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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Sales Management InsideView Webinar Metrics Incentives 205

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. This article lists the top 10 sales management competencies. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan Selling skills!

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Hiring Sales Management Territories Analysis 242

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In these organizations, Ops controls most of the employees, expenses, and data. Sales executives, by contrast, are often viewed as wanting to take foolish risks. Ops says Sales doesn't understand the business. In this environment, validated data is essential for the sales organization to prevail. Get “Sales v.

Influencer 282

Influencer Strategy Policies Lead Gen 282

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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Face-to-face Top of Funnel Call-back Social Media 132

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

Increase Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

The reality is much of the organizational structure for mid size to small businesses (SMB) today including having a sales manager is based on some of the practices of years gone by much larger companies with over 100 employees and multiple locations. Technology allows for data delivery and analysis far easier and faster.

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Sales Management Hiring Webinar Metrics Sales Leadership 146

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. Their survey data is limited to 2,500 salespeople at 30 member companies.

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Sales Process Margin Survey Forecasting 249

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

The third of four regional stops to nail down 2013 budgets for the Sales EVP and the CFO. With all the data potentially at your disposal, it’s easy to get bogged down in the minutia. Is the segmentation based on data that predicts revenue opportunity? Data analysis and propeller-heads won’t deliver revenue.

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Segment Customer Territories Penetration 288

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2012

Are your sales resources properly aligned with growth opportunity ? The Sales Leader is about to receive the 2013 Revenue Number. He will rely on you, the Head of Sales Operations, for sales strategy advice. It is your job to equip sales management with these figures. Won deals in half the time.

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Opportunity Strategy Banking Territories 316

SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

But you can excel in 2013 because of your shortcomings in 2012. And with these answers come chances for improvement in 2013. Talent Assessment of Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. Build specific competency and accountability based scorecards for Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. What about a “qualified lead?”

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Gen 267

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

One of the biggest problems a VP of Sales faces is prioritization. Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? This post is written for the VP of Sales trying to determine which sales productivity problem to prioritize and which ones to ignore. H ow to Sequence.

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Scale Face-to-face Promotion Lead Rank 282

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

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. You’re at a point in the year where you are discussing 2013. Your manager obviously wants you to succeed and hit these numbers.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Analysis 300

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. This tool also includes relevant “trigger” information like funding events, and technology data, which lets sales reps can skip straight to selling.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Social Selling and Big Data at the Upcoming Sales & Marketing 2.0 Next week, Sales Dot Two Inc., will host the Sales & Marketing 2.0 The focus is purported to be on the benefits of big data for B2B sales organizations with an emphasis on social technologies. Chris Jones, Chief Sales Officer, PROS.

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Conference Social Selling Data Marketing 131

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Two articles caught my attention today. The first, 10 Traits of Successful Salespeople , was typical of the misinformation that often passes for must-read information: The data came from commission-only insurance salespeoplein just one company so it has limited application in other industries.

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Research Insurance Insurance Face-to-face 291

Pointclear

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In addition, he is author of The Sales Blog , where he writes about sales and selling, sales management, the sales process, and what it takes to succeed. You can also read his feature article Make 2013 Your Best Sales Year Ever in the January 2013 issue of Success Magazine.

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Lead Rank Social Media Sales Qualified Lead Video 201

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

We know how important qualifying is and Pete Caputa , Sales & Marketing VP at Hubspot , proves that qualifying improves closing percentages with the metrics data he included in this recent post. I didn''t send you to that article to modify your sales process; only to embrace the power of qualification.

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Sales Qualified Lead Hotels Hubspot Decision Maker 275

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Congratulations, your organization is launching a new product in 2013! As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. Product A Sales projections / Total sales Projections for the year.

Compensation 244

Compensation Incentives Incentive Penetration 244

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Over 65% of Sales Goals are driven by Executive and Corporate expectations. If their projections are unrealistic, so are the sales reps’ quotas. These discussions must be data-driven and not emotional appeals. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. Bottom-Up Quota Setting.

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Quota Ideal Customer Profile Territories Demographics 306

Tenfold

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It is a data-focused assessment of possibilities; and yes, there is a lot of guesswork involved. The ideal is to minimize the guesswork through the systems and strategies you implement – as well as the accuracy of the data you use. Bad Data = Inaccurate Forecasting. Correcting Bad Data. Forecasting in Current Business.

