Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

Here, we'll review some common sales coaching challenges, go over how to approach them, and identify the key qualities of reps that are flat-out uncoachable. One of the most common, contentious issues sales managers run into with sales reps is lack of motivation. How to Handle Coaching Challenges.

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Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 9, 2020

There are sales organizations with anemic pipelines and too few opportunities struggling to find growth. The idea is that by eliminating prospecting from the top salesperson’s duties, they can focus all their time on “closing” deals. Prospecting and Opportunity Creation.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

What do top-performing sales teams do better than under-performing sales teams? They don’t waste time selling to prospects who are not ready to buy. Instead, they have a system to identify the highest value prospects in their pipeline and invest their time with those that are most likely to close.

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Women Sales Pros

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

If you want to know how to be a good sales manager, remember the importance of emotion management when addressing sales performance issues. For example, a sales manager is meeting with one of her top salespeople who is running behind plan for the very first time in two years.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 19, 2018

If we were to set intentions, rather than making resolutions, we would probably be more successful in keeping the promises to ourselves. If we want to lose weight, our goal shouldn’t be to start dieting on January 1st or 2nd but to set the intention to eat healthier and exercise more throughout the entire year.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

For example, a manager might tell a rep: “you need to prospect more,” when the rep’s problem is not knowing how to prospect effectively in the first place. Is it possible to coach underperforming sales reps to average or even above-average performance? Yes—but that requires intentionality. >>> READ MORE.

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SalesFuel

MAY 13, 2024

One Sales Pitch Presentation Does Not Fit All Prospects The more specific and tailored you can be with your message the better. Often, we get into a sales routine that flows and feels natural but may miss essential elements for the client. It’s imperative that you listen to your prospect BEFORE you craft a solution.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. The entire organization can make better decisions by surfacing insights and analytics that you would only get if you sat in on every sales or customer success call. . Sales teams.

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Pipeliner

JULY 23, 2018

Advice for My Younger, Sales Manager Self. Part of why I am in this field, and why I excel at what I do, is because of the mistakes that I have made throughout my career, and my ability to help others not follow in my footsteps to becoming an effective sales leader, learning from my mistakes instead of making them themselves.

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Braveheart Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The mama was very observant, and intently engaged, but she wasn’t actually doing anything for the fawns. It’s then that It struck me – many sales managers could learn something from this mama deer. Managing Sales in a Deer-like Way. What do deer have to do with managing sales you might ask?

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Apptivo

MAY 16, 2023

From seeds to success: Journey of leads and prospects in sales 2. What is a sales lead? What is a prospect? Lead Vs Prospect: what’s the difference? Where are prospects and leads in the funnel? How to turn a lead into a prospect? What is a sales lead? What is a prospect?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

You give your reps access to data that goes beyond a name and number — information on target market changes (such as new investments), buyers’ pain points and objections in sales conversations, and an account’s increased search activity around a hot-button topic. Engage New Leads Using Sales Call Data It can take many calls to close a deal.

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Jake Dunlap joins us on the podcast this week to talk about where and why the prospecting/sales process is broken. Jake’s seen a lot of companies change their thinking on sales methodologies, activity metrics and their general approach to the sales process. But what’s broken? We’ll send that in advance.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 17, 2019

The Manager’s Viewpoint. I start with great intentions. ” While this manager has good intentions, when patience is lost, so is coaching and trust. Unfortunately, when managers collapse closing with coaching, the results can be catastrophic. Manipulative Management Tactics.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 15, 2022

When a sales rep asks us point-blank, ”What is the best way to follow-up with a prospect that goes silent?“ It’s a real question we hear often, and we know sales reps are not wanting to hear a vague reply like, ”It depends on your situation.” They are looking for practical advice to a real-world sales problem.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 19, 2018

Contrary to what most people believe, prospecting is not a numbers game. A common lazy salesperson’s practice is asking an employee at a prospective company to send you the contact information of the key decision-maker. 50-500 employees: At this size, look for specialized roles, such as Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, etc.

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Closer's Coffee

JUNE 19, 2019

How to Choose the Right Sales Manager for Your Company. The sales manager is arguably the most critical person in the company. Hiring a leader for a sales organization is a decision that is more critical for a company. Many organizations “promote” their best seller to a sales management position.

