Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 16, 2025

Senior Sales Leadership must be visible and participate in all sales training to show that the training, and more importantly, application and execution of the training, is not optional. Sales Managers must be trained to properly and consistently coach their salespeople to the content of the training.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 27, 2024

This month, in celebration of 28 years of referral selling, both my books are on Kindle for $1.99 So, this book discusses how and when to rely on technology, and when to step away from the computer and make a human connection. My Kindle books are here and are available in countries around the world. each until July 4, 2024.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 29, 2025

Theres a new breed of sales managers who are succeeding by serving their sales people. They are putting their sales people first and, in turn, their sales people are taking care of their customers resulting in long term, successful sales. The result is better sales for the whole team.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 6, 2023

I read at least one book a month and this past year so many important books on selling were published. As Anthony Iannarino points out, it’s time to unlearn much of the sales methodology that worked 10 years ago. Love Your Team, A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World by Helen Fanucci.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This was my motivation to create this coaching playbook for you, and why I’ve decided to offer my book for free. This will make every conversation a productive, coaching conversation and enable you to develop a team of sales champions. With compassion and gratitude, Keith The post New Book!

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I read the majority of the reports, studies, white papers, and books related to sales development because others in the field might stumble onto a trend, an insight or a statistic of which I was not aware. That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey.

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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. I read that book in 2008 and it rocked my world. Now he’s got a new book focused on sales , The New Rules of Sales and Service. Some of these points may seriously imact your sales career.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 17, 2021

These books can help sales managers and reps build their skills without having to schedule another meeting on their calendar. The post Eight Sales Books to Kick Off a Year of Growth in 2022 appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2019

Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. Sales coaching is a very difficult skill that very few sales managers master. Your company has rolled out sales manager coaching training. Possible Solutions: Any coaching training must include the second line sales managers.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. I asked salespeople and sales leaders I knew if they liked to get referral introductions. By 2002-2003, people were continually asking if I had a book. He accepted my book, and I got an advance.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2023

CEOs, Sales Leaders, Sales Managers and HR Directors are under water when it comes to sales selection. After reading Malcom Gladwell's book, Talking to Strangers , I can finally explain why the success rate is so low. They get it right about 50% of the time and that includes salespeople who stay but underperform.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

For those of us on the sales side you will know 3-4 weeks can go by in the blink of an eye. 3-4 weeks go by while you’re still learning your product and your market never mind filling your sales pipeline. For tips on ramping up your sales knowledge as fast as you can grab Jill Konrath’s new book, Agile Selling.

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SBI Growth

MAY 9, 2014

Q1 is in the books and Q2 is halfway done. Summer’s upon us and you may have a mid-year sales training event coming up. Sales manager coaching is a good place to start. Sales Operations Strategy sales coaching Sales Enablement Director of Sales Enablement' Where does the time go?

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RAIN Group

AUGUST 13, 2021

Frank Cespedes, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, discusses his latest book, Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World that Never Stops Changing (Harvard Business Press, 2021) in this Q&A with RAIN Group.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 25, 2021

She took it upon herself to create this resource for women in sales, and she continued to let us know about the huge number of people who downloaded the book and whose sales lives we impacted. This was a small group of sales professionals from many aspects of sales. Download the eBook now to find out what I mean.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

As a result, they now dominate the book distribution business. Example: When CPA firms (like Arthur Andersen) launch consulting practices, companies that hire the CPA firm to audit their books often hire consultants from the same firm. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople'

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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. He helps the new reps ramp up quickly.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 31, 2023

Developing strong development plans for your frontline sales managers will set an example for your sales managers to do the same with their salespeople. Based on my experience, you can provide your sales managers with workshops, online training, and leadership books.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

I would get my sales team to begin building plans for a strong start in the upcoming year at this time of year. Far too many companies will spend the first quarter answering questions to senior management as to why sales aren’t coming in rather than focusing on executing their business plans.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2021

