Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan An interesting article, Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers , by Xactly's CEO, Christopher Cabrera, was posted on Selling Power's 2/19/13 blog. I suggest that you read it first, returning to this article for the analysis. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan

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The Science and Art of Selling

JANUARY 17, 2014

For two weeks in December 2013, ShareBloc ran a contest to find the Top Content Marketing Posts of 2013 as part of their open beta launch. My article about the Agreement Frame was #1 in Sales Management for 2013, and #10 in the overall contest! Click here to watch the whole video/podcast.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan For double article Friday, in addition to my Sales Pipeline Nazi article, I have the following bonuses for you: For those of you who wanted to attend the Webinar on the Sales Candidate Analyzer, here is a link to the recording. The Sales Pipeline Nazi.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

As a sales manager, one of your jobs is to make sure your salespeople are equipped to succeed when selling to purchasing departments and/or buyers. I have an entire page on my website with articles about Working with Purchasing Departments. Have all the salespeople read all of the articles. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I write often about sales process. After all, one can't accurately predict outcomes of sales calls, meetings and cycles without a formal, structured sales process to follow. I present my Top Articles on Sales Process: Baseball's Huge Impact on Sales Performance.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan A title like, "Presidents & CEO''s: 4 Out of 5 Sales Managers Are Ineffective", will cause some Sales Directors, Sales VP''s and Sales Managers to click and read the article. Do you have a way to objectively evaluate sales management performance?

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Are you prepared to succeed today in Sales, Sales Management, Business and Life? Let me take a minute to answer for myself and then I'll get on with the rest of the post: Sales - yes, Sales management - kind of, Business - yes. In sales management you would likely look at sales.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 1, 2014

It has been well-documented that effective coaching will positively impact sales. My own data shows sales managers, who consistently and effectively coach their salespeople, grow revenue by an average of 26% annually. You and/or your sales managers MUST devote the time and learn to effectively coach the salespeople.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 29, 2013

Read this article and be sure to read the comments - a disagreement between me and the editor of the study. Make sure you read this article too, written when the study appeared in the Harvard Business Review. I am certainly not the only one scratching my head about why The Challenger Sale is getting so much attention.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. Compared to the rocky road to coaching in the NFL, the road to sales management absolutely sounds like a road paved with gold! You see, only 18% of all sales managers are any good at coaching and only 66% of them can be coached up.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I posted an article that linked to two additional articles I wrote for EcSell Institute and Top Sales World. Apparently there were issues with those links last week because I got dozens of emails letting me know that you couldn't get to those two articles.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 3, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before I get to the meat of today''s article, I have one last request for you to participate in this very important survey on sales force function. As usual, this argument got me thinking about sales management (the coaches) and salespeople (the players).

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 5, 2013

Your Sales Management Guru Blog Author on “Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers” List . Speaker, consultant, and author Ken Thoreson’s updated Sales Manager’s Tool Kit now available . One of the new approaches we’re taking with sales organizations is Business Guidance Selling.” . KNOXVILLE, Tenn.,

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If you’d like to learn more after reading this article, click here. The Story of the New Sales VP. He had only been VP of Sales for 6 months. He rose from junior sales associate to become his division’s top rep. Then, as sales manager, he turned around a struggling team. Use this article as a starting point.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Keith Rosen’s company, Profit Builders, was named one of Selling Power’s Top 20 Training Companies for 2013. ” Representatives for the publication say that editors assembled the list for the benefit of sales leaders that want to reach higher levels of productivity and performance. .”

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan My vision, of how the future of selling is shaping up, appears in today''s (the December 18, 2013) issue of Top Sales Magazine. After you have read the article, please contribute your comments, suggestions, visions, rebuttals and opinions which are all welcome right here.

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Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This years Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. They represent the freshest, most innovative thinking on sales currently on the market and take into consideration the changing sales climate and competitive realities every sales rep and sales leader is facing. Top Sales Books to Read in 2013.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The latest proof can be found in this July 2013 USA Today article. I''ll give you the important facts, but you should shoot over there and read the entire article. The article said that in June, "the number of jobs in sales and related occupations jumped a whopping 445,000 to a four-year-high of 15.8 million."

