The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Have You Read The Sales Book About? Sales eXchange – 121. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Why not adopt that within sales organizations.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Real Estate 253

Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

The job of a sales manager is to provide a succeeding environment for salespeople. Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. But he was not able to provide me with a viable territory.

Sales Management 94

Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 94

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Sales Manager’s job is to provide an environment within which their sales people can succeed. Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. The following is an excerpt from my Book, The Joshua Principle.

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 86

Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 28, 2012

In Jim Collins book “Good to Great” he finds that the best companies have the right people in the right seats. Hiring is one of the most important activities that a sales manager conducts. If they make the right decision they will improve the performance of the territory and elevate the performance of the entire team.

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Hiring Territories eBook Coaching 288

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sales managers are responsible for growing revenue. That means 1) providing sales reps with the guidance they need to continuously improve, 2) building a sales process that gives reps the best chance at closing each lead, and 3) understanding which efforts are moving the needle and which are a waste of energy.

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Software Software Tools Sales Management 71

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dating back to 1977, my entire career was as a B2B sales rep or I was managing a B2B sales team. Ask a sales rep what they will close this month and, without some intensive research, they may be hard pressed to give you an answer. What are some of the general company benefits from a well managed CRM … Increased revenues.

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CRM Revenue Company Hiring 71

Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

Sales always has been, and always will be, about closing the deal. But, sales professionals cannot rely on cold calls and haphazard prospect visits if they want to meet their sales goals and make it into the top 10%. Sales Productivity Tools. HubSpot Sales Platform. Gamifier makes sales performance fun.

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Tools Closing Territories Hubspot 108

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Sales is the most important function with any company, and the sales manager plays a critical role within it. That said… The importance of your sales manager cannot be understated. The sales force drives the company’s revenue and it’s the sales manager’s job to drive the sales force.

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Promotion Sales Management Sales Leadership Hiring 68

MJ Hoffman

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

I’m often asked what books I’m reading, or what I recommend as continued learning for sales reps. My favorite sales books are ones that I return to again and again. A mix of sales, business, and marketing books, these are titles I would recommend reps RUN (don’t walk) out to purchase. .

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Territories Influencer Competition Collateral 40

Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank Forecasting 115

Pointclear

AUGUST 17, 2011

This article has been selected for DeFinis Communications’ “Sales Coaching: Top Tips for Increased Productivity” Blog Carnival. Sales managers have six basic jobs—hire, compensate, train, deploy, monitor and manage, and coach and counsel—and they generally fail at the last three.

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Sales Management Hiring Territories Compensation 153

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If you ask most executives if they have a sales process , they’ll immediately say yes. But when you ask them to describe their sales process, their descriptions vary wildly. To some, a sales process means milestones in their sales pipeline. Having clear definitions for your sales process matters a lot.

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Sales Process Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Territories 124

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, what caused pain points at the end of the program: reps changing territories mid-program, sales that were booked but not invoiced, clients who made verbal commitments but didn’t sign contracts, field sales managers that vouched for sales that didn’t get logged into the system on time, etc.?

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Incentives Incentive Quota Territories 201

Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Are you in sales and looking to get promoted into management? Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. What traits or skills do they look for in new managers?

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Promotion Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 79

The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

But one thing sales and RevOps leaders all have in common is that they collectively struggle to set realistic, motivating sales quotas. If quota setting is critical to forecasting, goal setting, and sales capacity planning , how is it that so many organizations still miss the mark? In fact, with only 24.3%

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Quota Revenue Lead Rank Territories 70

Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. In Alvin Toffler’s book, “ The Third Wave ,” he talks about society’s transition from the Industrial Age (Second Wave) to the Information Age (Third Wave). The Second Wave: Territory Plans.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Territories Top of Funnel 105

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. They say you can’t shrink your way to success, but perhaps there are situations in sales where you can. Shrink Your Way To Success.

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Pipeline Territories Harvest Cold Calling 212

SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. The newly promoted manager repeats behavior that made him successful as a rep. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region.

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Construction Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation 334

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2014

SPS — Sales Prevention Syndrome — is the great killer of salespeople. ” A desire to spend too much time preparing to make sales calls as an excuse to not actually have to call. Are you quick to tell Marketing you lose too many sales because the sales materials aren’t any good?