Sales executives and managers who are looking for more management tips to take their game to the next level look for my book 52 Sales Management Tips: available at all online book stores. The post Sales are Down… What is the Boss Going to Say? CLICK BELOW TO GET YOUR FREE EBOOK.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you want to differentiate yourself as a manager, handwriting personalized recognition cards are very motivating. If you want to be a STAR sales manager, make sure you have various motivational cards at your disposal. I used to book one hour every month to write recognition notes. Sales Management Training.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If your goal is to work with each of your reps two times per quarter, the best way to achieve this is to book all your field time in your calendar for the next 3 months. Your role is to lead and manage the business. Too much time spent managing data and calling reps out on little things leads to micromanagement.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 10, 2019

For example, updating my No More Cold Calling book has been on my list for awhile, but I knew I couldn’t take on such a huge project for the foreseeable future. In the last week, I met two independent publishers who focus on small books (130 pages or less). I originally questioned small books—Do they look professional?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

There has been no shortage of new sales related books during COVID, the usual mixed bag, with scale. But one stands out, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement , by Mike Kunkle. Not only because of the author, Mr. Kunkle and the subject, sales enablement, but because way Mike approaches the subject. A Managed Process.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

As I reflected on my career in sales and sales management, I realized my best business had come from referrals. I did my “feet on the street” research and interviewed sales leaders and salespeople. Soon, people began asking if I had a book. The book was published in 2006, and it’s selling even better today.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

It’s been two years since The Challenger Sale was published. The book''s premise is simple: the most successful reps are not relationship builders, but “Challengers”. Since this publishing, many B2B sales organizations have embraced this methodology. Sales VPs think my guys have become comfortable with “How ya doin?”

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SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2013

There are 10 best practices Sales VPs have taken to ensure this doesn’t happen. Below are five of the 10: Sales Manager/VP field sales rides : Participating with your sales reps on more field calls leads to increased revenue. Virtual Bench Interviewing : When hiring freezes are lifted, a Sales VP must move fast.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 29, 2014

To find out more about Nancy, visit www.salesproinsider.com , or learn more about how to make your conversations count with her book, Conversations That Sell. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' Comment Here. When have unclear expectations caused trouble with one of your clients?

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2019

So, as a sales manager, you need to guide your top salespeople in choosing new skills to learn and next-step goals to accomplish. As the sales manager, it’s your job to keep your top salespeople motivated. That’s the best way to lead your sales team to greatness! the list goes on. What’s the worst that can happen?

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In his book, The Start-Up of You , LinkedIn’s executive chairman and cofounder Reid Hoffman says the best way to strengthen a relationship is to ask how you can help another person. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' Find out what’s going on with them. Ask how you can help. Share your insights.

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Bernadette McClelland

OCTOBER 3, 2019

For Salespeople, that behaviour is Responsibility , and to complete the equation, for the Sales Manager it is Accountability. In other words, 94% of elite salespeople don’t make any excuses or blame, compared to those 20% who, perhaps, shouldn’t be in sales. . Book your Conference or Sales Kick Off Meeting today!

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The Pipeline

JUNE 26, 2014

The key is to understand each of these ten is at a different stage of the sales process and they have to be handled as such. Your Top Ten List is a perfect tool for sales managers to use to work with their team and is the single most important piece of data you own. However, each should be moving forward. About Butch Bellah.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

We probably still think like our caveman ancestors,” writes physicist Michio Kaku, author of a popular new book, The Future of the Mind. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' “Our wants, dreams, personalities, and desires have probably not changed much in 100,000 years.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 11, 2017

He is recognized as a Sales Leadership thought leader and is considered one of the Top 50 Sales Influencers 2015. His Blog – The Sales Management Blog and his book 52 Sales Management Tips – The Sales Managers Success Guide have respectively been recognized in the Top 50 Sales Blogs 2016 and Top 50 Sales Books 2016.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And this was fifteen years before I wrote the best-selling book Baseline Selling ! I brought up the Fantasy Camp experience because it's not all that different from what participants experience when they attend my Sales Leadership Intensive (SLI).

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. Tony Hughes is a bestselling author, award-winning blogger and the most read LinkedIn author globally on the topic of B2B sales leadership. Tony’s most recent book is “Combo Prospecting.” How do you get your MOJO back day in day out?

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2025

As a sales rep, you can read all the sales books and blogs, watch all the instructional videos, and become something of a minor theoretical knowledge expert. And while this is both valuable and helpful, what will likely make the biggest impact in your sales career is receiving expert sales coaching.

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