Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 23, 2019

Back in the 1960's it made sense for gasoline prices to be discounted down to the nearest 9/10 of a cent because gas prices ranged between 17.9 I loved the Leavitt/Dubner series of books on Freakonomics and thought I could share some interesting sales and sales management data that make little sense.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 15, 2023

Sales role play exercises are one of the tried-and-true approaches that sales teams use to help reps practice and prepare for real-world buyer interactions. Now that many sales organizations are permanently adopting hybrid and remote work, there’s been a shift from in-person to virtual coaching sessions.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 28, 2021

Sales conversations should guide prospects to quantify (usually financially) the value of the outcomes of doing business with you. Sales leaders : you know how valuable being a credible, valued advisor is, and encourage it. Some sales forces might use “significant discovery and value building before RFP issued”.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 7, 2021

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. The Sales Leader Problem #1: Denial of Complexity.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

But with the rapid advancement of tech and so many options on the market, choosing the right technology for your sales team can seem like a tall mountain to climb. This benefits you, the sales leader trying to develop their sales stack in two large ways — reduced cost (in most cases) and reduced risk. Vendor Consolidation.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

We've been doing a lot of traveling this summer to baseball tournaments ( 20-second video showing how one playoff game ended), college baseball showcases and back. During these travels, one thing has become abundantly clear. Trucks and construction. Lots of trucks. Lots of construction.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 22, 2012

One of the critical components of sales coaching is the ability of the sales managers and their sales people to run effective joint calls. As a president of a company occasionally I have sales people call on me. Who is running the sales call? Is this a real sales call for the sales person or just practice?

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 5, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Book Review: The Challenger Sale. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

Salespeople need to retain a lot of information and master the right sales skills to consistently hit their numbers. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. Essential Sales Skills Every Rep Should Have. Communication.

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SBI

JANUARY 28, 2020

6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support. Sales Enablement is generally focused on assisting individual sellers with less focus placed on others in the organization. “ Sales Enablement supports the sales team to move buyers to a decision point. Coaching skills for sales managers.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you are a new sales manager, building trust with your sales team is your first challenge. Without trust, progress will be slowed and time is a luxury few new sales managers have. In this article we will outline the key elements of trust and how a new sales leader can build trust within their new sales team.

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SBI

MAY 12, 2020

Sales Enablement often fails to support this relationship fully. The focus on the sales team, and how they move the buyer through the sales process smoothly and linearly, is a problem. Buyers are in control and care little for the sales cycles we have defined. Train them on critical sales skills.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 12, 2019

I’ve been helping salespeople and sales leaders become better at their craft for a while. Far too many sales forces are divorced from the responsibility of business: to make a profit. If a sales force isn’t compensated for profit, they focus on easy-to-win revenue. Here’s what sales leaders should coach instead.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Have you ever wanted a sale so badly that you were willing to make compromises in pursuit of that sale? I’m not just talking about discounting or sweetening the deal, but compromising your personal values and integrity by taking on a customer who you know simply isn’t a fit. I Got the Sale! But at What Cost?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“All sales problems are pipeline problems, and all pipeline problems are prospecting problems…… ” I was having a conversation with a really smart person. But I’m uncomfortable with this, I wish diagnosing sales performance issues could be that easy. We carefully looked at our sales cycles.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 31, 2020

Sales professionals have met a worthy adversary. The procurement executive — long lauded by companies as a model of efficiency, but by sales interests as a barrier to entry — has increased their stronghold on the purse strings for enterprises worldwide.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2020

What is sales performance? It’s the measurement of sales activity and corresponding results compared to the sales expectations and quota. Good sales performance is highly valued but it can also be elusive to achieve for many salespeople and organizations. The key to good sales performance is consistency.

