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Book Notes: The Sales Manager Survival Guide

Sales 2.0

It can be a “triple whammy” for the company as they lose the revenue of a top performer, need to fill a critical “seat” in the sales organization and have a group of salespeople that are not performing to their full potential. Per David Brock, a sales manager’s job is to be a coach.

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Pipeline Mastery: How the Best Coaches Convert Reluctance into Revenue

Steven Rosen

Role-playing exercises and shadowing successful reps can offer practical, hands-on learning opportunities. 3- Understanding the Ideal Client Profile Identifying and understanding the ideal client profile allows sales reps to focus their efforts on prospects with the highest likelihood of conversion.

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The Greatest Danger of Recurring Revenue: Complacency (video)

Pipeliner

The Complacency Trap In a recent podcast episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Andy Gole , a renowned sales expert and author of “Innovate Now” Our conversation revolved around the concept of recurring revenue and the potential dangers it poses to organizations. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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5 Role-Play Activities to Incorporate into Your 2024 Revenue Kickoff

Mereo

Studies have shown that 75% of people learn by doing , so it is only natural that your kickoff event includes exercises that support this learning style. Hands-on exercises and role-play activities can greatly increase your teams’ retention rates and make your kickoff efforts stick. The exercise: Split your teams into groups of two.

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Top 10 sales management books every sales manager must read

Salesmate

The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Are you wondering how to manage a sales team effectively? Well, you can get many tips, tactics, and strategies from various sales management books. Best sales management books you must read. Author- Kevin F.

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The Sales Manager's Guide to Strategic Planning

Hubspot Sales

If sales is a journey, your strategic plan is the roadmap you'll provide your team to help them reach their destination. It is one of the most important activities you will ever do as a sales manager because, without it, your sales team will have no direction and no instruction manual to follow in order to achieve their targets.

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7 Skills Every Sales Manager Needs

Gong.io

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Let’s look at each one.