LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. It not only drives revenue growth but also helps in managing customer churn and acquisition costs effectively. But setting effective sales goals involves more than just choosing an arbitrary number.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

If average sales skills produce average customer satisfaction, what impacts exceptional customer satisfaction? Dr. Albert Mahrabian , a professor at UCLA, conducted a study to find out what determines an individual’s communication impact. The study found: 7 percent of communication impact is determined by the words used.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. According to one study, eight out of ten people say they’re stressed from work ( source ). There’s no way around it, stress drives activity and sales managers know this. Keep reading! Communicate. Take a break.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

We’ve compiled six of the best strategies for improving sales rep performance based on real-world research and case studies so you can get back to hitting your benchmarks in no time: 1. Chung went on to study how companies should pay salespeople. Related: 8 ways to retain your top sales reps (after they’ve gotten their bonuses).

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The solution, in our experience, is modern training software that allows sales reps to find and review product information exactly when it’s needed by using techniques like just-in-time learning (reps can look up answers as needed) and microlearning (short lessons for improved knowledge retention). It’s wildly inefficient.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Management by Objectives, aka MBOs, are goals set for employees to improve overall sales performance, as agreed up on by sales manager and rep. MBOs can be an extremely useful tool in addition to your sales commission structure because they give each rep individual goals to strengthen the overall sales organization.

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SBI

JANUARY 13, 2015

This week I interview Adam Hollander, CEO of Fantasy Sales Team. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Adam: FantasySalesTeam helps sales managers run more engaging and higher performing sales contests with their reps. Most traditional sales contests have three problems.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

Great VPs of sales have gravitas and tact, command the room and hold their end of the table regardless of who is on the other side. They’ll rip apart your CRM and replace your opportunity fields with their proven-and-trusted sales methodologies and scoff if you try to rehearse Sandler, Challenger, or MEDDIC selling to them.

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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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Apptivo

MAY 26, 2023

The benefits of setting a sales target Lets understand the benefits of setting a sales target by taking an example of a retail company, which is on the verge of launching a new product line. The sales manager establishes aggressive sales goals, estimating the amount of units that must be sold within a specified time frame.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

.” ( source ) In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. According to one study, eight out of ten people say they’re stressed from work ( source ). There’s no way around it, stress drives activity and sales managers know this. Keep reading!

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

What is Sales Burnout and Why is it so Common? Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas. Yet, quota setting is one of the areas that comes most difficult to sales managers. In fact, 61% of sales managers cite quota setting as their biggest challenge ( source ).

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The Brooks Group

JULY 24, 2017

This 30-Second pitch—or value proposition—should appear on your sales reps’ LinkedIn profile either in text or video form. This gives them an incentive to recommend your salesperson in return. LinkedIn can be a goldmine when it comes to prospecting, but unfortunately many sales professionals are missing out on all it has to offer.

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LevelEleven

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The number of blogs, articles, and studies on the benefits of contests to motivate your team are endless (there are even a couple of blogs from us on the topic). This is great because the studies don’t lie. People are competitive. Contests not only push your team to do their best, they also make the workday fun and challenging.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

As contrast is a powerful mechanism to promote change, demonstrate just how antiquated the current product-oriented speeds and feeds approaches are in reaching today’s buyer, and do so side-by-side with the prescribed value-based sales tool driven approach, for easy head-to-head comparison.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

As the studies indicate, business-as-usual is a more comfortable state of mind, because we all tend to outweigh potential downside risks higher than significant and compelling upside rewards - a risk aversion that causes a natural resistance to change. For a program this important, formalized sales tool coaching is a requirement.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

Joined IBM as a sales rep, and then it was a sales manager, sales executive. Ended up running global database sales, global big data and analytics sales. Had about a 12-year career at IBM and it really was my formal schooling, if you will, on sales and sales management. Absolutely.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Matt Klepac: Growing up, I was surrounded by really successful sales leaders. In schoo, I studied music and I studied business. Matt Klepac: I’m saying that exact same thing. And so, my uncle Mike Mirabella was a big influence on my life from a business perspective. We liked risks. It easily could have been Atlanta.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2018

By definition, teams have middle performers and, depending upon how forgiving management is, even low performers. We asked veteran B2B sales managers, consultants and coaches how best to build and sustain a high-performing sales team with a clear understanding that a company’s success relies on a lot more than it sales personnel.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 28, 2018

When we think of an effective sales manager we often think of someone who manages a sales team that consistently hits the sales goals and objectives set by their company. Here are six things that the best sales managers do differently. But success is more than a number. Hire Smarter.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Research from the Sales Executive Council (SEC) examined thousands of salespeople and found receiving quality coaching helped them improve long-term performance by upwards of 19%. A separate study from CSO Insights reveals a correlation between quota attainment and coaching. Part of each sales representative's daily or weekly routine.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

We know that sales coaching is an important part of sales management. Studies have found that effective sales coaching programs can improve sales reps’ performance by up to 20%. years ( data from Bridge Group Sales Development 2018 Metrics and Compensation Report ).

