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100 Years – Huzzah!

Sales and Marketing Management

That life span is unheard of in this digital era and rare even in the halcyon days of print journalism. The magazine’s current publishing group, Mach 1 Business Media, began publishing Sales & Marketing Management in 2012. I am honored to have served as its editor since that time. Here’s to another hundred years.

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Ethical Selling

Pipeliner

The Wall Street Journal reported ongoing sales chicanery at the company, and traced its roots back to 2004 ( American Express Gave Small Business Customers One Rate, Then Secretly Raised It ), July 31, 2018). of a percentage point, according to an email reviewed by the Journal. Or, the sale rep’s. Well, Amex, which is it?

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Systemic Leadership Failure

Partners in Excellence

If we are doing the right job in hiring, setting personal examples of proper behaviors, and leadership, these breaches should be very rare (for a deeper discussion of conditions of employment, look at the Sales Manager Survival Guide. ). ” But where is management paying attention to these bad choices and correcting them? .”

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The Best Sales Managers Don’t Chase Revenue: 6 Steps to Get Goal-Setting Right

Sales Hacker

A widely cited study published by the Journal of Applied Psychology found that lack of clear goals is a major cause of student attrition. Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals.

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The Best Sales Managers Don’t Chase Revenue: 6 Steps to Get Goal-Setting Right

Sales Hacker

A widely cited study published by the Journal of Applied Psychology found that lack of clear goals is a major cause of student attrition. Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals.

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20 CRM Myths That Hinder Organizations from Achieving Sales Greatness

Accent Technologies

It is true that sales reps are often apprehensive about learning and using a CRM. But fortunately for sales managers, there is no reason to believe their salespeople will “never” use a CRM. Some reps – in younger and older generations – keep notebooks or journals with them to simplify work and life. Benefits/ROI myths.

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The Downside of an Acquisition: How to Navigate Your Career and Life Better than I Did

John Barrows

The business journal named us one of the “best places to work” for several years. But when I went into my first meeting with their sales management team, they had nothing to offer. Now, sales reps from both teams needed guidance and a strategy for exactly how to reach out and what to do. It was succeeding.

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