Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Specifically, the managers who lead your sales teams — they oversee the reps who communicate directly with your prospects and customers daily. Think about it this way: If you're a sales manager and you help each of your 10 reps sell 20% more, you've essentially just "created” two new salespeople. Motivate Reps.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

In the competitive world of SaaS sales, 40% of salespeople cite prospecting as the most challenging part of the sales process, ranking it more daunting than closing or qualifying stages. 1- Increase Accountability Accountability is key to ensuring that individual sales reps are meeting their goals.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When you call a prospective client and ask them for a meeting , you are asking them to give you their most valuable commodity and resource, their time. Time is something people work to maximize by ensuring it is used to pursue their goals, the projects that lead to those goals, and the initiatives critical to their success.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Let’s look at each one.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2020

It’s no secret that salespeople often fail as sales managers. Nonetheless, many of the best reps within an organization often end up in management positions. Whether you’re actively seeking a role as a manager or have already gotten a promotion, you should understand the most difficult aspects of the transition.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Most people find meetings to be a painful experience—and not without reason. Meetings often lack an agenda, purpose, or direction, and on top of that, they’re usually inconveniently scheduled and easily get off track. Make the Meeting Convenient. Instead, schedule your weekly meetings for Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 28, 2018

A 1:1 sales meeting provides sales managers and sales reps time for reflection and goal setting, as well as an opportunity for both sides to raise their concerns. As a manager, you shouldn’t look at your weekly individual meetings as simply a time to go over sales numbers.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 11, 2024

Zoom's daily meeting participants increased from 10 million in March 2019 to 200 million in March 2020. Zoom became a lifeline for millions working from home and a savior of reps competing for a remote sales closing. Therefore, it stands to reason that sellers want to maximize their chances of getting to “yes”.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 11, 2024

Our prospecting outreach is failing at every increasing rates. ” Many would push back, saying, “We are meeting our revenue and growth targets! Our jobs as leaders is to maximize the performance of every part of our business. But it seems we aren’t driven to maximize their performance.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

” Usually, I respond, “How do they know what your expectations are for their performance, other than meet goal? ” Performance plans and planning are critical to both managers and their people. For example, expectations around prospecting, or pipeline development. How do they know if they are doing well or not?

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Openview

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

When that transition is from an individual contributor to manager, that adjustment can be even more jarring. We all know the typical story with sales managers – they were a top performing salesperson, had ambitions to move up in their career, and then a position opens up and they are managing a group of salespeople.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Let’s explore the key success factors for manufacturers to maximize sales through indirect channels. While indirect channel partners purchase your product from you, they are not your product’s end-user, a distinction some manufacturers struggle to understand in relationship management. Clearly Define Your Channels.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

When you call a prospective client and ask them for a meeting , you are asking them to give you their most valuable commodity and resource, their time. Time is something people work to maximize by ensuring it is used to pursue their goals, the projects that lead to those goals, and the initiatives critical to their success.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 31, 2019

These days, sales conversations are becoming even more buyer-focused, which means sales reps have to get creative when it comes to prospecting. Everyone is scrambling to develop their own hacks, techniques, and processes for prospecting in order to move prospects through the sales funnel and turn them into customers.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A sales training reinforcement program is designed to let your sales reps practice these skills with real opportunities while being guided by expert sales coaches. Follow these 4 keys to maximize the ROI of your sales training reinforcement program and permanently shift the performance of your sales team.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A sales training reinforcement program is designed to let your sales reps practice these skills with real opportunities while being guided by expert sales coaches. Follow these 4 keys to maximize the ROI of your sales training reinforcement program and permanently shift the performance of your sales team.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 4, 2016

The responsibilities of a sales manager are very broad. Frontline managers have to work to make sure each person on the team is performing at the highest levels possible. At the same time, there’s the “business management” aspect of the job: Are we going to make our numbers?

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Membrain

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

When you look at these things we use to describe “salesmanship,” none of it is meaningful to the buyers – the people we have to engage to meet our quotas, achieve our goals, and earn our commissions. They are focused on our success. But, ironically, by focusing on these things, we are increasingly unsuccessful.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In sales, preparation is the steps taken to understand prospects and clients at each stage of the sales process. From prospecting through account management, it’s being informed of their personnel, their processes, their strengths, and weaknesses. Are they bigger and faster than your prospect?

