Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the hunt for top sales talent, companies have to offer something better than current and future employees can create for themselves. The post When Self-Motivation Works Against Companies appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. The idiots at that company just churn and burn people!". This post offers solutions to Sales and HR leaders who ask this question: “How do we respond to demographic trends and retain top sales talent?” But it isn’t.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Looking for great sales talent? Working to keep the great talent you have put together? A panel of sales hiring and retention experts spoke yesterday at the AA-ISP Boston Chapter event. (If If you are not aware, the AA-ISP stands for American Association of Inside Sales Professionals). It is easier said than done.

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Predictable Revenue

MARCH 21, 2022

These tips will help you build a diverse outbound sales team, ensuring your company finds the best possible talent while complying with local laws and regulations. The post Hiring Sales Talent Internationally: Soft vs. Hard Skills appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 7, 2022

Top sales reps are in high demand and the competition for hiring them can be fierce. It’s hard to spot a great salesperson before the interview process, and it’s even harder to convince great sales reps to join your team once you’ve found them. Top sales talent is in high demand.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Recruiting top sales talent takes time and energy, and it feels pointless if you’re a company experiencing a hiring freeze. “Why interview if I can’t hire?” This is a frequently asked question this year — and understandably so. Let’s pause there for a minute.

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SBI Growth

JULY 17, 2013

Sales and HR leaders face a common challenge – sourcing top sales talent. This post answers the question, “How do I consistently find top sales talent ?" It will turbocharge your sales recruiting program by leveraging ‘social listening.’ Top sales talent can best be reached through a personal connection. ‘A’

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Imagine taking over the CEO role of a company just as COVID hit. She was met with the daunting task of revitalizing a company that was “dead in the water” due to the pandemic-induced halt in its traditional training services. Strategic Sales Team Restructuring Harris didn’t stop at marketing transformations.

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Selling Power

MARCH 11, 2021

Research shows that high-tech companies lose as much as $2 million per year on a bad sales hire. Below are five reasons many companies fail to hire top salespeople. We all know that hiring the wrong salesperson is expensive. They lose revenue, damage reputation, impact market share, and hurt the culture to name a few.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It permanently altered the fundamental relationship between a company and its people. Among sales organizations, this change has been especially pronounced. With the rise of virtual selling and engagement, the old model of hiring, onboarding, and retaining talent is not enough. Sales teams are more dispersed.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A high performing sales team is invaluable to a growing startup. You need to show them early on that they’re joining a company that values every member of their team. Here’s how a startup can successfully compete in the war for sales talent. Here’s how a startup can successfully compete in the war for sales talent.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

With the war for sales talent at an all-time high, scaling your team with top performers is a tall task. Talent can be homegrown. Through a formal sales development program, you can not only strengthen your talent pipeline, but also empower the next generation of leaders and secure sales success at scale.

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Pipeliner

JULY 3, 2023

Hunting the top talent for your sales team requires putting in some elbow grease to scout, choose, and onboard a perfect match. A typical hiring process would involve a job description, must-have experience, and also knowledge of various sales techniques. But what would motivate a sales professional to join your company?

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Appbuddy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The sales team is a vital part of any company. Its members play a big role in driving revenue, building customer relationships, and establishing your company’s reputation. Therefore, it’s crucial to attract the right talent to your company and hold on to the top performers—especially in the current job market.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 22, 2024

For sales leaders, building a robust sales culture is the bridge between mediocrity and excellence. The journey to a winning sales culture is a nuanced strategy that unfolds over time and demands patience, careful planning, and decisive leadership. This promotes innovative problem-solving for complex sales challenges.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Top sales performers are heading for the exits. Now is the time for HR and Sales leaders to break the cycle. In either case, it’s exit time for the best sales talent. Learn what customers value from the sales support team. Look for job fit PLUS sales competencies when you hire. What can you do?