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Forecasting Data Lead Rank Margin 47

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 23, 2014

According to the data amassed by Objective Management Group’s (OMG) assessments of nearly 750,000 salespeople: There is an elite group of salespeople but it represents only 6% of the sales population. That won’t happen until we raise the bar on sales management. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Airlines Groups Forecasting Engineering 284

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I''ve written four White Papers over the last several years, all backed by science and data from the more than 700,000 salespeople and sales managers that Objective Management Group has evaluated and assessed. The Science of Sales Longevity. Lost Sales, Deals and Accounts - Fairy Tales or Dragnet?

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Study Outside Sales Inside Sales Video 203

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The folks over at Insight Squared recently posted this interview with me. It touched on sales management but there wasn''t enough time to do it justice. In the context of best practices, the sales management role is now 50% coaching. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

Sales Leadership 204

Sales Leadership Hiring Education Coaching 204

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2013

By location of the sales talent - Where can you find the ideal sales talent for your company? By location of sales management - Do you have managers where the sales talent is located? Of equal importance is the necessary science and data about your sales managers, salespeople and their capabilities.

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Inside Sales SAP Sales Talent Lead Rank 211

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 27, 2014

Why would an enterprise that has standardized on OMG''s Sales Candidate Assessment, had OMG customize it for every sales role in the company, and has terrific data from its first year of use, have one department with significantly lower turnover than all the others? Capabilities of the Different Sales Managers.

Hiring 224

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Enterprise Enterprise 224

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

HR can help the Sales leader to improve recruiting results and play a vital role in making the sales number in 2013. HR and Sales leaders often fail in the execution of convincing the top talent to make the career move. Apply a systematic and data-driven method to quota setting - the Quota Methodology guidance can help.

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Sales Talent Territories Compensation Quota 312

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

It''s clear that everyone is approaching this from their own perspective, using their own experience, anecdotal evidence, surveys, studies, clients and subscribers, in the industries in which they work and the marketing and/or sales teams with whom they communicate. How could you conclude anything else from this particular set of data?

Inbound 209

Inbound Survey Lead Rank Lead Scoring 209

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. Or at least a few of them.

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Promotion Quota Social Media Territories 308

Score More Sales

JULY 17, 2013

Devon McDonald – Director of Sales & Marketing Support at OpenView Partners. Anthony Iannarino – B2B sales coach and consultant, The Sales Coach Blog. Every sales manager should periodically be on the phones – understand the pain of prospecting and building the pipeline”.

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Hiring B2B Video Lead Rank 192

SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

And, it speeds sales productivity, which is the ultimately the name of the performance management game. A February 2013 report by Aberdeen Research validates the impact of gamification. One sales manager at a leading B2B technology firm recently shared his experience: “I forced my team to enter everything into Salesforce.com.

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Hiring Case Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 326

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I''ve written four White Papers over the last several years, all backed by science and data from the more than 700,000 salespeople and sales managers that Objective Management Group has evaluated and assessed. The Science of Sales Longevity. Lost Sales, Deals and Accounts - Fairy Tales or Dragnet?

Study 149

Study Outside Sales Inside Sales Video 149

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Inaccurate sales forecasts are legendary. Here are the 10 most common reasons why salespeople, sales managers, Sales Directors and CEO’s suffer from this: They lack a formal, staged, criteria-based pipeline. They lack a functional, sales-specific CRM or Pipeline Management application.

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Forecasting Pipeline Sales Forecasts Webinar Metrics 188

Increase Sales

AUGUST 20, 2013

Years ago when I was an inside sales manager, I had this “thing” about answering the phone by the second ring. Some recently released data by Ifbyphone appears to confirm my “gut” belief of many years ago. They surveyed data from these four categories of company during the first quarter of 2013.

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Small Business Small Business Survey Inside Sales 138

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 6, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Warning - this story is disturbing and contains actual quotes from its participants. The president of a small company, suffering from years of declining sales, asked us to evaluate his small sales force (3 salespeople and sales manager). c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Hiring Call-back Groups Sales Management 199

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? Topics Major Topics. Marketing (6398). Training (4995). Prospecting (4539).

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Lead Rank Leads360 Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 99

Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2013

In a company where the CRM has not been maximized and streamlined, even the leadership will advise reps to cut corners in adding data, which does not support building this consistent system in their company. Most sales reps believe these are really not for them as much as they are for leadership. A TOOL JUST FOR SALES MANAGEMENT?

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CRM Revenue SugarCRM System 291

Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

Pharmaceutical sales training faces several unique challenges that require tailored approaches and solutions. These challenges include: No insight into field activities Traditionally, it has been difficult for sales managers to gain visibility into the daily activities of their sales reps in the field.

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Pharmaceuticals Training Collateral Face-to-face 52