No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. I’ve been there—given a quota (usually without my input) and a list of client companies, and then told to “go at it” and do whatever it takes to get meetings. That’s why we need sales managers. Sales Managers: Where Are You Now?

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 20, 2024

Scrimmaging, rather than role-playing, before important meetings or presentations can improve performance and ensure team members’ alignment. Gerilyn explained that “scrimmaging” reframes practicing and preparing for important meetings or presentations.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. You can train your sales managers in coaching.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often. But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?” But these pipeline reviews should be true coaching sessions — not data-scrubbing meetings. If so, you’ve come to the right place. What is pipeline coaching?

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

5 Sales Manager Coaching Blunders. Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to coach effectively. Do You Want To Increase Sales Performance? ” Time management is a challenge we all face.

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Sales Manager Now

AUGUST 20, 2020

In this Sales Leadership Quick Tip Video I share a personal experience where I learned that pushing content material and over prepping for sales meetings is not always the best way to facilitate learning.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The challenge for most people is knowing how to achieve personal and professional success. Many people compare themselves to others to gauge how successful they are. This means following through with that person in regularly scheduled meetings to discuss progress. 3 Steps to Achieving Success .

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Sales managers often ask us how to make Individual Focus Meetings (IFM) with their salespeople more productive. What's interesting about this, is that salespeople also ask us (on a weekly, if not bi-weekly basis) why they even need an Individual Focus Meeting with their sales manager.

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criteria for success

MAY 11, 2022

As a sales leader, you’ve had your fair share of sales meetings. Think of how much easier sales meetings would be if all parties involved knew exactly what everyone was expecting to gain from them. But how do you set expectations for sales meetings?

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Sales Manager Now

AUGUST 6, 2021

Between setting goals and attaining them lives a mindset that will increase or decrease your chances of meeting and exceeding goals. If you learn how to manage this one thing your winning percentage on set goals will increase. It’s time to Shut the Backdoor!

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The truth is that poor performance from sales reps can be linked directly to the training their sales managers have received. Answering yes to any of the following questions suggests that you need to step up the training of sales managers at your company. Do your sales reps lack credibility in the marketplace?

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Connect2Sell

JULY 17, 2019

As sales manager, you can focus on the short-term and drive sales results to meet this period’s goals. A much better choice is focusing on the long-term to build sellers’ competence and confidence so they can drive sales results to meet each periods’ goals on their own.

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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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SalesFuel

APRIL 8, 2024

By the time reps meet with a lead, the buyer has likely learned all about them and their competition. Sellers can no longer just walk into a first meeting and pitch their solution. Emphasize Value When Negotiating When you meet with the buyer, they may already know how competitors price their offerings.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. Managers have to be closely involved. Let's jump in.

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Sales Readiness Group

JULY 14, 2020

Sales managers play a critical role in the psyche and success of their sales teams and that's especially true during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that most teams are now completely virtual, this has introduced new complexities in terms of how sales reps connect with their customers, managers, and peers.

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Close

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The purpose of sales meetings is to motivate and equip your team to do their best work. Learn how to prepare, structure, and run an effective sales meeting.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

There has been lots written about the common mistake companies make in selecting new sales managers; specifically the habit of promoting some of their best sales people to the management ranks, whether they are suitable or not. Sales Execution Sales Success Tibor Shanto' Tibor Shanto .

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 10, 2018

Author: Michelle Vazzana, CEO, Vantage Point Performance Frontline sales managers have a difficult job. In fact, we think they have the hardest job in any sales organization. Despite the varied and intense demands put on sales managers, they are given relatively little guidance or training on how to actually do their job.

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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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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 7, 2020

There are different types of sales managers you run into during your time in sales. You can learn something from most of them, but leadership being as tricky as it is, it’s often easier to point to how you get things wrong than it is to elucidate what makes one effective. The True Sales Leader.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2019

Author: Matthew Sunshine As a sales manager, you spend serious time and care setting clear expectations; this is how you help your salespeople approach their work with purpose. But to see real improvement, you need a system in place that measures how those expectations are being met. You’ve got so much on your plate?

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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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Allego

AUGUST 21, 2023

Frontline sales managers are the powerhouse behind every high-performing sales team. However, many frontline sales managers struggle because they don’t receive proper enablement and coaching. In many cases, frontline sales managers get promoted to that role because they’re a top-performing sales rep.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Before you fire them all, try the 5 Cs of effective sales management. The 5 Cs of Effective Sales Management. When asked, sales reps are surprisingly unclear about the sales process, priorities, goals, expectations and even how to put information into the CRM. Consistency. Celebration.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 28, 2024

Play to the strengths on your sales skills list; if you want an in-person meeting ask for it. Write a Compelling Email That’s Hard NOT to Notice Depending on the selected source there may be five , six , eight , or nine elements of an effective sales email. If you want them to take your call, give them a date and time.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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. Strong leadership .

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Explore how they drive their team to achieve immediate goals while building loyalty for long-term business growth. This guide reveals how to lead with unparalleled skill. What Makes a Great Sales Manager? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart? What Sets Great Sales Managers Apart?

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you are a new sales manager, building trust with your sales team is your first challenge. Without trust, progress will be slowed and time is a luxury few new sales managers have. If you have ever worked for a sales manager you didn’t trust, you know how stressful that sales role can be.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2023

Here’s how we put it all together. Planning: How to Create a Data-Driven Strategy In my experience, there are four key steps for developing a clearly defined execution plan with measurable success metrics. Internal communication and alignment between corporate and sales objectives are crucial for success. Measuring progress.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 16, 2022

A good coach knows how to communicate, motivate and personalize each sales associate’s training, so the sales team repeatedly delivers results. This article explores what a sales coach does. It covers how an effective sales coach can take a good or even mediocre sales force and make it great.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At the risk of alienating some of our sales managers in our audience – bear with us – pricing managers don’t always trust direct feedback from individual reps. This isn’t an indictment of sales reps, it’s simply the case that 90% of the feedback a pricing manager gets from sales reps sounds like, “the price is too high.”

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Sales Readiness Group

AUGUST 7, 2020

How sales managers communicate and interact with their teams is crucial to building a winning culture, and keeping the sales team motivated. This is especially important as we work through the Covid-19 pandemic since teams are facing numerous personal and professional challenges.

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Allego

JULY 20, 2022

A sales rep schedules a meeting with a prospect, but then they receive a request to attend a training session for the exact same time. Sales training is critical. Reps must understand buyers’ needs and challenges and how to convey the value of what they’re selling. Sales Training Program Success.

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