Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2017

Sales managers are critical to the success of their sales reps. While sales managers are charged with ensuring reps meet their numbers, how they meet their numbers is not as simple as it once was. Yet businesses often under-invest in their sales managers. Can your sales reps wait that long?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) for sales – buzzword or solution? AI-driven sales tech is emerging as a practical answer for many of the challenges facing sales leaders, trainers, managers, coaches, and sales enablement pros. B2B sales is evolving, and the Zoom boom of 2020 has only accelerated those changes.

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Highspot

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping sales, transitioning from a buzzword to a core component of how sales teams connect, predict, and work. Let’s explore how AI can become your team’s MVP, making your sales efforts more competitive. Why Do You Need AI in Sales? Why Do You Need AI in Sales?

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Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2022

Do you have enough opportunities in your pipeline to meet your targets this quarter? This is why sales reports are so important. They help you measure your sales performance and deliver insights that you can leverage to optimize your sales process. What is a sales report? Why should you create a sales report?

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

You need a strong personality to succeed in sales - a combination of grittiness under pressure and true smarts makes for the perfect sales rep. In order to manage a whole team of those personalities, a sales team manager has to have a pretty strong personality themselves. Here’s what they told us. Use Your Data.

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SBI

AUGUST 2, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Those results do not result in new pipeline.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. ” ( source ) In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. Keep reading!

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 26, 2018

Soon after starting my sales career I became aware there was a staggering list of things I needed to learn. I lacked the wisdom and experience to understand the difference between sales activities and progress. I had no concept or a sales process. Sellers are under pressure to get a number of prospects in their pipelines.

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Braveheart Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Years ago, while I was working for a company in the sales trenches, a fellow salesperson was always struggling to make his number. The two forces at work: This salesperson struggled with some missing Sales DNA. But the real, underlying reason why these two forces were in play was because his behavior was not managed. The Remedy.

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Pipeliner

JULY 9, 2018

Accountability in sales is crucial, yet it’s often neglected. We have to look at ourselves, and how we can take responsibility and put ourselves in the right position, and sales managers have to help their sales team get there. The sales managers job. We’re all great at finding excuses.

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Allego

MARCH 15, 2022

But they do want input from sales reps once their journey on the self-discovery road comes to a stand-still, Shea said. “In Companies can help sales reps with this by gathering and analyzing prospect and customer data and creating a view of the customer. They are C-suite execs who are signing contracts,” she said.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 3, 2023

First, let’s start with a definition of revenue productivity: Revenue productivity is a set of processes, strategies, and technologies used to enhance sales performance by utilizing seller data, revenue analytics, sales enablement, and front-line sales coaching. The first area is sales forecasts.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 8, 2023

Vague excuses and shallow explanations frustrate all sales professionals. Surprisingly, sales leaders tolerate and perpetuate this frustration with the term stalled deals. ” When sales professionals characterize deals as stalled, they are vague and shallow. .”

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 18, 2021

Data has become more valuable to sales teams since the COVID-19 outbreak caused such a change in economic conditions. That’s why making full use of sales data via a high-functioning sales analytics program is vital to ensure your business’s safe passage through an uncertain market. What Are Sales Analytics?

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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

In the world of business-to-business sales, coaches are just as essential to ensuring reps have the skills they need to close deals with confidence. Why is sales coaching important? How do you coach and develop a sales team? Top sales coaching techniques. What makes a sales coach great? What Is Sales Coaching?

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It’s no different for sales reps. They need proactive sales coaching to help build and improve their sales skills for long-term benefit. The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood. That’s why managers and sales enablement teams need to find the right balance between the two.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

It’s no different for sales reps. They need proactive sales coaching to help build and improve their sales skills for long-term benefit. The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood. That’s why managers and sales enablement teams need to find the right balance between the two.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 11, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But what happens when your sales performance has stagnated? A number of factors can affect whether or not your sales team can close deals. Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales — and ensure your team is set up for success. We’ll be covering: What factors affect sales performance.

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CommercialTribe

AUGUST 8, 2018

Evolve beyond activity management to improve the sales behaviors that drive performance. In today’s technology-driven sales environment, sales leaders rely on data-driven indicators to monitor and track the success of their team and attempt to forecast the end-of-quarter outcome.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

As the B2B landscape changes and evolves, companies continue to ask themselves the question – how can we improve sales productivity? Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions woven into the fabric of today’s B2B sales culture. So follow along as we break down some of the biggest myths about sales productivity.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 11, 2018

At first glance, project managers and sales professionals don’t seem to have much in common. Budget-conscious, time-crazed and snoopier-than-normal, the stereotypical project manager seems, at most, a very distant cousin of the freewheeling, outgoing and glib sales practitioner. Earning repeat business/referrals.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 20, 2020

This is part 2 of a two-part series on culture by Derek Grant, SVP of Commercial Sales at SalesLoft (read part 1 here ). Derek leads SalesLoft’s commercial sales organization, which has delivered “hockey stick” growth by helping over 1,500 companies source more qualified meetings and pipeline. Coaching and Redemption.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 16, 2017

Applying the same lens to sales teams, how do you know if your sales team are ready to have customer conversations? If you don’t know whether your reps are sales ready, you’re really just hoping they know what to say and how to address your customer’s pain points. So how do you know if your business is sales ready?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 15, 2017

Applying the same lens to sales teams, how do you know if your sales team are ready to have customer conversations? If you don’t know whether your reps are sales ready, you’re really just hoping they know what to say and how to address your customer’s pain points. So how do you know if your business is sales ready?

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ExecVision

APRIL 12, 2018

Data is a hot topic in the sales and marketing world. Data points gathered from sales and marketing activities are generally used to predict what will happen based on what has happened. To remedy it, we buy another sales tool with the same ‘get data, solve problem’ value prop. On the other hand, data is flawed.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 5, 2017

You know that sales enablement can help your sales reps be more effective at their role, but how do you know which sales enablement platform is best for you? Generally, sales enablement platforms fall into two categories; sales readiness and sales asset management. How dynamic is your industry?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 5, 2017

You know that sales enablement can help your sales reps be more effective at their role, but how do you know which sales enablement platform is best for you? Generally, sales enablement platforms fall into two categories; sales readiness and sales asset management. How dynamic is your industry?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 7, 2017

For example after each major sales call (voice to voice or face to face), think about the call and how you did. If we know what we don’t know, we can develop a plan to remedy that. Jim Fiorini had some great thoughts, paraphrasing them: Ask to be managed and coached. Ask for help! Actively seek their advice and input.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

It doesn’t matter how diverse your talent pipeline is— if underrepresented candidates still have to jump through the usual hoops to land in qualified roles, recruiting a diverse team will be an uphill battle. The remedy is real, concrete action items at every stage of the hiring process. Set realistic hiring goals.

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Pipeliner

MAY 28, 2023

This article continues our series on mega-threats to the sales industry, inspired by the fascinating bestselling book by Nouriel Roubini entitled MegaThtreats: 10 Dangerous Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them. We would also want to know if we lost any customers in a given sales period. What Should We Do?

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Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 23, 2011

Feedback and confirm remedial actions. It is a fact finding session not a sales event in the short term. for Finishing the Year Strongly – Part One [link] Very few frontline sales professionals, and very few companies conduct regular review meetings with [.]. Tips for Finishing the Year Strongly – Part One. 2 responses so far.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Without goals, your team lacks the key elements it needs to win — a direction to follow and the encouragement to stay motivated in sales. Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 21, 2018

Without goals, your team lacks the key elements it needs to win — a direction to follow and the encouragement to stay motivated in sales. Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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