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7 Skills Every Sales Manager Needs

Gong.io

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Strong leadership .

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B2B Sales Training Techniques and Best Practices

Highspot

B2C sales, on the other hand, are more about quick transactions and appealing to customers’ emotions. When training B2B sales professionals, it’s important to focus on a skill set that aligns with its unique nature. This includes market understanding, solution selling, and long-term relationship building.

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Introducing a New Sales Methodology to Your Sales Team: What To Do

InsightSquared

An effective sales methodology is arguably the backbone of a successful sales team. In today’s sellers’ environment, there are many standard sales methodologies your team can use: The Challenger Sale, MEDDIC , BANT , Solution Selling, Value Selling — the list could go on.

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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

Pointclear

They all have college degrees, they’ve been through sales training (Miller Heiman, SPIN ® Selling, Solution Selling ® ) and they’re PointClear certified, so they have the skills to sell. Plus, every one of them possesses five key qualities: They’re Nice, Smart, Curious, Hardworking and Ethical.

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Which Forecasting Model Works Best for Your Company

SugarCRM

By 2026, 65% of B2B sales organizations will transition from intuition-based to data-driven decision-making. This is possible because companies now have access to tools and resources that make it easier to unite workflows, data, and analytics. Choose the Right Sale Forecasting Method for Your Company. Make a dictionary of terms.

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What To Know About Sales Efficiency: Metrics, How to Improve It, and More

Gong.io

It doesn’t matter if you are a Formula 1 engineer, an Olympic sprinter, or a sales manager; everyone is striving for efficiency. . But unlike the other two examples, sales managers aren’t usually backed by multi-million dollar teams supplying them with insights to drive improvements. What is a good sales efficiency ratio?

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Elevate 2018 Recap: Taking Advantage of Sales Industry Disruption

Miller Heiman Group

Miller Heiman Group CEO Byron Matthews kicked off Elevate 2018 by telling the audience something they probably already feel but may not have realized: “Buyers are getting better at buying faster than sellers are getting better at selling.”. That kind of experience can’t be replicated by a single sales rep or manager.