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How to become a sales manager: Making the jump from seller to leader

Nutshell

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager? Sound like a plan?

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Please Stop the Ongoing Insanity in Bank Sales Training

Increase Sales

During lunch a Vice President of a regional bank asked me this very pointed question: Why doesn’t sales training for banks stick? My quick and direct response was “banks and other financial institutions continue to use the same training providers they have been using for the last 20 plus years.”

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

Any advanced selling system is based on the fundamentals however you have to leverage a process and acknowledge the nurturing required for an effective sales cycle to happen in social environs over time. The folly of Sales 2.0 Get crystal clear about what actually can and will move the needle; read Mike Weinberg's book: New Sales.

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Busting the myth! Advertising is the same as marketing 

Salesmate

Marketing, by definition, includes advertising, public relations, promotions, events, direct response and all things digital (marketing). Other parts of marketing include public relations, product pricing, product distribution, sales strategy, market research, consumer testing, media campaign design and even community events.

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Busting the myth! Advertising is the same as marketing 

Salesmate

Marketing, by definition, includes advertising, public relations, promotions, events, direct response and all things digital (marketing). Other parts of marketing include public relations, product pricing, product distribution, sales strategy, market research, consumer testing, media campaign design and even community events.