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Sales Training Connection

MAY 6, 2013

It’s easy to manage a sales team when there’s consensus on where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. That’s when sales managers face some challenges. But if agreement can’t be reached even at that level, then the sales manager makes the call. ©2013 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 5, 2013

Kanter was writing about leadership in general, we thought her message held merit for front-line sales managers. Most sales managers work in a highly demanding and challenging environment. Clearly it is important to help sales managers learn how to create an environment where accountability is valued and taken seriously.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

You need a superior sales team and maintaining a superior sales team requires f ront-line sales managers who coach and who are good at it. But for sales managers to be good at coaching, feedback must run both ways. From the sales rep perspective the feedback can take two very different forms: 1.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Sales Coaching. Front-line sales managers are the “pivotal job” for improving sales productivity. That means – if companies want to improve sales revenue and optimize sales profitability, they should do everything they can to make sure front-line sales managers are doing what they should be doing.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 7, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I wrote an article for the March 2013 issue of Top Sales World Magazine that debriefs an actual sales call. I've written more than 1,000 articles and I believe this one is the best yet! Please join me: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10 AM Eastern Time Register.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 4, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This recent article in the Harvard Business Review Blog was as far off target as any I have ever debunked. Steve Martin lists 7 characteristics that he says differentiate great sales forces from good ones. Darwinian Sales Culture. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

It''s their sales managers, who are almost as much in the dark as their salespeople. Want an example of sales management being in the dark? I wrote this article for SoldLab and it was posted there today. End of Quarter Closing is a great example of sales management dysfunction!

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Decision Maker Proposal Sales Cycle Exact 313

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 13, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It’s an interesting question and one that has more than one answer. I wrote an article back in September of 2013 that asked the question, Are Sales and Sales Management Candidates Getting Worse? Consider the way that most companies hire people for sales roles.

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Hiring Face-to-face Groups Webinar Metrics 267

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It''s amazing what Harvard Business Review will print on their pages when it comes to the subject of sales. My post marks the 6th time I have strongly felt the need to question an article appearing on their pages. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan' It was a survey! Surveys are fun.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

We can all become great sales leaders by learning from the best. Jason Brick’s article, “ Take Your Team From Worst To First: Leadership Lessons From The Boston Red Sox ,” shares four leadership lessons from Red Sox manager, John Farrell, who took his team from the bottom of their division last year to the 2013 World Series.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

The June issue of Top Sales Magazine has been published and you can download it here. Among all of the important articles this month is mine on The Top 5 Reasons Salespeople Fail to Meet Quota and the Common Link to All 5 Reasons. Also in the June issue are the Top Sales Article and Top Blog Article for May.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Actually, this article isn’t about your standard numbers. This article is about your ICP – that is to say, your Ideal Competency Profile numbers. 66% of Sales Reps believe that increasing the time invested by sales managers would help to increase their sales. Don’t wait for your manager to come to you.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 4, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Selling Power Blog published a new article of mine, The Top 10 Steps Salespeople Can Take to Improve. The article includes a really terrific video on the importance of tonality. What about the prospects who are far along in the sales process when they suddenly go missing?

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 14, 2013

Sales managers. A year ago, we published a post on the importance of sales managers to assess their prior year’s performance and to incorporate the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. Good managers are always asking themselves and others about what they could do better or differently.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 27, 2013

Second, most people agree that coaching is a must-do for developing a superior sales team. Some don’t do it because they think their sales managers are experienced so they know how to coach. Others pass because their sales managers are busy, so coaching training is not viewed as a good use of time.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Two articles caught my attention today. OMG''s top four are: Lack of Commitment toward sales success; Lack of Desire for sales success (different from Drive in that Desire in this context is sales specific); Poor Outlook; Excuse Making. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Jonathan Farrington

MARCH 16, 2013

The 2013 contributors line-up has been finalized over at Top Sales World , and these are the sales experts who will be working with TSW this year: They will be writing articles, providing tips, taking part in roundtables and interviews etc. Providing articles and tips on Top Sales World site.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 17, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan A recent article in Columbus Business First discussed background checks and use of personality tests. The most important line in the article read, " Personality often is the best insight into whether a person is a good cultural fit for a specific company.". That''s because it isn''t.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. In this article, we take a closer look at the ways you can focus your enablement efforts, to achieve the best possible sales performance.

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