Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I'm not the smartest person when it comes to topics other than sales or baseball, but my take is that when plugged in, it will remain 80% charged until I need it to run on battery, at which time it will obviously begin draining - to less than 80%. This suggests that it will never charge to 100%! Let's discuss this.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Most executives struggle at maintaining any kind of successful momentum when it comes to consistently hiring salespeople that actually succeed. It''s easy to hire a great salesperson who, when all is said and done, sucks. Back to sales. Just ask Ben Cherington! (c)

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Hiring an exceptional salesperson is a tricky process. When you’re hiring salespeople, you’re going to have to wade through a lot of applicants. Run a quick search for entry-level sales positions in your area on LinkedIn. Also, give some insight into what your specific sales team does day-to-day. Both can be really hard.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 1, 2013

Recently I was doing training session for a group of sales managers and we got on the topic of hiring and what are the qualifications of a good hire. For years I’ve always said hire on attitude not on skill. Too many sales managers think they can take shortcuts to making their number.

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Allego

AUGUST 18, 2020

Employee turnover can be a significant drain on a company’s resources, especially when the departing employees are new hires. Yet organizations often invest very little in onboarding for new hires that would counteract these two common issues. It’s a common problem, especially since new employees have a high risk of leaving.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 5, 2022

Getting new hires up to speed is a major investment in both time and money for businesses. According to The Bridge Group , the average ramp-up time for sales development reps (SDRs) is 3.1 For account executives (AEs), it’s even longer—4.9 What is sales ramp-up time? How to calculate ramp-up time for sales reps.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

Lately, when I talk with people, the most popular topics for discussion are Politics, March Madness, and the movies and TV shows they are streaming. Personally, I substitute Baseball for the middle topic because college baseball is in full swing and we’ve been traveling to watch our son, a college senior, play college baseball.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JULY 10, 2012

Tweet I recently received a question about hiring philosophy from a man named David. I wanted to take some time to share both the question and my answer with you here: Want to receive more tips from me about hiring, sales, leadership, and other business topics? Click the image below to sign up for my weekly ezine:

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

That’s why we’ve committed to documenting and sharing our progress and intentions when it comes to cultivating a diverse and inclusive hiring process. Why You Need an Inclusive Hiring Process to Recruit Diverse Teams. This is equally true with hiring as it is with employee retention. Set realistic hiring goals.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Multi-media postings reveal it’s time for discussion among those ready to improve upon hot topics. One common theme is that the people are more than ready to improve upon hot topics, and I align. We can only look to the future to hope things will get better, but that will only occur when many are ready to improve on hot topic insights.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

If you think sales is a simple job, I have a few hundred professional connections who would like a word with you. There’s a range of key skills that separate the best from the rest, and success belongs to companies who can identify and hire reps who have those precious skills. By mastering your sales interview questions.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2018

Just like in the world of sales, the follow up advice out there can be a little conflicting. According to a recent Accountemps survey , 24% of HR managers receive follow-up emails after interviewing candidates, but 80% of hiring managers find these thank-you notes helpful when reviewing candidates. Regards, [Your name].

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2019

For years, sales reps have been depicted as ultra-competitive and charismatic workers — leading many to believe that only a certain type of person is suited for the role. Alongside coaching, we're focusing on hiring and how employing the same kind of person limits your team, dissuades your prospects, and hurts your business.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 19, 2023

From VPs and CMOs to entry-level reps and account managers, everyone is inundated by data. Gaining greater insights into sales and marketing data has been a consistent theme in many recent conversations with our customers, and it’s a topic that ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck believes in passionately.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 24, 2022

I clicked on the article and the first tool recommendation was written by Linda Scorzo , CEO of Hiring Indicators on the topic of competency based assessment technology. Zapier's newsletter had an article on 11 tech tools you need during economic uncertainty or in other words, during a recession. She wrote the following:

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2023

Bookmark this article so that over time, if you want to improve your sales effectiveness, you can read more of the topics below: To shorten your sales process, differentiate, uncover compelling reasons to buy and create urgency, read articles on taking more of a consultative approach.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2023

Bookmark this article so that over time, if you want to improve your sales effectiveness, you can read more of the topics below: To shorten your sales process, differentiate, uncover compelling reasons to buy and create urgency, read articles on taking more of a consultative approach.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 15, 2014

