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7 skills you’ll need to become a sales manager

Close.io

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

Pointclear

While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process.

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How to Run a Team Effectiveness Assessment [Questionnaire]

Hubspot Sales

Running a constructive team effectiveness assessment rests on your ability to understand the qualities that have the most bearing on your team's immediate success. Even if your team effective assessment is positive, look back at the individual answers and see where you underperformed, relative to the others.

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7 Creative Ways Sales Reps Are Using AI

Hubspot Sales

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. AI is no longer a construct of the future. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective.

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Two Immediate Actions to Actually Get Your Reps to Use a Sales Process

SBI Growth

Have the Sales Managers train the reps. It’s called Train the Trainer. Have L&D sit in the back of the room and get your manager up on stage. If you had to train your managers, wouldn’t you know the process cold? Every time you go on a field ride with a rep to see a customer-- fill out a call plan.

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5 Sales Enablement Best Practices for Inside Sales Teams

Hubspot Sales

For many leaders, when we hear the term remote sales management, our blood pressure starts to rise. Sales teams are hard enough to manage already, let alone remotely.". Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy. There is no need to fear.

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How to perform a sales analysis (step-by-step with methods & metrics)

Close.io

You need cold hard data, and your sales CRM must capture all necessary information on the deals closed by your reps. To improve your sales effectiveness and make informed data-backed decisions, you need to conduct sales analysis regularly. Predictive sales analytics. Sales pipeline analysis.