Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 19, 2012

Sales Leadership: Closing Summer Business. If you believe you are going to have make some kind of offer, set the stage earlier in the sales process by either mentioning an “upcoming” promotion that may occur in July (example) and then offer the promotion/incentive when appropriate. Invite the prospect to your office.

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Sales Leadership Closing Promotion Incentives 74

Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Building and Leading a High-Performing Sales Team Only 31% of sales managers had strong confidence in their sales team’s ability to meet key business objectives. Creating a high-performing team is a cornerstone of sales management success and requires excellent sales leadership.

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Sales Management Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 59

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Companies are spending more money on sales force evaluations, sales training, consulting, sales leadership development, sales process, infrastructure and sales recruiting services than 5 years ago. And selling has changed more in the past 5 years than ever before. Yes, it should. But there''s a problem.

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Sales Management Hiring Compensation Trends 288

Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 30, 2012

Sales Compensation and Having a Fun Summer. Sales Leadership Ideas. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for July/August and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. A Contest Sampler. Overcoming seasonal slumps.

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Compensation Sales Leadership Face-to-face Incentives 67

Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the fourth quarter, both sellers and buyers have additional incentive to get deals done. As a football coach may pump up the team for the fourth quarter, sales managers can provide extra motivation. Like a gift card to Starbucks, incentives can be the gesture that says it’s pumpkin spice season. Shorten the Sales Cycle.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring How To Incentives 118

The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2012

Last week I was working with a group, we were looking at more effective prospecting, when we got around to discussing referrals, I got back some familiar comments. The specific comment was that the rep was reluctant to ask prospects/clients for referrals “because what if the person or company they refer are out of my territory?”

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Referrals Lead Rank Lead Scoring Territories 324

Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

That's why we put together a list of some key tips aspiring sales leaders can refer to as they find their footing as managers. Even the strongest, most refined sales leadership skills can only take you so far if the team you're leading is unruly, unmotivated, and underqualified. Clearly articulate how your sales process works.

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Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Leads 106

Crunchbase

MARCH 27, 2020

To better understand COVID-19’s impact on our sales and customer-facing teams, we sat down with our sales leadership team to understand the top five ways our sales and customer teams are adapting to stay on track during this unprecedented time. . Key takeaway: Put customers first and practice empathy.

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Face-to-face Top of Funnel SalesForce Sales Leadership 125

The Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2013

I love the process of establishing trust with what were once arms-length prospects. And now that we’ve got a compensation system that motivates us to show the customer just how much we can offer, we’re all incented to go that extra mile. Sales Process' Can commission-only work in the corporate world?

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Commission Compensation Decision Maker Face-to-face 314

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

That’s why the salesmen and saleswomen who cultivate relationships and leverage them for introductions to prime prospects get meetings faster, fill their pipelines with hot sales leads, and convert prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. It’s similar to the conversations most sales reps have with prospects.

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Referrals Incentives Incentive Cold Calling 120

Increase Sales

JANUARY 12, 2017

why do the average salespeople make only two attempts to contact a sales lead or prospect? Continuous improvement and motivation are essential in securing results and working with the other aspects within the 5 Star Sales Leadership Model. (Source: Scripted). Source: Sirius Decisions).

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Lead Rank Motivation Incentives Incentive 70

BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

As an incentive for engagement, teams that did not advance past the first round – but had 100%-member participation – were automatically allowed to compete in a consolation bracket for a $200 cash prize toward a team outing. Make it rewarding Incentives are a good way to encourage adoption, drive behavior change and reward participants.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 18, 2023

Quality Control The good news is the calendar is full of appointments and your account reps are busy with new prospect meetings. This can happen because there is incentive to deliver appointments, any appointment, not necessarily high-quality sales appointments. Surface level appointments are not enough.

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Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Scale Hiring 62

Sales Hacker

JULY 9, 2020

Advancing your sales career can feel impossible right now when you’re struggling to maintain the status quo, but it is doable. With over 20 years of sales leadership under my belt, I am no stranger to transitions, uncertainties, and fluctuations in the market. Here are my eight tips to help guide your success. Don’t cut corners.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Trends 115

Hubspot Sales

MAY 21, 2021

Not only are there are many external factors that affect motivation, every person requires different incentives and motivational tactics. In my decades as a sales leader, I’ve used the following strategies to successfully motivate my team and drive motivation through the roof. Examples of a Motivational Email to Sales Team.

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Motivation Strategy How To Hiring 136

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Find prospects that match your ICP with Crunchbase Pro – try it free. Keeping employees motivated is one of the most important things leadership and management can do for their business. A small win could even be as minimal as a positive interaction with a prospect.

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Competition Hiring Motivation Incentives 59

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. Sam Jacobs: I’m always interested in how incentives drive behavior.

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Oracle Scale SalesForce Incentives 103

The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Guest post Monday brings us Steven Rosen , The Sales Leadership Coach and founder of STAR Results. Hire only top sales reps. leadership.

