Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. While there’s some variance, I tend to see the following: Sales Training. Sales Process/Methodology. Systems/Processes/Tools.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Sales Management and Discipline. I received a call from a former client that was concerned about the status of their sales team and VP of Sales-it seems that their revenue was off more than $2M over the previous year and below their growth goal! Re-install his quarterly salesperson training program. Let me know?

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In that spirit, we’ve collected 7 of the year’s most popular sales leadership posts to inspire you to focus on your own leadership development while improving the performance of your team. Check out the top 7 sales leadership articles in 2015. 5 Things High Performing Sales Managers Should Be Doing.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 4, 2015

Sales managers and the time trap. For sales managers Public Enemy # 1 is time. The more successful a sales manager, the more demands on their time. CRM software and other online systems require attention. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 16, 2016

7 Steps to Success for Sales Managers. -A After being a VP of Sales, consulting on sales management for 19 years and after writing four books on sales management, Max Cates, author of 7 Steps caught my attention in the first five pages. A book review-. Hire for Traits, not Skills.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 17, 2015

Ignite Your Sales Team: Sales Management on Fire! Everyone wants to lead a high performance sales team, but have you made the right investment to make it happen? We see many organizations struggling simply because they have not figured out the importance of investing in training their sales managers.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 14, 2016

Sales Management: What is your goal—today? . Sales leadership is a constant focus on many various facets of business-it’s one of the reasons sales management is a one of the most difficult jobs in any business. It is because of these numerous aspects that many sales managers get distracted or lose focus.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 3, 2016

Sales Management Shouldn’t be a Horse Race. That happens because of many reasons; lack of good pure sales management training programs, lack of previous exposure to sales leadership mentors or poor management styles. It happens in so many aspects of the job of sales leadership. What do I mean?

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

11 Actions Sales Management Must Take Now! Sound investment portfolio-management advice ranges from “hold firm with your existing stocks” to “take advantage of a great opportunity to buy at today’s basement prices”. This also is an opportunity to build a better sales team that will increase your market share as competitors lag.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As a Sales Leader or Executive these 3 secrets will also help propel your sales organization to the next level. In Chicago I took each bullet and discussed the specific actions sales management must implement to execute on each element. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world! Ken@AcumenMgmt.com.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Amp Up Your Sales, published by AMACOM, written by Andy Paul is a book you should consider for your 2015 sales training program. Andy has put together 40 chapters of concise, practical and most important the right information that when implemented can drive your sales to the next level.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 5, 2015

I find ways to relate events in my life to my primary professional focus – Developing Highly Successful Sales Organizations. At Anthony Cole Training Group, we do this by focusing on 1 VERY important CEO/President question – How do I grow sales? We have a program called SME – Sales Managed Environment.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 24, 2014

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. In my first sales management position I soon noticed that one of my salespeople seldom made calls alone. He called on mid-level IT staff and whenever possible brought our Systems Engineer (SE) with him on his calls.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Sales Tips: How Deep Is Your Sales Bench? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Darrelle Revis, recognized as the best lock-down cornerback in the game, chose to leave the Pats and return to the Jets prior to the 2015 season. Need some help to increase sales?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 27, 2016

This book should be scheduled for your next Acumen Sales Book Club. Selling to the Point by Jeffrey Lipsius is a unique sales training book and I have read many. I felt that a senior salesperson and especially a younger sales team will sit back and reassess their sales approach after reading this book.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 6, 2016

July is Sales Leadership Month. As a sales leader you must always have a vision and action plans for a rolling six months, this is why July is the perfect month for anyone that has sales management responsibility—so why not name it Sales Leadership Month ! Did the quarterly sales training plans work?

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 27, 2015

That is a question most executives worry about and often have to ask their direct reports, this is especially true when thinking about Sales Management. In some situations the President of the company may have responsibility to manage the sales team or maybe they are attempting to manage a sales manager(s).

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 13, 2015

Last Friday my topic was “Accelerate Your Business in 2015”, during the program I covered a variety of ideas, techniques and tools the audience could use to drive increased levels of sales pipeline values and revenues. A portion of what I spoke about was from a recent blog: The One Must Do Action Step to Ensure a Great 2015!