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Cold Calling Territories Consultative Selling Motivation 226

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2022

Strong sales reps are the lifeblood of your business and how you choose to invest in them matters. For frontline sales managers, attributes like competency, quality of work, ease of execution, and length of contribution indicate reps’ overall job success, but you can’t rely on those inputs to tell you if they are personally satisfied.

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Retention Sales Coaching Coaching Scale 98

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

It’s been two years since The Challenger Sale was published. The book''s premise is simple: the most successful reps are not relationship builders, but “Challengers”. Since this publishing, many B2B sales organizations have embraced this methodology. The thesis of The Challenger Sale is sound. Let’s face it.

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Sales Methodology Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Face-to-face 308

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The jump from salesperson to sales manager is extremely challenging. Salespeople tend to act like entrepreneurs, running their own businesses and maintaining a book of clients. A manager has an entirely different job: Leading, inspiring, coaching, and training a team. Some managers are hands off.

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Sales Management Hiring ACT Quota 87

Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. One group particularly prolific is sales professionals. Sales leaders, trainers, and consultants regularly post articles that they distribute via their LinkedIn newsletter. Top 18 LinkedIn Newsletters for Sales Leaders. Published weekly.

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LinkedIn Hiring Sales Leadership B2B 118

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Talking Long-Term – Acting Short-Term – Sales eXchange – 109. Last week I wrote about the follies of having a shorter sales cycle , beyond the points highlighted, I think it raises another trend in sales these days. December 2007.

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ACT Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring 244

Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 8, 2011

Things Sales Professionals Whine About | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. things that sales professionals whine about? Are your sales people whiners? You KISS’d it & managed to cover a LOT of territory very clearly. Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Videos.

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Hiring Social Media Loyalty Cancellation 207

Allego

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When the pandemic first hit, sales leaders scrambled to find ways to keep their teams motivated and successful while selling in a virtual environment. Today, sales leaders recognize that the shift to virtual selling will be with us for a while, if not permanently. Get Productive: New Ways to Support the Virtual Sales Process.

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Sales Leadership Face-to-face Distribution Webinar Metrics 127

The Pipeline

JANUARY 24, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales & Consequences now on Amazon Kindle. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , EDGE Sales Process , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Productivity , e-book , execution. So the elves at here at Renbor leapt into action, and produced a Amazon Kindle version of the book.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 203

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2023

There are lots of great books (including Sales Manager Survival Guide), there are a lot of great training programs (including those we offer), but somehow managers continue to struggle in both finding the time to coach and coaching in high impact ways. Yet too often, senior manager and leaders neglect this.

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Coaching Lead Rank Territories Face-to-face 62

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 9, 2011

I’m Slumping, And I Can’t Get A Sale!” Not making enough (or any) sales? Let’s be kind and call it “sales underachievement.” ” Here are the prime causes of sales slumps: Poor belief system: I don’t believe that my company or product is the best. Get Sales Blog Updates.

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Hiring Social Media Cancellation Loyalty 306

The Pipeline

JANUARY 6, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales & Consequences. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Price , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Sell Better , Selling to Executives , Success , e-book , execution.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 215

The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Removing The Barrier From Sales – Sales eXchange – 107. Stored in Attitude , Listening , Proactive , Proactivity , Review , Sales eXchange , Success , execution. Sales eXchange , Sales Success , Self improvement , Tibor Shanto , Win/loss analysis. Book Notice.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Vendor 265

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

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Field Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 245

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. The June issue of Top Sales Magazine has been published and you can download it here. More on Baseball and Sales.

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Training Coaching Comparison Territories 246

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 223

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 8, 2014

I’m normally one to watch a movie, read a book or listen to a song and tie it to sales and/or sales management. And, even though I use a lot of sports analogies, I rarely use sport stories or examples in my blog post or Sales Brew Newsletters. Defend the territory. Summary: Grit. Execute the System.

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Territories Sports Call-back System 151

The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Win The Sale Without Compromising on Price. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , Price , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. All sales aren’t created equal. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Book Notice.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 212

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

When assessing your team’s performance, sales activities offer crucial metrics. That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results. Determine key selling activities.

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Revenue Proposal SalesForce Lead Rank 118