Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I spend a lot of time with sales managers, at all levels. Too often, I hear the lament, “I don’t have the time to coach!” ” But then I ask them about win rates, deal/pipeline quality, average deal size, sales cycles. And they have less time to coach. And they don’t know how to coach.

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Membrain

JUNE 24, 2018

Today’s case covers the topic of how to accelerate sales cycles and improve cash flow. Many companies think that sales cycles have to be as long as they are because of the complexity of the sale, but in most cases targeted coaching can greatly improve the length of the sales cycle.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

Focus on a customer-first mindset and prioritize customer success in the sales cycle. Engage with the services team early in the deal cycle to ensure efficient technology deployment. Involve the customer success team in the sales cycle to provide implementation support and guidance.

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SBI

MAY 17, 2018

Seismic generates larger deals and shortened sales cycles. With sellers spending less time on content and going into every conversation with the right information and materials they need to be a true source of expertise for the buyer, sales cycles move faster and larger deals are signed. This is the key.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Last week we heard from Andy Paul about the Vicious Sales Cycle —bad sales practices that lead to poor results combined with an inability or unwillingness to change, which leads in turn to a never-ending, self-reinforcing cycle of unacceptable sales performance. Change your sales around. Here it is!).

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Your sales managers need the ability to identify why deals are lost and how they can train and coach reps to win today’s deal — and every deal in the future. Conversation intelligence solutions offer invaluable support to sales managers. Did they find out what stage of the sales cycle they’ve reached with each vendor?

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Especially when you can’t be with them in person, coaching tools like Live Call Studio allow managers to coach their teams remotely. discuss how the sales function has changed and what it should look like — from structure and process to systems in the webinar, Transforming the Sales Cycle , now available on demand.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I read an article about how to be a successful sales manager. One of the pieces of “insight” was to manage and coach by results versus micromanaging or counting activities. If your sales cycle is very short–a few meetings over a few days, that may not be a problem. Activity metrics are important.

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Showpad

APRIL 9, 2020

Sales managers are tasked with not only leading their teams, but providing them with all the resources and support they need to develop trust with buyers and shorten sales cycles. Coaching is more of a challenge today, with sales reps often working remotely from their home offices. What is sales coaching?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In baseball there is a huge focus on numbers, but that’s more for fans while providing coaches with analytics they can use. Numbers help salespeople get to the point in a sales cycle where they can discuss winning an account. A must-read article about creating custom scorecards can be found here).

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BrainShark

JULY 4, 2023

Coaching sales reps is vital, and if you aren’t currently doing it, good news – getting started can make a world of difference for your bottom line. Challenges for organizations with untrained or undertrained reps include missed quotas, inconsistent messaging, and lack of sales readiness. What is sales coaching?

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

The first thing we need to understand is what a sales cycle looks like and the different steps that it contains. In here, we will discuss the sales cycle definition, stages, and strategies for accelerating sales. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Sales Cycle Definition.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

In sales, the terms “manager” and “coach” are common titles. Afterall, for each, their primary objective is supporting sales teams to boost performance and achieve success. In actual practice, however, sales managers and coaches may or may not be the same person. What Is Sales Management?

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s In Conversation – How to Shorten the Sales Cycle. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. EDGE Sales Process.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

Not just any sales training, but results-focused sales training with role-plays, and with your sales leaders becoming effective coaches. It is not only a good time to train now, it is absolutely necessary as it always takes at least the length of your sales cycle to realize a sizable ROI from sales training.

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Gong.io

JUNE 18, 2018

Sales influencers have hypothesized about every phase of the sales cycle. They tell us exactly what works and what doesn’t on sales calls. Our team of data scientists has analyzed more than 1,000,000 recorded sales calls. In this round, we analyzed the best way to speed up every phase of your sales cycle.

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Awarathon

JUNE 16, 2021

Publish Date: 17th May, 2021Publish By: Sagar Pradhan (Growth Marketer at Awarathon) If your sales training or sales coaching program does not provide you with the expected outcomes. In terms of better revenue, better sales cycles, better ramp-up, and better sales process enhancement, you need to fix it.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

MAY 1, 2018

The post Shorten the Sales Cycle by Discovering the Truth appeared first on Paul Cherry Sales Training & Coaching. Since you do need to give this matter some more thought, this tells me that you may still have some concerns. Please Read More.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 17, 2019

There are many shared, best practices between sales coaching and selling. If the evolution of selling is coaching vs. closing customers, this also applies to how you manage and develop your team. Here’s how to break free of the most toxic of coaching tactics that kills team productivity and trust.

