SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2013

I spent last week at a Sales Management training event with a client. Talent development is a key differentiator heading into 2014. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. Turn managers into leaders. Demand Sales Force Automation adoption. Gamify the training.

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Training Sales Management Hiring Social Selling 300

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 21, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-04-21. Teaser: Middle and low performers are tolerated on some sales teams because they help reach the overall quota. Middle and low performers are tolerated on some sales teams because they help reach the overall quota. Author: Kevin Higgins. read more'

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Sales Management Quota Sales 259

SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2013

CMO’s can borrow brilliance from top sales best practices. The crown jewel of sales excellence is the Field Ride-along. World Class sales organizations emphasize manager & rep ride-alongs. Sales Managers go into the field for 1-2 days with their reps and ‘ride-along’ to observe and coach.

Marketing 282

Marketing Coaching Report Salary 282

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2014

And he said, "But we don''t want to evaluate everyone right now, we want to start with our sales management team.". Small and mid-market companies don''t usually request this particular approach because their management teams are usually quite lean and it doesn''t make sense for them to take this approach.

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Sales Management Hiring Face-to-face Groups 243

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

You can’t depend on your marketing department to generate real leads. Do you really think marketing can qualify your leads? If so, you can forget about exceeding quota in 2014. You can probably guess what the vice president of sales told his team: Just ignore all leads from marketing, because they suck.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 263

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2013

There is nothing more stressful than Q4 for a VP of Sales. Couple that with preparing for 2014 and you are maxed out. Schedule a review of your 2014 plan at your office here. You are strategizing with Sales Managers and reps. How You Avoid Losing the 2014 Battle. You are sprinting to finish the current year.

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Territories Compensation Buyer Google 308

SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

This might be a new buyer-aligned sales process. Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. Whatever the Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) improvement, it will require funds to get it implemented. HR and Sales leaders will often tie funding to the type of improvement. Or a redesigned compensation plan.

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Benefit 288

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Rescue your current sales leader – Help the current guy make the number next year. To learn what the best sales leaders are doing to prep for 2014, sign up for SBI’s Annual Research Session. When you do, you will get access to the Sales Leader Execution Kit. Q4 is not prime hiring season for sales leaders. ‘A’

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Hiring How To eBook Follow-up 303

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Learning the truth is critical for your sales strategy. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Learn what SBI’s Discovery says about what top organizations will do differently in 2014. Sales Rep Survey. Sales Management Survey.

Hiring 310

Hiring How To Face-to-face Survey 310

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-12-29. Teaser: Most sales managers recognize the importance of making a great first impression, but if you ask the typical sales manager if he has a yardstick or benchmark that identifies what a perfect “10 out of “10” presentation looks like, chances are the answer is no.

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Maximizer Sales Management Opportunity Sales 276

Sales 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2014

” I’m the marketing director here. There was no way we would need something like this in 2014. As you know I put a fair bit of effort and passion into this blog to help sales people (and their companies) sell better. He told me he did not care if his marketing department got help. It’s so good.”

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Social Selling Webinar Metrics Follow-up Lead Rank 322

SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Top sales leaders know how to communicate and roll out a sales plan. Get your sales managers involved early in the process. The sales management team needs to have a clear understanding of the new quota. Sales can’t rely on marketing alone. If your marketing team needs help. Start Early.

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Quota Top of Funnel Territories Marketing Qualified Lead 316

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

In its essence, social selling is really a component of marketing for which many more salespeople are now taking individual responsibility. They are marketing themselves. Next week I''ll introduce our new and revised Sales Management Core Competencies.

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Top of Funnel Social Selling Funnel Sales Cycle 309

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Listening To the Market. You are finalizing plans for 2014. Many of the answers to a sales leader’s execution problems are in the market. This post is focused on how listening to the market accelerates field execution. This post is focused on how listening to the market accelerates field execution.

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Hiring Call-back Face-to-face Buyer 308

SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. A Sales VP focused on the wrong things can ruin the entire company. They cross collaborate with manager peers, their reps, and the VP.

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Construction Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation 334

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 9, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-01-10. Author: Zorian Rotenberg, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, InsightSquared. These gamification tips will serve sales managers well. These gamification tips will serve sales managers well. read more'

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Sales Sales Management Marketing 222

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 2, 2014

As you’re planning for 2014, forget resolutions. Set manageable goals instead. The New Year’s resolution checklists are the same every year—mostly about eating healthier, losing weight, and managing our finances better. Instead I create manageable goals for myself and my team. Forget Shaking the Trees. Comment Here.

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Referrals Small Business Small Business Enterprise 240

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I’m a big fan boy of David Meerman Scott dating back to his (in my opinion) classic book The New Rules of Marketing and PR. Now he’s got a new book focused on sales , The New Rules of Sales and Service. 2. Sales managers are the biggest problem. Most sales managers, directors and VPs came up through the ranks.

Lead Rank 300

Lead Rank Cold Calling Lead Scoring eBook 300

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Last week, when speaking on the Inbound Stage at Inbound14, my topic was Hiring for the Inbound Sales Role. I asked the question, "Is this a sales or a marketing role?". The audience desperately wanted this to be a hybrid - someone who could do both the marketing and the sales. They are different skill sets.

