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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Sell Integrity

JUNE 23, 2020

In their new roles as sales managers, these individuals’ success would now depend on how well they could rally their teams. And there’s one specific management responsibility that can unlock all three: coaching. Why Tech Sales Managers Need To Understand Coaching. The Coaching Skills Every Tech Sales Manager Needs.

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BrainShark

JULY 9, 2023

Here’s how you can turn your managers into great coaches and develop a coaching culture at your organization. What is a coach’s role, and what can we do to help give them the tools they need to succeed? Our instinct is to simply put sales reps and managers into coaching positions and hope for the best.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

By bringing digital technologies to bear, sales enablement organizations can actually improve onboarding effectiveness. Scorecards are also a valuable tool for the pre-boarding and onboarding process, providing valuable insight into each rep’s journey from initial pre-boarding activity to full productivity.

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

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?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Sales executives and sales managers would agree that their sales teams need ongoing training, coaching and support to get to the top of the game and stay there. In a fiercely-competitive market, your sales reps should challenge themselves to learn more, achieve greater results and embrace new strategies.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Needless to say, this paints a less-than-promising picture of sales forecast accuracy. Who handles the sales forecasting in your organization?

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Author: Lauren Boutwell As the field of sales enablement has evolved and matured, so, too, have its supporting technologies. Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. Sales reps are often most receptive to learning from each other.

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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. They trust their managers to execute.

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criteria for success

JULY 26, 2022

Sales communication is a vital skill for salespeople. If you are wondering how your team stacks up, use this tool to score your team’s sales communication skills. Sales Communication with… 1. How well do your salespeople proactively communicate when they manage accounts? Let's Talk Sales! Management.

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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. What this means is the statistical reliability runs around.85

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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. Feedback is a powerful tool for improving employee performance.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In the past, sales managers often saw sales coaching as a means of correcting negative behaviors by providing real-time performance feedback. Unfortunately, this feedback often doesn't result in significant behavior change from the sales representative. Sales Feedback Benefits 1. Feedback Benefits What is coaching?

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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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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Time management is one of the most important priorities for a sales manager. The best sales managers know they need to be dedicating a significant amount of their time each week coaching their salespeople—but which group will bring in the best return on coaching investment? The Great Debate.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2021

LinkedIn's some 722 million members make for a massive pool of data that could provide sales organizations with invaluable guidance about potential opportunities and ideal prospects. LinkedIn Sales Insights is tailored toward Sales Operations and Sales Managers to plan sales and go-to-market strategies.

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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. How do I enable sales managers to reinforce the use of the persona? The persona project has begun!

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 1, 2011

This question was posed over at the small business question and answer forum Focus.com yesterday; What are the essentials to become a great sales manager? Here are a few excerpts from the some of the answers: A great sales manager understands that her salespeople are unique individuals. — Bob. — Bob.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Researching and identifying needs: This stage of sales development is about understanding the potential client’s specific needs and pain points. Initial meeting / Pitch: This is the opportunity to make a solid first impression with a well-prepared pitch that addresses the prospect’s unique requirements.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sales Coaching Starts with Feedback. We’ve all had those moments when a colleague or manager approached us with what they called “constructive feedback” – then unloaded on us with a list of grievances didn’t seem at all to be constructive. Observant Sales Management. What are your thoughts? Be Prescriptive.

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Fill the Funnel

JUNE 2, 2011

Is it time to re-tool your sales approach? Re-tooling has been defined as: to adjust, optimize, and to rebuild. With the ongoing advancement of sales and marketing web tools, now is an ideal time to rethink and re-tool your sales process and approach as well as construct a plan on how to leverage these new capabilities.

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InsightSquared

MARCH 25, 2021

First, a bit of grounding on two key meetings within your sales management system: forecast reviews and funnel reviews, and more importantly, the differences between them. . A forecast review is an inspection of the portfolio of opportunities in the funnel that underpin the current month and quarter’s forecast.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2022

Industries with the slowest growth were Construction and Financial Activities. The industries that saw the largest dips in traffic were Construction (-12%), Financial Activities (-11%), and Manufacturing (-7.2%). Sales reps deserve some R&R, so be sure to take some time off from the everyday grind. Trouble seeing this graph?

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Allego

JUNE 20, 2019

Oh, and be ready to improvise in case the other actors see an opportunity to take the scene in a different direction.”. Yet when it comes to preparing sales reps for customer objections, that’s exactly what many managers tacitly say: “I know we didn’t practice responses, so just be confident and get ready to think on your feet.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 27, 2017

I recall reading Skip Miller’s “ProActive Sales Management”, where he states: “If you, as a sales manager, do not know if you are going to make the year after the first quarter, the battle is over. I should think we can include front line sales people. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Additionally, negotiation serves as a catalyst for salespeople to cultivate enduring relationships with their customers, providing a platform for constructive communication. Consider price concessions you might be willing to make, what objections might be made, a timeline of deliverables, and even cross-sell or upsell opportunities.

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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. Let's dive in. Be thorough and thoughtful when hiring.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Yet finding top sales people , especially those who will become long-term loyal assets to your firm, remains a difficult task. . However, with all of our advanced technology, word-of-mouth is still a powerful and effective tool, not only in selling, but in recruiting sales people as well. Sales Help Wanted Advertising.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. AI is no longer a construct of the future. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. 18% of sales professionals use AI for content creation, making it the most popular use case.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Having a sales performance management process in place is crucial for your team’s overall success. There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Helps predict future sales trends.

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Openview

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

While QBRs are often dreaded by just about everyone in the sales organization due to their reputation for being incredibly time consuming and invasive, they can be very helpful for not just the sales leader, but the team of sales professionals as well. Last Quarter Recap (Sales Professional). Qualitative learnings recap.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market is massive—expected to reach more than $80 billion in revenues by 2025 [1]. And yet despite all the investment, it’s a tool that’s failing sales. A tool that B2B organizations constantly struggle to get maximum value out of. No surprise traffic, construction or detours.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

For many leaders, when we hear the term remote sales management, our blood pressure starts to rise. Sales teams are hard enough to manage already, let alone remotely.". Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy. There is no need to fear.

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Sell Integrity

AUGUST 13, 2021

Another way successful team coaches use EQ to improve coaching results is by aligning behavior, culture and strategy in the way they manage team conversations. Address challenges openly, and frame difficult issues in a way that leads to constructive, creative solutions. A Sales Coaching Model That Expands Belief Boundaries.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A sales order pipeline is a series of tasks, including prospecting for leads, generating new ones through cold calling or email outreach (or both), meeting with prospects in person to close the sale, following up on deals after they have been made. The Art of Constructing a Sales Pipeline. Average Sales Cycle Length.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Scenario - the candidate is provided with an instruction package that includes the background information on fictional sales opportunity. The task is to create and deliver a winning sales presentation. Questions - after studying the package, the candidate is allowed to ask 5 clarifying questions about the sales opportunity.

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