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Allego

JUNE 28, 2022

Today’s sales managers face tremendous pressure to achieve ambitious targets. Now more than ever, you need to up your game to increase sales performance. But choosing which sales metrics to measure can be tough. 6 Sales Performance Metrics to Track. Sales Lead Quality. Sales Call Quality.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 28, 2019

To address the disparity between men and women in sales, a good start is to change your hiring practices , and update your company policies. Really the percentage should be 100% for both genders, but it’s telling that female sales reps feel short-changed on training more often than men do. Aim for Equality in Coaching Representation.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 15, 2023

And due to the nature and stress of sales, it’s an easy trap. Here’s how to navigate the Dunning-Kruger Effect in sales and five soft skills that can help: The Fallacy of Faking It Too often in sales we hear, “Fake it ’til you make it.” Repeated by coaches and leaders, we might mistake it as an adage or aphorism.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

An increased level of persuasion in sales conversations is something every sales professional could use. Today, Rod is doing some amazing training with sales, leadership, and organizational development professionals. For full details visit: frost.com/vengreso and use discount code MARIO at registration.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Maintaining a healthy profit margin is (of course) important to the overall success of your sales team and organization. Once your salespeople are out in the field trying to sell your offering, should they have pricing authority (aka the ability to freely give discounts)? Cons of Giving Sales Reps Pricing Authority.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned sales manager or a frontline rep hustling for results, we get it – the struggle is real. Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work?

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 20, 2014

Sales Coaching Tip: I interviewed Gus about leadership in my weekly online business column for the Sun Times/Post Tribune. Many discount marketing as being secondary to selling. People, your sales leads, must know about you before they can even sample your solutions be they round donuts or square donuts.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 23, 2019

Here’s a familiar scene from a fast-growing company near you: The sales managers tell Bob, the Sales Enablement Manager, that they feel their reps aren’t really handling pricing discussions well. So Bob organizes a rep training session along with product managers, product marketing, and sales leaders. That’s that.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio. Make It Happen Mondays -- B2B Sales with John Barrows.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In the sales world, building value early in your customer’s buying process pays more than building value late. No outcome, sale. The old sales training advice about “uncovering pain points” covers only one of the four quadrants above (top left). Desire one can justify to one’s peers in a complex sale is…power.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I listened as he went through a litany of complaints about the sales team. Sales cycles were way too long. There was too much discounting. It can be any number of reasons—sales process, training, systems/tools, market fit/knowledge, organizational impediments, and so forth. They weren’t making quota.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 23, 2022

So whether through program cuts or regular sales churn, sales orgs will have to account for loss of headcount when mapping their plans for next year. That leaves sales teams grappling with a sales capacity gap and productivity concerns. . Get a personalized tour of Bigtincan’s full suite of sales enablement tools.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Sales training stickiness. Sales training and “stickiness” – two phrases often heard in the same breath when talking with VPs of Sales and Sales Training Directors. The need for sales training to be “sticky” is clear – no one disputes it … but everyone also agrees it’s tough to achieve.

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Sales Training Connection

JULY 24, 2013

Sales training and “stickiness” – two phrases often heard in the same breath when talking with VPs of Sales and Sales Training Directors. The need for sales training to be “sticky” is clear – no one disputes it … but everyone also agrees it’s tough to achieve. A Classic – ’63 Corvette.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. You can revisit the fundamentals of selling, acquire a new soft skill that will enable you to close more deals, or simply leisurely read some sales and business literature. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ?

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. In this piece, we’ll take a top down approach and start by designing a sales manager compensation plan. Plan Components.

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. In this piece, we’ll take a top down approach and start by designing the Sales Manager compensation plan.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In sales, one can never sit idle. Here are seven tips for sales professionals to get more from their efforts and boost their productivity: Coaching. Without question, the top thing sales pros can do to boost productivity is to have a coach. That’s what keeps them moving, calling, listening. Better Qualifying.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 3, 2011

Many crazy busy sales people and small business owners believe business cards are a dime a dozen. Then as I was working on re-branding my executive consulting and sales coaching business I did utilize the services of an Internet site with 250 cards costing about $.10 If you have this thought you are hoping to increase sales.

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