Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 29, 2014

Sales managers – roadblock removers. Sales managers – how does your sales team spend its time? You can’t sell if you are not selling and most sales reps spend too much time not selling. . Simply put, there are roadblocks that every sales rep faces that are time-sinks. Sound familiar?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 14, 2014

2014-15: How will you stand out in the marketplace? Embedded as one of the key components in the marketing segment was building a vertical market using Cloud solutions to increase sales velocity, one of the sub-elements was using Thought Leadership Marketing to help you stand out in the marketplace. About the Author.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Microsoft Face-to-face 80

Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2014

Janet is an experienced and successful district sales manager who could work in any industry and for any company. Each month Janet is put to the test with different sales reps she must coach to success. Janet wants to get 2014 off to a great start. Sales Management Sales Management Coaching'

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2013

There is nothing more stressful than Q4 for a VP of Sales. Couple that with preparing for 2014 and you are maxed out. Schedule a review of your 2014 plan at your office here. We will use Sales Leader’s Q4 Critical Path Guide. Your Talent — How to improve your sales manager’s performance. Pick the right ones.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The top sales executive in every organization faces the same problem: spin. Learning the truth is critical for your sales strategy. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Sales Rep Survey. Sales Management Survey. Expert Panel.

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Hiring How To Face-to-face Survey 310

Sales Training Connection

APRIL 4, 2014

Sales manager with a new sales team. As most in sales leadership would share – the front-line sales manager is the pivotal job for building and sustaining sales success. And, perhaps the most critical time for any sales manager is when first taking over a new sales team.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Lessons for Sales Managers. In the book, the author shares several key points about entrepreneurs which we believe surely presents lessons for sales managers. Delegators are great managers and supportive bosses. From our observation, these points are particularly important for front-line sales managers.

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Sales Management Journal Lead Rank Pivotal 96

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Can you name 10 Core Competencies of a great salesperson? For the past 20 years, every Objective Management Group (OMG) sales force evaluation and sales candidate assessment has been tied to 21 Sales Core Competencies. Shut up Dave and just show us the list already!

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Top of Funnel Social Selling Funnel Promotion 309

Customer Centric Selling

JULY 2, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Boost the Remainder of Your 2014. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Early in my sales management career, I was astounded by how hopeful salespeople were that had achieved 35% of their annual quota going into the fourth quarter.

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Face-to-face Negotiation Proposal Pipeline 69

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-02-24. Teaser: While so-called Big Data is an exciting opportunity to identify new trends through powerful computing, sales managers need to zero in on small data do their jobs well. Author: Jason Jordan. In fact, they don’t even need many of the dozens of dubious reports embedded in their CRM.

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Data Trends Report CRM 250

Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 13, 2014

Sales managers – be nimble! The article by Adam Bryant, the NY Times columnist and author of Quick and Nimble , shared 6 pieces of advice for managers developing that ever-desired characteristic – nimbleness. We know successful front-line sales managers adopt this principle – they act as filters, not funnels.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Many of my clients and prospects tell me that the 4th quarter is when they take time to discuss sales plans (goals) and business plans with their sales people. The process isn''t really a process; it''s the presenting of a pre-determined sales goal for each producer. Most sales people really are not motivated by the process.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-12-29. Author: Marty Jacknis, President, Opportunity Maximizers, Inc. read more'

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

So, you think you want to be a sales manager? If you’re an individual top-performing contributor in your sales organization and you’re thinking of applying for a sales manager role, let me give you a bit of a reality check first. Check out my book on running a human-centric sales process that'll win more customers.

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Sales Management Hiring Top of Funnel Funnel 109

Sales Training Connection

JULY 25, 2014

Coaching sales strategy. Ask sales managers and salespeople what makes them successful. Sales managers can’t help salespeople become more talented, but they can help them become more skilled. However like a lot of good ideas, coaching sales strategy is easy to say but no so easy to do. How many accounts?

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Coaching Sales Management Strategy Face-to-face 99

Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 27, 2014

2014: How will you stand out in the marketplace? Embedded as one of the key components in the marketing segment was building a vertical market using Cloud solutions to increase sales velocity, one of the sub-elements was using Thought Leadership Marketing to help you stand out in the marketplace. About the Author.

Lead Rank 72

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Microsoft Face-to-face 72

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Many of my clients and prospects tell me that the 4th quarter is when they take time to discuss sales plans (goals) and business plans with their sales people. The process isn''t really a process; it''s the presenting of a pre-determined sales goal for each producer. Most sales people really are not motivated by the process.

Negotiation 120

Negotiation Motivation Intent Sales 120

SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

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. The newly promoted manager repeats behavior that made him successful as a rep. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region.

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Construction Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation 334

Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 7, 2014

Sales Planning: Sales Leadership and Sales Execution. This forecast maybe created by product type/vertical/geographic market along with a high, most likely and minimum sales values. The quarterly sales plan by salesperson must be much more tactical. Ken’s latest book is “Leading High Performance Sales Teams”.