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Crunchbase

APRIL 12, 2024

Far from its fictional representations, though, it actually has practical, useful and beneficial day-to-day applications in sales. Sales teams are already seeing AI streamline workflows, coach reps, optimize prospecting strategies and more.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Sales prospecting tips. Do prospecting in chunks. Calling prospects takes a good degree of courage, talent -- and yes, some luck. So if you want to get great results even when luck isn’t on your side, follow these 16 sales call prospecting tips. 2) Do prospecting in chunks. Be confident.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

As we’ve all experienced, sales essentially boils down to two things: Numbers. While we (or our team) are racing to hit quota against that clock, though, we can save time and maximize our numbers by investing in the right processes, activities, and skills. Truth is, sales is changing -- quickly. What Is Prospecting?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 3, 2020

We might focus narrowly on prospecting, or account planning, or developing better deal strategies. Sales performance numbers continue to decline (for example % of sales people making quota). ” As sales people, we have to think, “How am I helping my customers and prospects?”

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Troops

AUGUST 27, 2019

We’ve discussed this in previous posts, but the average discovery meeting costs over $700. This means it’s critical for your team to be doing the things they are supposed to in order to maximize these at bats. The Reality of Pre-Meeting Research. SMB sale ?— Ability to easily audit research for managers.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Close for the meeting.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 5, 2016

Unless you are a sales manager with your own territory (which is an untenable position), you don’t produce revenue. It’s an important point that too many in sales management don’t understand. The only way to make your numbers is through maximizing the performance of each person on your team.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 30, 2024

The more prospects you have in your pipeline, the more sales you’ll eventually make. Yet research from a leading sales consultancy demonstrates that this simple statement of “fact” is anything but. Truth is, full-to-bursting pipelines don’t necessarily lead to more sales.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 30, 2024

The more prospects you have in your pipeline, the more sales you’ll eventually make. Yet research from a leading sales consultancy demonstrates that this simple statement of “fact” is anything but. Truth is, full-to-bursting pipelines don’t necessarily lead to more sales.

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SBI

MAY 12, 2020

The focus on the sales team, and how they move the buyer through the sales process smoothly and linearly, is a problem. Buyers are in control and care little for the sales cycles we have defined. Revenue Enablement recognizes this reality and seeks to maximize the customer experience at each touchpoint.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

You have a strong solution to go along with a solid stream of both inbound and outbound activity, which prompted you to split the team by each channel to maximize meeting creation (and hopefully pipeline!). But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise. I’ve seen this happen, first-hand.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Today’s post is the first of three directed to Sales Operations leaders. Resource allocation is critical to success for sales. Customer/prospect segmentation is a key first step in making wise allocation decisions. The meeting was just about over and there’s still little common ground. Between A Rock & A Hard Place?

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Highspot

JULY 15, 2022

When you work in sales, it’s not enough to just meet your goals. To truly maximize revenue, the sales team requires a style of management that uses collaboration, analysis, and a proactive approach. This is where sales performance management comes in. Why is Sales Management Important?

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Allego

JULY 28, 2022

The need to interact with customers via video calls has forced sales reps to change years-old best practices. And these changes are going to be with us for a while, as increasingly more B2B buyers prefer virtual meetings over in-person meetings. And the nice thing for the customer is they can share it with other people.”.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 4, 2024

Having a bad sales month? Nobody is answering the phone and emails, and it seems like your prospects are falling off the face of the Earth. Sales experts set off the common seven: 1. Get Pipeline Management in Sales Hub free 2. Also, they will merely waste their time (read money) on insufficient B2B prospecting.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 30, 2021

Recently, I coached an executive whose calendar was filled with meetings. He schedule meetings in 30-45 minute segments for at least 12 hours a day. Sometimes, he scheduled several meetings at one time. He was always late to meetings, everyone on his agenda grew to accept that. You know what happened.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

You have a strong solution to go along with a solid stream of both inbound and outbound activity, which prompted you to split the team by each channel to maximize meeting creation — and hopefully pipeline. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise. Of course. I’ve seen this happen, first-hand.

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