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Engage Selling

JUNE 14, 2019

????????????????????Today, I will be exploring how you can improve the metric of sales cycle length: how many days it takes to close a piece of business. If you can move that, for example, from 90 days to 80 days or … Read More »

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Showpad

MARCH 1, 2021

Sales coaching is a critical part of any sales enablement program. Most sales managers and leaders understand this, yet it can be difficult for them to commit the needed time and attention to coaching when there is so much competition for resources. A comprehensive sales enablement platform is crucial here.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Todd Abbott , CEO of InsightSquared , and Tanner Mezel , VP of Sales and Marketing at DSG , recently hosted the webinar, “Improving Funnel Throughput with Analytics & Coaching.” Together, the experts gave a detailed guide on how sales leaders can improve their company’s funnel throughput with analytics and coaching.

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PandaDoc

MAY 30, 2019

A slow sales cycle is kryptonite to good sales teams. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. Hire better sales reps. Automate your sales process. Make the sales cycle dream work with teamwork.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 23, 2019

Is It Possible to Shorten the Enterprise Sales Cycle? How most sales reps spend their day may surprise you. of a sales workday for functions directly related to selling. Mistakes and setbacks abound when we don’t proactively manage the close of an important sale. 8 Tactics to Shorten the Sales Cycle.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Your sales managers need the ability to identify why deals are lost and how they can train and coach reps to win today’s deal — and every deal in the future. Conversation intelligence solutions offer invaluable support to sales managers. Did they find out what stage of the sales cycle they’ve reached with each vendor?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the sales process, the milestones are also signs that guide you along the way to help you confidently enjoy the conversation, without being called out, in the appropriate time frame for your sales cycle, and finally closing the opportunity. Milestones are anything but restrictive.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The weakest part of the sales cycle can create havoc in a sales rep’s short-term and long-term sales success. It’s even more confusing when these very sales reps can deliver knock-out presentations, … Read More » The good news? It can easily be fixed too.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2013

Sales Management must spend 50% of their time coaching salespeople like this: An enormous part of developing salespeople these days is helping them to differentiate themselves from your competitors. Effectively applying a consultative sales process helps to accomplish this. Coaching – Step 1. That wasn’t the worst of it.

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RAIN Group

JUNE 8, 2022

Do they have all the right skills across the sales cycle? Is everyone doing everything they possibly can right now to succeed at their maximum potential? Is everyone on the team completely dialed in, doing everything they should and nothing they shouldn’t? Have they completely taken the lead on their own development?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 25, 2016

Take it from us – our sales and sales development functions are constantly evolving as we look to accelerate our record growth rates over the past few years. So, how can you successfully coach a team for growth? Dave: A sales manager needs to be good at deciding which corners are ok to cut.

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RAIN Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2023 has seen sellers and sales organizations adapting to longer sales cycles and more deals lost to no decision. Sales managers had to be proactive in supporting and coaching their teams. And sales enablement was tasked with ramping up new hires and boosting sales force productivity.

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Allego

MARCH 18, 2021

New Allego research shows that 62% of sales professionals say they’ve lost a deal because they couldn’t meet in-person with a buyer. How are successful sales teams adapting their coaching techniques to ensure reps can find and close deals despite the challenges of remote work? Actionable Insights for Sales Coaches.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 4, 2012

Social media is a marketing strategy and tactic that has become embedded within many business to business (B2B) sales cycle. Yet to effectively manage the sales cycle (meaning to potentially reduce its time frame when possible), social media presents this unknown factor: The time identification of the first contact.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this case, we want to look at how training and coaching courses created by enablement connect to pipeline, opportunities, and close rates. This view directly positions course and coaching scores next to opportunities won to show the connection between learning adoption, scores, and sales success.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 11, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce that Gong has been rated the leader in G2’s Winter 2021 awards for the categories of Conversation Intelligence and Sales Coaching , as well as the Enterprise leader for both Sales Coaching and Best Relationship (for Conversation Intelligence). Sales Coaching. Best Usability.

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