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Forecasting Quota Compensation System 73

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Need to improve your sales team’s results? That’s the advice from a recent Harvard Business Review article that concluded, women are the future of B2B sales. If you are skeptical, ask yourself this: Which do you think is more likely to have a positive impact on your sales results next year — more women on your sales team or less?

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Hiring Travel Promotion Sales Leadership 118

Sales Training Connection

JUNE 18, 2014

We’ve written several blogs on sales coaching. Second, most people agree that coaching is a must-do for developing a superior sales team. Over the last 30 years we have designed numerous coaching programs for companies engaged in large B2B sales. Training Sales Managers to Coach. Let’s start with the ugly.

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Coaching Sales Management Training Sales Coaching 115

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Goodbye, 2014. Which broken sales strategies should we leave in the past (ah-hem, cold calling )? Here’s a hint: Any sales tactics, activities, or systems that help you build relationships with clients and prospects are worth the time and effort. I never expected to have a long, successful sales career. Hello, New Year!

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Referrals Gatekeeper Cold Calling Networking 260

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. This is the 10th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Who are they? What size are they?

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Lead Rank Sales Methodology Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 240

Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Just ask former math teacher Grace Tyson, who, in 2014, was struggling to define the unknown in a very important equation: Grace + [X] = new career. So, Grace started to investigate this potential career path in sales further. Sales is a small world, really,” Grace says. I said, ‘Okay, I think I can do that!’

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Sales Management Hiring Automotive Scale 73

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Last week, when speaking on the Inbound Stage at Inbound14, my topic was Hiring for the Inbound Sales Role. I asked the question, "Is this a sales or a marketing role?". The audience desperately wanted this to be a hybrid - someone who could do both the marketing and the sales.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

There is no argument among sales leaders that finding, hiring, and retaining good sales reps is the biggest challenge in leading an organization to higher profits. But how to hire the right sales reps? They help manage the entire life-cycle of employees for you. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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Hiring How To Lead Rank Lead Scoring 229

The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2013

Not that I want to look past the end of the summer, but as successful sales people we always have to be planning ahead. As we get ready to round the bend to the end of after Labour Day, it is not too early to start thinking about how we maximize our opportunities into the end of the year, and to kick 2014 off strong.

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Prospecting Cold Calling Discount Maximizer 275

SBI Growth

AUGUST 4, 2013

Most HR and Sales leaders who just completed this mid-year chore would agree. It does not answer the question that is top of mind with Sales and HR leaders, “How can we improve the performance of our sales team?” The accelerated pace of today’s selling environment requires a new kind of performance management.

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Territories Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 282

SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

I was lucky enough to be introduced to a sales team’s top performer for 2013. Julie’s Sales Operations leader thought I could learn a lot from her. Her pipeline was full of opportunities likely to close this quarter. The Dasboard will allow you to: Improve your sales team''s talent level. Does this ring a bell?

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Training Top of Funnel Hiring Hotels 293

SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2013

You have to make the rest of 2013 with the sales heads you have.” Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." In the guide you will learn: Make the number with the remaining sales people you have. Sales people like to be included in a team environment.

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Hiring Top of Funnel How To Social Selling 325

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 8, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I''ve seen this happen in youth baseball so many times. Are there sales versions of this? Do you have salespeople who find enough opportunities, but struggle to get them closed? This is sales infrastructure, or systems and processes.

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Top of Funnel Proposal Coaching Networking 251

Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Sales Middle Managers. Middle managers are the key to implementing C-Suite strategic initiatives. In 2011, Wharton’s Ethan Mollick shared that mid-level managers could have greater impact on company performance than almost anyone else in an organization, yet they are “often overlooked and sometimes maligned.”.

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Motivation Chemicals Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 13, 2014

Sales Training Article: The Sales Manager''s New Year''s Resolutions. By George De Los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) I am big on New Year''s resolutions. It''s a great opportunity to challenge yourself to grow, both personally and professionally. Every sales manager is time starved.

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Sales Management Face-to-face Decision Maker Travel 49

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

We write frequently about aligning your sales process to your ideal customer''s buying process. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Learn why your team ignores your sales process and how to fix it. Team meetings are run by sales managers.

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Sales Process Webinar Metrics Vendor Energy 308

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Could you use a powerhouse team of sales experts to help you with deals in your pipeline? Q4 is here, for those of you working in sales and working off of a calendar year. Sales leaders want to drive as much revenue as possible from their sales team – is that you? Powerful ideas to fuel the pipeline for 2014.

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Webinar Metrics Closing Strategy Lead Rank 214

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

A new research study unlocks the key to using social media for sales. Is it just another term to check off your buzzword bingo card at the next sales meeting you attend? You bet, and it’s critical to increasing B2B sales effectiveness. Not every social outreach is going to result in a sale, nor should it. Not really.

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Social Selling Cold Calling Social Media Ideal Customer Profile 296

Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 29, 2015

Sales Management: The need for creativity! This past week I had opportunity to work with a great client at their worldwide sales conference in Miami. What was the most creative sales tactic you have used? Need more sales management resources? The good news? What were the results?

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