Mon.Aug 22, 2016

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The #1 Reason Why New Sales Managers Fail

Steven Rosen

Why New Sales Managers Fail. Are you a new sales manager , or have you just been promoted into a sales manager role? The odds of failure are high! I am going to share the number one reason why new sales managers fail. Time and time again companies promote their best sales reps into managerial roles. Heads of sales feel that they owe it to their best sales people to give them an opportunity to advance.

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What Are You Willing to Fight For?

The Sales Heretic

This is my first blog post in nearly a year. Last September, my 74-year-old father was hospitalized for what turned out to be pancreatic cancer. (Those last two words kinda give away how this story is going to end.) I immediately flew out to Washington, DC to be with him. Over the next seven months, [.].

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Lean Communication for Sales – Book Review

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Communication is central to sales success; we have all seen brilliant people with vast knowledge who are challenged in sharing their knowledge due to an inability to communicate. Closer to home, we have all seen how the quality of communication can make or break a deal. All the more reason why Jack Malcolm ’s new book Lean Communication for Sales , is a must read for sales people and their managers.

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HBR or OMG - Whose Criteria Really Differentiate the Top and Bottom 10% of Salespeople?

Understanding the Sales Force

Image owned by or licensed to CartoonStock ®. The Harvard Business Review is at it again. I honestly can't believe that a publication like HBR continues to publish and push junk science about sales. Nearly every time they publish an article on sales or selling, they are usually as wrong as the mainstream media is with their attempts to manipulate readers and viewers to vote for their preferred candidates.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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Sales Motivation Video: Are You Leveraging Your Network?

The Sales Hunter

Your network is full of potential! How do you grow your network and leverage it to the fullest? The more you help other people, the more they are willing to help you. Make a plan to ask, “Who in my network can I help?” Check out this video to see what I mean: Copyright 2016, […].

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Do Realtors Really Want to Sell Homes?

Increase Sales

Having been in the process of selling our home, I have come to realize the majority of realtors do not want to really sell a home. No they want to list and then promise how their marketing is different. This fact is supported by current real estate sales research that suggests nearly 90% of all homes are not sold by the current listing real estate agent.

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Understand Sales Force Problems Before Investing in Sales Enablement Technology

BrainShark

Sales enablement roles are becoming increasingly prevalent, with CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study reporting 46 percent of companies enacting a formal sales enablement vision or c

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More Budget or More Data? A Modern Marketer’s Take on Content Marketing

SBI Growth

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Which Sales Problem Do You Need to Conquer? {Slideshare}

SalesLoft

Whether you’re relatively new to the sales industry, or you’ve been closing deals for decades, you probably know the pain of being stymied by an ugly sales problem. And that’s ok – it’s all part of the game. But in order to accomplish your sales organization’s mission, those common sales problems demand an answer.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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What About Seller Personas?

Partners in Excellence

By now, hopefully, everyone knows the importance and power of Buyer Personas. Understanding who our buyers are, what drives them, how they are measured, the key issues they face, and all sorts of other things enables us to connect and engage them more effectively. We can focus our content and our discussions in ways that are most impactful and meaningful to them.