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Braveheart Sales

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It also means helping them practice before they are in the field with prospects and clients. Create one that incents the behavior you desire and eliminates subjectivity and ambiguity. Create one that incents the behavior you desire and eliminates subjectivity and ambiguity. Is the compensation plan workable?

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Maximizer ROI Training Incentives 52

Mindtickle

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sales Operations is the data engine room that is constantly looking for ways to improve the sales execution, optimize processes and report to sales leadership on any gaps that need to be plugged. Sales Ops bookends Sales Enablement. That’s where Sales Enablement steps in.

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Sales Enablement Analysis Forecasting Engineering 52

Mindtickle

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sales Operations is the data engine room that is constantly looking for ways to improve the sales execution, optimize processes and report to sales leadership on any gaps that need to be plugged. Sales Ops bookends Sales Enablement. That’s where Sales Enablement steps in.

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Sales Enablement Analysis Forecasting Engineering 52

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Before they make contact, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. Some take this to mean that our prospects and clients don’t really need us anymore—that the automation of selling has made B2B sales reps irrelevant. Devastating.

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Cold Calling 120

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

How has your sales leadership style changed this year? As companies are facing uncertainty with their ability to operate and sell their products, effective leadership may have a whole new set of requirements. It’s time to rewrite the sales leadership rulebook. And the ‘T’ stands for technique.

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Hiring Promotion Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile 103

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Take advantage of a number of sales competitions and incentives. However, make sure you don’t repeat the same sales contests — not only will the same people keep winning (causing everyone else to give up ultimately), but you’ll also turn the winners into natural targets. Communication and trust.

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Hiring Scale How To Incentives 52

Allego

MARCH 28, 2024

Ashe shared even more during our candid conversation, including practical advice and insights gleaned from years of experience at the forefront of sales leadership. If they’re not a strong communicator, it makes it really, really difficult to make a prospect or customer change the way they think.

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Strategy Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 20, 2013

In many cases I have seen great sales contest ideas poorly executed, it is critical you think through what your objectives are and what you want the results to be and then CLEARLY write down the objectives, rules and incentives. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. A Contest Sampler.

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Face-to-face Incentives Incentive Objections 82

Smooth Sale

MARCH 17, 2022

The B2B sales landscape is shifting towards women in sales. A 2019 study by incentive solution provider Xactly reported that 86% of women achieved quota, compared to 78% of men. Sales leadership is a clear path to executive leadership. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a step-change in this trend.

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Scale Hiring Lead Rank Report 78

Vengreso

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Sales culture has to do with the sales mindset, attitude, and behaviors of an organization that will affect everything from the relationship between team members, to how your sellers view the organization’s commitment to their individual success, to the interactions with prospects and customers.

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Hiring Promotion Ideal Customer Profile Coaching 84

Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

Here’s a quick breakdown of each team’s core responsibilities: Sales Operations Core Responsibilities. Sales Enablement Core Responsibilities. Growth forecasts of sales territories. Formulation and evaluation of sales incentive and compensation plans. Sales process optimization and lead management.

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Sales Operations Top of Funnel Forecasting Sales Enablement 75

Anthony Cole Training

MAY 3, 2010

open ended sales questions (11). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1). sales assessments (8). sales attitude (21).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Motivation Webinar Metrics 120

SBI

APRIL 24, 2012

After an inspiring opening by Bob Perkins, AA-ISP Founder and CEO, Jill Konrath got the audience roaring with her skit that deftly demonstrated the reality of today’s sales world, all the while making a very serious point. The Summit is the only conference dedicated exclusively to Inside Sales Leadership. Anneke Seley).

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Inside Sales Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 122

Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 23, 2016

In many cases I have seen great sales contest ideas poorly executed, it is critical you think through what your objectives are and what you want the results to be and then CLEARLY write down the objectives, rules and incentives. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. A Contest Sampler.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face Incentives 52

Sales Training Connection

APRIL 15, 2015

So let’s translate this message to sales management. Imagine a senior sales manager who desires to move up the sales leadership ladder – say a Regional Sales Director. What could our sales manager do to action Ibaraarn’s message? ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Sales Management Sales Leadership Coaching Sales Coaching 50

Partners in Excellence

JULY 30, 2012

There are a few key building blocks to the Sales Management/Leadership Process. They are tightly interrelated–that is none can exist in isolation and all must be in place to drive the highest levels of performance both of the Sales Leadership team and the organization. The building blocks are: Leadership.

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Sales Management Hiring Top of Funnel Territories 86

The Bridge Group

MARCH 16, 2020

Sales leadership is a hard job in the best of times. You need to hear what prospects are saying and you need to hear it now. What are prospects bringing up? As much as cash flow can support it, pay your reps a floor on their incentive compensation. Don't forget to be kind to yourself. This is a big one folks.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Her award-winning sales firm Factor 8 has been instrumental in helping sales teams with their sales and management development programs. Her company #GirlsClub is dedicated to changing the face of sales leaders. Tonni Bennett – VP Sales at Terminus. Patrice Greene – President and Co-founder of Inverta.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111