Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In this guest blog post from one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , Kevin Lewis, Global Sales Excellence Leader at Milliken Chemical and an authority on developing sales managers, recommends five ways to get new sales managers off to a great start. Great sales leaders aren’t born: they’re made.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. One of the most common questions I get from sales managers is, “How can I make some small changes that will allow my sales team to sell significantly more?”. Scalable offering.

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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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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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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

” It starts with “the foot bone is connected to the leg bone, the leg bone is connected to the knee bone…” It’s really a discussion of systems. Systems are complex, imagine our organization’s “system,” working with a complex set of customer systems, supplier systems, investor, and so forth.

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

We have access to the data, and we are free to sample and consume it using all manner of tools. In many cases, the data we seek is produced, stored and manipulated within the administrative tools we use on a daily basis. Sales Management and Business Intelligence. But, having the data is still not enough.

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criteria for success

AUGUST 8, 2022

She’s the author of Building the Business of You: A System to Align Passion & Growth Potential Through Your Own Career Mash-Up. . CFS Resource Recommendations: Check out our eBook on The Ultimate Hiring Guide for Sales Managers! Subscribe to our blog ! The Ultimate Hiring Guide for Sales Managers.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 14, 2013

Sales Management: Taking Smart Risks. 3. New manager in a complex organization. I would recommend that you have each of your managers read the book and then discuss it weekly during your review meetings. Blog: www.YourSalesManagementGuru.com. . How Sharp Leaders WIN When Stakes are High.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

This is very risky but you will be doing the right thing for company and yourself in the long run—but you may lose your job as you will be “fighting the system”. (3) 2. Sales managers are the biggest problem. David points out the main champions of the sales status quo are your sales managers.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 7, 2022

Every organization I work with has everything a sales organization should have in place. We go down laundry lists all the programs, tools, processes that are in place: CRM and the classic “sales stack?” Check, every sales person has access to Sales Navigator. ” Social selling?

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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! Development of a Sales Plan for the new year with quarterly objections/goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2017

A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking in 2017? Last week after presenting a keynote program called Gourmet Living, an attendee came up to me afterwards and discussed her challenges as a sales manager. Become a Detective : In sales management workshops we always talk about inspect what you expect.

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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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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Several weeks ago in a blog, I asked who was responsible for order prevention in your organization. Who is promoting sales enablement? The fact is, sales enablement is not located exclusively within one group or managed under one silo. Where does a CPQ system come into play? What percentage turn into sales?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 5, 2021

Every organization has taken their people through the latest greatest sales training, spends thousands per person on tools. Every manager says they coach their people. They aren’t using the processes or tools. They have to use the tools, processes themselves. Every organization focuses on their ICP.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2021

As I start, they tell me all the “stuff” they have in place to help the sales people, Content, training, tools, processes, procedures, programs…… The list goes on, and on, and on. ” It’s all the things you hear marketing people, sales enablement people, sales managers talk about as best practice.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

Are sales managers really at fault? You don’t hear that phrase very often anymore, but account based sales reps still carry a bag. But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota. But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2013

There are SMB and mid-market sales organizations who have not embraced a cloud-based, customer relationship management system, better known as CRM or SCRM. The “S” stands for social, and indicates that a CRM system has the capability to interact with and bring in social media content right into customer and prospect records.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. In one of my posts I provide guidance to sales managers on who belongs in their sales team and how do they decide who needs to be managed-out?

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2022

They aren’t looking for new industrial systems, or IT systems, every day. Why would HR, Sales, Marketing Customer experience care about a new manufacturing process control system. And why would manufacturing care about a new content management system. The link will take you to that collection.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 17, 2022

I wasn’t hearing anything about sales management–both top sales executives in setting the overall goals and priorities of the organization, and front line sales managers. The words “sales management” were not uttered in the conversation.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2018

Every sales manager wants their team to be successful– but sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Sales reps face a number of obstacles that can keep them from their goals and it’s your job as their manager to help them overcome these challenges. Facilitate better sales and marketing alignment.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Managers and leaders, likewise, have the same responsibility to their customers–their people. Perhaps it’s providing them tools, systems, processes, training, programs, coaching. Related Posts: Removing Obstacles To Buying Why Do Sales Managers Exist? What are you doing to remove obstacles?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 3, 2022

” Readers of the blog, also, know that I’m a huge fan of data. A sales people and leaders, we are fortunate to have more data than we have ever had access to in the past–and some of it is actually useful and informative. I perform a bit of a sadistic test with managers when we start diving into the data.

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Your Sales Management Guru

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Sales Management and the Impact of Social Media. While in the process of writing a future magazine column on the future of sales and social media I interviewed three people and posed several questions in order to get their view points. Is your sales process? Acumen Management Group Ltd. Ken Thoreson.

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Apptivo

APRIL 27, 2023

A robust CRM system is like the foundation of the bridge, providing the necessary support and structure to keep the connection strong. Essential Features of a CRM Before a company invests in a CRM system, it must thoroughly check out it’s features. Well, first off, it ensures that the company gets the best bang for their buck.

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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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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 11, 2021

It’s the sales person’s responsibility to “make the number.” ” The managers’ jobs are to support their sales people in doing this. They do so by coaching, providing support/resources, removing roadblocks, providing systems, tools, training to help sales people in doing their job.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

These are just some attributes that a buyer should have before you move them down your sales cycle. Here’s an example of a sales ICP: Your ICP will be based on actual data. . Look through your CRM or whatever sales tools your frontline sales managers use. Set up a lead scoring system.

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Closer's Coffee

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Gamification in business has become a widely used technology for injecting fun, engaging, game-driven systems and processes into nearly all areas of corporate operations, such as sales, customer service, management, and customer experience. What Is Sales Gamification Software? Visit us at [link] to learn more.

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Closer's Coffee

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Gamification in business has become a widely used technology for injecting fun, engaging, game-driven systems and processes into nearly all areas of corporate operations, such as sales, customer service, management, and customer experience. What Is Sales Gamification Software?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Managers play a key role in helping the sales people apply these skills within their territories and within specific sales situations. Sales managers address that “last mile,” in helping sales people leverage these skills, tools, processes in specific sales situations.

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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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Showpad

MAY 7, 2020

If that’s not the case – if you’re not engaged in sales enablement or your current approach doesn’t meet your expectations and deliver desired results, I encourage you to read this blog post with an open mind and heart to establish a thorough understanding of sales enablement. . I hear you.“

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