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I'm about to expose the findings in personality-based and behavioral-based assessments which assessment companies have been marketing as sales assessments for the last dozen years. First, you'll need to read this piece, Personality Assessments for Sales - The Definitive Case Study. Whether sales management is effective.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

We know that sales coaching is an important part of sales management. Studies have found that effective sales coaching programs can improve sales reps’ performance by up to 20%. This presents a few challenges for sales managers. So what exactly is sales leadership coaching?

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

In a white paper by David Fritz of Growth Solutions, LLC entitled “ Sales Incentive Compensation Best Practices Research ” the firm completed a benchmark survey on sales compensation plans and practices. The benchmarking effort was focused on sales compensation plans administration within sales organizations of 20 – 500 payees.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2022

A sales QBR: isn’t a status update meeting. isn’t fact-checking data in sales reports. A sales QBR: isn’t a status update meeting. isn’t fact-checking data in sales reports. Study the reasons and figure out what could have been done better. isn’t criticism. isn’t short-term planning. isn’t tactical in nature.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2018

And that exciting measure of sales productivity—learning how to get more sales without hiring more reps for your team or working more hours each week—is exactly what we’re diving into here today. Want all of our best sales productivity tools, content, advice and templates? Get access to The Sales Library now. If not, why?

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Close.io

JUNE 3, 2019

Imagine two sales managers walk into a room. Sales Manager #1 wants to crush her quarterly targets and has an idea of what it’s going to take to get there. Sales Manager #2, on the other hand, doesn’t hope. But it’s not okay to wonder about your sales numbers. Sales forecast for hardware startups.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Ultimate guide to sales emails: How to write sales emails that convert (templates, examples and case studies). B2B buyers receive hundreds of sales emails everyday. Using the techniques described in this article, you can defuse the situation and get back on track towards a sale. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ?.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As Managing Partner, she leverages her colleagues’ experience in sales process methodology, measurement and metric development, project management, and recruiting to build high performing teams for clients. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

So I go live through that, but at the same time had already moved back to Philly and started QuotaPath at that exact time. I’m always wondering whether people are overstating how people make decisions and whether direct cash incentives are really the key drivers of behavior. He’s a super sharp guy. He knows exactly.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A new study by CSO Insights shows that 60% of deals forecasted do not actually close. This is unsurprising because 25% of sales managers are unhappy with their forecasting accuracy. Choosing the right predictive sales model can help you predict future revenue more accurately. ll have to keep an eye out.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

To figure out what your optimal salesperson looks like, study the top-performing ones on your team. When Mark Roberge, former SVP of Worldwide Sales and Services at HubSpot, began scaling our sales team, he prioritized five traits of the most successful salespeople. Consider offering a referral bonus as an incentive.).

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Resources All White Paper Awards & Recognition Blog Article Brief Case Studies eBook ebooks & Guides Funding & Acquisitions Guide Industry News Infographic Interview Podcasts Report Resources Video Video Reviews Webinars. Sales Efficiency. Case Studies. Sales Coaching. Sales Enablement. Case Studies.

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LeadFuze

MAY 18, 2021

This is why sales team motivation is important to keep at the forefront of your mind as a sales manager AT ALL TIMES! . As a sales manager, you have the power to inspire your team to WANT to work harder and more efficiently. Behind every all-star sales team is an inspiring and motivational sales manager.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Without a repeatable process for generating pipeline — and ultimately creating leads — the sales team must generate their own leads. That’s rarely a formula for success and usually leads to frustrated salespeople, sales managers, and senior managers who can’t achieve their revenue goals. Case studies. White papers.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

Just reading Jonathan Farrington's statistic that, 'the average quota attainment in B2B sales is below 60%,' prompts me to lay out a blueprint on how to fix it. Build one-pagers, white papers, brand collateral and an array of enticing sales material. Step one: study your competitors. What are the best messages?

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