Janek Performance Group

APRIL 4, 2022

The secret to maximizing sales training is simple. In this article, we will outline how organizations can maximize their sales training to increase performance, prevent failure, and maximize their sales training investment. . Plan Sales Training Strategically. Simple, but not easy. Top Down Buy-In.

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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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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 13, 2021

But before you do, you need to find a new sales manager to support the additional sales reps. Peter was your first business development rep hired in the sales department. He was promoted to sales development and currently, he is the senior SDR on the team. We all agree that growth is a good position to be in.

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Nutshell

MARCH 31, 2023

As a sales manager, you want to stay up to date with the latest sales trends, keep up with your sales skills and knowledge, and continually build your management and leadership expertise. In this post, we’ll share some of our favorite resources for sales managers. Here are some of our favorites.

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Vengreso

APRIL 23, 2019

The leaders of every organization want to maximize sales effectiveness and productivity. But the ever-changing digital sales landscape can make it hard to keep up. That’s why I wanted to bring Mat Singer, Senior Director of Sales Effectiveness for CenturyLink on as my guest on this episode of #SellingWithSocial.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Let’s look at each one.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 13, 2020

Sales managers are being tested in ways they’ve never seen before, and new managers have even more challenges as they assume their roles in the midst of sweeping change. Here are five ways that sales leaders can help newly minted sales managers accelerate through the turn and spearhead recovery.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 11, 2024

And I can go on, data point after data point reinforces continued declines in performance across too many organizations. Our jobs as leaders is to maximize the performance of every part of our business. But it seems we aren’t driven to maximize their performance. And our customers don’t want to see us!

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 11, 2019

The role of a sales manager may be the hardest job in sales. While coaching your team to sales success, your responsibilities include recruiting new talent and meeting the needs of key customers, all while collaborating with internal stakeholders such as marketing, product management and executives.

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Highspot

MARCH 12, 2024

ValueSelling Associates’ Julie Thomas and Highspot’s Kelly Lewis break down how to maximize the impact of revenue enablement Love it, hate it – or do everything in your power to work around it – when it comes to the revenue enablement function, everyone’s a critic. The question only becomes more complex when you look at the data.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

As we settle into 2021, maximizing trust is a top priority for sales managers and professionals, company leaders, and entrepreneurs. How can you maximize trust in your business while managing to keep energy and finance costs down? Here are four ways to maximize trust in your business and prevent excess in 2021.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

As a sales leader, you know the impact of effective sales coaching — it’s the key to maximizing your team’s potential. The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. Relying on data makes these conversations easier and more productive.

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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 Growth

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

78% of Sales VPs during our research tour asked us the same question. What is the optimal Span of Control for their sales managers and themselves?” And the implications from this data will help eliminate unnecessary tasks. But what should you now do about the burdening task of managing all these sales people virtually ?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Although factors like your product line, buyer personas, and brand awareness are important, sales managers are also critical to the success of any business as they have the potential to unlock huge returns that impact the business's bottom line. Onboarding and training new hires is another sales management responsibilities.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Perhaps more than other more average fields, you really need virtues in sales management. The bottom line: if you don’t clearly understand how a sales manager needs to be poised for the future, you reduce the chances of creating value and growth. The need for courage comes into play all throughout a sales manager’s job.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 28, 2021

Data suggests that salespeople spend as little as 23% of their time actually selling. In conjunction, the 2020 Media Sales Report found that nearly 1 out of every 3 (31%) of salespeople spend 20-25% of their time in discovery meetings. One study even found that it surpasses the obstacles of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding.

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BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We have already discussed in our last post how managing a large sales team creates hurdles at tracking performance, analyzing sales data, providing personalized coaching, etc. Because AI empowers leaders to maximize human strengths rather than getting dragged into metric minutiae. But what’s next?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2014

As with the prior articles, I get huge numbers of requests from sales manager to help Hack their jobs. “What are the short cuts?” ” “How do I manage my time better?” It seems to be too hard to do what data shows us works. Sales management (particularly first line management) is tough!

