Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2018

Sales Objection Responses. “If If money and resources were no object, would you be willing to start with our product today?”. Prospects commonly use the sales timing objection to stall or force you to walk away. Use these timing objection responses to get to the heart of your prospect’s hesitation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 12, 2019

Anger motivates us to undertake difficult tasks. Can anger motivate? These include: Anger is a motivating force. ?Research In one study, participants were shown objects they associated with a reward. Those shown the angry faces were more likely to want objects they were subsequently exposed to.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

Motivation is a key factor of sales success. Besides simply being motivated to do their job, sales professionals also need to be motivated to push past rejections, deals that fall through, and pipelines that are hard to manage. What is sales gamification? The Psychology Behind Sales Gamification.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Every sales manager has some degree of legitimate dedication to both their company and professional development. Those qualities are almost a given in sales management, but the very best managers don't stop there — they exhibit some other key traits and behaviors that take their management skills from good to great.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

The role of a sales team is to sell. The sales manager is responsible for creating, advancing, and managing the people, processes, and systems for their team to be successful. While this job routinely requires setting goals for the team, sales managers must set goals for themselves as well. Sales goals are often specific.

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Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

If sales managers have a perceived weakness, it’s most likely their ability to motivate everyone on their team. Does Money Motivate? The common belief is that salespeople are in sales because they are money-motivated. The common belief is that salespeople are in sales because they are money-motivated.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. Everyone has different learning styles, is at different stages in their career, and even different motivations. That’s where AI comes in.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sales negotiations can be tense and anxiety-ridden. Sales negotiation is a skill that can be learned which is great news, because let’s be honest, not all of us are born sellers. There are certain strategies that many successful salespeople use to move the sales process forward and close more deals.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

And while their intentions are probably good, their behavior reads more as desperate and invasive than noble and constructive. The same principle applies to B2B sales. Sometimes, reps can be exceedingly helpful and friendly, and while that might be perfectly pleasant in theory, it can undermine their sales in practice.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building. The strategy ensures reps are well-prepared to meet and exceed sales targets.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Here are 33 tips and techniques that I believe will help every salesperson to improve their overall sales figures and create more motivation and drive. If you get a sale, learn what went right so you can repeat it and improve it. If you lose a sale, learn what you can do differently, so you can improve it.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 28, 2024

A sincere photo or review from a user can forge a sense of trust and community more than a professionally constructed promotional post. To execute an effective digital marketing plan, sales personnel at digital marketing agencies should underscore the power of UGC.

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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. Sales is an inherently competitive field. Let's dive in.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Harvard Business Review finally published a relevant article that I agreed with! With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force? Yes, potential. Make-up is nice to have. It''s all about potential.

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Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

If so, you might be tempted to construct a compensation plan that heavily favors pay for performance. Low Extrinsic Motivation I analyzed a recent database of 640,000 salespeople from all different industries, pay structures, and level of experience and discovered that only 13% of them are extrinsically motivated.

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Braveheart Sales

JUNE 29, 2021

If so, you might be tempted to construct a compensation plan that heavily favors pay for performance. Low Extrinsic Motivation. I analyzed a recent database of 640,000 salespeople from all different industries, pay structures, and level of experience and discovered that only 13% of them are extrinsically motivated.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For example, Mereo recently had the opportunity to work with a $100+ million software as a service (SaaS) company that wanted to grow at least 20% in 2024, a healthy up-tick on previous trends and also an objective following a recent infusion of capital and energy from new ownership. Probably not.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Today if I was employed as someone in sales management, I would create and modify a hiring process that would include this one sales talent assessment tool – The Attribute Index to ensure the hiring would not cost small business sales. One final and critical point here about hiring smart to increase small business sales.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 Why Sales Performance Management Matters.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

In a recent survey, we asked sales professionals: “Which aspect of the sales cycle induces the most anxiety?” A study conducted by BankMyCell revealed that 81 percent of millennials encounter phone anxiety, adding a new dimension of sales challenges for sales managers. Let go of the outcome.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Set Definite Objectives And Goals. Setting specific goals and objectives is one of the most crucial aspects of business planning. Setting precise, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals entail outlining your objectives. Construct A Strategy Plan. Effective Marketing Precedes Sales.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 17, 2021

Buried among the laughs, dogged, hapless Michael actually has some tried-and-true sales wisdom to impart that can get your company purring like the Scranton branch. Embrace the Unorthodox Sales Script. A great sales script is fundamental for any sales team, but there’s more to the art of selling than following the beats.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For many sales reps, pipeline reviews are like meatloaf. As with much of sales, pipeline reviews should be routine. Instead, set a schedule, whether weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, whatever works best for your team and sales environment. Defining each of these things is essential for a constructive pipeline review.

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LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2021

Worrying about how to handle sales rejection? For now, let’s first talk about what sales rejection is. . What is a Sales Rejection? No matter how thick your skin is, if you’re not prepared for the inevitability of sales rejection, then it will be hard to overcome. Sales professionals eat rejection every day!

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Lessonly

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Role playing is a powerful sales readiness method built into most b2b sales training programs. It allows reps to practice applying new concepts that they’ve learned to lifelike sales situations. Choose the learning environment that fits your team and specific set of sales training topics.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 16, 2020

Whether you’re a sales enablement leader responsible for sales certification or an L&D practitioner ensuring your customer-facing teams are trained, you’re likely strategizing on how to engage and coach your remote teams. This will increase engagement and motivate learners to come prepared. Focus on Skills.

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The Digital Sales Institute

AUGUST 29, 2023

Closing techniques to finalize a sale should be understood by every salesperson. In the dynamic and competitive realm of sales, the ability to close a deal is the ultimate measure of success. However, closing a sale is often easier said than done.

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Braveheart Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

If it isn’t obvious from my many posts using the Objective Management Group’s database, I love to mine facts on salespeople. And recently I’ve noticed a slight trend shift regarding how salespeople are motivated that needs to be shared. Motivation Changes. So, what does this recent reversal mean for you as a sales leader?

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Salesmate

MAY 8, 2020

As a sales leader, you are no different from a chess player. Like a chess player, even you have pieces (sales reps) with different capabilities. Effective sales leaders are in full control of the sales game. 5 habits that successful sales leaders possess. Those few become great sales leaders.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Many sales leaders think their onboarding process stinks… . According to Bridge Group, 26% of sales leaders list ramping new reps as their top concern. Luckily, tech-enabled sales teams are getting much more sophisticated about how they provide sales coaching and enablement. Sales Onboarding 2020.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

How To Approach Sales Coaching Like a Pro the Right Use of Sales Data. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Using Sales Data to Inspire Commitment. Here are the highlights of this article: 1) Why does data driven sales coaching matter? Why Does a Data Driven Sales Coaching Matter?

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Not only should you track your financial, sales, and production data to track the progress of your company, but you need to track employee progress too. It’s crucial that you set clear objectives for each of your employees from the very beginning so they know what they should be doing. Your team are the heart of your business.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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LeadFuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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