Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For each deal in their pipeline, sales reps should be ready to discuss where they are, how they got here, and what is being done. For example, if a prospect is currently reorganizing but still interested in pursuing a deal, the rep should note a projected timeline as well as most recent activity. Achieve Better Outcomes.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2020

How should an organization approach sales coaching to achieve these outcomes? Is it up to managers to provide all the coaching reps need, or are they better off bringing in outside support? Able to Give Positive and Constructive Feedback. They don’t have coaching skills: A good manager is not always a good coach.

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Allego

JUNE 2, 2022

Although marketers conduct online research to supplement upcoming content, unless they consult with reps and sales managers—people with firsthand understanding of the sales cycle and buyer interactions—they’ll continue to put out materials that aren’t used, wasting time and effort. Construct More Agile Content.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

Even the most seasoned, effective salespeople can struggle when hashing out how to lead a sales team. Taking the reins doesn't come naturally to everyone, and even born leaders might need a little guidance when transitioning into a sales management role. Clearly articulate how your sales process works.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Front-line service departments like sales and support thrive when they receive a substantial number of calls daily. But do sales representatives really know how to pitch their products and services to potential clients? Where is your team succeeding, and what do you need to adjust in the sales process?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If so, you're probably thinking about how to train them and conduct effective coaching. That's why training is so important for your sales team. Below, let's learn HubSpot sales managers' top tips for training your SDR team. As a sales manager, it's important to set expectations for your team.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Pipeliner

JULY 3, 2023

A typical hiring process would involve a job description, must-have experience, and also knowledge of various sales techniques. For instance, look out for a sales expert experienced in bundle pricing who knows how to promote these bundles to potential customers by clearly articulating their benefits and emphasizing cost savings.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 22, 2020

3: Share constructive insights with your team and customers. Doom and gloom are all around us right now, which means it’s important for salespeople to share constructive insights. Don’t forget about sales coaching, which is a pillar of sales success. Remember, your clients and prospects are depending on you.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, the term "sales executive" refers to sales professionals working at the director level or higher — employees with significant influence over the general structure and trajectory of a company's sales efforts and strategy. The ability to show — not tell — is a mark of a high-quality prospective sales executive.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

This “agile onboarding” approach uses online content, eLearning, video and web conferencing to sequentially prepare new reps for various career milestones (first prospecting call, first discovery call, first presentation, etc.). How to sell to leads during and after COVID-19. to “What do they need to know to do their jobs?”

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Data analysis of sales pipeline 6. How to prioritize using a sales pipeline? What phases should your sales pipeline consist of? Key takeaways and best practises for the sales pipeline 9. It makes us wonder how they handle the pressure of delivering numbers in prospecting, evaluating leads.

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BrainShark

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Research firm CSO Insights defines sales force enablement as “a strategic, cross-functional discipline, designed to increase sales results and productivity, by providing integrated content, training and coaching services, for salespeople and frontline sales managers, along the entire customer’s journey, powered by technology.”.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. A Sales VP focused on the wrong things can ruin the entire company. They cross collaborate with manager peers, their reps, and the VP. He helps the new reps ramp up quickly.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

End the year with a bang using the only prospecting strategy that converts prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. Message to Management]: How Much Time Should You Spend with Direct Reports? Then they were told to get to it.

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2020

What is sales analysis and why is it key to your sales strategy? ? Importance and benefits of sales analysis. ? 9 types of sales analysis methods and techniques. ? How to perform sales analysis: a 3-step process. ? Top 10 sales analysis metrics and KPIs. Predictive sales analytics.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In sales, preparation is the steps taken to understand prospects and clients at each stage of the sales process. From prospecting through account management, it’s being informed of their personnel, their processes, their strengths, and weaknesses. It’s a hallmark of “typical” salespeople and sales stereotypes.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Facilitate and Observe the Persona Construction. Buyer personas should be built by marketing in collaboration with sales. As a sales operations leader, your role is to facilitate the development of personas. During project meetings focus your thoughts on how to operationalize the personas.

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Julie Hanson

MARCH 4, 2021

5 Tips for Successful Virtual Sales Role-Plays: It’s time that we change our tune about the dreaded sales role-play! As the sales manager, it is your responsibility to push for this shift. What is your relationship to the prospect? How much do you know (or likely, don’t know) about the product or service?

