Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In sales management, a common saying is, “Hire slow and fire fast.” Secondly, it neglects coaching and training to boost performance. In addition to reassessing this approach, here are productive ways to hire, fire, and support a sales team: The Slow Hire/Fast Fire Approach. Hiring the “Right” Sales Team.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sales ramp-up time can be costly, considering how much training and coaching is required to get new reps up to speed. For one, insufficient training won’t create effective salespeople. Identify any sources of confusion or disruption that new sales reps might experience in their early days at your company.

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Banking Hiring Churn Scale 84

Steven Rosen

MARCH 29, 2016

Sales Manager Development. The Key to Building a World-Class Sales Organization. I recently had a meeting with a dynamic VP of Sales. Lisa shared her vision of building a world-class sales organization and asked me where she should start. Lisa was intent on developing her sales management team.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Jump to whichever section fits your needs: What Is Sales Negotiation Why Is Sales Negotiation Important? 7 Sales Negotiation Strategies to Close More Deals Sales Negotiating Training Example Sales Negotiating Training Program Work With Sales Enablement to Provide Negotiation Materials and Training What is Sales Negotiation?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2023

It’s the right question to ask, but to answer it, it makes sense to first discuss the definition of sales enablement. At its core, it means training your sales team to sell as effectively as possible. A sales enablement strategy incorporates initiatives that enable teams to enhance their existing sales repertoire.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. Of course, I also wanted feedback from industry veterans — the folks who are training & coaching sales management teams around the globe.

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 13, 2019

While many organizations reported increased adoption of a sales enablement function in recent years, several still struggle to use it effectively to achieve their goals. According to CSO Insights’ 4th Annual Sales Enablement Study , 61 percent of organizations have a sales enablement function. Of those, only 34.4

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Sales Enablement Course Scale Sales Technology 107

Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

High-performing sales teams use nearly three times the amount of sales technology than underperforming teams ( source ). Training and onboarding. Around 3 in 4 organizations use classroom training as their primary way to train salespeople ( source ). After a presentation, 63% of attendees remember stories.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 29, 2016

Sales Management Training. The Key to Building a World-Class Sales Organization. I recently had a meeting with a dynamic VP of Sales. Lisa shared her vision of building a world-class sales organization and asked me where she should start. Lisa was intent on developing her sales management team.

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Hiring Coaching Case Study Training 120

Steven Rosen

MARCH 29, 2016

Sales Manager Development. The Key to Building a World-Class Sales Organization. I recently had a meeting with a dynamic VP of Sales. Lisa shared her vision of building a world-class sales organisation and asked me where she should start. Lisa was intent on developing her sales management team.

Hiring 120

Hiring Coaching Case Study Training 120

Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Over the past ten years, we’ve worked with thousands of sales leaders who run large sales teams and we’ve found that there are seven highly-effective techniques that are responsible for consistent and effective sales strategy development: Break training down into bite-sized chunks to help reps retain more product knowledge.

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LeadBoxer

JUNE 9, 2020

There’s a new buzzword on the minds of sales managers across the country: sales enablement. The idea is to provide your sales teams with the resources they need to excel. The Importance of Sales Enablement Four Benefits of Sales Enablement Sales Enablement Resources Importance of Better Content What is Sales Enablement?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 15, 2018

This is why a start-up company hired me to build their training department. Step Sales Process by modeling two top sales professionals who had been selling for years. But I wanted to do more than just offer live training and follow-up coaching. Author: Dan Seidman Ten thousand baby boomers turn 65 every day.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Online Training. Study this list, and add to it. Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont even think about reproducing this document or its contents without written permission from Jeffrey Gitomer. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? To get trust, first give trust.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Furthermore, the playbook aligns sales activities with broader business goals. It harmonizes sales and marketing to ensure focus on unified business targets. Streamline the Sales Process The sales development playbook provides a clear roadmap for handling leads, reducing guesswork, and ensuring consistency.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The key to improving sales performance lies not only in the hands of sales reps, but also in the ability of their managers to provide effective guidance and support. With these reports, sales managers can identify specific areas where their reps need improvement, allowing them to provide focused 1-on-1 attention and guidance.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 18, 2022

A sales readiness checklist helps you and your reps understand whether they have all the information, skills, and competencies they need to have conversations with potential customers. Use it to assess whether your reps are ready or need a little more training, coaching, or practice. I understand how customers use our product.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 17, 2022

It was not until ten years into my entrepreneurial journey that I received formal sales training. Unfortunately, as my career has developed with international speaking, consulting, and training, I still find that I am the only black woman in the room. Continue to document what works well and that which needs revision.

