SBI Growth

MAY 15, 2013

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. Go-to-Market Approach.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2013

I spent last week at a Sales Management training event with a client. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. Turn managers into leaders. Demand Sales Force Automation adoption. This One-on-One Coaching Tool was customized by sales managers facilitating the training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 4, 2019

Author: John Harris About five years ago, we established a relationship with Larry Williams, one of the principals in the Williams Leslie Group, to help EnerBank improve sales performance. As a result of ongoing Leveraging Sales Leadership training, we made an important shift in our sales management approach. . .

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sales management software tools cover a vast amount of functional territory. The sales management process involves many things that are not directly tied to selling. The problem facing sales managers is finding the time and expertise to do this in a meaningful and productive way. Quoting/Proposing.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sales management software tools cover a vast amount of functional territory. The sales management process involves many things that are not directly tied to selling. The problem facing sales managers is finding the time and expertise to do this in a meaningful and productive way. Quoting/Proposing.

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criteria for success

JULY 15, 2021

As sales managers, we’ve all been told we need to coach our teams. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. Life Is Good!

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Adam Hempenstall is the founder and CEO at Better Proposals – proposal management software that helps you close more sales, faster. He started his first web design business at 14 and has since written four books and built an international movement around sending better proposals. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 5, 2018

I’ve always maintained that a truly great person responsible for a team of sales professionals doesn’t “manage” at all. Traditional sales “managers” spend their time enacting what the sales discipline prescribes. how to manage their sales funnel more productively. how to author a good sales proposal.

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Tony Hughes

MAY 13, 2019

Sales Management is without doubt the most important link in the revenue chain. It’s also the toughest role in a company because it’s where the person is squeezed between the relentless expectations of executive management and sellers who struggle to differentiate in ferociously competitive markets.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 24, 2024

Micromanagement, characterized by excessive control, close supervision, and intrusive oversight, is a counterproductive management approach. In B2B sales, autonomy, creativity, and adaptability are essential for success. Therefore, micromanaging your sales team can have detrimental effects on morale, productivity, and outcomes.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

Do you manage a sales team or an organization that has a sales team? If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. Simply put, small tweaks have an outsized impact in sales. If this sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

When assessing your team’s performance, sales activities offer crucial metrics. That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results. Determine key selling activities.

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Revenue Proposal SalesForce Lead Rank 118

Braveheart Sales

AUGUST 26, 2021

It comes as a great surprise, therefore, to see how many salespeople masterfully and artfully sell in a consultative way throughout the buyer’s journey…right until the proposal and pricing stage. Have the courage to propose what the customer truly needs, not just what they asked for. Build trust by pushing back on the customer.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 24, 2017

What can a proposal generation tool do for you? Imagine that you are a sales manager. You are gazing out through the glass windows of your plush office across the vast expanse of desks where your sales force performs their in-office tasks. The answer comes back, and you are reassured by hearing, “working on proposals!”.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 20, 2015

If you’re a sales manager, you’ve probably even said it. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during early stages of the sales process. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system , your sales reps will continue to struggle. I asked my client how the sales reps prepared.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021?

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In the modern marketplace, leveraging sales software for small businesses can make a world of difference. Key takeaways: Sales software options offer a diverse range of features, from lead management and CRM to analytics and automation. Manage your sales activities twice as fast Increase your close rate by 36% wuth PandaDoc.

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Small Business Small Business Software Software 52

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

I was just reading their newly released 2018-2019 Sales Performance Report. The Performance Levels represent the “bell curve” of sales organizational performance. Virtually every sales executive over-assigns quota. This is less a reflection on the sales people but more on management performance—more later.

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Sales Management Hiring Quota Comparison 77

Selling Power

JULY 2, 2018

While companies are trying to fill plenty of entry-level sales and marketing roles, there is one underrated job they should emphasize: the sales proposal writer.

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Selling Power

JULY 2, 2018

While companies are trying to fill plenty of entry-level sales and marketing roles, there is one underrated job they should emphasize: the sales proposal writer.