New hire sales training. A short quiz for sales leaders – How much has the buying process changed in your market in the last five years? Question two – Have you taken a serious look at updating your new hire sales training to keep up with the changes? Expert Video Messaging.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I always enjoy reading articles that expose things I don't know about topics I enjoy, like 7 Unsung Built-in Gems in Mac OS X. We also discussed which of the 21 Sales Core Competencies that we measure were pertinent to their different sales roles and why.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Onboarding new sales reps effectively is a critical success factor when it comes to retention and performance levels. Unfortunately, it’s an area that most sales organizations struggle with. Increasingly expensive sales turnover makes poor onboarding an unacceptable problem. 7 Steps to Onboard New Sales Hires Effectively.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Both CEOs and staffing firms shared that despite planned headcount additions, they are struggling to fill open roles, with the number of posted sales roles growing by 65% since early 2021. With growth hires representing critical enablers of many organizations’ plans, hiring teams will likely fail to keep up with 2022 headcount needs.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 27, 2019

For the topic of our first e-book, we decided to, well, start at the beginning: the cold and the cold email. The post Hiring and Training: Part 2 of Predictable Revenue’s Outbound Sales Learnings from 2018 appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Force Management

JANUARY 4, 2024

We enjoyed hosting conversations with some truly transformative leaders, from sales executives at "Unicorn" tech companies to founders of inspiring charitable organizations. Today, we're sharing our top 10 most-listened podcasts of the year.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. It’s a lonely world for account executives. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sound familiar?

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Sales Result

MAY 8, 2017

The first 90 days of a new hire’s time at your company is largely tied to their overall success as an employee and productive salesperson. New hires that are onboarded properly generally have higher success potential then their untrained counterparts.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Bridging the Content Chasm Sales is increasingly using strategic content creation and distribution as part of the sales process – from outbound, to advancing pipeline along, to awareness and education on social platforms. With that responsibility, often there is a need to create content to assist with the sales education process.

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Mindtickle

MAY 10, 2022

Sales training and coaching are often reserved for new hires and low performers, with the rest of your team getting a brief refresher during your annual sales kickoff. But according to the Sales Management Association, only 30% of sales managers rate their sales training as “effective” for improving low performers.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? As a high-growth small business, the number one focus is sales. With no high-quality leads, your sales pipeline is depleted fast. Article: Diversity is a hot topic in many workplace environments, and there seem to be many inclusion initiatives to help diversify the job market.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many companies tend to underestimate the importance of guidance, training, and support for their new hires, and that tends to be detrimental. Many sales professionals often don’t receive the crucial tools needed for success right away. While you’re at it, assess your other sales team members. And what did they do wrong?

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SalesFuel

MARCH 26, 2024

Most sales managers would like to do that. But since they can’t, the next best thing may be to reengineer your sales training program. How to Reengineer Your Sales Training Program Before you begin to adjust the details of your sales training initiatives, take time to study your rain makers. Here are the details.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Most sales trainers and coaches have at least some familiarity with the topics of productivity, motivation, and psychology. Chasing states of optimal productivity, managers may invest in software, process development, and training.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

A short quiz for sales leaders – How much has the buying process changed in your market in the last five years? Question two – Have you taken a serious look at updating your new hire sales training to keep up with the changes? Here we are talking about sales skills training not product or welcome-to-the-company training.).

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 21, 2014

Partner Hiring and Training Lessons from Sage Summit. Non-productive partner companies often hire the best, but fall short at training their talent. 1 job of management. The various tracks cover technology, but also leadership, sales and marketing topics. for the first time sales manager.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Three overarching learnings from incredible sales leaders who have lived through the ups and downs of growing sales teams at some of the fastest growing SaaS companies is exactly what we’ll dive into today – so you can get the learnings and insight without being in the driver’s seat. years as SVP, Global Sales at Klaviyo.

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SBI

AUGUST 11, 2020

4 Action Steps For Remote Sales Onboarding. Most organizations have sales teams that work primarily from in the company’s offices and sales reps working from home covering a certain territory. Now that sales reps are fully remote for the time being, sales onboarding is even more important than it has ever been.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Earlier this week, I spoke to a great audience of sales leaders at the EcSell Institute Fall Sales Coaching Summit in Dallas where my topic was, How to Hire a Great Salesperson that Will be Great. I asked the attendees if they had ever hired a great salesperson that still failed and everyone there said, "Yes!"

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