Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 1, 2012

There were four panelists -all with real world experience in selling and marketing. We discussed a variety of topics, but specifically on the topic of what was marketing’s contribution/responsibility to growing the sales funnel vs what is expected from the sales team. Acumen Management Group Ltd.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

When your salespeople head into a new quarter or year with a solid sales business plan, they’re more likely to improve sales forecast accuracy, attain quota, and effectively support your organizational goals. Unfortunately, many sales reps fail to prioritize planning. Step 1: Take Measure of the Sales Target.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s like a traditional business plan but focuses specifically on your sales strategy. A business plan lays out your goals -- a sales plan describes exactly how you’ll make those happen. Who writes sales plans? What is a sales plan template? A typical sales plan includes the following sections: Target customers.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

As I reflected on my career in sales and sales management, I realized my best business had come from referrals. I did my “feet on the street” research and interviewed sales leaders and salespeople. There are no big marketing costs. Fifty of this company’s best clients said they’d be glad to give referrals.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 3, 2022

When I meet with managers, I ask them, “What data do you use to monitor performance?” ” They say the obligatory answers, “We look at forecast data, pipeline data, YTD quota performance, and so forth. You are behind your YTD quota. In workshops, I ask the managers to develop an initial reports themselves.

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Showpad

JULY 21, 2020

In this edition, I’ll be discussing why you as an executive in a sales, marketing or CX leadership role play a mission-critical part when it comes to making sales enablement successful in your organization. . Revenue attainment improved by 9.8%, quota attainment by 20.7% The company did really well. Probably not.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

In no particular order, here are 35 leading women in sales you should be watching in 2023. Joyce Zhang Gray CEO and Founder, Alariss Global Joyce Zhang Gray is building an ecosystem of remote, global sales professionals at Alariss, where she is the CEO and founder. In this role, she advises and accelerates go-to-market and U.S.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In doing so, inaccurate data will provide flawed information that management will use to make decisions. The major reason Sales Force Automation (SFA) failed was that technology absent process merely speeds up the mess. Sellers that were below quota would enter unqualified opportunities to artificially inflate their pipelines.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 6, 2017

There were four panelists -all with real world experience in selling and marketing. We discussed a variety of topics, but specifically on the topic of what was marketing’s contribution/responsibility to growing the sales funnel vs what is expected from the sales team. Need more sales management resources?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Success , execution. If you make the sale about them, you win, if you come across as focused on the sale and your quota, you smell desperate.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

B2C sales, on the other hand, are more about quick transactions and appealing to customers’ emotions. When training B2B sales professionals, it’s important to focus on a skill set that aligns with its unique nature. This includes market understanding, solution selling, and long-term relationship building.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 13, 2022

From the outside looking in, sales can seem like a stroke of luck rather than a skill that's practiced over time. Take a moment away from the phones, your quota, and your team to reflect on why you chose sales as a career path, why you chose the company you work for, and why you believe in the product you're selling.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

However, that inherent talent isn’t the norm since most skilled sales agents started as novices and honed their talents over time. Sales is extremely dependent on collaboration with complementary teams. But as a sales manager, you know there’s only so many hours in the day, and you can’t spend all of them on training.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

However, in reality, once they are back at the “front-line”, the day to day pressures of hitting quota, etc. For example, a person operating within the aerospace sector, negotiating multi-million pound contracts can find himself sitting next to a young saleswoman who markets insurance policies and is based in a call center.

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Pipeliner

JULY 12, 2018

Summer brings many challenges for the employees of a sales organization. It’s easy to get defeated, and it can be difficult to maintain high sales quotas. All of these factors contribute to the annual trend of sales “drowning” in summer. He is the author/co-author of four books on marketing and sales.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 6, 2013

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. This is one of 10 Sales Management Training programs from Top Sales Management: read below. REGISTER: https://m360.salesassociation.org/event.aspx?eventID=74422.

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Openview

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Block out time on the sales professional’s calendar well in advance so they can schedule prospect or customer meetings around the time block. Determine other individuals that should attend the QBR (Solutions Consultants, supporting SDRs, other Sales Managers, etc). Introduction and Pipeline Review (Sales Leader).

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Requisite Skills for Supporting Sales By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII series. With few exceptions, sellers want to achieve quota.

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MEDDIC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Time is your sales force’s most valuable asset. Here are the metrics for a quota-carrying salesperson: if they generate $2M in average per year, and they take a maximum of three weeks off during the year, then a two-days SKO in January means a loss of production worth, about $20k. What should be in your agenda that’s worth their time?

