The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“CRMs are just another tracking tool.”. You’ve heard the complaints from your sales team about using a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. There’s even a strong possibility this is why you’re hesitant to commit purchasing a CRM. First, you must understand why they’re wary.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At Pipeliner, we have just devised a new tagline for our CRM and our company: Open to Close. The Pipeliner Difference This tagline has been created to encompass the impact Pipeliner CRM has on an individual, the organization, and the marketplace environment as a whole. Efficiency is the first impact Pipeliner CRM has.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Even so, there’s still such a thing as sales automation, where you use digital tools to automatically perform routine sales tasks for you so you can spend your time working on other things. In fact, there are quite a few sales automation tools out there. Learn more about each tool below!

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Sales organizations typically have plenty of sales data due to the growth and usage of CRM systems, critical to capturing the activities that are occurring with the sales team. But effective coaching with sales performance data often becomes the greater challenge with sales managers and leaders.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

Author: Jason Jordan Question: Why does senior leadership buy CRM? For most organizations, the answer is to gain visibility into the activities of individual sales reps. If leaders can’t see what salespeople are doing, they can’t manage what their reps are doing. Nor can they make smart investments in improving sales capability.

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Pipeliner

MAY 31, 2018

In this ebook author, Nikolaus Kimla gets very specific, dealing with sales management through CRM. He personally believes (as do a lot of experts today) that utilizing a CRM is the only way to manage a sales team—and in fact, it is practically impossible to manage one without it. Lead Management.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Are you wondering how to manage a sales team effectively? Well, you can get many tips, tactics, and strategies from various sales management books. Best sales management books you must read. Author- Kevin F.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Annually spending by companies: Sales training $20 billion on sales training.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below. The majority of Sales VPs are guilty of at least one.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 23, 2023

When it comes to managing your sales process, two of the most popular tools on the market are Pipeliner CRM and HubSpot Sales Hub. Both are designed to help businesses streamline their sales process, but they differ in the features they offer and the approach they take to sales management.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 17, 2023

What is CRM? CRM software, short for customer relationship management software, is used to manage, analyze and understand customer interactions by storing and organizing business data. CRM systems also include the ability to report, visualize and forecast data to improve their customer workflows. What can a CRM do?

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A Sales Guy

JUNE 16, 2021

The biggest miss and most unsettling issue facing sales today is their brutal and debilitating contradicting view of what’s most important to sales AND the value of the CRM. Yes, I said the CRM. I took a poll on Linked in and asked if a salesperson could be good if they didn’t use the CRM.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2019

This tool has made navigation easy to accomplish a task that was once difficult before this technology was introduced. In many ways, technology, like Google Maps, is similar to sales management software. Sales management software provides streamlined tools for data entry and management to speed up this process.

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Salesmate

DECEMBER 4, 2020

One handy way of ensuring the best services for any business is using a Customer Relationship Management software that enables timely services as well as personalized experience for their customers. What does CRM stand for in Financial Business? This has led to more use of CRM solutions in financial services as well.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 26, 2018

Author: Sunny Paris If I had a dollar for every time I heard CEOs and sales managers complain about their CRM not being up to date, or that salespeople aren’t using it properly, I could probably retire. Alas, I can’t retire just yet, but that hasn’t stopped CRM systems from becoming a heated topic of debate.

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Nutshell

MARCH 1, 2023

Odds are, you’ve heard of plenty of marketing different tools you can use for your business. Some of those tools are for automation, others are for analytics, and still, others are for design. But one of the most important tools to use in your business is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 31, 2022

While the exact list depends on who you ask, the following (alphabetized) traits are all critical for a sales manager: Able to coach, analytical, available, confident, empathetic, good listener, innovative, leads by example, loyal, motivating, passionate, positive attitude, serves vs. dictates, strategic vision, strong communicator, and thoughtful.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 4, 2023

Staying ahead of your upcoming meetings and appointments is critical for sales success, and keeping an accurate record of those meetings in your CRM can help you streamline your workflow and get a fuller picture of your relationship with customers. We’ve launched Nusthell Scheduler to help you do just that. What is Scheduler?

