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This is How Sales Managers Should Coach Their Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Sales Management must spend 50% of their time coaching salespeople like this: An enormous part of developing salespeople these days is helping them to differentiate themselves from your competitors. Executed correctly, the salesperson has a conversation with a decision maker that is unlike any conversation the competition has had.

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Look for Potential in the Next Generation of Sales Hires

Understanding the Sales Force

With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force? Objective Management Group (OMG) has three candidate assessments that provide companies with exactly that for sales, sales management, and sales leadership (VP/Sales Director).

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Your Sales Kick-Off Meetings Are a Waste of Time!

Igniting Sales Transformation

Trusted advisor defines the salesperson who has exceptional, targeted knowledge about specific business problems that decision makers in certain roles and industries face. Sales reps don’t become trusted advisors without help and that means training. Manage multiple relationships with “buying teams”?

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Predictable Prospecting – Quick Book Summary

Tenbound

The Ideal Prospect Persona (to help identify the right people) includes: Decision maker. Professional objectives 1- increase the productivity and engagement of sales (measured by average revenue per associate and employee retention rate). Influence map : a map of those who influence decision makers.

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How to Create a Mutual Action Plan (MAP)

Alice Heiman

The typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves between six to 10 decision-makers. . Key Benefits for Your Sales Team. MAPs collapse time-to-close & speed up your sales cycle . MAPs improves visibility for sales managers so they can coach deals more effectively .

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Going International in Times of Crisis: Good Move, or Too Risky for Established Companies?

Sales Hacker

McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely. As they move further down your sales funnel and process, these preferences grow. Can Your Expansion Be Simplified?

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In Sales, How to Climb out of a Slump

Don on Selling

We all experience highs and lows in sales. Your sales manager loves you. Unless you are working for a company with a short sales cycle, you usually won’t experience a slump unless it’s during an industry’s slow season. Are you making enough attempts to the key decision makers?