Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This is the second in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Paul is the Director of Field Enablement at Groove , a leading sales engagement platform.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 29, 2023

The truth about salespeople who are reluctant to prospect boils down to two things: First, they are reluctant to prospect because past attempts resulted in failure. Second, they don’t know what to say to prospects. Prospecting reluctance can be the silent killer of sales careers.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back on our sales training and coaching when it comes to dealing with RFPs. ” When training and coaching salespeople, theory is not enough. He started strong which you can see here.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. When training and coaching salespeople, the theory of how to sell to companies that buy via the RFP process is not enough.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. BDR achievement has remained steady.

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Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

I’ve often used the analogy that B2B enterprise sales professionals are the Olympic athletes of the corporate world. That said, try putting them in a front line B2B sales role focused on the complex sale at the enterprise level and see how that works out for you. Oh, sure, we throw money at the sales department.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

Sales coaching is all about looking forward and developing your people. High-revenue growth companies are seeing the payoff; 54% of high-performing companies are using sales coaching more than in the past, and 60% use sales coaching as an integrated part of a sales training program.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 25, 2022

The driving question being how do I take a territory from a 20% margin base, to 25%? There are several ways to slice this, but it needs to be surfaced in coaching and quota discussions more often. A focus on margins requires a different sales culture. How are they selling and negotiating with prospects? Margin Of Error.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Everyone needs coaching. I’ve spent a lot of time in this blog talking about coaching as key to driving performance in sales people. I’ve written extensively about directive and non-directive coaching–focusing on non-directive as the most impactful in helping sales people learn and grow.

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Tenbound

APRIL 19, 2024

by Kathleen Robida LinkedIn is always buzzing with tips and tricks for SDRs to book more meetings and for Sales to win more deals. Who is using video successfully in their prospecting? However, what is rarely discussed is the critical importance of the Sales Development Representative and Account Executive partnership.

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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

From delivering winning doses of inspiration to transforming rookies into all-stars, coaches are a key component of any winning team — and not just in sports. In the world of business-to-business sales, coaches are just as essential to ensuring reps have the skills they need to close deals with confidence.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 12, 2024

Why I Love Sales Dave, I found your question very thought provoking. As I pondered my response, I arrived at several reasons why I love Sales. What I like most about the sales profession is that it is similar to managing your own little business. Sales IS business. You are on the front line, making things happen.

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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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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many sales professionals often don’t receive the crucial tools needed for success right away. This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. While you’re at it, assess your other sales team members.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Building a successful sales force is not easy. Most sales managers will tell you it involves three fundamental steps: Hire the best-qualified candidates; train them; and compensate for results. These three often-overlooked elements are critical to optimizing sales performance: 1. Deploying Sales Resources 2. By vertical?

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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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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We tend to focus on the pieces/parts of what we do, the responsibilities of our organization, for example marketing, SDRs/Inside Sales, AEs, Account Managers, Sales Engineering, Sales Ops, Sales Enablement. Today, I want to focus on Sales Management.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

Salespeople need to retain a lot of information and master the right sales skills to consistently hit their numbers. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. Here are 17 sales skills every rep needs and tips for helping your teams develop them. Essential Sales Skills Every Rep Should Have.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve been an SDR , an SDR director, and now run a sales team at a startup. Typically, SDRs work from one of two territory models: Static territories based on geography or vertical or business segment. A Wild West-style free-for-all where reps prospect into an addressable market wherever they’d like. Introducing….

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Keith Rosen

JANUARY 12, 2019

Sales quotas are set, but is there alignment, buy-in, and a bulletproof strategy to achieve them? Are you certain your sales team has the skills, fearless attitude and structure to thrive? Tip from the Coach: Transform from just being a strategic thinker and become a strategic communicator. Otherwise, resistance is imminent.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 11, 2018

Sales is emotional and don’t say it’s not. We all have found ourselves screaming loudly after closing a big sale and gnashing our teeth when the “stupid customer” doesn’t agree to the sale. It’s the same reason why when we close a big sale, so often another big sale follows suit.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 3, 2024

Resilience in sales is vital to success. I believe that sales success comes down to one thing, just one thing,” explains Meredith Elliott Powell. “It How to Increase Your Resilience In Sales One way that sellers can build their own resilience is to expect to encounter challenges. It is not education, lucky breaks or pedigree.

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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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SalesLatitude

AUGUST 23, 2018

What is more important in sales, closing deals or building pipelines? I would say the answer is both, but the actions of sales people on average seem to say differently. Are sales managers coaching to the right outcomes? The sales person may make quota for the current year or even exceed it. Why is that?

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Allego

MARCH 6, 2019

Sales coaching is a hot topic these days. Everyone wants to coach–and do it well–but Allego’s “State of Coaching 2019” survey uncovered a major disconnect between how sales managers and reps view the quality and impact sales coaching. What is ‘High-Quality’ Coaching?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team. POST-SALES SUPPORT. I am a big advocate of face-to-face coaching.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Looking at prospecting and conducting sales calls–sellers are spending 33% of their time engaging with customers/prospects. Or it could be getting coaching and development from managers and peers. Or sales planning at 14% of seller time. even though we may have more time to spend in those areas.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. But, just as the first wave of agricultural society gave way to the second wave of industrial society, so too Learning Paths transitioned to more situational, Territory Plan-based learning and enablement. The Second Wave: Territory Plans.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

To win in sales you, and your company, need a recipe for success. The ingredients to win in sales must be pure and of high quality to create a great, high-end, finished product. Here is what we believe it takes to compete with a strong solid sales team that closes the right deals with great sales velocity.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We measure a lot of stuff in sales. We have all sorts of pipeline metrics, activity metrics, prospecting metrics, account, territory, retention, renewal, mix, margin, and endless other metrics. Let’s imagine we have two sales people with very similar territories. Jim’s a terrible sales person.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

” There are surveys asking for the one area sales managers should focus on. These cover things like comp/metrics, training, forecasts, hiring, sometimes even coaching. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process. We have to do the whole job.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. February 2008.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 18, 2018

This could involve seeing their territory sales improve, helping a new product through its launch or possibly farming an account for new business. Many managers miss out on the commissions available for sales, so if money is one of the sales person’s key drivers, they may miss out on a possible higher salary.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 27, 2017

While every sales manager has their own unique coaching style, the end goal is the same; develop and improve how their sales reps sell and meet quotas. By enabling reps and managers with a structured coaching framework you can have a marked impact on coaching effectiveness and its results. Key to coaching success.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 11, 2016

For many managers, the coaching falls into that category. Many recognize that coaching is something they should be doing, but day to day fire-fighting and crisis management seem to conspire to rob managers of the time to coach. What too many managers fail to realize is the tremendous multiplier impact of effective coaching.

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