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Allego

APRIL 21, 2022

And even after months of adjusting, you might still be struggling to adapt to this digital transformation and lead your sales team into a tech-driven new world. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries are encountering the same challenges: Onboarding and training sales reps virtually.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 18, 2016

Three Magic Questions a Sales Manager Must Know. One of the main roles of a Sales Manager is to help train your salespeople on how to stay on track during a sales cycle. During any sales opportunity coaching sessions consider asking these three questions with any sales opportunity: Why do anything?

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Lessonly

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Regardless of how your organization defines the process of sales enablement training , I think we can agree that the better we are at enabling a sales team, the more revenue our reps are going to bring it. But when it comes to enabling sales reps to do great work, it’s time to think out of the box.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Though sellers have access to call planning tools, one-quarter of respondents to the 2019 World-Class Sales Practices Study reported that they weren’t using them effectively. Sales leaders cited an ineffective sales process as their second-biggest challenge in the 2019 World-Class Sales Practices Study.

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Enterprise Enterprise Sales Methodology Forecasting 68

Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 14, 2011

Online Training. Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Study the thoughts and writings of positive people. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont even think about reproducing this document or its contents without written permission from Jeffrey Gitomer. Hire Jeffrey.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2022

Fortunately, we did some digging to determine which areas of the sales cycle leaders are investing in most heavily for 2022 and beyond. In a HelloSign study of 1000+ small and medium businesses , leaders were split when asked which areas of the sales cycle were the top priority for improvement in 2022. But it goes even further.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

11 Actions Sales Management Must Take Now! Sound investment portfolio-management advice ranges from “hold firm with your existing stocks” to “take advantage of a great opportunity to buy at today’s basement prices”. This also is an opportunity to build a better sales team that will increase your market share as competitors lag.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 10, 2019

These are some of the many questions we set out to answer in our 5th Annual Sales Enablement Study. While there are dozens of different types of enablement technologies, we clustered our results into three high-level categories: sales enablement content management (SECM), sales training and learning, and sales coaching solutions.

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MEDDIC

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Sales automation has a place in the sales process, but it’s obviously not the solution to qualify and close quality deals. These include things like managing documents, reporting, and crunching numbers for forecasts. Sales coaching and training can teach some techniques that can help to understand people better.

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Sales Automation Sales Qualified Lead Education System 52

Hubspot Sales

MAY 25, 2021

As a Black small business owner, I took a closer look at the biggest obstacles I faced while building a team – such as finding talent, trusting team members, and managing the administrative tasks that come with contracts, payroll, and other documentation – and created the ultimate guide to building a team so you can focus on growing your business.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Developing a sales culture. Traditionally when talking 
about sales best practices, most of the emphasis has been placed on individual sales rep and
 sales management skill sets. So the sales leadership needs to create a culture where taking a well-planned risk is rewarded. ©2016 Sales Momentum® LLC.

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Leadership Study Coaching 50

Pointclear

JUNE 7, 2016

In the last blog in this series we discussed lead nurturing , and how an advanced lead generation program that includes nurturing can triple your sales. Set sales straight—it’s a win win. At PointClear, we recommend developing a guide for sales on how lead hand-off is managed and how follow-up should be handled.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Content management Sales content management tools are your sales team’s content library. They provide an efficient way for sales teams to access and share relevant content like emails, documents like case studies, videos, presentations, and more throughout the buyer journey. How user-friendly is it?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 6, 2012

Online Training. Actually I started studying sales in 1972. And made sales for 35 years. I just loved sales and wanted to be the best salesman in the world. When the opportunity to write about sales appeared, I jumped on it. Sales Management. Sales Videos. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A root cause analysis shows the sales team needs better materials for competitive positioning. The company responds with a targeted sales training program to enhance negotiation skills and product differentiation. Sales ops closely monitor sales productivity post-training , evaluating the interventions’ impact.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 2, 2011

Online Training. KEY ACTION TO TAKE: Study your words and actions. Study your reputation. Filed Under: Attitude , Leadership , My Books Tagged With: gitomer , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , leadership , professional sales training , sales leadership , selling skills. Sales Management.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that your sales team takes to convert prospects into customers. Building a sales process is absolutely necessary to your company’s success, and is perhaps the most important thing you can do as a sales manager to impact your team’s ability to sell.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 16, 2022

When used regularly, sales enablement and readiness platforms increase your sales team’s skill, performance, and revenue. They also make a huge impact on the effectiveness of sales kickoff events, which are basically intensive, multi-day sales training sessions (with a bit of celebration thrown in).

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