The Center for Sales Strategy

JUNE 26, 2023

As a sales manager, you've realized that the sales world is not a constant, static environment. Understanding the seasonal nature of sales is crucial for any business to thrive and adapt to the challenges and opportunities that arise throughout the year.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Being a sales manager is a whirlwind experience, especially for those who were once successful sales reps themselves. Fortunately, there are valuable best practices that can help aspiring sales managers excel in their positions. Best Practices for Sales Managers 1. Lay a robust foundation.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I was thrilled that a sales professor and director of the National Strategic Selling Institute at Kansas State University was interested in reading my book. She does it as Late Night Show host David Letterman style with the top 10 reasons to read 52 Sales Management Tips. Thank you Dawn. His insights and advice are invaluable.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

This led to the development of a revenue enablement team that I currently lead, supporting all of the commercial, customer-facing teams. . Our Revenue Enablement team is responsible for supporting all of the commercial, customer-facing teams. . Showpad took out a lot of the guesswork for customer-facing content and conversations.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 13, 2023

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities: Managing Behavioural Issues I have had the privilege of working with numerous sales managers, guiding them through the challenges they face in leading high-performing teams. I want to share some actionable steps to empower sales managers to address behavioural issues.

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LeadFuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOLD Sales Leaders will perform best in a rapidly changing environment. It is not the most competent or the smartest sales leader that will survive, but rather the sales leader that is BOLD and can adapt to change will thrive. I don’t care if you are the head of sales or a front-line sales manager.

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Sell Integrity

JUNE 23, 2020

All tech companies want to build a world-class culture, and front-line managers play a pivotal role. What kind of conversations are your front-line managers having with their customer-facing teams? With sales booming, several top salespeople were promoted to manager roles, and the expectations were high.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 29, 2012

Let’s round up two representatives of everyone engaged in sales training – sales training vendors, training managers, VP’s of Sales, front-line sales managers, sales reps etc. The reason for the round up is we want to do a comprehensive opinion survey about the status of sales training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

In this 4:11 video, we learn how sales leaders must cultivate essential soft skills like emotional management, empathy, and assertiveness to foster trust, enhance execution, and address mental health challenges to consistently improve team performance. You’re not so good. That erodes trust.”

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

In this 4:11 video, we learn how sales leaders must cultivate essential soft skills like emotional management, empathy, and assertiveness to foster trust, enhance execution, and address mental health challenges to consistently improve team performance. You’re not so good. That erodes trust.”

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SalesFuel

APRIL 29, 2024

GroupM recommends creating ads that are: Entertaining: 37% of consumers prefer these types of OOH ads Relevant to consumers’ location: 21% Informative: 20% Prompting viewers to interact with the advertised brand: 15% Another SalesFuel blog , based on research from OAAA, recommends getting creative with OOH ads. Free additional advertising!”

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Nimble - Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A sales manager is the face of any company. This is someone who deals with all the clients and shoulders the responsibility of accompanying the client to the final stage of the sales funnel. The post What Questions Should You Ask When Hiring a Sales Manager? appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 6, 2019

Tim has been writing a series on sales management, Why Can’t We Build Better Sales Managers? In this particular article, Tim suggests we may not need traditional sales managers anymore. My immediate reaction was, “What is the role of a sales manager?” ” Absolutely!

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2022

First, congratulations, your first job as a sales manager is a huge step forward in your career. Now, don’t screw it up—you’ll get a lot of managers who will immediately congratulate you, shake your hand, smile then say, “What have you done for me lately?”. Before I go on, let’s backtrack a little bit.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 2, 2021

We try to formularize all the activities our sales people do with customers. But the world is complex, what our customers face is complex, what our people face is complex. We can’t possibly think of everything out people will face, scripting how they handle these situations. This is where our customers struggle.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 11, 2017

Use the form on the right-hand side of my blog). Even with brilliant marketing strategies and a solid management team, many companies miss their sales objectives. Successful strategy execution is the key to crushing sales numbers. Executives trust him for his focused, practical, no BS approach to growing sales.

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Braveheart Sales

AUGUST 12, 2021

We know that sales managers require different skills and strengths than salespeople. Sales managers need to recruit the right individuals, coach, hold people accountable, and motivate their teams. The same is true of sales managers vs other managers. Additional Sales Management Abilities.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 10, 2014

The First Time Sales Manager. I can remember…those first 6 months as a new sales manager was a challenge! I had taken over from two previous sales managers who were now reporting to me and three other salespeople for a total of five on my team. So what can a first time sales manager to do?