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

The B2B sales process is a structured yet flexible journey tailored to meet the unique needs of customers. It starts with prospecting for potential leads, then moves through to negotiation and closing the deal. Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs. What is B2B Sales Training?

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Xactly

MARCH 29, 2018

Rather than scheming up some pranks for the office (we’ll leave that to you), we’re focusing on how you can avoid being a sales management fool with these 10 tips! Download our guide, "Inspiring Sales Rep Performance," to discover top tips on how to inspire sales reps and maximize their selling power from 10 industry experts.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

In today’s hyper-connected world, the “lone-gunslinger” model of sales is no longer effective. In other words, you’ve got to do your job well today, while considering how to benefit your company in the future. It helps you understand complex prospect situations. How to Build Business Acumen. Experience. Pay Attention.

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BrainShark

JULY 4, 2023

Research firm CSO Insights offers a more formal definition: “Sales coaching is a leadership skill that develops each salesperson’s full potential. ” Coaching is often led by sales managers and facilitated by sales enablement professionals. Why is sales coaching important?

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Xactly

JULY 11, 2018

As a sales professional, one of the most common things you hear from prospects is an objection. In sales, objections come every day. What sets a strong sales rep apart from someone with less-experienced reps is how the rep handles objections when they are meeting face-to-face or cold calling. Take Time to Listen.

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Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 30, 2019

When Neil Rackham wrote SPIN Selling in 1988, salespeople were taught to ask two kinds of questions, open-ended questions that required their prospects to provide information, and closed-ended questions that required a yes or no answer. The close-ended questions being used to teach salespeople to tie-down their prospects and close them.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team. From generative AI to conversational intelligence, AI is reshaping how sales managers provide coaching and training to improve sales performance and increase win rates.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

How to Hire a Salesperson that Delivers an ROI. One of the biggest challenges smaller businesses have is learning how to hire a salesperson. If you’re at a place where your sales are strong enough to warrant putting together a team of business development reps (BDR’s), great! How to Hire a Sales Person.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2020

And as a sales manager, you want to do everything in your power to put your reps in that position. That's why mock calls — practice calls conducted by sales managers — are so crucial. They provide a forum for reps to understand what's to come and how to appropriately handle common issues as they arise.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 16, 2018

If you’re a manager in charge of one person, or a team of salespeople who aren’t pulling their weight, the pressure to offer a solution can be intense. But too many sales managers make the mistake of starting with the negative. Instead, managers should question them to come up with their own ideas for how to improve performance.

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Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 14, 2020

Some of the advice will be supported by “data,” a survey used to prove the idea, even if it is weak, poorly constructed, and taken out of context. In part, your job as a consultative salesperson is to inform your clients and prospects. How could one ever hope to be a trusted advisor when they cannot offer advice.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 28, 2020

How to Get a First Meeting. That makes a “ first meeting ” the critical outcome necessary to explore the change you believe will benefit your prospective client’s results. Learn how to sell without a sales manager. You need to make sales. Key Tactic: Executive Briefing. You need help now.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 17, 2021

From landing deals via impersonations to using Pretzel Day as a sales opportunity, Michael is a master of unconventional selling. Christian is a key prospect—getting him on board will not only be a great win for the team, but it will also potentially save jobs at Dunder Mifflin. In it, Michael and Jan meet with Christian.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

Sales efficiency is, in large part, a measure of the speed of your sales operations. It shows how quickly your reps are converting prospects into leads or making hard sales while still generating high returns on your investments. Sales efficiency can be tricky to calculate in some cases.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 16, 2016

The truth is, knowing how to honestly and naturally build rapport with someone takes a lot of skill, practice and patience. Unfortunately, most sales reps are in a tremendous hurry to get their pitch out and so they treat many prospects as an obstacle to go through to get a sale. This is a big problem.

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CommercialTribe

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It’s not that Adam doesn’t know how his company’s capabilities differ from the competition, he’s just having a hard time articulating which business initiatives would lead a prospective customer to select his company. After several suggestions from Kelly on how to follow-up, the post-call debrief wraps. Tuesday, 11:45 am.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Sales reps need to be organized and focused in order to sell. That’s why mastering the sales pipeline is so important. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? A sales pipeline is a representation of the stages that prospects go through as they become customers. Establish a routine.

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