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Make 2015 Your Best Year Ever! In recent years, organizations have gotten better at analyzing financial statements, refining manufacturing procedures, reengineering business systems and improving marketing effectiveness. But one area where additional improvements still can be made is the sales organization.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

High-Profit Prospecting b y Mark Hunter, published by AMA (American Management Association) has laid out solutions to one of the top sales problems facing every sales organization. It is a sales training session all by itself! His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 3, 2015

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. . Reinforces Sales Training.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Sales skills. Sales planning. When do you need them fully up and trained? Review your marketing/sales operational teams. What new elements within your sales training plans for 2017 do you need to plan for? Outside training? When is your 2017 Sales Kick-Off Meeting? Product/industry knowledge.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 5, 2016

It is important to track sales metrics to better understand the sales formula or recipe for success and to analyze leading indicators that will allow the sales manager to better predict future revenues. HINT: set sales objectives that lead you to your goal. HINT: Twice a year focus on this kind of training.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

What Happened at the End of the Sales Leadership Training Workshop? It was an interesting out come at the end of the two day Sales Management Training Workshop last week… We discussed the Role of Sales Management, what Strategies face sales managers and focused on the Execution of sales management tactics.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The atmosphere that exists can either benefit sales or stand in its way, and that’s why it’s critical for leaders to intentionally build a healthy sales culture. Make sure that you’re continually fostering an atmosphere that focuses on your customers and their experiences by revisiting our most popular sales culture articles from 2015.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

If you would like a copy of our 9 page Acumen Sales Strategy Planning Guide send me an email request and I will send it to you. Don’t forget to check out: Ignite Your Sales Team, Sales Management on Fire Video. Need more sales management resources? Ken@AcumenMgmt.com.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

At this time of year it is not unusual for salespeople and sales managers to simply focused on closing business to achieve their yearly objectives, maximize their compensation plans and unfortunately drain their pipelines. January can be a good month with leftover sales opportunities but many sales teams face a weak February/March.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

She managed to bring in the first five customers — not an easy task at a new startup — and built credibility among Techstars executives who selected Flyte as one of the top 10 companies that went through the accelerator program.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 24, 2016

Sales Leadership Thoughts: Why Winners Win! Salespeople must be trained on the emotional elements of success at the same level that they are trained in pure sales skills training. Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 20, 2016

Whether your organization is using CRM or not I find that most organizations have not taken the time to define, write out and train their sales team on how to use prescriptive a sales process. The more prescriptive process you create, the greater success your sales team will experience. The Results! What happened?

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 10, 2015

Fortunately, the salesperson had a sales manager who was helping in those areas. What the salesperson was interested in was: How can I do a better job managing my time? The number of great apps and software systems has grown exponentially in the last several years. Better training. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 3, 2016

The Job of Sales Management. During the balance of the year I will outline 40 steps a sales leader can take to achieve predictable revenue. They are not listed in any priority- as every sales organization is at differing levels of maturity and needs. Need more sales management resources? Creating Intensity.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Make this book one of your Acumen Book Club sales training sessions going into the fourth quarter and watch your quota numbers get crunched. Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone. Need more sales management resources?

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 27, 2014

While everyone maybe thinking of their Halloween costume or what tricks or treats they may provide, as sales leaders we must consider the bigger picture. Each of these is designed build a certain sales mentality. Focus your sales team on selling to the business challenges of the NON-IT decision makers.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

It is important that this knowledge is understood not only by sales management but also by the sales team. Equally important is whether you have unknowingly sanctioned a dramatic decrease in profits by pushing for revenue gains by permitting your sales team to negotiate price reductions? ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

But, you need to focus on the perfect hiring profile and teach your sales managers how to nail it from the beginning. . We have created this guide to help you get the sales recruitment process right and ensure your sales manager and company hire qualified candidates every time. It, however, was back in 2015.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

But, you need to focus on the perfect hiring profile and teach your sales managers how to nail it from the beginning. . We have created this guide to help you get the sales recruitment process right and ensure your sales manager and company hire qualified candidates every time. It, however, was back in 2015.

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