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CloserIQ

DECEMBER 26, 2018

One of our goals this year was to create and curate the best sales content out there for advancing your career and building top sales teams. Every week we compiled our favorite posts on everything from sales strategies to hiring plans. Here are 20+ of our favorite sales blogs from 2018.

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The Sales Readiness Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The over-arching objective of sales enablement professionals should be to support revenue growth by helping sales professionals achieve their sales goals. The most important way to accomplish this is to "reduce the time sellers spend not selling," and focus on client-facing tasks that improve sales.

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Nimble - Sales

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

2020 has also been a year of many changes in the sales industry. Salespeople have been facing new challenges, such as transitioning to selling completely online. In this article, we will take a closer look at what sales teams and sales managers can do to improve their individual and team sales performance.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2023

5 Ways to Stay Inspired Paul Smith is the Sales Director of a leading technology company. He has been in the industry for the last ten years and has been a star in various sales and marketing roles. His recent promotion finds him managing managers. But what exactly does it mean to “inspire?”

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SalesFuel

APRIL 1, 2024

SalesFuel’s Voice of the Sales Rep study revealed that many reps continue to struggle with basic skills. They say the following are their top weaknesses: Challenging misconceptions/budget concerns Networking Handling rejections These three skills are an important part of the sales process. But, networking is vital to sales success.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The packages for each sales rep that is being laid off (severance letters and outplacement service offerings etc.) Ensure that the people who are going to contact the sales reps have been trained and know how to effectively communicate what is happening. Five Steps to Leading Sales Force Change. should be prepared and reviewed.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 6, 2020

How good (or bad) does your sales team sound when prospecting over the phone? On Friday, (Jan 3 rd ), I received a sales call that went like this: Me: “Good morning, Mike Brooks here, how can I help you?”. I won’t go on (although this sales rep was willing to…). Have you recorded and listened to their calls lately? What gives?

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Showpad

JULY 25, 2019

A coach sets the tone for success, creates a strategy, and provides continuous sales training and support so the team can reach its full potential. In Sales, front line Sales managers take on the role of coaches, supporting and developing team members day in and day out in their sales execution.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Had I been engrossed in my phone, I would have missed that moment of innate connection between us, where no words were spoken, but my face and body language expressed hundreds of words, emotions, love, and pride. I was 16 years old and working in Arnotts department store as a sales assistant. I first started in marketing in 1987.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Sales people often are promoted into sales manager positions – primarily based on their sales success. Sales Coaching. Just because a sales people excelled at face-to-face selling doesn’t mean they will excel as a sales manager. So, what happens?

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sales management software tools cover a vast amount of functional territory. The sales management process involves many things that are not directly tied to selling. The problem facing sales managers is finding the time and expertise to do this in a meaningful and productive way. After-sale support.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sales management software tools cover a vast amount of functional territory. The sales management process involves many things that are not directly tied to selling. The problem facing sales managers is finding the time and expertise to do this in a meaningful and productive way. After-sale support.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 15, 2013

The average tenure of a sales manager is just 18 months. Yet, our sales teams need strong leaders more than ever. Sales is not a job for the faint of heart. Sales is not a job for the faint of heart. Sales management is not a job for the faint of heart either. You’re a salesperson.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2023

Sales leaders need to remember that they too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. The most effective ways are by networking with a peer who faces similar challenges and by enrolling in an executive coaching program. Most companies don’t have sales leadership programs for their senior sales managers.

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CommercialTribe

MAY 4, 2021

Fact: There’s a gap between the reality of who and where sales managers actually spend their time versus who and where sales leaders believe time should be spent. One sales leader who participated in our study quipped, “The whole thing is upside down. Who, Where, and How Managers Spend Time Matters.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Living by this philosophy has enabled me to accomplish much in my life, and it was the spring board to transitioning to top performance in sales. What I could do, however, was diligently write a weekly blog and organize it so I would write a little bit of the book each week. For example, I used to complain about leads. So, I couldn’t.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

When you hear the term “Zero Tolerance to Sales Management,” I would imagine your first thought is about having little or no patience for inept or slip-shod sales people. When talking about zero tolerance, I am speaking to sales managers who need to adapt to a policy of total responsibility. Total Responsibility.

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