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9 Things Terribly Wrong With Sales Today: The Sales Tools

A Sales Guy

Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much reliance on selling tools. Too much activity management. “Welcome to the team,” said my new sales manager, as he dropped a giant yellow pages phonebook on my desk. That was selling in 1996. Not enough humility.

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Book Review: The Challenger Sale | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Book Review: The Challenger Sale. I recently read The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson. In the book, the authors reveal the findings from their extensive studies regarding the sales process. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Elite Sales Management: Coaching Your People Where They Are

criteria for success

As sales managers, we’ve all been told we need to coach our teams. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. What’s not working?

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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Sales Manager

Hubspot Sales

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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Three Things That I Would Do Differently as a Sales Manager

Adaptive Business Services

I spent most of my professional life as a sales manager in some form or another. I gave up managing 12 years ago largely because I was tired of the stress. Selling is much more fun! Selling today has evolved with technology and salespeople have to be comfortable, and anxious to take advantage of, these tools.

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Emotional Intelligence Grows Sales

Score More Sales

LR: What made you write a book about Emotional Intelligence and Sales Results? And often I observed that a salesperson could execute hard selling skills very effectively during role plays and practice sessions. Then, when he or she encountered a tough prospect, all their good selling skills went out the window.

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The 8 Skills Salespeople Will Need to Be Successful in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Selling Skills 2018. Video skills. Framing skills. Challenger selling. Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card.

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