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Hiring Proposal How To Sales 48

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 18, 2019

Author: Andres Lares, Shapiro Negotiations Institute A sales negotiation is a process, not an event. Effective sales negotiations, however, are fundamentally proactive. B2B sales are typically more complex than B2C. It starts with a single question: What should my B2B sales process look like? It shouldn’t be complicated.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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Sales 2.0

MAY 15, 2023

This is the sixth in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Dave is also the author of the “ Sales Manager Survival Guide.”​ This interview is with Dave Brock.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

Hopefully, the start of the new year has you super jazzed about what your sales organization will achieve in 2024. We know we’re excited about the potential our sales team has at PandaDoc. A sales team is the powerhouse behind any thriving software company. It’s no secret that tech has revolutionized the sales process.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Our fifth and final installment of CPQ Perspectives focuses on the sales manager—those folks who oversee the selling operation. Sales management is full of challenges, and we can’t possibly touch on every issue that affects sales managers in this blog post. What matters to sales managers?

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Pointclear

MAY 1, 2013

Frank Donny is founder and CEO of Marseli , a marketing and sales analytics and performance software company. Frank''s remarkable 25-year career of driving marketing and sales operations divisions within Fortune 500 and start-up organizations is highlighted by his passion for business development and empowering others to succeed.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Many sales leaders think they’ve put a simple sales process in place, but they get frustrated when their reps don’t follow it. That’s because the sales processes leaders come up with are often not as clear, actionable, or repeatable as they’d hoped. Why did we submit this proposal without getting it approved!?”

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Allego

JANUARY 11, 2024

And that’s saying a lot, considering all the tech I’ve seen come to market over the years: the Web, computer games, digital music, cell phones, tablets (first generation iPad owner here), social media, and everything else we use today. Say Hello to Custom GPTs for Sales Gen AI creators aren’t resting on their laurels.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Social Media Negotiation 71

BrainShark

MARCH 3, 2024

You know sales enablement is important and choosing the right technology to help power your team is critical. Whether sales enablement technology is a new initiative for your organization, or your current solution isn’t getting the job done, you need key decision makers on board with your vision for success.

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Pointclear

MAY 12, 2015

The sales manager, Bob, said to me in a gleeful voice, full of enthusiasm and hope: “We’re winning one out of every ten of our proposals, and we’re ecstatic.” If I win one out of ten, I just have to propose enough business to keep the doors open and make a profit.”. Using the complete CRM/marketing automation tool set.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 1, 2024

When was the last time you brushed up on your sales basics? SalesFuel’s Voice of the Sales Rep study revealed that many reps continue to struggle with basic skills. Master These 3 Sales Basics Sellers ranked challenging misconceptions/budget concerns as their top weakness. But, networking is vital to sales success.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Believe it or not, most people still believe that sales success boils down to getting a lot of people to agree to watch a demo. Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction' I''m sure I''ve missed a few but you get the gist.

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MarketJoy

JULY 22, 2022

Why is creating an effective sales pipeline a nightmare for some businesses? After you read this short article, you will have a full understanding of how to build a robust sales pipeline. A sales pipeline plays an important role in any successful business. Most B2B marketers struggle with lead generation.

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Ideal Customer Profile Pipeline Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation 111

Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Most of us deal with sales management every single day of our lives. Every day, somewhere, a sales manager is quietly contemplating a performance goal and a pile of data. Buying, Selling and Sales Management – It’s a Different World. For the sales rep, it is different as well.

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Nutshell

MARCH 25, 2024

DOWNLOAD Ready to become a better sales leader? Get 70+ expert strategies for sales management success in our Sales Manager’s Survival Guide. For instance, with Nutshell, you can choose from a host of contract and proposal integrations , like DocuSign, to make things easier and keep communication in one place.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The account-based approach is an increasingly common undertaking by marketing and sales departments. But the biggest account-based killer is still at large: Lack of sustained focus from Sales. At ABM Orkestra , we have helped dozens of companies solidify their account-based marketing strategy. 1 outside sales speaker.

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