Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 30, 2024

Stop Ignoring Your Frontline Leaders: It Could Be Costing You Millions In SaaS sales, the performance of first-line sales managers is pivotal. These managers are the key to driving the company’s revenue generation. This leaves them with little time to dedicate to the hands-on coaching of their direct reports.

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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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Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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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?”. That question kicks off the new book “Pivot to the Future” by three thought leaders from the consulting giant Accenture.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Some of the obvious: Prospecting, working deals, planning calls, developing proposals, developing territory/account plans, pipeline management/forecasting, time management, learning/training, one on one’s with managers (hopefully for coaching), and yes, even administrivia. Running To The Edge Of A Cliff At 200MPH!

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 19, 2013

Medical device sales and sales managers. The medical device market faces transformational market challenges – decision criteria shifting from clinical to economic, decision-making moving from local hospitals to IDNs, the rise of GPOs, and the dramatic impact of new governmental regulations.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 26, 2024

Moreover, for sales organizations, data is essential in coaching. Beyond numbers in a CRM, data identifies coaching opportunities. These can turn a sales rep’s weaknesses into strengths. Here, we’ll explore key sales metrics, including both leading and lagging indicators, and discuss the top five essential KPIs.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 20, 2014

Sales managers – setting expectations and accountability. Too often sales managers – and for that matter other managers – think what needs to be done is intuitive – so of course everyone on their team understands what is to be done and why. ©2014 Sales Momentum ®. ©2014 Sales Momentum ®.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 11, 2020

With daily reminders of the power of the Coronavirus, and its companion COVID-19 infection, to bring markets, enterprises – and yes, even normal daily activities – to a sudden, shuddering halt, we are all looking for a way to navigate this new reality. Sales Management Strategies. Sales Management Strategies.

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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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Salesmate

JULY 28, 2021

So, when I came across this myth, “manager doesn’t make good sales coach,” it really surprised me. Sales managers have a lot on their plate; managing employees, sustaining the growth, bringing new customers, and much more. In fact, the majority of their time ( 32% of their day ) is spent on managing people.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 20, 2020

What makes an effective sales manager? Acting as sales manager can be a difficult job because you wear two bulls-eyes: one on your front and one on your back. Your senior management is pushing for results, numbers, revenue, and profit. Your sales people are looking to you for guidance. Coach, don't manage.

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Vengreso

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Building strong relationships with customers and leveraging sales tools and technology can significantly enhance efficiency and customer satisfaction. Continuous learning and adapting to new strategies and market changes are crucial for maintaining a competitive edge in sales.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Lessons for Sales Managers. In the book, the author shares several key points about entrepreneurs which we believe surely presents lessons for sales managers. From our observation, these points are particularly important for front-line sales managers. They are the pivotal job for driving sales effectiveness.

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Highspot

JUNE 3, 2021

As organizations adjusted to the new world of work over the past year, business leaders across the globe had to become intimately acquainted with words like change, pivot, and transition. Once you have a hybrid program, don’t just stop there – keep pivoting, communicate with stakeholders and iterate with the team you support.”

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Pipeliner

JULY 18, 2018

Sales coaching is a perennially difficult subject. This article explores ways to improve sales coaching and provides actionable insights to jumpstart the creation of the coaching process. Sales coaching is not counseling or teaching. These are all good things, but they’re not sales coaching.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In football, winning the fourth quarter is pivotal. As a football coach may pump up the team for the fourth quarter, sales managers can provide extra motivation. Here, managers can add incentives for increased activity, such as additional calls to close deals, and allow reps to be flexible with offers. Incentivize.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 17, 2016

Sales Management Excellence. Herminia Ibaraan, an INSEAD professor, published a provocative book arguing that in today’s market if you desire to get better at management you must venture outside your comfort zone. So, if you are a sales manager, how do you move from here to there – from being okay to being outstanding?

