Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 27, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 3 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. Hire the right sales managers. This doesn’t happen by accident.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 3, 2020

Unleash the 10X Factor to Close the Sales Gap. Do you want to close the sales gap? Now is the time to get sales on track. Even though we are still social distancing and face to face selling may not resume until 2021, you are still responsible for sales results. Sales managers are the key to driving sales performance.

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criteria for success

MARCH 2, 2022

There are many aspects to sales development. And all great sales managers know that when it comes to sales development, opportunities for growth are endless. When we talk to sales managers about sales development, we tend to get some similar questions: Where is the best place to start? Where to Start.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

VP’s of Sales and Marketing and Business Unit Heads can relate to this. They are the people in commercial organizations responsible for both strategy development and sales execution. When business units fail to achieve their objectives, they usually do not have a strategy execution process resulting in poor execution.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 2, 2024

I’ve helped sales managers and business owners interview hundreds of potential sales reps over the years, and I’ve identified 3 top mistakes that virtually eliminate sales candidates on the spot! Too many sales reps like to talk. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! The way to fix that—and stand out!—is

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s not hard to set sales objectives. Any sales leader can ask their team to increase sales by 50% or cut customer churn in half. . What’s difficult is setting achievable, effective sales goals that have a genuine impact on your company’s long-term strategy. . What different sales objectives look like .

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SalesLoft

AUGUST 4, 2020

Ahhhh, objections. For sales teams, there’s simply nothing worse than progressing a deal through the pipeline only to have a no-go objection come up at the 11th hour. For sales teams, there’s simply nothing worse than progressing a deal through the pipeline only to have a no-go objection come up at the 11th hour.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan There are more sales experts, self-professed and otherwise, than ever before. There is more free content on sales and selling than anyone could have imagined. There are categories of sales tools and CRM applications where none existed a few years ago.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here are a few considerations when addressing sales performance issues. Opportunity Cost: What happens when one of your sales people is not performing? Companies have set up a process for addressing performance issues. When addressing a reps performance, sales managers will use formal Performance Improvement Programs (PIP).

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 18, 2018

This could involve seeing their territory sales improve, helping a new product through its launch or possibly farming an account for new business. For some, though, it would be seen as real progress if they were to be promoted to a management position. Have they got the acumen to become a manager?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. What does great front-line sales management actually look like?

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 6, 2024

In this 2:42 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley delve into the vital role of preparation in mastering difficult conversations with sales representatives. They stress the importance of sales managers dedicating time to pre-call planning, ensuring productive discussions. A unique approach to this process is proposed.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What Makes a Great Sales Manager? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? Responsibilities of a Sales Manager Qualities You Need To Go From Good To Great Sales Management Strategy for Sales Managers The Importance of Sales Coaching And Training What Does Sales Manager Success Look Like?

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Objection handling is tough. Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face.

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SalesFuel

MAY 8, 2024

Even after significant effort to set sales meetings with prospects, they sometimes fall through. Or they may simply ghost the seller and not show up. Tips to Set Sales Meetings That Prospects Won’t Miss One of the first suggestions from Igor at Sales.Rocks is to seek assistance from a sales mentor.

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Are members of your sales team having trouble closing deals because of the objections your prospects raise? . Objections are a natural part of the sales process. When you and the prospect are taking the steps to move forward in the sales process it’s natural that objections will arise.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 25, 2022

Lead, follow, or get out of the way, is a saying attributed to General George Patton. If you are in sales, you likely see yourself as a leader. If you are a sales manager, you must be a leader. But if sales management is a new role for you, it can feel like you are swimming upstream.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 3, 2024

Dennis Connelly, Derek Baer and I were sharing our experiences coaching salespeople, sales managers and sales leaders, and comparing those who were and weren’t coachable. When it comes to coaching up salespeople, there are many conditions that must be met. It wasn’t personal.

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SBI

JANUARY 28, 2020

6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support. Sales Enablement is generally focused on assisting individual sellers with less focus placed on others in the organization. “ Sales Enablement supports the sales team to move buyers to a decision point. Objection handling.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sales organizations face a paradox: although many continue to increase hiring, attrition is on the rise, according to our 2018-2019 Sales Performance Report , creating a major pain point. Poor hiring practices prove costly to sales organizations in many ways. How Sales Organizations Can Improve Hiring Decisions.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Then, I believed that the recipe appeared simple enough for me to follow and bake those apple fritters myseslf. And that, somehow, leads me to sales performance. While the Account Manager role and its various variations do fall under the category of sales, let’s be honest. It was crazy.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

Anyone in charge of a company’s sales success knows a sales team is only as good as its members. Like any group of individuals that comes together for a common cause, if a sales team is going to succeed consistently, reps and management must operate in a culture that motivates individuals to perform at their best.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Objection handling is tough. Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and a quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 13, 2023

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities: Managing Behavioural Issues I have had the privilege of working with numerous sales managers, guiding them through the challenges they face in leading high-performing teams. One recurring issue that has surfaced frequently is managing behavioural issues among their salespeople effectively.

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2021

Depending on who you follow, the number of stakeholders in a B2B decision continues to grow, over 10 by some accounts. The video below looks at how to approach a multi-track sales execution. Wendy tells that “this is the answer to new sales hire turnover and the breakthrough that turns new salespeople into rainmakers.”

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I opened it up, turned it on, clicked to books and BAM! American Icon opened up right where I left off. I stopped reading, highlighted the passage and made the following note: “This pertains to sales managers and sales professionals in their relationship AND should also be applied to sales professionals and buyer relationships!”.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 3, 2019

I coach a lot of sales managers and sales leaders and when I ask them what they want help with today, it's rarely a big opportunity, it's seldom coaching best practices, it's hardly ever targeted metrics for their team, and it's almost unheard of for them to request that I help them improve as sales managers, Oh no.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. Then give your team access to my award winning inside sales training!

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2015

Slammed: For the First Time Sales Manager. For first time sales managers ” by my friend and sales management guru Ken Thoreson. This is his 4 fourth in a series of books written under the banner “Your Sales Management Guru’s Guide To:”. Sales is a corporate priority. Chapter 24.

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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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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 18, 2016

I coach a lot of sales professionals, one on one, in individual sessions every week. Sales managers, business owners and also individual sales reps who are committed to moving into the top 20% or op 5% of their profession. Same thing in sales. In fact, I tell them, you’ll even welcome them! So what’s the secret?

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 18, 2023

Second-line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. They have one-on-ones, but their meetings focus on business issues, follow-up items and people issues. The role of the frontline manager (FLM) is to recruit, develop, and retain top sales performers.

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CloserIQ

APRIL 25, 2019

A sales pitch , no matter how perfect, can quickly be ruined by poor objection handling afterward. Indeed, a recent HubSpot survey shows 36% of respondents cited closing as the most difficult part of the sales process. In this post, we’ll walk you through the 8 most common objections and how to respond to each.

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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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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It might seem to be a self-contradictory statement: “The first thing a sales manager really needs to know is management.”. Often a sales manager becomes a sales manager by being promoted out of the salesperson position. A sales manager is a leader. That’s certainly my objective.

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Nutshell

MARCH 11, 2024

The sales cycle can be a mysterious concept for a lot of people. The sales cycle is a universal reference of what happens in a successful sales process for all kinds of industries. Are you considering the sales cycle in your sales strategy? And what is the sales cycle anyway?

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