LeadFuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As adoption rates in Customer Relationship Management Software (CRMs) continue to rise, a (data-driven) gap in usefulness and effectiveness is very clear. Sales professionals — yes, even managers — on frontlines of business development. ZoomInfo Salesforce Sync for Territory Management. Think about it.

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SalesForce Territories Intent Signal Buyer Persona 219

Xactly

MAY 30, 2018

Earlier this year, we teamed up with the Sales Management Association (SMA) to conduct a survey on sales territory design. More than 100 organizations participated in the survey and provided insights into how they design and plan their sales territories. Download Guide.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Typically dispersed across territories far and wide, and always on the go, face-to-face communication is often overridden by email, voicemail and text. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams.

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Face-to-face Automotive Webinar Metrics Conference 197

Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

The job of a sales manager is to provide a succeeding environment for salespeople. Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. I met with industry leaders.

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 94

Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2022

First, congratulations, your first job as a sales manager is a huge step forward in your career. Now, don’t screw it up—you’ll get a lot of managers who will immediately congratulate you, shake your hand, smile then say, “What have you done for me lately?”. Before I go on, let’s backtrack a little bit.

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Sales Management Hiring Promotion Coaching 73

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 30, 2022

Recently, I was speaking to the leadership team of a sales organization. People were going through the motions of developing their account plans, they would review them with management, then they went back to doing their jobs in the way they had always done them. We prospect, qualify, and pursue opportunities within our territories.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sales management software tools cover a vast amount of functional territory. The sales management process involves many things that are not directly tied to selling. The problem facing sales managers is finding the time and expertise to do this in a meaningful and productive way.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sales management software tools cover a vast amount of functional territory. The sales management process involves many things that are not directly tied to selling. The problem facing sales managers is finding the time and expertise to do this in a meaningful and productive way.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There are countless data reporting tools available to sellers and managers. One of the biggest issues I encounter in speaking with managers is understanding, “What’s causing these to happen?” Do our people have the right skills/tools to be able to execute these well? Why aren’t they responding?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

” We realized, the organization had gone through so many changes, the sales enablement programs had become disconnected with “jobs” of the sales people. I think many sales enablement programs may face the same challenge. Tools, systems, processes, training are not enough.

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Sales Enablement Territories Face-to-face Maximizer 88

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dating back to 1977, my entire career was as a B2B sales rep or I was managing a B2B sales team. Today we have electronic tools. Ask a sales rep what they will close this month and, without some intensive research, they may be hard pressed to give you an answer. Where are we with sales forecasts?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many sales professionals often don’t receive the crucial tools needed for success right away. This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. While you’re at it, assess your other sales team members.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 16, 2014

And technology will eliminate the time-consuming, face-to-face aspect of communication. Because the more things change, the more they stay the same—in sales and in life. Old but Not Irrelevant People have always been fascinated with—and even enthralled by—technology. But we’ve never been surrounded by so much of it.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Sales Manager’s job is to provide an environment within which their sales people can succeed. Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks.

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 86

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Sales is the most important function with any company, and the sales manager plays a critical role within it. That said… The importance of your sales manager cannot be understated. The sales force drives the company’s revenue and it’s the sales manager’s job to drive the sales force.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Trying to build a high-impact sales team? Heads up: Your team will only ever be as good as its manager. In fact, a reported 69% of sellers who exceed annual quota consider their sales managers as being “above average” at their jobs. But here’s the problem: A good candidate for sales management is hard to find.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As adoption rates in Customer Relationship Management Software (CRMs) continue to rise, a (data-driven) gap in usefulness and effectiveness is very clear. Sales professionals — yes, even managers — on frontlines of business development. Let’s start with a reminder: CRMs have a purpose. Think about it.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2014

As with the prior articles, I get huge numbers of requests from sales manager to help Hack their jobs. “What are the short cuts?” ” “How do I manage my time better?” Having said that, here’s a few of my favorite hacks to sales management.

