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Hey Sales Manager, Get Your Head Out of That Spreadsheet

No More Cold Calling

million per sales manager. 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!”. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. million per manager.

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Why Your Account Based Selling Teams Are Lagging Behind

No More Cold Calling

Can sales managers influence the buying process? You can’t manage revenue. If sales close, you win. Then why are so many account based selling teams given revenue targets and let loose? Revenue can be measured but not managed. Sales managers can’t control the buying process. Referrals received.

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Sales Managers: Think You’re Ready for Referrals?

No More Cold Calling

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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Account-Based Success

The Pipeline

Like most in our profession, I am a big fan of account-based sales and marketing. According to the ITSMA, 87% of respondents agreed Account-Based methodologies deliver a higher ROI than other marketing activities. Account-based isn’t new – but it is en vogue. Identify the people that work at those accounts.

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Your Next Sales Coach is a Machine

Speaker: Matt McDarby & Dan Smaida, Managing Directors, Specialized Sales Systems

Most sales managers know this, but suffer from three conditions that limit their opportunity to help: Too many people, too much ground to cover, and not enough time for developing people. World-class sales managers have long used creative means to solve for time and distance. Fortunately, there are options!

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Sales Manager Coaching Blunders Revisited

Steven Rosen

Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect, and unless effectively coached or trained, managers make all types of blunders. As the head of sales or as a frontline sales manager, you can significantly enhance the performance of your sales team if you can develop great coaches.

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Can a New Sales Manager Be a Difference Maker?

Understanding the Sales Force

I'm guessing (I did not interview her) the new manager prioritized KPI's and accountability, hiring people who had attention to detail, who were committed to customer satisfaction, and who took personal responsibility.

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Build a Successful and Results-Driven Sales Culture

Speaker: Gary Galvin, CEO, Galvin Technologies

As a sales manager, you’re tasked with not only answering this question, but directing your sales team to achieve goals and deliver results. This often means motivating your team through everything from revenue targets, to sales funnel and forecasting, to activity management and collaboration.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.