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5 Reasons Sales Managers Are Reluctant to Coach Prospecting

Steven Rosen

However, the significance of prospecting is often overshadowed by the allure of the deal’s close, leading many sales managers to neglect to coach the top of the funnel. This paradox has far-reaching implications, resulting in underdeveloped strategies that can stunt the growth of an organization’s sales pipeline.

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The Sandler Pain Funnel: Complete Breakdown?

Gong.io

One answer to this question is the Sandler pain funnel, a method of establishing need and urgency with prospects that feels more like a consultative interview than it does a sales pitch. In this guide, we’ll explain how the Sandler pain funnel works and illustrate the sales methodology in practice with an in-depth example.

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Sales Managers: Start Focusing More on Top of the Funnel Prospects

The Center for Sales Strategy

When it comes to the sales pipeline, a good rule of thumb is — having nothing in the top of your sales funnel today, means nothing to close in the future. This means it is important to add prospects to a sales funnel, as well as ongoing engagement to move them through the funnel.

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The 6 Crucial Stages Of A B2B Sales Funnel (Plus Examples)

Gong.io

While B2C unicorns like Netflix and Uber can take a product-led approach and drive sales using organic consumer hype, we B2B reps need to be a bit more strategic and methodical about the steps that lead from initial interest through to getting the dotted line signed. The B2B sales funnel is a popular method for modeling this journey.

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Build a Successful and Results-Driven Sales Culture

Speaker: Gary Galvin, CEO, Galvin Technologies

As a sales manager, you’re tasked with not only answering this question, but directing your sales team to achieve goals and deliver results. This often means motivating your team through everything from revenue targets, to sales funnel and forecasting, to activity management and collaboration.

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How to Build a Sales Management Process | Funnel Clarity

Funnel Clarity

Far too often, companies invest in the sales process and skills for their reps but ignore the sales management process. There needs to be an equal amount of focus on both the sales process and the sales management process.

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8 Effective Sales Management Coaching Tips | Funnel Clarity

Funnel Clarity

Effective sales coaching is one of the most important parts of the sales management process. It has a direct impact on a sales rep’s performance. Sales teams prioritize training for individual reps but tend to forget that sales coaching for managers is also a skill that needs to be trained and honed.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.