Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Sales Training Article: The Hardest Job? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Vlado at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Those that don''t sell for a living have no idea how difficult it is to be successful at sales.

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? There are some significant perks to becoming the boss: less travel, more money, maybe a private office. Then we’ll give you eight actionable tips to make your sales management dreams a reality.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Digital onboarding – The COVID-19 crisis is causing the traditional “drink-from-the-firehose” style of in-person onboarding to give way to more individualized and personalized programs that provide new reps with incremental and ongoing training and coaching, in a largely digital format. How COVID-19 could reshape sales.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Our recent article, “ Can Distribution Pricing Managers Work Remotely? ,” was clearly a hit. So far it has been the most viewed article of the last four weeks. At the risk of alienating some of our sales managers in our audience – bear with us – pricing managers don’t always trust direct feedback from individual reps.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Sales Manager’s job is to provide an environment within which their sales people can succeed. Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. What more could you possibly ask for? Is she competent?

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The asset management industry’s ongoing evolution is creating significant change for distribution leaders. The article described how asset managers now seek different skill sets when hiring, but didn’t discuss what firms are doing to help their existing wholesalers adapt. They also created an on-demand best practices library.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

FlightTrack Pro – One of the biggest pain points in a traveling profession is, you guessed it, traveling! It allows you to sync your travel itinerary, and then sends you push notifications about any changes with itinerary – delayed flights, change of gates, etc. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Sales Training Article: Who''s Looking at Your "Sales Swing"? Frank Visgatis, President & Chief Operating Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Pat138241 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Butch Harmon. Ideally your sales coach is the person that you report to.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 13, 2014

Sales Training Article: The Sales Manager''s New Year''s Resolutions. By George De Los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) I am big on New Year''s resolutions. Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ''A'' players on the team.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Your sales manager will tell you many times that you need to make all your calls and get as many appointments as possible. This might entail looking up the latest links and articles on Linkedin Pulse, downloading and reading the latest industry news or simply meditating on what the day will bring. Managing Director.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 29, 2013

Sales people's comfort-risk mix. Sales reps, like most of us, have a propensity to stay within their comfort zone. Some sales people think that’s what sales management wants so it is an issue of expectations. Others are fearful of being branded as tough to manage or a loose cannon if they take too many risks.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Last week I was in Chicago keynoting an international association’s sales conference, in preparation I had been making notes and clipping interesting ideas from a variety of sources, one of them was Success magazine. The specific article covered a young coach, Dale Brown meeting with John Wooden, the Hall of Fame UCLA basketball.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Think of this article as a holiday gift. Below are six of the worst decisions we’ve seen senior sales leaders make. Accompanying each is a link to an article where you can learn more. Many times, comfort with the current sales force structure hurts the senior sales leader. Are you ahead of the curve? Bad decision.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 13, 2012

Sales strategy and thought bubbles. While traveling recently, I read an interesting article by Holly Green in Executive Travel Magazine that introduce an interesting way of understanding an idea that poses a threat to that process – thought bubbles. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

But aside from the obvious environmental difference, there’s a lot more that separates inside from outside sales teams, and that’s what we’re going to explore here. In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about inside sales, from team structures and salaries right through to inside sales processes and models.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 13, 2023

One fond memory about using creativity to make a sale was when I presented at a meeting; only the Sales Manager was skeptical about my idea! And given that you are short on sales reps making quota this month, I know you and the engineers will find the appropriate way to make it happen.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). keys to sales success (30). Leadership Training (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). motivating sales people (15). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). Sales Force (5).

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

If your team has a clearly defined sales process, you'll know what you're reps are getting into and how well they're doing — and you won't unexpectedly waste resources on reps who are figuring everything out as they go. Conduct active and effective sales coaching. Consider using a sales liaison.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 5, 2012

It is therefore unlikely that you can identify these sales reps by simply looking at summary sales figures. The best approach is to appoint your best sales managers to travel with sales people who you believe may fit the bill and have the managers identify selling ideas and practices that seem to be effective in the new environment.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 21, 2010

Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). keys to sales success (30). Leadership Training (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). motivating sales people (15). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). Sales Force (5).

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. I was curious to hear what he thinks. They took on and beat Google.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 24, 2011

Referral Selling Training Programs. They love referrals, and can’t figure out what sales training to implement. I will be your Outsourced Sales Manager and will work with you on the following: Create your company sales plan. Consult on specific sales techniques. Joanne Black’s Speaking Topics.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). keys to sales success (30). Leadership Training (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). motivating sales people (15). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). Sales Force (5).

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 21, 2022

They are omnichannel buyers, which Jennifer Stanley and her teammates explain so well in this article, The New B2B Growth Equation. . Martinez Jr, CEO, Founder, and Modern Sales Evangelist of Vengreso. Selling is not just for the sales team. As the CEO of Vengreso, I still have a huge role in sales.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 4, 2018

One of my clients wanted to increase sales, so they hired me to train and coach their sales team. When they didn’t hit their numbers, their sales manager yelled at them. When they hit their numbers, their sales manager yelled at them some more, telling them that they could do even better. Confidence.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. You cringe a little when, in a casual conversation, someone asks what you do and you respond that you’re “in sales.” phone sales tips. sales goals.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 2, 2010

Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). keys to sales success (30). Leadership Training (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). motivating sales people (15). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). Sales Force (5).

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InsightSquared

JULY 10, 2019

Step 1: Training and Resources: Initially, I completed trainings for each group of sales reps and sales managers. Within the same week, I also created InsightSquared tutorials encompassing 101 and 201 training videos for each group. Step 4: Executive Buy-in.

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Allego

JULY 18, 2018

In Part I of this series, we examined why traditional sales coaching often fails : because many managers struggle with it. This article focuses on why remote sales coaching systems are a better option for reps as well. Modern Sales Learning and Coaching Tools Are More Flexible. A ‘Virtual Coach’ for Sales Coaches.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 3, 2016

As Sales Leaders or as anyone, creating a positive life for yourself begins by focusing on others; in my keynote programs I describe how during my work on improving the professionalism of sales managers, we actually began to focus impacting their personal lives as well. Need more sales management resources?

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. When you take them to lunch, be sure to travel in the same car to give you that much more time to talk. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Ever heard of the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve ?

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 30, 2010

Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). keys to sales success (30). Leadership Training (2). managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). motivating sales people (15). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). Sales Force (5).

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Anne Miller

AUGUST 20, 2019

Potentially revolutionary, article in The Wall Street Journal today has a direct parallel to sales success. A new training program may require a change in work practices, time off from the job, new evaluation processes, etc. If they are not aboard, chances are there will be no sale and certainly no future sales.

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Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

As the Sales Training Connection readership grows, we decided to reprint some of our most popular posts. In this post we combined two posts: Dispatching Three Myths of Sales Coaching and Best Practices for addressing them. So, if sales coaching is to happen, this time issue must be wrestled to the ground.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Over at “eyes on sales” colleague Paul McCord, gives some real practical advise on how Sales Managers can still provide for their Team Members even, if in an attempt to lower cost of sales, their budgets have been cut to the bare minimum. Using this material in sales meetings seems just such an obvious option.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

We continue our sales enablement blog series to help clarify what sales enablement is and how businesses can effectively execute on their strategies. If you need a refresher, here’s everything you need to know about sales enablement. Training is always important, no matter how experienced the salesperson. Mobile access.

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