The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Winning the Sales Battle: Overcoming the “Failure to Impact” Syndrome. Guest post Monday brings us Steven Rosen , The Sales Leadership Coach and founder of STAR Results. Hire only top sales reps. Create a better incentive plan. Do your sales reps make impact on each call? Nov 14, 2011.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

Step 4: Lean on Me Many studies indicate that, more than any other factor, the key to sales success is coaching, yet how many sales enablement programs include a formal coaching plan and commitment to drive adoption, usage and change? For a program this important, formalized sales tool coaching is a requirement.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Notable Episodes: Avoid These Two Prospecting Mistakes : In this episode, CEO at Partners in Excellence and Author of Sales Manager Survival Guide , Dave Brock talks what not to do when prospecting. Hosts: Sales trainer Bryan Neale and author, speaker, and coach Bill Caskey. Sales Gravy. Overly eager to discount?

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

Understanding the “why” is important, but sales pros also need a clear vision of how the tools can be used to change the process, and deliver the desired outcome. For a program this important, formalized sales tool coaching is a requirement. Step 3: Where we are Going?

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Remember, no discount in the world will convince someone to buy if they aren’t ready. Take the sales cycle into account. Don’t expect a 6-12 month enterprise opportunity to close just because they are offered an incentive. However, don’t forget about managing them. Anything that comes in will be an added bonus.

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Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

.  Leadership  a motivated and well drilled sales team will outsell one twice it’s size, but only if they have great sales leadership. Sales People are not motivated by Sales Managers, they are motivated by Sales Leaders. Imagine a sales person as a knife.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you’re a freelancer or an agency, they offer a wide variety of perks , including discounts on products and services from leading software companies. Higher tiers also include referral bonuses, product discounts, and a dedicated channel manager. Xero has one of the most user-friendly partner programs out there.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I worked there for eight years in sales and sales management positions. Companies spend embarrassing amounts of money on client events, company celebrations, sales incentives, and work-life balance perks like childcare, but then they skimp on investing in building permanent, repeatable sales skills for their teams.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 24, 2021

Organic Growth: Organic sales growth — our primary focus in this guide — involves trying to increase profits via changes to processes within your company. It involves adapting your prior business model, and, while not cost-free (research/upskilling/tech-stack additions/coaching programs don’t come free!) Coach, coach, coach.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sales Managers Have the Hardest Job in Sales. As a sales manager, you owe it to yourself to pay close attention to Jeb’s keen insights on leadership. Sales Managers have the hardest job in sales. In most cases, sales managers earn less than their top salespeople. E-mail RSS.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Having an attractive sales compensation plan is essential not only when adding sales talent to your team but also when retaining your top performers and fortifying your bottom line. Creating the perfect incentive compensation package for your team is no simple feat. How internally competitive are your incentives (i.e.,

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 24, 2023

Here, you may consider coaching or training that targets prospecting. A lower number here can indicate reps are not fully identifying needs or they are discounting too heavily. Here, you may consider coaching that targets fact finding and discovering client needs. Of course, sales is a people-first career.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

It depends on the size of the company: In one study, it was found that more than 70% of companies with a sales force of over 50 people had a dedicated sales enablement person. However, only 39% of companies with less than 25 sales reps had one. But as a busy sales manager, you hardly want to add more tasks to your plate.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2020

If you missed episode 132, check it out here: The Internal Game: Coaching Your Way to Success in Sales with John Mark Shaw. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. I immediately got into sales management. So I got into sales management pretty quickly with EarthLink Wireless. We’re on iTunes.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2020

In many ways, I took the most enjoyable part of my role as a leader and turned it into what I wake up and do every day, which is coach and help and try to maximize the success of the folks that I’m working with. Sam Jacobs: What are the most common mistakes that companies make, the most common pitfalls that you coach them to avoid?

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Close.io

JUNE 3, 2019

Imagine two sales managers walk into a room. Sales Manager #1 wants to crush her quarterly targets and has an idea of what it’s going to take to get there. Sales Manager #2, on the other hand, doesn’t hope. But it’s not okay to wonder about your sales numbers.

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