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If you haven’t sensed it yet, I think Sales Talent will probably be “THE” issue confronting sales executives in the coming 3-5 years. In some sense, we’ve tried everything else–technology, sales enablement, incentives, wishful thinking–yet sales results continue to plummet.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sales talent enablement is also a hot topic in many workplace environments, and there seem to be many inclusion initiatives to help diversify the job market. I†ve worked on a lot of sales talent enablement projects over the years, and I know what it takes to make sure they are successful. Sales Onboarding.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Immediate Help for Sales. But how do you know?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Hiring decisions can be some of the most critical decisions a company makes, and it's essential to start with talent. When a new hire has the right talents for success in the role, they learn and grow quickly, more easily achieving success. But it’s not enough to make great hires.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I wrote The Coming Sales Talent Crisis , focusing on the struggles our customers face in their buying journey. Helping our customers requires new sales skills. ” They are referring to the data that we see about the revolving door of sales talent we see in too many organizations. This process is complex.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Are you confident that your sales team can meet whatever new challenges arise in an increasingly unpredictable sales landscape? Take these steps to better understand your sales force and exceed buyer expectations and transform your sales. Measure Your Talent Strategy. Talent gaps are costly.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Well, are you? There''s talent, and then there''s the ability to utilize one''s talent and most sports talent evaluators are no better at this then most sales managers. For sales, there are quality tools that can be utilized to help with sales selection.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 18, 2018

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Effective growth CEOs can balance working on short-term sales tactics and long-term business strategies. Growing the company means having time to focus on strategic business objectives like: Acquiring new companies. A theme emerged around how much time to spend “in” sales tactics. Sales people are great talkers.

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Altify

JUNE 5, 2018

This series is all about managing and developing Millennials, specifically in the Sales function of a company. I will be on a live Webcast on June 19th at 10a PDT/ 1p EDT where you can hear firsthand about how true sales transformation takes into account every member from executive management to the frontline sales reps.

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Xactly

JUNE 20, 2019

It takes nearly three times a sales rep's salary to replace them. Here is how leading companies attract and retain top sales talent with sales compensation.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 31, 2012

By now, HR and Sales leaders have solidified their common 2013 goals. A comprehensive talent management plan is essential. Topgrading is a proven method for continuous talent improvement. For more details on how to grade talent, refer to Topgrading for Sales.) Assess the sales force to find out who they are.

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SBI

AUGUST 1, 2018

We tend to think of onboarding as a one-time event as new sales reps are hired. But we all know the reality – even with the most organized onboarding program, it’s going to take weeks of reinforcement, training, and coaching, and months before it can be determined whether a new sales rep is successful. Employee handbook?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2020

When I first wrote this article, we were in a very different place, with unemployment at an all-time low and sales hiring a top priority. Whether your company has paused hiring, topgrading, still hiring, or will be in the future, having the right people for your business and stage will ALWAYS be a priority. Sales chops.

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Force Management

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Over the past twenty years, I have continued to experience the transactional nature of the way the world goes about attracting its most valuable asset, talent. Can companies fill open roles with job postings? Posting a job description that has a ton to be desired and hoping that the right person will come to us is fools gold.

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MJ Hoffman

JANUARY 23, 2019

The best rep on your team has a buddy who is an awesome and gainfully employed rep on another sales manager’s team. They’re not looking because they are valued by their current company and performing well. Utilize your own best reps to find your next stellar sales hire. . The Bay Area is full of awesome companies to work for.

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Sandler Training

AUGUST 29, 2019

In addition to the people in your company who deliver services and keep operations running, how much do you value the folks who bring in the most revenue, i.e. the top sales performers? Answering this question directly should be part of your overall business plan. Read Time: 6 Minutes.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s hard out there for your average sales manager. Sales trends like ever-expanding buyer expectations, changing sales methodologies and nonstop transformation initiatives have coalesced to make their role more challenging than ever. Sales managers now routinely navigate: Increased managerial expectations and responsibilities.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Again I’ll provide my disclaimer: With this series, we’re examining the sales techniques of the greatest salesperson of all time—namely Jesus of Nazareth. Additionally, the servant who had buried the talent was basically blaming others—he was saying that others reap what they do not sow, and he was not going to take such a chance.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 13, 2021

To have success hiring and holding on to top sales talent, it’s imperative that companies understand what matters most to sales professionals. appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. The post Do You Know What Makes Reps Happy or Frustrated?

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Xactly

JULY 30, 2018

If you want your company’s revenue to grow, you need to hire sales reps. For any company that markets products and/or services, the right reps can help you reach a much larger customer base, take orders, find opportunities, help to answer inquiries, and put a face to your company. They create a focused environment.

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