MJ Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

However, your chances of ascending higher — to a VP or Director of Sales position — are zero. Only successful sales managers become sales executives. To excel as a manager (and someday make it to the C-suite), avoid these four significant failures. After all, the manager can’t reverse the change.

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MJ Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

However, your chances of ascending higher — to a VP or Director of Sales position — are zero. Only successful sales managers become sales executives. To excel as a manager (and someday make it to the C-suite), avoid these four significant failures. After all, the manager can’t reverse the change.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 2, 2013

She does great work in recruiting and hiring of Sales Reps. She even ensures Sales Managers are getting the new hires onboarded effectively. Any virtual benches that the Sales Managers had have long ago been used up. Increasing number of vacant Sales Rep positions. The problem is – she’s very busy.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 3, 2024

Understand they are a vital part of the process and something that goes with the territory,” she explains. If you want to boost your circle of support, take advantage of networking events or coaching opportunities. Often, sellers expect instant gratification or success, but this career path will never be without bumps.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Since the world didn’t end, you still need to recruit Sales personnel. Q1 of 2013 is a busy time to refill empty Sales territories. Sales leaders want replacement Reps FAST. We advise that Sales have benches of qualified candidates ready to call upon. Not all Sales teams have followed this advice, however.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. Of course, I also wanted feedback from industry veterans — the folks who are training & coaching sales management teams around the globe.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 9, 2013

Sales reps uncover customer issues and HR business partners work force or developmental issues. Social networking – Sales has definitely become more social. HR business partners with advanced social agility understand how the sales organization must evolve. Be proactive in working with sales to keep territories filled.

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Pipeliner

JULY 18, 2019

What to look for while setting up a sales office in a new territory. Setting up a new sales office can come with a number of different challenges. Firstly, the market dynamics in the new territory can be dramatically different from what you are used to in your role. This allows you to segregate them into clusters.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

According to Glassdoor, the median annual salary for tech sales pros is $111,201 — twice as much as the average median salary of all U.S. A valuable network. No matter how much — or how little — experience you have in tech sales, it's possible to climb the career ladder in this field. occupations. Professional growth.

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SMEI

JANUARY 5, 2024

Sales Management Certifications: For those inclined towards leadership roles in sales, certifications like Certified Sales Executive (CSE) provide an edge. Additionally, the networking opportunities provided by certification programs often lead to valuable industry connections.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Last week during a client’s sales meeting we got into a discussion regarding pipeline values, needless to say the number of prospects and dollar values were insufficient to achieve the overall corporate revenue objectives. The question is, as a sales manager how should you structure your sales team’s expectations around prospecting?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. Typically dispersed across territories far and wide, and always on the go, face-to-face communication is often overridden by email, voicemail and text.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2020

If you’re in a position to fill a sales role, you’re likely already feeling the pressure, because your revenue targets are built on the assumption that your team is fully staffed. Essentially, achieving your goals is only possible with a full roster of sales reps who know their territories and are ramped to full productivity.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 18, 2023

During his tenure at Businessland, Dan advanced into sales management, covered various territories, got his first experience with sales training, and ultimately helped grow the company from $2 million in sales to $1.4 billion in just nine years. In this case, it was ALI's board of directors.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 8, 2011

You KISS’d it & managed to cover a LOT of territory very clearly. Get Sales Blog Updates. Networking. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Stop whining and be the solution to your own problems. Share this Post. xmlns:dc="[link] xmlns:trackback="[link]. -->. Excellent presentation. Let me know.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Sales Training Article: Great Sales Teams Need Great Managers By Andris A. Lorimer, Harvard Business Review Blog Network If you had to decide between having a team of excellent salespeople with an average manager, or having a team of average salespeople with an excellent manager, which would you choose?

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. Effective virtual selling depends on a full range of technologies: mobile, peer-to-peer networking, and live and recorded video. Sales managers must use this tech stack to support sellers with tools to coach, review calls and presentations, and give feedback.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Step 1: Take Measure of the Sales Target. Before your rep can begin creating an effective business plan, they need to be comfortable with the sales target you've set for them. Then, meet individually with each salesperson to review their previous performance data, and present them with their new sales quotas.

