Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The topic of Sales management is very broad, and is covered in an infinite number of books, so we won’t be covering that here. There is also an endless list of material on sales management—and as anyone who has read my previous writings on the subject knows, I consider that management is management.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

Sales Process isn't even the only thing that inbound marketers say is dead. There is some truth to what inbound marketing experts and inside sales experts are saying relative to the context of who they work with. The Death of All Selling Forever April 25 2014. How Dramatically Has Selling Changed? Februrary 19 2015.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

With all that, shouldn''t the quality of sales, sales management and sales leadership candidates be on the rise? The darker dotted line is the trend for the percentage of sales management candidates that were recommended by Objective Management Group for the same time period. Yes, it should.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 14, 2019

Outbound sales is often a hot topic because a silver bullet that applies to all personas and industries does not exist. Sales Managers too often get caught up in how to optimize their outbound efforts that they forget about enabling their team for handling inbound.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You were an outstanding sales rep -- and now, as a sales manager, you’re eager to cultivate the same performance from your team members. Thousands of newly minted sales managers have been in your exact position, and many of them have written top-notch guides to thriving in this role. Best Sales Management Books.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. Engagement.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. Compared to the rocky road to coaching in the NFL, the road to sales management absolutely sounds like a road paved with gold! You see, only 18% of all sales managers are any good at coaching and only 66% of them can be coached up.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 17, 2018

> How Inbound Can Turbo Charge Your Outbound Sales Efforts — LEADG2. Outbound sales tactics are alive and well. The key is that your sales organization can't survive relying solely on this alone. That's where inbound comes in. > The Balancing Act Of Sales Management: Person Vs Process — LinkedIn.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

One route into the position of a sales manager is promotion from having been a highly successful salesperson. They are suddenly saddled with the responsibility of the entire sales team. Fortunately, though, sales management is a craft that can be learned. This will help a sales manager to get up and running.

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Engage Selling

MAY 25, 2017

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be part of Inbound Sales Day! On June 6th, 2017, I’ll be hosting an exclusive session where I’ll be revealing the six traits the best sales managers have and how to develop them in yourself. … Read More »

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 11, 2019

Outbound sales is often a hot topic because a silver bullet that applies to all personas and industries does not exist. Sales Managers too often get caught up in how to optimize their outbound efforts that they forget about enabling their team for handling inbound.

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Pipeliner

MAY 31, 2018

In this ebook author, Nikolaus Kimla gets very specific, dealing with sales management through CRM. He personally believes (as do a lot of experts today) that utilizing a CRM is the only way to manage a sales team—and in fact, it is practically impossible to manage one without it. Lead Management.

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2013

And yet, management seems oblivious to this simple sales strategy for business growth especially within the market of small business. Before I bluntly share that sales management strategy, let me provide a real world example with names removed to protect the guilty. Sales Coaching Tip: 97.7% Share on Facebook.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2024

Everyone is doing inbound now, so it isn’t much of a differentiator. Sales managers can barely keep up. There’s more systems and technology than ever before. Outbound is essentially broken for all but a handful of sellers. Partner teams were hit exceptionally hard in the latest waves of layoffs.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Brands that sell simple products and/or have short sales cycles usually opt for inside sales, while B2B companies with complex offerings and longer sales cycles tend to have more success with outside sales. >>> READ MORE.

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Costello

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In the following conversation, Eric talks about the importance of sales playbooks for inbound teams, how a strong sales methodology can increase success, and how sales and marketing teams can better work together. How can sales enablement complement inbound marketing efforts?

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An effective sales management system can help your business reach or exceed its long-term goals. Sales management software encourages cooperation between sales reps and streamlines common activities. What Is Sales Management? What Is a Sales Management System? Want to be a better leader?

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

Managers can help sales reps who are waiting for great leads to be passed along by the BDR team. Innovative Ways to Maximize Productivity For BDRs The latest research shows BDR team members are working both outbound and inbound leads. For outbound lead management, BDRs primarily use email and social media.