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Pointclear

MARCH 25, 2015

In part 1 of this series, I introduced Mike Weinberg—sales coach, consultant, and author of the book New Sales. The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development. Tip 2: Make a serious commitment to prospecting. No one defaults to prospecting. Yes is the best time of day to prospect.”

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 2, 2018

Prospecting strategies can be difficult for many individuals in a sales organization. It makes salespeople break out into an immediate sweat, and perplexes sales managers, marketers, and upper-level management alike. This article will help you learn actionable insights into how to improve your prospecting.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

3 Ways to Engage Prospects and Move Deals Forward. That’s why, with my team, I start each week with a TONE meeting , which stands for: Targets: Where do you currently stand with prospects? If you’re a sales manager, I highly recommend you try implementing a weekly meeting like this. Here’s how we did it.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. How do I stay fired up when I prospect? I listen intently and try to figure out what makes each business model unique and each prospect like a snowflake. If hesitation, don't work there - that's an anti-sales culture.

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Keith Rosen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Proposal submitted, follow up done but no response from the prospect. Since 55% of selling time is wasted on unproductive prospecting, here are 20 questions that prevent prospects from going MIA, increase sales and keep you focused on the right opportunities to prevent sales frostbite. “I sent the proposal.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2020

You have to manage heightened expectations, battle against a multitude of competitors and make sure you have time to meet the needs of everyone in your pipeline. Regardless if you are a grizzled sales veteran with decades of experience or brand new to the profession, here are some simple steps to delight your prospects.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. The entire organization can make better decisions by surfacing insights and analytics that you would only get if you sat in on every sales or customer success call.

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Braveheart Sales

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And one of the most common Sales Self-Limiting Beliefs we see in sellers is the belief that Prospects Are Honest. You probably have heard the old adage, “How do you know a prospect is lying? Most prospects are not deliberately being dishonest with sellers. They don’t take what the prospect says at face value.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As adoption rates in Customer Relationship Management Software (CRMs) continue to rise, a (data-driven) gap in usefulness and effectiveness is very clear. Without question, the functionality within CRMs, particularly Salesforce, can create a 360 degree view of the prospects and customers alike. Think about it.

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

What is a B2B sales funnel? . A B2B sales funnel is a stage-by-stage model that depicts how B2B prospects move through the buying process. In either case, it‘s important to remember that the sales funnel is a model; it‘s a representation of the buyer‘s journey. . Let‘s make something clear: Sales funnels ?

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

You can only achieve this if you’re having an intentional, deeper conversation to uncover what they did, how they did it, and the messaging they used through artful and strategic questions. The only way to reinforce the positive behavior is by coaching them right after each win.

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Does the idea of prospecting scare you? Are you a fearless salesperson or do you procrastinate the activities that will enable you to achieve your sales goals? Even if you’re hiding behind Social Media as your primary lead generation strategy, you eventually need to speak with every prospect! I fear rejection.

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SBI

MARCH 13, 2018

Now, let’s apply it to sales. “If If data about your customers and prospects isn’t entered into your CRM, does it even exist?”. I asked this question recently to a handful of sales executives and the answer was, “we have mandated that all info needs to be entered into the CRM, but quite frankly, the reps aren’t doing it.”

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Companies across the world, irrespective of their industry type, often have a defined sales process. The concept of sales process came into existence after considering the redundancies faced by sales teams due to unstructured sales management. Sales Pipeline Stages.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

Davis In a SMMConnect webinar I delivered to over 100 sales managers recently, I talked about eight instincts they developed as salespeople that are now harming their effectiveness as team leaders. Interestingly, about 30 percent of the participants said that the sales instinct they struggle with the most is “avoiding conflict.”.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Not only that, CRMs enhance sales forecasting accuracy by aggregating historical data and current trends, allowing teams to plan more strategically based on engagement insights. The best CRMs enable personalized customer interactions at scale so teams can form more personalized, deeper relationships with prospects.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Buyer sentiment data shows you how your prospect actually feels about what you said to them. In this session, we’ll explain how it’s different from buyer intent data and how frontline sales managers are using it to coach outbound sales teams to new heights.

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