Sales Training Connection

APRIL 15, 2015

You have to act like a leader before you’re appointed to a leadership position, and you have to manage your own leadership path … only be exiting your comfort zone can you develop “outsight”— the term she coins to describe the valuable perspective gained through actions.”. So let’s translate this message to sales management.

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Sales Management Sales Leadership Coaching Pivotal 50

Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Though the “goal” is to set the stage for sales success, SKO agendas are dominated with things that do not help salespeople be better at the craft of selling. Use your SKO time to train your sellers how to be better at selling; otherwise scrap the meeting. A better playbook for designing that sales kick-off meeting.

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Meeting Decision Maker Revelation ACT 130

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 20, 2012

I was traveling south on Montgomery Road today and NOT thinking about sales, sales management or coaching sales. I believe that this also has significant implication about selling and coaching sales people. So now after about 4 minutes I am thinking about selling, sales management and coaching people.

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Incentives Incentive Advertising Advertising 190

Pipeliner

APRIL 11, 2018

Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Provide constant feedback, hire the right people, incentive programs, create compensation plans that drive behavior…the list goes on and on. Yard sales’ occur every day in the sales profession.

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Motivation Hiring Sports Incentives 58

Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

Oh, sure, we throw money at the sales department. We train them, often without reinforcement. We pay them well and provide incentive motivations and trips (Cancun, anyone?). Instead, I’ll opt to provide clarity on what you could be doing to radically improve the performance of your sales force. Lead management.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Forecasting Lead Rank 62

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Managing referrals from existing customers. Booking meetings on behalf of other sales agents. Attending sales training and coaching sessions. Reporting on own sales performance in a CRM or dedicated inside sales software . Collaborating with other sales professionals . AMs (Account Managers).

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Inside Sales Outsourcing Services Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 62

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

Simply sending an email announcement of your next incentive to make the reps aware of the program will not maximize results. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results.

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Incentives Incentive Maximizer ACT 120

Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 6, 2013

This week I thought I would use this forum to let my readers know of Two Sales Leadership training programs in May that you should plan to attend. The first is Friday May 10 th , Building Predictable Revenue: Sales Management Systems. The second is May 28 th , 1pm EST: Creating Sales Compensation Plans for High Performance.

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Compensation Forecasting Penetration Sales Leadership 74

The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Behind every successful sales team, is a sales leader who’s dedicated to ongoing training and sales force development. This year, be the leader who leads your salespeople to excellence by following these 6 secrets to outstanding sales success. Projected Sales Pipeline. Length of Sales Cycle.

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Hiring Policies Incentives Incentive 45

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. A competent manager strives to achieve this.

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Hiring Scale How To Incentives 52

Nutshell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for our top five tips on how to hold a sales team meeting that’s actually worth everyone’s time. Make the Meeting Convenient. The biggest hurdle when scheduling team sales meetings is finding a time that works for everyone. Pro tip: If you want to maximize attendance, offer incentives.

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Meeting Maximizer Decision Maker Incentives 97

The Brooks Group

MARCH 4, 2014

Last year, The Brooks Group partnered up with Training Industry, Inc. - a sales training industry analyst and research organization - to conduct a study to help us identify best practices for building the most effective sales coaching program possible. Give your sales managers the right coaching tools.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Call-back Incentives 40

Sales Training Advice

OCTOBER 19, 2010

When times are tough and prospects seem to be holding on to every dollar, your job as a sales manager is more important than ever before. Now is the time to roll out a sales contest to generate additional sales and build morale. Offering a contest to your sales team is a smart business decision on many levels.

Motivation 51

Motivation Incentives Incentive Infusion 51

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 15, 2011

In the recent post, “The 3 Worst Practices For Conducting A Successful Sales Meeting,” I highlighted the three main DON’Ts for a successful sales meeting: DON’T. While this important “DO” seems obvious and easy, it’s usually not the case in most sales meetings. Intimidate. You blew it!”