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2013

There are SMB and mid-market sales organizations who have not embraced a cloud-based, customer relationship management system, better known as CRM or SCRM. The “S” stands for social, and indicates that a CRM system has the capability to interact with and bring in social media content right into customer and prospect records.

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Apptivo

APRIL 27, 2023

A robust CRM system is like the foundation of the bridge, providing the necessary support and structure to keep the connection strong. Essential Features of a CRM Before a company invests in a CRM system, it must thoroughly check out it’s features. Well, first off, it ensures that the company gets the best bang for their buck.

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Nutshell

MAY 8, 2023

Customer relationship management (CRM) software exists to help you gather, organize, and analyze customer data. Ultimately, it helps you boost your leads, sales, and revenue. But that only happens if you choose a high-quality CRM and use it effectively. You can, of course, use the CRM itself to compile and view this data.

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Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2023

In today’s constantly evolving business landscape, staying current on the latest Customer Relationship Management (CRM) trends and insights is critical. Here are 15 key CRM statistics carefully selected and verified by our team to help you stay ahead of the competition. General CRM Statistics 1) 12.6% In fact, with a 12.6%

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2013

I spent last week at a Sales Management training event with a client. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. Demand Sales Force Automation adoption. This One-on-One Coaching Tool was customized by sales managers facilitating the training.

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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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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 22, 2020

The price for maintaining and managing these relationships requires time, effort, and an understanding of the connections between them. Any complaints about using a CRM to manage your relationships must be viewed through Dunbar’s number and against the massive advantage it provides you. What to Record in your CRM.

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SBI Growth

MAY 15, 2013

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends. Next Steps.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An effective sales management system can help your business reach or exceed its long-term goals. Sales management software encourages cooperation between sales reps and streamlines common activities. What Is Sales Management? What Is a Sales Management System? Want to be a better leader?

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The first time a sales manager made this statement to me, in frustration, was about 20 years ago. Since then, it’s become the common complaint I hear from managers (If I had a nickel for every time…… ). These managers who expect their people to use CRM struggle in using CRM.

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Nutshell

MARCH 8, 2023

As a sales manager, you want to make sure your team has everything they need to succeed. The answer is resource management skills—a crucial but often overlooked skill in the sales manager’s toolkit. Table of Contents What is resource management for sales?

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SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. by Howard Brown, CEO of ringDNA.

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SBI

JULY 24, 2018

Sales reps love their CRM. In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM. Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In this series of blogs on the role of CRM in 2020, we’ve discussed the role of the customer experience , and the battle between the “suite” approach , and the best-of-breed approach. Now we come to the specifics of the CRM application itself. One tool for the job, and the most traditional one, would, of course, be an ax.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 5, 2023

If you’re in the market for a robust, powerful, and efficient CRM program, look no further. The top 10 characteristics that any quality sales CRM software are covered in this article. You will know what to look for when selecting your new sales CRM software by the time you finish reading this article.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A key factor in a sales manager’s approach is technology. Without the right technology, the sales manager isn’t going to even have the data to view, let alone interpret, and make decisions with. What does this mean for a sales manager newly on the job? Technology Guidelines.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2022

This calls for a robust customer relationship management (CRM) strategy as well as a purpose-built CRM system for a smooth and efficient management of customer relationship. What is CRM? CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. What are CRM Systems? What does a CRM system do?

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Revegy

MAY 4, 2021

Ask any sales rep about his or her customer relationship management (CRM) platform and you’ll likely hear a lot of groaning. Implementing and using a CRM platform can create a prickly divide, as sales managers drive their sales teams to keep the CRM data up-to-date, taking away valuable selling time.

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Zendesk Sell

AUGUST 27, 2019

If this is the case, your company might just be in need of a CRM model. Definition of a CRM model. CRM stands for customer relationship management — this includes the type of service you provide, the interactions you have, and the resources you share to match customer needs. 3 common CRM models. IDIC CRM model.

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