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Enablement teams have realized that sales leadership requires skills which even the best reps may not have. But recently promoted managers often get little training and support. Formal mentoring and coaching play a major role in helping new managers make decisions and develop effective behaviors. About Emissary.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As the business world evolves at lightning speed, shifts in B2B buying behavior have revealed a significant disconnect between what modern buyers expect and the ability of go-to-market (GTM) teams to meet these expectations. There’s little to no collaboration between sales, marketing, and enablement teams.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 4, 2015

Sales managers and the time trap. For sales managers Public Enemy # 1 is time. The more successful a sales manager, the more demands on their time. One simple answer is enough is enough when there is not enough time left to manage and coach your sales team. Team coaching.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Sales people often are promoted into sales manager positions – primarily based on their sales success. Sales Coaching. Just because a sales people excelled at face-to-face selling doesn’t mean they will excel as a sales manager. So, what happens?

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Vengreso

AUGUST 2, 2024

We’re delving into five vital principles in this article: grasping the concept of sales leadership, fostering trust within your team, providing impactful coaching, establishing well-defined objectives, and being open to innovation. One powerful resource to help you achieve this is our Prospecting OnDemand course for sales managers.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

How Does Sales Readiness Differ From Sales Enablement? Sales enablement and sales readiness are pivotal for sales teams to thrive. Sales enablement equips reps with the right tools, content, and training to understand the product, market, and customer pain points.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 30, 2015

Sales strategy coaching. When your customer base goes through a dramatic change in how they buy, it is a pivotal time to take your sales coaching effort to the next level. If not, a sizable percentage of sales force will end up doing what they need to do, but it will be too little, too late.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

You may need to pivot, you may need to after adjacent markets or you may just have to rebuild in your market – whatever the case going into 2021 with a strong pipeline is critical. Jason Jordan is a partner at Vantage Point, focusing exclusively on sales manager training, and is a recognized thought leader in B2B sales.

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SalesFuel

MAY 28, 2024

Instead of being sales focused, they need to be revenue focused. To increase deal flow and close new business, leaders should break down silos between the marketing and sales departments. Today’s buyers want to limit the amount of time they spend in meetings with sales professionals. What does this mean for your business?

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Sell Integrity

JANUARY 28, 2021

Of course, that’s the case when any employee leaves, but the full cost of sales rep turnover can be particularly high. In most organizations, salespeople are the pivotal drivers of growth. If you’re in a high-growth or competitive industry, you can bet there’s some fierce competition in the market for your salespeople.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 27, 2015

Sales Manager. Well, a sales manager with the “super salesperson syndrome ” will probably exhibited some of these 6 characteristics : Sell rather than coach. When push comes to shove, S 3 sales managers will spend their time selling rather than sales coaching. Take over sales calls.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We recently teamed up with Heinz Marketing to create The New Sales Enablement Standard: How Today’s Sales Leaders Grow Revenue With a Sales Readiness Approach. In it, we look at how sales leaders can empower their teams to achieve revenue goals through customized readiness programs.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Businesses moved their entire customer experience and go-to-market online, many for the first time. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. Recognizing that sales managers are the most stressed.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 16, 2020

Travel restrictions, temporary hiring freezes, changes in market demand, and remote teams all create new challenges and make it harder to sell. For Sales Managers . Use Live Call Studio for Coaching & Conversation Intelligence for Call Review. Valuable coaching opportunities aren’t limited to the sales floor.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 15, 2015

Herminia Ibaraan, an INSEAD professor, recently published a provocative book arguing that in today’s market if you desire to assume a leadership position you must get outside your comfort zone. Would-be leaders must learn to pivot – it is more about doing something different rather than just the same thing better.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 20, 2015

Developing Sales Leaders. It’s natural for front-line sales managers to focus on sales team performance – drilling down on the numbers. Sales managers spend their careers developing the required skills with corporations providing the necessary training and encouragement.

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Allego

AUGUST 28, 2023

Furthermore, as the attention spans of modern B2B buyers dwindle and their content preferences become more discerning, go-to-market teams must pivot to seize and hold buyers’ interest. The change in buying behavior means the traditional go-to-market motions of the past 20 years no longer work.

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