Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan My first post-vacation post is a collection of announcements that have been sitting in my note-taking app, inbox, and calendar. I was named as one of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers for 2013. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan' Learn more and/or Register.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 19, 2013

There are several GREAT speakers in the general sessions, but it is not a conference where you will find constant discussions about the art and science of selling or sales management. Whenever I hear a talk, a message or a point of view, I find myself automatically translating it to sales and sales management.

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Hiring Banking Survey Conference 198

Score More Sales

JANUARY 27, 2014

Need some sales inspiration? A new twist on an old sales idea you’d like to do again? A quick sales jump-start this week? Here are the first 50 of a list of 101 ways to “snap out of it” and score more sales: read a recommended sales book. bookmark a sales blog and read regularly.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 281

Allego

OCTOBER 19, 2023

That was when we learned Allego was named a Leader for Sales Readiness in The Forrester Wave : Sales Readiness Solutions, Q4 2023. While that is a worthy accomplishment on its own, what’s even more meaningful is that Allego is now the only one of the sales readiness leaders to also be named a leader in the sales content solutions Wave.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 7, 2013

Sales coaching. Sales leadership talks about it all the time. Sales consultants advocate it and Sales Managers say they would like to do more of it if they had the time. The “it” of course is sales coaching. So sales coaching gets put off until Friday and it never happens. Great Numbers.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 6, 2014

Jonathan Farrington noted in his recent blog, 2013 Where Did It All Go Wrong? , 50% of sales people missed their sales targets and this failure was worse than in 2012 which was worse than in 2011. My sense is maybe it is time to explore this shadow question: “Is marketing the same as selling?”

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Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Coaching Sales Coaching 139

Allego

JANUARY 10, 2023

Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca—long-time entrepreneurs with successful careers in different industries—launched Allego in 2013 to transform how people learn and succeed at work. In the process, they redefined sales enablement and disrupted an entire market. The founding team realized that traditional sales training was broken.

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Unica Sales Enablement Vendor Lead Rank 118

Increase Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2013

SMB owners and sales professionals are indeed busy if not crazy busy. I have listened not only to my own SMB coaching clients whine about this or that, but other small business colleagues who complain about not having time to market, not having time to plan, not having time to whatever. Misery Merlot. Rarely Rose.

Coaching 144

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 7, 2013

In the B2B sales world, finding potential customers, strategic partners and even solid information becomes a more time consuming task. LinkedIn is a great resource for those in B2B sales. Sales Training Coaching Tip: Most people waste at least 20 minutes daily. Maybe money is another constraint. Share on Facebook.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Sales Coaching and Trigger Events. People who are knowledgeable and experienced in sales excellence know sales coaching is worthwhile; it can make a difference; and it needs to be a priority. Sales pros agree sales coaching is a necessity if you want a world-class sales team.

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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. This issue also features the 2013 Award Winners of the Top Sales & Marketing Awards in 18 Categories. We did pretty well this year!

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Sales Talent Video Course Up-Sell 235

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan There are more sales experts, self-professed and otherwise, than ever before. There is more free content on sales and selling than anyone could have imagined. There are categories of sales tools and CRM applications where none existed a few years ago.

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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. The November 2013 issue featured an article titled Dismantling the Sales Machine. So they say. Here are some of the many problems with their premise.

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Sales Process Margin Survey Forecasting 249

Increase Sales

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over the years I have received a lot of email marketing much of it mediocre to bad, but this one takes the cake for being the worst given the person who sent it considers himself to be a “measurable-marketing” specialist. the sales in your company. Marketing is not selling, Mr. Measurable Marketing Guy!

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Marketing Email Marketing Small Business Small Business 169

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This kind of story doesn''t happen every day. They had to go door-to-door, sell an overpriced luxury item, in the same market, over a 3-day period. They had to go door-to-door, sell an overpriced luxury item, in the same market, over a 3-day period.

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Case Study Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 288

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

How can sales grow based on these ideas? Top sellers and sales leaders have always appreciated predictability such as specific dates on the calendar for annual planning, quarterly planning, coaching sessions, and reviews. We have incorporated this into our marketing and sales –. But in business?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics Referrals 233

Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 30, 2012

Sales Leadership: Impacting Your 2013 Revenue. Yes, I am fully aware it is still 2012 and there are five months left in this year to exceed your quota and hopefully you are well positioned from a pipeline, marketing and headcount to achieve your goals. Third, assess your current sales team. www.AcumenManagement.com.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 30, 2013

You just received your quota for 2013. Excellence in 2013 starts with you. A key trait of top quartile sales leaders is their ability to ask for help. Read on to better understand HOW to leverage resources to Make the 2013 number. Your sales reps often don’t know the true reason they lose a deal. It went up.

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Resources Networking Face-to-face Quota 321

Increase Sales

JANUARY 21, 2016

Social marketing is no different. Your goal is to increase sales, expand your pool of qualified sales leads and continue build your credibility and influence. When sales professionals and SMB owners decided to incorporate social marketing as one of several marketing channels, this is not a one time event or a sporadic action.

