement Strategy Hiring Face-to-face 130

Smooth Sale

APRIL 17, 2024

As such, our collaborative blog offers a few elements to remember about being the sole manager and accepting full responsibility for business success. Various industries realize they need at least five or more people on the team at any given time. Business ownership is a delicate balance. The challenge can be significant.

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Outsourcing Services Real Estate Hiring Policies 119

Smooth Sale

APRIL 25, 2024

Another critical element of your overview is your outgoings and income. Our collaborative blog offers insights on empowering business finance and growth, plus better ways to manage your finances. That includes bank statements, payment invoices, bills, paychecks, end-of-year tax forms, and anything else you think might be relevant.

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Licensing Banking Hiring Course 93

Highspot

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sales teams must rise to greatness to thrive in the competitive market of today. The key to achieving this lies in comprehensive support and development, a realm uniquely addressed by sales enablement. The key to achieving this lies in comprehensive support and development, a realm uniquely addressed by sales enablement.

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Sales Enablement Revenue Maximizer Face-to-face 52

Crunchbase

JUNE 17, 2022

Your sales team drives your company’s revenue with its lead generation efforts. However, sales teams tend to have high turnover rates ( 34% on average ). If your compensation plan doesn’t motivate team members to hit their numbers and stay with your organization, you won’t see business success. Commissions.

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Compensation Competition Salary Commission 98

Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If your sales organization hasn’t felt the impact, you’re probably on edge, hoping to get through this economic crunch unscathed. Competition is greater than ever, buyers are cautious, your industry is constantly changing, and sales managers have little time to ensure their reps get the coaching they need. Turbulent times are coming.

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Sales Enablement Microsoft Coaching Webinar Metrics 118