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

3- Understanding the Ideal Client Profile Identifying and understanding the ideal client profile allows sales reps to focus their efforts on prospects with the highest likelihood of conversion. Coaches can assist reps in developing a clear picture of their ideal client by analyzing past successes and market data.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In this guest blog post from one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons , Kevin Lewis, Global Sales Excellence Leader at Milliken Chemical and an authority on developing sales managers, recommends five ways to get new sales managers off to a great start. Great sales leaders aren’t born: they’re made.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

To be a game changing Sales Operations leader, you should be asking yourself the following: What is the market for our products/services? What data can we mine to generate insights about our customers? What qualitative field data should I capture to authenticate the story? This is world-class sales operations.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 3, 2023

I’ve never been much of a big data guy. What are my/our sales for the month? I’d rather spend my time maximizing my chances of securing new business than trying to figure out why I did, or did not, achieve my goals. If a lot of data is what you are looking for … you would be in the can’t help group. Full disclosure.

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Openview

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

When that transition is from an individual contributor to manager, that adjustment can be even more jarring. We all know the typical story with sales managers – they were a top performing salesperson, had ambitions to move up in their career, and then a position opens up and they are managing a group of salespeople.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

MARCH 5, 2024

Distribution is exceptionally competitive, and finding ways to maximize your sales opportunities can help you with that competitive edge. Here is an overview of its functionalities so you can unlock its potential for driving strategic sales growth. Ready to take the next step?

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Xactly

JUNE 7, 2018

When solutions don’t easily and fully interoperate with existing systems , companies can’t maximize full system ROI and business value. With tens of millions of dollars invested in their data warehouses and critical business applications (i.e.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 12, 2024

Sales teams are already seeing AI streamline workflows, coach reps, optimize prospecting strategies and more. Businesses are in the process of determining how to use these capabilities for maximizing sales team productivity, making intelligent business decisions and growing their revenue.

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Sales Evangelist

MAY 7, 2020

The Sales Manager's Guide To Greatness! You may have been a top salesperson, and still continue to be, but that doesn’t always qualify you to be a top sales manager. Davis is the author of the book The Sales Manager’s Guide to Greatness: Ten Essential Strategies for Leading your Team to the Top.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 27, 2017

There’s a lot of data about the impact of disciplined approaches to coaching on sales performance. Win rates are much higher comparing those managers having a disciplined approach to coaching versus those that provide no or informal coaching. For front line managers this is even more important.

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Allego

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this episode, sales strategists Ken and Nick Valla, co-founders of The Valla Group, discuss how their firm helps B2B sellers maximize performance. Learn why organizations must transform their training approach in a hybrid work environment , what sales leaders should do differently, and the key skills sellers need today.

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Xactly

AUGUST 20, 2018

Although using automated performance management technology provides a great opportunity for companies to strengthen their sales strategy, there’s a catch. AI/ML technology and algorithms are important, but the true value lies within data. For companies to truly reap the benefits of AI/ML, they need access and the rights to data.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2022

ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust. Testing different sets of data helps determine what performs best and where you should invest your money. “Sometimes it’s as small as changing the color of the page or the CTA copy,” says Conor MacCarvill, digital advertising manager at ZoomInfo.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

We all know, or should know that one of the highest impact activities managers can do with their people is coaching them, enabling them to discover and learn how to continually improve their performance. But what about managers? We get rich context and color that give meaning to the data.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 12, 2021

A steep upfront investment, the CRM promised to digitize go-to-market motions and give sales managers visibility into pipeline and forecasting management, including quote-to-cash, territory management, and customer 360 efforts. Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close.

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Troops

APRIL 18, 2018

A sales pipeline is a visual representation of where sales prospects are in the buying process. Sales pipeline stages represent the various points a buyer may be in the buying process. A C-suite executive, sales manager or sales director typically creates the sales stages. Perform sales call coaching.

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Mindtickle

MAY 20, 2021

Call AI collects and analyzes data across all aspects of readiness – all in one place, giving sales leaders the unique ability to understand readiness levels, knowledge gaps and skill improvements for each seller. Unlock the skills that drive successful sales interactions .

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2021

Exceptional sales performances aren’t achieved through sheer willpower — they’re accomplished by understanding goals that are easily tracked and planned out. Sales reporting helps managers track and monitor progress to keep a pulse on sales cycle profitability. Components of a Good Sales Report.

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