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Selling Energy

MAY 18, 2020

Part of our new Selling in a Recession online curriculum addresses how the nature of sales is changing at a rapid rate. One of the most notable changes is the elimination of in-person face time between a sales professional and a prospect.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

While that''s the case with technology, it doesn''t vary too much from that in non technology sales where most people believe that sales success boils down to one of two things; either a critical mass of meetings, or a proposal or quote. Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction'

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SBI Growth

MAY 22, 2013

You must treat hiring managers as your Buyers. Then connect to them through social selling , inbound marketing techniques. The Hiring Manager as the Buyer. This means the hiring manager is researching before you enter the picture. While they sift through inbound leads, they actively search for the ideal candidate.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Inbound marketing will not fill your pipeline. Inbound marketing might seem like the magic formula for easy sales, but it’s not. That’s where the inbound marketing folks are taking it and it’s not a good thing. How much do you rely on inbound marketing to score leads? It doesn’t close deals.

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DialSource

MAY 28, 2020

KPIs Every Sales Manager Needs to Track During the Pandemic. As the American (and global) population continues to accept the new work-from-home norm, this means that sales teams are no longer attending meetings, trade shows, or any in-person sales opportunities. This also ties into another vital KPI— agent efficiency.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our post today covers what goes into an accessible and effective B2B sales reporting for your sales team to work off, as a blueprint to victory. Purposes of a Sales Report. Utilizing B2B sales reports gives sales managers a view of sales performance by department, group, and individual rep.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 16, 2012

We reviewed 1000 articles that I have posted on this Blog since 2006 in an effort to present you with the Top 15 Sales Articles of the past 6 years, and later this week, The Top Sales Article of the Last 6 Years. They aren't necessarily the articles with the most inbound links. It wasn't quick. It wasn't easy. It wasn't fun.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 16, 2012

We reviewed 1,000 articles which I've posted on this Blog since 2006 in an effort to present you with the Top 15 Sales Articles of the past six years, and later this week, the Top Sales Article of the last six years. They aren't necessarily the most viewed, nor do they have the most inbound links.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

He was the keynote speaker at Hubspot’s first Inbound conference. A couple of weeks ago I went to the 2014 version of Inbound with about 10,000 other people and was thrilled to not only attend David’s talk but get him to do an interview about his new book and his thoughts on social selling. They were once top sales people.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2014

Great post for sales managers from two great people. I’ve come to learn that having a pipeline of candidates and making good sales hires is a critical part of a sales managers job. By January 2014, he’d grown the inside sales organization to a dozen reps, proving out both the concept and model.

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Membrain

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

It’s too much time to find that 5% who want to talk, and if they really do, they’ll reach out to you anyway, inbound is so much easier. 95% of our prospecting is just wasted time, so just stop it!

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In most sales organizations, at least one component of the process is under-utilized because of a weak link. For instance, the inbound sales team could be under-utilized because marketing has not been generating enough leads. Pipeliner CRM enables companies to precisely evaluate a sales process and find the weakest link.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

Most sales managers don’t recognize this and assume that just because their reps have 30 opportunities in their pipeline they can work intently on these and forget about generating new business opportunities. If it goes above 20, they’re most likely switched-off inbound leads. Overdue opportunities. Overdue tasks.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How Do I Get Promoted to Sales Manager? But sales is a labor-intensive job. 5 Ways to Get Promoted to Sales Manager. Former HubSpot Director of Sales and current Director of Product Michael Pici shares his path to leadership in a great post here. Ask if you can mentor someone on the Sales team.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 26, 2022

As you work to align your sales budget to your sales goal, keep your marketing budget in mind. Some investments in marketing may help reduce your cost of sales. For example, an investment in an inbound marketing platform might generate more leads, requiring less investment from sales in lead generation.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 28, 2014

I love the concept of this post from Patrick Cahill on the Hubspot Inbound Sales blog. It seems totally sensible to me that sales people should A/B test their calls the same way marketers A/B test web pages, emails etc. In fact sophisticated marketers live by A/B testing so why wouldn’t sales people learn this too.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 29, 2020

In many current sales structures, the salesperson in charge of lead generation also oversees setting appointments, finding needs, selling solutions, and ensuring contracts are fulfilled. Sales managers are great at tracking pending business and placing accountability on the average number of new accounts.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MAY 4, 2023

Maybe you want to implement inbound marketing or add webinars or videos to your marketing mix. But how can you sell your ideas to management? Many companies and business executives tend to resist change - because change is hard and uncomfortable.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 6, 2020

The world of sales has rapidly changed as new technology evolved and became more accessible to businesses and sales teams. Over the last decade, the major trends in sales have included ideas like inbound marketing , social selling , and implementing sales enablement tools.

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