SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Can you count on your current Sales Rep behaviors to “Make the Number” in 2013? HR has a stake in this as the governor of company-wide behavior modification, including the Sales Department. Sign up for our Make the Number tour to learn more about how top performing companies will change Sales in 2013.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 24, 2013

It seems every salesperson is focused on what their goals are for 2013. Make it a key part of every sales call over the next 30 days to find out what your customer’s goals are for 2013. If you’re a sales manager reading this, make this a key part of what you address with your people.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Sales teams are getting their 2013 numbers. For the Sales Leaders who learned how to set quotas at the SBI Make the Number tour ( register now! ), the results will be quite different. 2013 results will uncover some long-hidden flaws in the sales force. Sales coaching. What's the best approach? Register here.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 9, 2013

Our 2012 sales leader research finds it is still a big fear for 2013. If your company isn’t looking for sales leadership today, just wait. The average tenure of a Sales VP is 19 months! This post explores what HR leaders can do to develop top internal sales leaders. Better to be ready for the day when it occurs.

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Sales Leadership Buyer Persona Exercises Course 310

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 23, 2013

The second, View From the Top - When Salespeople Call on Purchasing ; And the third, This is How Sales Managers Should Coach Their Salespeople. And finally, as long as we are on the topic of Sales Leadership, you can reserve your seat and pay later for the November Sales Leadership Intensive in Boston on November 14-15.

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Sales Leadership Consultative Selling Motivation Video 231

Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 11, 2013

The post Jeffrey Gitomer – Named one of the Top Sales & Marketing Influencers for 2013 appeared first on Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog. Sales Sales Management Success Jeffrey Gitomer Sales Training sales sales blog sales training sales training program top sales trainer'

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Influencer Marketing Training Sales Management 196

HeavyHitter Sales

DECEMBER 17, 2012

management thinkers. Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled “TOP TEN SALES TRENDS FOR 2013.”.   What are the top business-to-business sales trends for 2013? For 2013, it’s not only what you say, but equally important, how you say it.   8.

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Trends Decision Maker Territories Analysis 153

SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

He then performs ride-alongs with multiple sales representatives to observe the buyers in action. He validates his findings with quick 5-min calls to sales managers and reps. Brutus can then build a financial model to determine the most efficient and effective way to cover the marketplace and make the number in 2013.

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Infusion Data Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 244

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

With all that, shouldn''t the quality of sales, sales management and sales leadership candidates be on the rise? The darker dotted line is the trend for the percentage of sales management candidates that were recommended by Objective Management Group for the same time period. Yes, it should.

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Sales Management Hiring Compensation Trends 288

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 5, 2014

In no particular order they are: Top 10 Sales Competencies. Top 10 Sales Management Functions. Top 10 Indicators That You Have a Trustworthy Sales Prospect. Top 10 Tips for Hiring Salespeople for Your Sales Force. Top 5 Reasons You Don''t Get More Strong Sales Candidates. 10 Sales Coaching Examples.

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Hiring Sales Management Decision Maker Cold Calling 252

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Sales managers without even trying are very good at taking profit right out of their company. Sales managers place inordinate pressure on salespeople to close the sale immediately, and in so doing, they are telling the salesperson to cut the price as a way of getting the order now. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Sales Management Discount Consultative Selling Face-to-face 217

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan One of the comments on my article, The Validiation of the Sales Assessment Validation , mentioned the reluctance of CEOs and Presidents to redeploy or terminate ineffective sales managers. Lack of overall sales performance is an easily recognized problem.

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Sales Management Hiring Forecasting Coaching 276

The Science and Art of Selling

JANUARY 17, 2014

For two weeks in December 2013, ShareBloc ran a contest to find the Top Content Marketing Posts of 2013 as part of their open beta launch. My article about the Agreement Frame was #1 in Sales Management for 2013, and #10 in the overall contest!

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Sales Management SAP Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 52

Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Preparing for 2013. I thought I might simply highlight a few points from both sessions since there are pertinent for everyone as we move into 2013. Acumen Management Group Ltd. operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone. Panel Discussion.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank 71

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Are you prepared to succeed today in Sales, Sales Management, Business and Life? Let me take a minute to answer for myself and then I'll get on with the rest of the post: Sales - yes, Sales management - kind of, Business - yes. In sales management you would likely look at sales.

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Sales Management InsideView Webinar Metrics Incentives 204

The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 18, 2013

If and Then : The two words no sales manager ever wants to hear. ” The reasoning goes like this: “ If we could cut our price, then I know I could close more sales.” Thinking they’re strategic is the last thing that comes into the sales manager’s mind. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Sales Management Consultative Selling Selling Skills Motivation 232

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 22, 2014

If you would like to learn more about how OMG''s sales candidate assessments can help you select the right salespeople, I am leading a complimentary webinar on the magic of the OMG Sales Candidate Assessment. In this case, results must equate to successful salespeople and sales managers who achieve and even overachieve.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Decision Maker Webinar Metrics 245

The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 16, 2013

Let’s do a quick review of some of the key activities the typical sales manager — or sales leader — does. Sales managers put them together properly, adding information where necessary, and send them up the chain of command on time. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Sales Management Selling Skills Sales Leadership Sales 212

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan An interesting article, Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers , by Xactly's CEO, Christopher Cabrera, was posted on Selling Power's 2/19/13 blog. This article lists the top 10 sales management competencies. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan Selling skills!

