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New Data - Are Experienced Sales Managers Better Sales Managers?

Understanding the Sales Force

Last week I wrote a revealing article which showed that Sales Managers are even worse than I thought when it comes to coaching their salespeople. That article stimulated this great conversation on LinkedIn. Who do you think are more effective - newer or more experienced sales managers?

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AI in Sales: Focus on The Sales Conversation

Sales 2.0

Paul has a great perspective on all things sales as he’s had many roles associated with the function, including running sales enablement, carrying a bag, managing sales teams, running his own sales consultancy, and starting his own sales enablement SaaS company. I think that’s a really good use of AI.

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Data-Driven Sales Coaching: How to Use Data to Drive Coaching Conversations

Mindtickle

The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. Not only should sales coaching be personalized to each rep, but it should also be backed by data. . Why coaching conversations must change. What a data-driven approach looks like.

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Data-Driven Sales: Modernizing GTM with Greater Insights

Zoominfo

From VPs and CMOs to entry-level reps and account managers, everyone is inundated by data. Without a modern go-to-market strategy that can turn signals into action, the flood of data can mean greater administrative overhead, higher margins of error, and even lost revenue. Conceptually, that is the Holy Grail,” he says.

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How Real Sales Managers Use Conversational Intelligence

Hubspot Sales

Conversational intelligence tools — programs that use artificial intelligence to automatically record, transcribe, and analyze hours of sales calls — are becoming a staple of a growing number of sales organizations' tech stacks. How Managers Can Use Conversational Intelligence.

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Data, Data, Everywhere…….

Partners in Excellence

.” Today, we seem to face the same thing in selling, except now it’s data. We have more ability to collect data, about customers, about the performance of our marketing initiatives, about the performance of our sales people. But the data (hmmmm) shows exactly the opposite thing.

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Buyer Engagement: 3 Crucial Data Tips

Zoominfo

You give your reps access to data that goes beyond a name and number — information on target market changes (such as new investments), buyers’ pain points and objections in sales conversations, and an account’s increased search activity around a hot-button topic. These leaders typically don’t have time for cold sales calls.

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