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Social Media Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Journal 70

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I read this terrific post from our friends at New-Hire.com about the best sources for candidates in general. It certainly applies to sales candidates as well. In this case, results must equate to successful salespeople and sales managers who achieve and even overachieve.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Decision Maker Webinar Metrics 240

Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If you want to get lucky in your sales career, then I seriously want you to meet someone. Many in the sales world know of Jill through her writings, the series of books she has written and her desire to help those around her. Speakers who were in the sales space doing what I wanted to do. Jill Konrath. appeared on my screen.

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Meeting B2B Sales Leadership Sports 294

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Sales enablement is much talked about and often misunderstood or misrepresented. Just what is sales enablement and how does it affect the organization as a whole? This week at DemandCon I saw one of the best presentations about Sales Enablement I’ve seen given by Jerry Rackley of DemandMetric. So what is sales enablement?

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Sales Enablement Hiring Survey Lead Rank 219

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 5, 2012

In B2B marketing, the words one writes can dramatically change one’s results. Increase sales. Sales Training Coaching Tip: To raise the performance BAR begins with one’s beliefs. The word “sale” generally performed better than discount, voucher, or early bird. Share on Facebook.

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B2B Marketing Campaigns Email Marketing 128

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I was listening to a Boston Sports Radio Station, the same one I wrote about here. They were discussing the very recent resignations of 3 coaches from this year''s Patriots team and the co-hosts asked, "Would you like to coach?". Another 18% should not even be in sales management.

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Sales Management Webinar Metrics Coaching Sports 214

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 1, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It''s a big problem with many of the sales blogs you read. One-person sales consulting firms, self-appointed experts, telling, but not doing, what they say. The rest of you should be doing the following at least on an annual basis: Evaluate your sales force. Accountability.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Channels Policies 218

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-11-11. Teaser: Whether I am giving a keynote, leading a workshop or providing one-on-one coaching, if I am speaking about business development there is one question that always comes up. Author: Meridith Elliott Powell. No matter how it's asked, the answer always comes down to a four-step solution. read more'

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 16, 2013

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? You’re an idiot who knows nothing about leadership, coaching, or creating winners. Successful sales leaders….

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Cold Calling Referrals Sales Leadership Sales Cycle 261

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 9, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan When most sales bloggers write about selling, we almost always discuss direct B2B sales. Channel sales is quite different. Retailers are a great example of this channel and the work they do is marketing and display centric. This is more like traditional B2B sales.

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Channels Retail Hotels Territories 221

Increase Sales

JULY 19, 2013

.” In today’s global market place fueled by technology and the human capacity of curiosity, the pen (a.k.a. keyboard) now is directing more sales leads and consequently sales dollars than ever before. I was just reading some new statistics about the impact of this marketing action. Source SalesForce Blog ).

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Social Media Inbound 158

Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

The intricacies of pharmaceutical products, stringent regulatory guidelines, and the critical role healthcare professionals play in decision-making create a complex environment for sales reps. With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated.

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Pharmaceuticals Training Collateral Face-to-face 52

SBI Growth

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet many front-line sales managers are slow to respond. Because speed requires more time and effort from a sales manager. The average sales manager will avoid these requirements. This post will explore ideas sales managers can implement to increase their speed. Jeff has been a sales manager for 5 years.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

With less than two months to close the books on 2012, desperation is beginning to kick in for those small business owners, entrepreneurs and salespersons who have yet to fully increase sales. Starting your main or landing page with your credentials potentially illustrates you are ego driven and clueless about what makes great marketing copy.

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Small Business Small Business Coaching Construction 136

Score More Sales

JULY 17, 2013

That happened for me on Monday at the Sales 2.0 Conference Boston – a gathering of sales experts, practitioners, sales leaders and sellers all coming together to talk about what is the latest in professional selling. Lots of sales leaders say this – and I have heard it for years.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan One of the many things that hold salespeople back, prevents them from reaching their potential, stops them from crashing through quotas, doesn''t allow them to exceed expectations and never has them succeeding beyond everyone''s wildest dreams is their fear of failing. The failure to practice.

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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. Notice that they didn''t say that personality is the best insight into whether a person will succeed in sales. You also need a best-practices, sales recruiting process. Never will be.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 5, 2013

Years gone by, sales training was provided by small businesses (under 500 employees) be it through human resources or recognized sales training coaching consultants. Yet the need to increase sales has not changed. Sales training is still needed. Those tools should be supplied by the individual sales team members.

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Increase Sales

JULY 18, 2013

The obvious problem in sales is the first one that comes out during that initial first contact or within the more formal fact finding meeting. And much of the marketing is geared to those plentiful small business problems.Sales Training Coaching Tip: 99.1% Inconsistent sales management. Poor marketing.

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