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Hiring Sales Management Territories Analysis 243

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

In fact, when asking Sales Operations Leaders what qualitative data they had gathered, here are their responses: Conducted internal win/loss debrief on large opportunities. Interviewed VP of Sales, Product Leaders, and Sales Manager to understand what they were seeing in the market. Author: Joshua Meeks.

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Data Analysis Sales Operations Buying Cycle 267

The Sales Hunter

MAY 31, 2013

It is time to get it out on the table and say once and for all that if you are a sales manager, you are in a dead-end position. If you are a salesperson and you want to be promoted to a sales manager position, it’s time to change your thinking. Sales managers manage processes.

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Sales Management Consultative Selling Policies Selling Skills 237

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan A title like, "Presidents & CEO''s: 4 Out of 5 Sales Managers Are Ineffective", will cause some Sales Directors, Sales VP''s and Sales Managers to click and read the article. Do you have a way to objectively evaluate sales management performance?

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Sales Management Objections Analysis Groups 246

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The latest interview between Jonathan Farrington, CEO of TopSalesWorld , and me is available here. We discussed why only 17% of all sales managers are effective at coaching and the conversation was very enlightening. DNA - They don''t have the DNA to support effective sales coaching.

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Coaching Sales Management Incentives Incentive 227

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This years Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. They represent the freshest, most innovative thinking on sales currently on the market and take into consideration the changing sales climate and competitive realities every sales rep and sales leader is facing. Top Sales Books to Read in 2013.

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Face-to-face Top of Funnel Call-back Sales 132

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. Compared to the rocky road to coaching in the NFL, the road to sales management absolutely sounds like a road paved with gold! You see, only 18% of all sales managers are any good at coaching and only 66% of them can be coached up.

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Sales Management Webinar Metrics Coaching Sports 220

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

As a sales manager, one of your jobs is to make sure your salespeople are equipped to succeed when selling to purchasing departments and/or buyers. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Sales Management Selling Skills Buyer Motivation 190

The Sales Hunter

JULY 27, 2013

A sales manager can help tremendously if they occasionally go on sales calls with their salespeople. I call this the “four-legged sales call.” ” Problem is too managers won’t do this at all — or when they do it, they do it wrong. ” Sales Motivation Blog. .

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Keith Rosen’s company, Profit Builders, was named one of Selling Power’s Top 20 Training Companies for 2013. ” Representatives for the publication say that editors assembled the list for the benefit of sales leaders that want to reach higher levels of productivity and performance. Read his blog at KeithRosen.com.

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Company Training Sales Coaching Coaching 119

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 3, 2014

As usual, this argument got me thinking about sales management (the coaches) and salespeople (the players). Sales management tends to take the same wimpy approach with its best salespeople, just trying to keep the peace and keep their business rolling in. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Sales Management Travel Sports Coaching 204

Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 5, 2013

Your Sales Management Guru Blog Author on “Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers” List . Speaker, consultant, and author Ken Thoreson’s updated Sales Manager’s Tool Kit now available . One of the new approaches we’re taking with sales organizations is Business Guidance Selling.” . KNOXVILLE, Tenn.,

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Influencer Marketing Face-to-face Retail 82

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 29, 2013

I don''t promote an approach based on either Relationships or Solution Selling, but both must be incorporated into an appropriate 2013 sales approach. Without a sales process and a sales model, no methodology will work very well on its own. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan' Event details are here. (c)

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Sales Management Lead Rank Consultative Selling Study 204

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 7, 2012

If you buy into the premise that it’s people behind success, which we should, then understanding your teams strenths and weaknesses should be at the core of your 2013 planning. Knowing that achieving your 2013 goals is directly dependent on your team, have you asked yourself are they up to the task?

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Sports Exercises Objections Positioning 107

Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Sales Leadership: 2013 Sales Theme. Last week I was speaking at a conference on: “ Building and Maintaining Sales Motivation ”, after the program several individuals came up to discuss my concept of a “Drive Statement. Then engage several team members to assist you in developing a sales theme or Drive Statement.

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Sales Leadership Incentives Incentive Motivation 82

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

He had only been VP of Sales for 6 months. He rose from junior sales associate to become his division’s top rep. Then, as sales manager, he turned around a struggling team. In Robert’s company, Sales VPs reported to the CSO. At 34, Robert was younger than most of his counterparts. It was clear he deserved the job.

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Influencer Strategy Policies Lead Gen 282

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

One of the easiest things sales managers and senior management can do is to call every person they know at a client company. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. Sooner you make the calls, the better. Objective of the calls is three-fold.

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Sales Management Cold Calling Closing Consultative Selling 202

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2013

Sales Management must spend 50% of their time coaching salespeople like this: An enormous part of developing salespeople these days is helping them to differentiate themselves from your competitors. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan I will share the article I wrote for EcSell below. What did you learn? (c)

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Coaching Sales Management Decision Maker Competition 264

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 27, 2024

How People, Not Technology, Seal the Deal in 2013. Also, be sure to check out my blog posts from earlier this year: Sales Managers: Get Your Head Out of Your Spreadsheets “Message to Management: Your job is to get the rocks out of the road for your salespeople so they can do what they were hired to do—sell!” I still am.

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Referrals Cold Calling Social Media Sales Qualified Lead 156