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SalesforLife

JUNE 27, 2019

If you read our blog, you know that account executives are responsible for building TAM maps for their particular geographic territory. Build a connection tree off of any attendee or sponsor by looking at the social networks of all those people, and identifying three people that are highly connected with those people and targeting them.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 9, 2011

” Misperceptions that lead to sour grapes: I think my prices are too high, or my territory is bad. Get Sales Blog Updates. Networking. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Poor work habits: Getting to work late, or barely “on time.” Look for my next blog post. Share this Post. Categories.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. I was curious to hear what he thinks.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2021

When sales reps look for a new job, they’re never looking for a different role or new responsibilities. Reps are in search of a better quota, better territory, better comp plan, better product, or even something as simple as a faster sales cycle. What happens 99% of the time is that sales reps will go about the search alone.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Annual sales kickoff meetings are a great opportunity to get the entire team together in one place—to share ideas, network, and get motivated to hit the ground running in the New Year. But getting buy-in from your team for the sales meeting is critical in determining whether the time away will be successful and productive or not.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales. Sales Manager. Regional Vice President of Sales. Empowering Sales Development. VP, EMEA Sales. Sales Manager – Upsell Team. Head of Sales, Emerging Business. Milly Gadd.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 14, 2019

As salespeople become comfortable in their role and territory, they begin to develop strong relationships with certain customers. They haven't networked within their company. While they might think they've exhausted all of their networking options, the salesperson hasn't taken into account all the new people who have joined.

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MJ Hoffman

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Safe for you because when you put someone in a new role, and therefore new territory, they haven’t had too much time to do a lot in that territory. As far as the rep is concerned, because they have just taken this job with you, they will have warm embers from the people who they have networked and spoken with about jobs previously.

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SBI

OCTOBER 4, 2018

As crazy as it always is, it remains one of the best events of the year to attend if you’re looking for inspiration, knowledge, and networking. If you’d like to hear from Lauren Mead, VP of Marketing for TimeTrade, I interviewed her on camera , at the Sales Enablement Soiree to learn more about TimeTrade.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This piece will give an overview of sales canvassing, explain the strategy’s benefits, and give salespeople tips for succeeding with the technique. Contact with these new leads can occur through four different methods: cold-calls, door-to-door visits, email and mail, and networking. Networking. Sales Canvassing Tips.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Sales managers often motivate their reps with SPIFFs and sales contests that award cash prizes. This is a tried and true sales motivation strategy, and monetary rewards generally produce results. However, they don't really motivate the entire sales force -- only the top performers likely to win.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Originally designed to help sales development functions manage high call and email volumes, companies in this segment can now deliver sizable productivity gains to entire revenue teams… — Laura Ramos and Mary Shea, Forrester Research, Now Tech: Sales Enablement Automation Q2 2020 , May 2020.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Networking. Retail Sales Trends. Winning the Sales Battle: Overcoming the “Failure to Impact” Syndrome. Here are a couple of questions I would ask: Are your sales reps making a difference? Negotiation.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

We’ve become a generation of retarded under-performing sales semi-professionals. Instead of being thought-leaders we’ve become frenetic, selfish territory managers. Trading one Mickey Mouse sales idea for the next. Breaking the Rules | Entrepreneur Podcast Network. Increase Sales Blog. Sales Meetings.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

You can still network and chat with colleagues while you're home. Reena Chadha, an Enterprise Territory Manager at HubSpot, says "I used to think of this as a time waster, but since I've changed the lens to a networking one, I take it more seriously.". How to Manage Remote Sales Reps. Dress for success.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Having attended this year’s WorldatWork Sales Compensation conference in Chicago, I’m struck by two things: the resiliency of sales compensation as a relevant topic, and all that is new in the field. WorldatWork’s sales comp conference is the premier event for sales compensation professionals. In my experience, few do.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Sell Better , Success , execution. I am a big coffee drinker, 5 to 8 cups a day is just a start, this no doubt encouraged by my tendency to view Starbucks outlets as my network of remote offices. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I realized very quickly that if I was going to fulfill my revenue obligation to my employer and earn the amount of money I wanted to make, I was going to have to come up with a plan - a Territory Sales Plan. However, what I did have was basic management training, skills, and education. Step 1: Timing. Here it is, New Years.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

In celebration of Women’s History Month this year, we’re thrilled to highlight sales directors, account executives and other women who embody what it means to be a leader, innovator and changemaker. In no particular order, here are 35 leading women in sales you should be watching in 2023.

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