Pipeliner

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At Pipeliner, we have just devised a new tagline for our CRM and our company: Open to Close. Because Pipeliner is different, it effectively causes the market to think differently about sales. The reason is that other companies have not truly analyzed the real issues for sales teams and sales managers.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 20, 2015

Think your team has a “closing” problem? How often have you heard leaders say, “My salespeople can’t close”? If you’re a sales manager, you’ve probably even said it. But failing to close is never the real problem. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during early stages of the sales process.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Sales process efficiency. Sales processes have room for improvement in nearly all companies. Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. Sales time sucks.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned sales manager or a frontline rep hustling for results, we get it – the struggle is real. Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. How Does the Sales Closing Process Work?

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Gong.io

JANUARY 31, 2022

While the exact list depends on who you ask, the following (alphabetized) traits are all critical for a sales manager: Able to coach, analytical, available, confident, empathetic, good listener, innovative, leads by example, loyal, motivating, passionate, positive attitude, serves vs. dictates, strategic vision, strong communicator, and thoughtful.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. And it only works if you have a referral system in place to ensure sales reps ask for referrals every day. Reduce the time it takes to close deals. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. It doesn’t work.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Specifically, the managers who lead your sales teams — they oversee the reps who communicate directly with your prospects and customers daily. Think about it this way: If you're a sales manager and you help each of your 10 reps sell 20% more, you've essentially just "created” two new salespeople.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 23, 2014

Marketing is not driving the quality sales leads the field needs. Very few leads from marketing convert to accounts. You’re hearing it from your Sales Managers and reps. Your VP of Sales is sick of the excuses. Your team needs to take more responsibility setting appointments with prospects.

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SalesHandy

MARCH 21, 2023

Only 30% of emails get opened across all industries, making it important to write a compelling sales email that prompts a click. Every business in every industry drills down to one thing – Sales. Be it a marketing agency or an IT firm—sales play a significant role. Which one of these two emails would you open?

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Mindtickle

APRIL 2, 2024

With AI, sellers can boost productivity and close more deals , and CROs are taking note by investing accordingly. Gartner predicts that by next year, 35% of chief revenue officers will add a centralized “GenAI Operations” team to their go-to-market organization. But what does AI for sales enablement look like?

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The topic of Sales management is very broad, and is covered in an infinite number of books, so we won’t be covering that here. There is also an endless list of material on sales management—and as anyone who has read my previous writings on the subject knows, I consider that management is management.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

In the competitive world of SaaS sales, 40% of salespeople cite prospecting as the most challenging part of the sales process, ranking it more daunting than closing or qualifying stages. 1- Increase Accountability Accountability is key to ensuring that individual sales reps are meeting their goals.

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Allego

MAY 17, 2022

When it comes to sales, reps are often at the forefront. They’re responsible for moving prospects through the sales pipeline in order to convert them into customers. While what they do is essential, there’s another team that plays an instrumental role in closing deals: marketing.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 21, 2021

If you’re a sales professional, you know that choosing the right closing technique is vital for making a sale. When you’re finished with sales prospecting , you need to engage with the customer to convince them to invest in your brand. The question close. One way to do this is with the question close.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. Make sure it aligns with marketing — to an extent.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

This article explores what a sales coach does. It covers how an effective sales coach can take a good or even mediocre sales force and make it great. Sales coaches help reps get to the top of their game to meet or exceed customer expectations and, by doing so, meet or exceed company sales goals. Close more.

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criteria for success

JULY 15, 2021

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. State of Emergency.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

There are certain strategies that many successful salespeople use to move the sales process forward and close more deals. Jump to whichever section fits your needs: What Is Sales Negotiation Why Is Sales Negotiation Important? This preparation will boost your confidence and increase your chances of closing a deal.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Close bigger deals.”. Ask any sales leader what they want, and you’ll get an answer along these lines. You can’t tell a sales rep to “increase sales” and expect them to know what to do. Follow the SMART framework to set sales objectives. Here’s how you can set SMART sales objectives: Specific. Measurable.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 22, 2014

For example, just 7 years ago, a company may have needed salespeople who could hunt and/or close. The competencies of an inside salesperson, hunter, closer, consultative seller and even account manager are vastly different, so it is imperative that we not only define those competencies, but use tools to measure them.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 2, 2021

What do Top Sellers Know on How to Close a Sales Deal. Salespeople who close more deals compared to their colleagues might be working with a different strategy. Here are the things the top sellers are doing right: They focus on the prospects’ needs. Positive reinforcement is also key for closing deals.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

One route into the position of a sales manager is promotion from having been a highly successful salesperson. They are suddenly saddled with the responsibility of the entire sales team. Fortunately, though, sales management is a craft that can be learned. This will help a sales manager to get up and running.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 15, 2020

Prospecting often makes businesspeople break out in a cold sweat. It has been harder than ever in recent years to get referrals and prospects to potential customers. James Muir discusses how to prospect and get referrals in this expert sales interview, hosted by John Golden. Categories of Prospecting.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Yes, they also have the technical expertise, but their people skills are what enable them to prospect well, develop relationships, and close business. CEOs and sales leaders across industries tell me that their people routinely email and send text messages to clients, and then complain that they can’t reach their contacts.

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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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Nutshell

MARCH 7, 2023

Table of Contents What are KPIs in sales? Why should sales managers track KPIs? How to track and report on KPIs KPIs for Sales Managers What are KPIs in sales? Examples of sales KPIs include customer lifetime value, conversion rate, and number of new leads. Why should sales managers track KPIs?

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Braveheart Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

Here are current seller stats: 59% need approval more than they need to close business. 63% lack emotional control during the sales process. 85% carry self-limiting beliefs regarding sales. 72% suffer from purchasing habits that negatively impact their ability to close business. Sales Manager Dependency.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 21, 2014

I was sitting in a meeting of marketing and operations people when I worked at Inquiry Handling Services (long ago scooped up by Harte Hanks). Which brings me to the topic for this month’s article, which follows up on the December topic entitled: " Taking away a salesperson’s excuses ," in which I wrote about the lack of sales lead follow-up.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 1, 2019

One of the biggest challenges digital marketing agencies face is both generating leads, and then turning prospects into customers. It’s estimated that only 20% of leads are considered legitimate, and only 5-20% of prospects ever convert. So how do digital agencies respond to prospects that say no? Ask your customers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

What do top-performing sales teams do better than under-performing sales teams? They don’t waste time selling to prospects who are not ready to buy. Instead, they have a system to identify the highest value prospects in their pipeline and invest their time with those that are most likely to close.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 30, 2020

If sales is a journey, your strategic plan is the roadmap you'll provide your team to help them reach their destination. It is one of the most important activities you will ever do as a sales manager because, without it, your sales team will have no direction and no instruction manual to follow in order to achieve their targets.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Go to market launches are critical for most companies. of 30,000 new products are released into the market for customers to use. Why do so many products entering a new market fail? By putting together an all-star go-to-market team, you can ensure that you are set up for success. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2019

A successful close is the end goal that every sales team guns for. Whether prospecting, making cold calls, negotiating, or even researching, every small step a sales rep takes is tied to this goal. But despite a focus on closing sales, it remains one of the biggest issues for teams. Image Source.

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