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Recently, I was having a conversation with Robert Racine about the state of sales management. During the discussion, he mentioned, almost in passing, that too many Sales Managers are becoming Zombies–that is acting purely on autopilot, rather than thinking, evaluating, engaging. Pick Up The Damn Phone!

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Your pipeline should be made up of those opportunities that represent the norm, that is – predictable and manageable. The goal is to deliver quota with the “norm”, and look at the anomalies as a bonus, for the very reason that they are not predictable, and therefore can’t be counted on. Funnel management.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 1, 2018

Increases in spending on SE, yet not seeing the concurrent increases in percent of sales people making quota. SE metrics are getting disconnected from Sales’ metrics. If the goal of SE is to help improve the performance/effectiveness of sales people, then shouldn’t SE metrics look at the impact of these?

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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

Why Is Sales Coaching Important? Spencer Wixom, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Challenger, explained, “When you ask reps what most enables their success, they say it’s implementing and applying learnings via one-to-one interactions with an experienced mentor.” Weekly Activities.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 24, 2015

After graduating from college, IBM spent a year teaching me about computers for the SMB market, business fundamentals and selling skills. My sales manager frightened new people into making the prescribed number of calls, but did little to impact the quality of calls that we made. It was a mountain to climb.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

Instead of being thought-leaders we’ve become frenetic, selfish territory managers. Trading one Mickey Mouse sales idea for the next. Always looking for the quick (and easy) way to make our quota without needing to care too much about the people we happen to be dealing with at the moment. Funnel management. HR Management.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She was recognized as a leading sales mentor by Women in Sales North America. She is the co-author of a business book, called Aligned to Achieve , about sales and marketing alignment. She is a thought-leader and expert in growing sales, inside sales and marketing organizations.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Outsource sales team can be a good thing, but you need to make sure that expectations are set before the process begins. When I began hiring salespeople, it was difficult to know which outsourcing company would be able to help my business meet its quota. Will your outsource sales team really affect the top and bottom line?

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The term “sales culture” is a bit of a fuzzy concept. Its quality can’t be measured the same way your team’s monthly revenue, email activity, average tenure, or quota achievement can, but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant. Within reason, a good manager takes a step back. Bottom line?

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The reality: If you don’t close anything this January, you’re going to have to close twice as much in February just to make year-to-date (YTD) quota! The time to begin developing your 2017 Territory Sales Plan is NOW. Sales History: Are some months or quarters more prolific than others? Need some help to increase sales?

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 9, 2021

As an example, one event we’re currently organizing is a “Women in Leadership” workshop, where we’ll be discussing ways to help the women in our company grow professionally and better understand what support and resources they need to achieve their career goals at Chorus. Kora says, “Chorus continuously invests in my career development.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The impact of not managing them can be significant. Have you heard about the ‘Sales VP’ who makes his number but is uncontrollable? Who they say not to get rid of until he misses quota? These are all the results of a poor relationship with your manager. Understanding them is the first step before managing them.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In fact, a reported 69% of sellers who exceed annual quota consider their sales managers as being “above average” at their jobs. But here’s the problem: A good candidate for sales management is hard to find. Why is there a knowledge gap for sales leaders? sales guidance. performance KPI tracking.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

This begins at the sales rep level but can become an enterprise-wide problem. Like major league hitters checking their batting average, so sales staff from reps up to SVPs focus on their YTD positions against quota. Let’s say your average sales cycle is three months. What is a sales manager to do?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

For a more thorough look at maximizing your sales productivity, watch “ Tips to Structure Your Day.". He and his associates from Kurlan & Associates discuss sales and management tactics on YouTube. And if you’re in sales management, watch " Use of Assessments When Hiring.". 6) Dave Kurlan. 7) Mike Weinberg.

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Jonathan Farrington

MAY 20, 2013

It is common knowledge that even today in most industries, a very high percentage of training budgets are spent on “product knowledge” workshops and training sessions. CRM systems began to flood the market, and sales managers licked their lips at the prospect of all that data at their finger tips.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 4, 2016

Take a step back and consider that CRM provides executives security of their sales data and at least the perception that they have control of their pipelines. CEO, CFO, VP of Marketing and VP of Sales realize high benefit with minimal disruption from implementing CRM. Need some help to increase sales?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Sales management is one of the most difficult jobs out there. Your responsibilities span the organization -- along with the VP or director of sales, you're working with people in Product, Marketing, HR, and so on. Most importantly, managers are responsible for the individual and collective success of their salespeople.

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