Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 13, 2019

It refers to the activities designed to expand your company's reach in a new market. For more hiring tips, check out this sales manager job description and template next. What is business development? The primary focus of this business function is to identify potential good-fit customers using prospecting techniques.

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CommercialTribe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What is more critical for sales managers is to regularly practice the craft of coaching and see the impact on more deals won and reps to plan. So, how can sales leaders help their teams adopt an approach backed by quantifiable insights to drive sustainable success? What is Sales Coaching Consistency? A Missed Opportunity.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

When you hear the term “Zero Tolerance to Sales Management,” I would imagine your first thought is about having little or no patience for inept or slip-shod sales people. However, I am referring to the reverse. You must take full and personal responsibility for the success or failure of your sales team.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. Assess your strengths as a manager. Understand how your team wants to be managed.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 12, 2024

One job aspect that continues to challenge most managers is workplace conflict. Managers may be naturally conflict-avoidant. Or they may lack the skills to resolve disagreements that consume valuable resources such as time and positive energy. Regardless of skill levels or personal feelings, managers must address this problem.

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Zendesk Sell

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Below, learn how to use each of the five most important sales reports to be a successful sales manager. Strengthen lead generation and increase closed deals with the sales funnel analysis report. Allocate your resources accordingly to efficiently reach your sales goals in the short- and long-term.

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Vengreso

JUNE 6, 2023

Read our Definitive Prospecting Guide for sales management to grow pipeline. Engage in Meaningful Conversations As a Sales Strategy Build trust by being genuine and empathetic. Faster Decision-Making Process: Since these prospects trust the person who referred them, they’re more likely to make a decision quickly.

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DialSource

MAY 28, 2020

This triggered what many are referring to as the “ world’s biggest work-from-home experiment.”. For most, this occurred within a 24 to 48-hour timeframe, creating a wide spectrum of complex challenges — both in terms of sales teams and their managers. . KPIs Every Sales Manager Needs to Track During the Pandemic.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 18, 2022

These figures — ones used to measure how active and engaged salespeople are day-to-day basis — are central to the success and direction of most sales orgs. In HubSpot's recent Sales Strategy Survey of over 1,000 salespeople, we asked real sales managers about the metrics they track to gauge their reps' activity and effectiveness.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 4, 2023

Companies are 48% more likely to experience high buyer engagement when they have had sales enablement processes in place for more than two years, according to Sales Enablement Pro’s State of Sales Enablement Report 2022. If you’re brand new to the idea of sales enablement, start here.).

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Women Sales Pros

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Is a Sales Leader Playbook the same as a Sales Playbook? A sales leader playbook is a book of ‘Plays’ for sales leaders – Sales VP’s, Directors and Managers. A reference guide mapping out the best practices associated with all the aspects of their challenging jobs. The short answer is ‘No!’

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Pipeliner

MAY 26, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

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Allego

JULY 29, 2021

Most recently, Cespedes published a new book—his sixth—entitled Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing. . The combination of Cespedes’ academic experience and his knowledge of real-world selling makes him one of the foremost authorities on the topics of sales and sales management.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 26, 2014

Sales leaders agree that a highly motivated and engaged sales force drives greater performance. So one would naturally ask the question “how do I motivate and engage my sales force?” Many sales managers ask me how to ensure that they have a highly motivated and engaged team. I usually ask them “WHY”?

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Of the 33 evaluation criteria, Highspot received the highest possible scores in 23 criteria including: customer care model, buyer engagement, overall integration breadth and depth, sales manager dashboards, product vision, partner ecosystem, solution architecture and innovation roadmap. Resources: Demo Request. Highspot Careers.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

11 Actions Sales Management Must Take Now! Sound investment portfolio-management advice ranges from “hold firm with your existing stocks” to “take advantage of a great opportunity to buy at today’s basement prices”. This also is an opportunity to build a better sales team that will increase your market share as competitors lag.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 15, 2024

In B2B sales, success is often the result of strategic planning, deep customer understanding, and execution. A self-fulfilling prophecy, it refers to the phenomenon where higher expectations lead to increased performance. While this is yet another movie reference, top sellers know this feeling from SKOs.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

