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The Six Skills of Great Sales VPs

SBI Growth

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. Frequently, the top manager gets the nod for the VP of Sales. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. His team flounders.

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B2B sales – is more better?

Sales Training Connection

The professors constructed six persuasive scenarios and had hundreds of undergraduates read the scenarios and play the buyers role. But the study was about B2C sales. Because of the type of sale and the buyers, the study construct does raise some flags about its applicability to B2B selling. ©2014 Sales Momentum ®.

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New hire sales training – an investment worth making

Sales Training Connection

New hire sales training. A short quiz for sales leaders – How much has the buying process changed in your market in the last five years? Question two – Have you taken a serious look at updating your new hire sales training to keep up with the changes? Expert Video Messaging. Excellence Modeling.

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6 traps successful women avoid in b2b sales

Sales Training Connection

Successful Women in B2B Sales. These women toot their own horns – they don’t wait for their customers or their colleagues to recognize their sales successes. From closing a large complex sale to completing a successful product implementation, successful female salespeople promote their successes. ©2014 Sales Momentum®.

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Hiring Best Practice: Test Before You Offer

SBI Growth

Some sales candidates look great during the hiring process. HR has worked hard to find capable talent, and Sales has committed time and money to ramp the new hire. If you’re a Sales or HR leader, this may be happening all too often. Sales can learn a lesson here. Read on and you''ll be ready to Make the Number in 2014.

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Sales role plays – do them right then they work

Sales Training Connection

Sales role plays. From time to time we hear disparaging words about the use of role-plays in sales training programs. Here are some fundamentals for designing sales role-plays that will create an experience that will be well received by salespeople and sales managers – provide a platform for real behavior change.

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How healthy is your office?

Sales and Marketing Management

On the professional level, athletes are paid exorbitant salaries, thus it only makes sense for owners to seek the best return on their investment by supplying elite training equipment that can help draw out every bit of their skills. The problem of split incentives. Allow them some flexibility. That is not necessarily the case.