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Sales Management Hiring Top of Funnel Maximizer 93

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My VP of Sales wants me to research trends in inside sales and conduct account segmentation. The sales managers are yelling for updated dashboards and territories. Oh, and Marketing wants to discuss sales enablement improvements. Download this tool here and you can follow along with in the next section.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2023

There are lots of great books (including Sales Manager Survival Guide), there are a lot of great training programs (including those we offer), but somehow managers continue to struggle in both finding the time to coach and coaching in high impact ways. If there are problem performers, what is their plan for dealing with them?

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A senior VP of sales and marketing at a half-billion-dollar firm told me that a great customer experience starts with reps’ proximity to clients. He required his sales reps to live or office within an hour of their customers. Change territory assignments less often to give reps and customers time to build relationships.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

Every year, a Sales Enablement leader is faced with the same problem. Ramping new sales reps. Pipeline generation and management. Now that productivity is defined, you need to identify the tools they need. Teach your new sales reps who these individuals are and what’s important to them. Social reach.

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Training Buyer Persona Hiring How To 282

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Approaching a task armed with the tools, systems, and knowledge you need just feels better than walking in unprepared. This is especially important for sales professionals — and sales organizations are making greater strides to ensure their reps are successful on the job. Best for: Integrating sales and customer support.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 31, 2016

I want to have a heart to heart with Sales Managers/Executives. Sales people and others can listen in if you want. After all, the data on sales management turnover is pretty disturbing—the average longevity in the job is 20 months. Sales management, at every level, is a tough job.

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Sales Management Territories Maximizer Coaching 48

Close.io

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s a great addition to your sales skills , pave the way for closing more business, and become a top-performing sales rep. What is cold canvassing in sales? However you also engage them in your sales process and open opportunities for selling down the road. You are relentlessly dialing hundreds of numbers every day.

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Campaigns Cold Calling Territories Face-to-face 80

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 4, 2016

The responsibilities of a sales manager are very broad. Frontline managers have to work to make sure each person on the team is performing at the highest levels possible. They have to provide the coaching, training, systems, processes, tools, and support to enable their people to achieve their goals.

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Coaching Sales Management Face-to-face Analysis 48

Closer's Coffee

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Inside Sales and Outside Sales Roles. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Face-to-face Comparison 64

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Controversial panel titles included “Making the Case for 100% Base Salary in Sales” and “ Comp Plan Documents Released in the First Month of the Fiscal Year?”. Two truths remain unchanged: Comp is just one tool for motivating salespeople , and upstream planning is still key. Members of the Varicent team. Varicent’s tech demonstration.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 5, 2016

Unless you are a sales manager with your own territory (which is an untenable position), you don’t produce revenue. It’s an important point that too many in sales management don’t understand. It’s their jobs to find the deals, qualify them, and manage them to closure.

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Revenue Sales Management Face-to-face Maximizer 49

Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. You also need to add new skills of engagement, technical aptitude, active listening, follow up, and time management to your toolbox of selling techniques. Facing 8 New Challenges. You need a long-term plan that will take you into 2021.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

The VP of Sales Operations was part of the decision-making team that brought us on board. The VP of Sales Ops identified 3 reasons he was personally invested in the Onboarding program. One of the unwritten Sales Ops leader's jobs is to be like an Ombudsperson for the sales organization. This sales leader agrees.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It takes a lot to succeed in sales. And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales reps need support to drive growth and increase likelihood of success, whether they’re going through initial onboarding, working through the buyer’s journey or collaborating with marketing. Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 28, 2013

You and your sales ops team work hard to deliver for sales. Download the Sales Ops Field Kit Here. Think about the last big effort you drove for sales. Rolling out a new CRM tool or territory structure. Losing direct connection to today’s sales effort erodes your credibility. Three Steps.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 15, 2019

I was meeting with a very thoughtful sales executive. He was about to make some pretty big investments in training and in technology tools. I asked him why he was making those investments, he replied, “We really need to raise the skills and productivity of the sales people. And too often, that cycle continues.

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Face-to-face Coaching Sales Methodology Territories 87

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 16, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The weather, with temperatures reaching the high 80's, was completely unfavorable for the runners entered in the 2012 Boston Marathon. A similar scenario faced hundreds of sales leadership executives. 32% reported that their sales cycle is too long. 15% want to reduce turnover.

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