What we’re about to say is going to contradict every point we’ve made thus far—but hear us out: Stress can be beneficial for sales people. There’s no way around it, stress drives activity and sales managers know this. Get the resources you need. If you’re a sales rep, speak up. Manage your expectations.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Even after all the advancements in tools and other aids, many managers, especially those new to the role, look at these gathering from the wrong angle. First, when it comes to opportunities, it should be less about reviewing, and more about moving them forward to a win. Statistics.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams. Partner with other key functions such as marketing, product management, internal communications and human resources to create the best programs and tools to meet your sales teams communication and training needs. Create a plan.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Reflect on how you can further develop and utilize these skills to achieve your future vision of becoming a sales manager or starting your own business. Identify resources, such as online courses or industry experts, who can help you acquire the necessary expertise in this area.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2021

Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. Sales leaders should regularly evaluate and determine areas for growth for their staff and themselves. When I talk about market value, I am referring to the two critical areas that will help you increase your value to your organization and up your personal value.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 9, 2022

Provide best-in-class examples for each topic — some reference points of the concept in question being executed effectively. Use resources like videos, calls, recordings, emails, and output from other reps. Types of Sales Training Methods. Sales Manuals. Then, you move onto 'showing.' Role-Playing.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

One of the things I love about what I do is that I get to have really stimulating, intelligent conversations with sales managers and leaders about how they can differentiate their offering from a sales approach perspective. Re: Salesperson or Entrepreneur?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

A Sales Methodology is only effective if it is reinforced. The challenger sale requires a big investment in money, resources, and time. Sales Leaders should assess if their organization is ready to adopt this complex methodology. The challenger sale requires reps to build advocacy by messaging to each unique role.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It might require some insight, expertise, and materials beyond a conventional sales org's reach. In those cases, it can help to have something called a deal desk in place — a resource that can smooth out the harsher, more convoluted sides of highly complex deals. Putting a Deal Desk Together. What do you want your deal desk to do?

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 10, 2013

I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard salespeople and sales managers use what I refer to as the two deadly words in sales: “if” and “then.” It’s too easy for salespeople and even sales managers to believe if only something , then they could something.

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criteria for success

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you’ve been a sales manager for a while, it's inevitable that one or more people – or even your entire sales team – will get into a prospecting or selling slump. We refer to this as “green time,” and I like to see at least 20% of someone’s work week allocated to green time. Check out our eBook on time management!

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

As your company grows, you may find you have less resources available for closing each opportunity. Your company’s sales managers only have a select number of sales reps to work with, and those reps only have a limited amount of time to close deals. This indicator will assist you in determining how quickly you make money.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The difference is that information and data refer to raw, unprocessed facts, numbers, or observations. On the other hand, statistics refers to organizing, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data meaningfully. Sales managers are bad at estimating probabilities, not because they lack intelligence, but because we are humans.

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Braveheart Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2021

I have seen various systems work great to give leadership better insight into activities and determine resource allocation and I have witnessed them fail miserably. So, you CEOs and business owners out there, if you have a weak sales manager, a system will not make them better. Here is what I mean.

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2021

Understanding the Complex Sale and the Sales Leader’s Role . Before we jump into the actions, let’s make sure we understand what we are talking about when referring to a ‘complex sale.’ Simply put, complex sale refers to a type of sale that is relatively large and resource-intensive.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Résumés, interviews and reference checks only reveal what the candidate has done in the past. Here are examples of 3 more scenarios that reveal the true capabilities of a candidate: Sales Operations Leader - Scenario: Data quality of the current CRM system is highly inaccurate. The tryout also reveals resourcefulness.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

During a live call, product managers get real feedback in real time — smiles, blank stares, indifference — and can address it directly by reinforcing a talking point, mentioning a related feature, or referring to an upcoming enhancement. Your product team is a limited resource with a high opportunity cost. Protect your experts.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For example, if reps need help configuring a deal or using an ROI tool, they want a brief video or reference document that addresses the specific questions they’re grappling with. But recently promoted managers often get little training and support. Align Across the Organization.

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