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Sales Meeting Meeting Education Motivation 263

The Brooks Group

JUNE 29, 2015

Because quite frankly it feels like more work and has traditionally only benefitted senior management, not the front line rep. During the introduction and training phase, however, convincing resistant reps to use CRM requires the direction of a strong sales leader. Introduce a Few Tools at a Time. Use them to your advantage.

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CRM How To System Benefit 40

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

Author: Liz Pulice In recent years, many companies have implemented remote work arrangements, driven by financial incentives, recruitment/retention initiatives and other factors. These conditions can present challenges for sales organizations, where in-person meetings and events are typically part of “business as usual.”

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Sales Enablement Scale Policies Distribution 227

LeveragePoint

JUNE 29, 2018

Internal promotion then spreads the word among sales professionals and sales management. A results-driven sales culture and incentives will take over from there. Product managers and marketing professionals sometimes think they can roll out great content themselves. One success becomes a trend.

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B2B Webinar Metrics Incentives Incentive 22

Pointclear

AUGUST 15, 2017

Amad said, “Yeah, they give us quotas, but the sales managers don’t have the same numbers, and the systems engineers aren’t on the same system; so no one gets punished but us.”. This occurred in a single gap analysis meeting with salespeople at a high-tech company that was not making its numbers. No one pays attention.”.

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Quota Forecasting Policies Pipeline 113

Highspot

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What Is a Sales Kickoff? A sales kickoff, or SKO, is a yearly event offered to your entire sales team. The goal of an SKO is to share goals and initiatives across departments and train your sales reps on the skills they need to succeed in the coming year. Educational sessions are paramount to any SKO.

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Hiring Education Face-to-face Sales Enablement 52

Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 31, 2019

To align marketing and support departments with sales, sales managers can construct an ongoing, interdepartmental job-shadowing program. Put marketing and support staff in a sales-shadowing rotation once a month to sync knowledge and skills. Hold a short training session for participants. Training material.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Exercises Lead Rank 68

Close.io

OCTOBER 29, 2018

While it’s obviously crucial to understand how well your sales organization is performing as a whole, it’s arguably even more important to have a clear measure of how well each of your individual sales reps are performing in terms of revenue generated for each hour of work. Invest in onboarding and regularly training your reps.

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Lead Rank Closing Lead Scoring Hiring 117

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 27, 2020

You can use a single question to determine how experienced a sales manager is: “What has a bigger impact on your team’s success, sales skills or motivation?”. Newer managers tend to say the former, while more experienced ones pick the latter. Sales Bingo. Free Personal Development. Winner's Choice.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Retention Motivation Lead Rank 117

Close.io

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This is an article rich with great sales objection advice. B2B appointment setting: How to book more (and better quality) sales meetings. Appointment booking is both a science and an art, and quite possibly one of the most under-appreciated opportunities sales teams have. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ?.

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B2G Outbound Government Sales Forecasts 89

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

More sales meetings, more money. Second sponsor Outreach , the number one sales engagement platform. And most of our data now as a software company it’s because that’s my background, but you as a sales professional can go to RepVue and view detailed analytics about sales organizations related to compensation data.

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Data Revenue Hiring How To 94

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional. There are plenty of sales prospecting tools and sales management software to help automate your manual tasks while personalizing your outreach.

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Sales Tools Tools Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 52

LeadFuze

MAY 18, 2021

Let’s start with the realities of the current sales environment. Phone calls to return, sales meetings to attend, deadlines to meet, and bonus levels to hit…let’s face it, most days in the life of a salesperson are pretty hectic. Organize weekly sales meetings. Build solid work relationships.

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Motivation Hiring Top of Funnel Salary 52

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Supportive,” “transparent,” “democratic,” “social,” “focus on training,” and “work hard, play hard.”. Lastly, use a variety of sales contests and incentives. Finding and training new ones is extremely expensive; plus, an ever-changing “roster” is bad for morale. Which brings me to. 2) Low rep turnover.

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Hiring Quota Competition Sales 121