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Inbound Hiring Airlines Marketing 209

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. During the recent downturn, many sales forces benefitted from a uniquely capable labor market. Unemployed Gen-Y workers from hard-hit sectors like financial services turned to sales as a new career direction. Author: John Kenney.

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Sales Talent Conversion Survey Salary 300

Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 29, 2014

Sales managers – roadblock removers. Sales managers – how does your sales team spend its time? One, as a sales manager, you can directly impact is the amount of time spent doing something other than selling – start playing the role of a roadblock remover. ©2014 Sales Momentum ®.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Face-to-face Funnel 131

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-02-24. Teaser: While so-called Big Data is an exciting opportunity to identify new trends through powerful computing, sales managers need to zero in on small data do their jobs well. Author: Jason Jordan. In fact, they don’t even need many of the dozens of dubious reports embedded in their CRM.

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Data Trends Report CRM 250

SBI Growth

JULY 26, 2013

Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Hank''s DLA experience: DLA hired engaged a consulting firm to help with sales rep onboarding. An initiative to align territories based on sales rep potential attracts A players. Failure here.

Hiring 267

Hiring How To Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face 267

SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. She was frustrated and went on LinkedIn, ready to test the market. To survive in B2B selling in 2014 a new set of skills is required. Chances are your top sales talent is already engaging in some of these activities.

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Training Top of Funnel Hiring Hotels 293

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and

Marketing 226

Marketing Telemarketing Education Scale 226

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Goodbye, 2014. Which broken sales strategies should we leave in the past (ah-hem, cold calling )? Here’s a hint: Any sales tactics, activities, or systems that help you build relationships with clients and prospects are worth the time and effort. This is how it’s always worked in most sales organizations. Learn more.) [Top

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Referrals Gatekeeper Cold Calling Networking 260

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The newly-released “ 2014 10th annual Lead Management & Social Engagement ” report uncovered an emerging trend in B2B sales this year: social engagement. reaching out to individuals with offers and follow-ups) is different than social marketing (i.e., Message to Management]: 14 Things Top Sales Managers Do.

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Social Selling Cold Calling Social Media Ideal Customer Profile 296

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 7, 2014

Most salespeople are the beneficiaries of a nice supply of leads from their company''s marketing, advertising and online efforts. Attend my Sales Leadership Intensive in September and become a master at coaching your salespeople! Image: Chin Kit Sen via Shutterstock (c) Copyright 2014 Dave Kurlan'

Marketing Qualified Lead 282

Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Cold Calling Referrals 282

Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 20, 2014

Sales managers – setting expectations and accountability. Too often sales managers – and for that matter other managers – think what needs to be done is intuitive – so of course everyone on their team understands what is to be done and why. ©2014 Sales Momentum ®.

Account 112

Account Sales Management Pivotal Quota 112

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

We find numerous obstacles Sales VPs and Sales Managers face. Timing the market by switching out one rep for the other ‘over the weekend.’. It wastes time and costs sales. Every year we compile research for our Sales & Marketing Research Review. Sign-up here to get the Sales Rep Replacement Guide.

Hiring 300

Hiring Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring 300

Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

First Quarter 2014. But as budget planning begins and business strategies begin to be set, it is your responsibility to be ready for 2014. 1. What are your revenue objectives by each quarter for 2014? a. Sales skills. d. Review your marketing/sales operational teams. Are You Set Up?

Scale 80

Scale Compensation Hiring Lead Rank 80

Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 14, 2014

2014-15: How will you stand out in the marketplace? Embedded as one of the key components in the marketing segment was building a vertical market using Cloud solutions to increase sales velocity, one of the sub-elements was using Thought Leadership Marketing to help you stand out in the marketplace.

Lead Rank 80

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Microsoft Face-to-face 80

SBI Growth

JUNE 30, 2013

This results in market share gains. The sales manager owns the process and is paid on average ramp time. Your 2014 quota is going up. You are going to need to hire new sales reps. In contrast, forward-looking, courageous companies, like Oracle, hire into the soft economy. Learning activities completed is useless.

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Hiring Oracle Lead Rank Lead Scoring 308

Sales Training Connection

MARCH 7, 2014

Sales Managers. I was talking with a new B2B sales manager about sales coaching. She was a super star as a sales rep and promoted to a sales manager just a couple of months ago. As a new sales manager , she was fortunate enough to inherit a young but very talented sales team.

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Sales Management Sales Coaching Coaching Training 116

SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Sales can learn a lesson here. Sign up here to receive a copy of the Sales Job Tryout Toolkit. Read on and you''ll be ready to Make the Number in 2014. Here''s a 7-step overview of a tryout for a sales rep. (To Sales Manager - Scenario: Only 2 of 8 members of the sales team are making the number.

Hiring 300

Hiring Proposal Exercises Lead Rank 300

Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2013

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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Follow-up Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 230

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Also, I did not include the article that was awarded a Gold Medal for Top Sales & Marketing Article of 2013 earlier this week. Here they are in no particular order - My Top 10 Articles of 2013: SALES. The Key to Powerful Sales Conversations. SALES MANAGEMENT. SALES LEADERSHIP.

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Decision Maker Compensation Call-back Consultative Selling 210