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Five Tips for Being a Better B2B Sales Manager

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Kevin McGirl Sales managers have a tough job. A good sales manager needs to stay on top of their game at all times, and ensure that their team is focused, efficient and most importantly, profitable. There are many moving parts in the sales process, and it’s not easy staying on top of them all.

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3 Types of Difficult Prospects and How to Handle Them

SalesFuel

They don’t want to compromise and expect the seller to deliver everything at a discount. Photo by Yan Krukau SalesFuel - Sales Credibility | Sales Research | Sales Hiring | Sales Management | Sales Enablement They want everything exactly how and when they want it.

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The Deal Desk: Sourcing Internal Expertise to Close Complex Deals

Hubspot Sales

Closing deals involving complex price modeling, a need for extensive product knowledge, varying potential discounts, or any other atypical standards and practices isn't exactly intuitive. It might require some insight, expertise, and materials beyond a conventional sales org's reach. Who do you want to involve?

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Is Failure an Option for Your Account Based Selling Teams?

No More Cold Calling

But they will definitely miss quota if sales managers continue to focus on the wrong behaviors and don’t shift their priorities. They wait for the discounts that regularly come, and they pressure reps for even more discounts. Plus, we become flagrant discounters. Simply put, we become replaceable.

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Avoid the End of the Month Fire Drill

Janek Performance Group

Worse, they likely offered discounts or crazy incentives to squeeze every deal out of their sales funnel. This is a continuous cycle which drives sales reps, sales managers, and leadership crazy. At worst, you will stop discounting deals, which will increase your average profit. You have a few options.

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Sales Leadership Failures and How to Fix Them

Janek Performance Group

When I first entered the sales profession, my sales manager provided a data dump of product info for me during onboarding. The next phase of my training was to shadow one of the senior sales reps for a few days. I learned how he did sales, both the good and the bad. We started discounting the little things.

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Three Sales Pitfalls Startups Should Avoid

Janek Performance Group

The more focused you are on a specific client, the higher converting your sales team will be. Knowing exactly who is and who’s not a fit allows you to focus on the exact problems you can solve. Price is Too Low or Discounting Too Fast. Denying the Complexity of the Sales Process.