Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Hello Steven Rosen here for my weekly sales management tip where each week I share one tip from my book 52 Sales Management Tips, The Sales Managers’ Success Guide. Take the time to live in the moment by listening more, read a book, read an article, keep learning.

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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. The next finding explains the previous finding.

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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 2.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Startups are super exciting but they can turn a “rockstar sales person” into a “loser”. Most startups make their first sales through the founders. In fact when you boil it down they make their first sales through social selling. This is often when the founders call in a “sales professional”. Startup sales reality.

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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. This is the toughest part of the sales team-building process.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 25, 2021

Who paved the way for women in sales? Yet, even with gender biases and cultural norms working against them, there were women trailblazers in every century, including women sales leaders. Blazing a Trail for Women in Sales. Most notable among early women sales leaders is Lucinda W. Picture yourself in 1900.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 23, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Earlier this week the world was once again focused on the city of Boston and the 118 th running of the Boston Marathon. An additional 20% of the sales population is good, but not great. If you forecast a sale, and it goes to a competitor, management says, “too bad.”

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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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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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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Sales Eagles Soar Turkeys to Get Consumed. If you are chasing your 2015 sales numbers, you need to return from this holiday weekend highly energetic, focused and ready to sprint to the finish line. When I was running a sales force , I was equally focused on finishing the year off and starting the next year even stronger.

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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. More than a quarter of the year already down. Where should you focus? How do you make your enablement more effective?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. The newly promoted manager repeats behavior that made him successful as a rep. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Download Your Free Copy of The 60 Second Sales Coach . Over 600 Coaching Questions and 40 Critical Conversations Managers Must Master to Develop Sales Champions and Coach More Customers to Succeed. This was my motivation to create this coaching playbook for you, and why I’ve decided to offer my book for free.

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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. This reading list will help you modernize your sales strategies and achieve your growth objectives.

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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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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. The thesis of The Challenger Sale is sound. Let’s face it.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2019

Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. The role of the frontline manager (FLM) is to recruit, develop, and retain top sales performers. By doing these basics well you will consistently crush your sales objectives. Your company has rolled out sales manager coaching training.

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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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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2021

Sales are Down. I always hated having to explain why sales are down. Sales executives and managers have no shortage of challenges. I faced challenges when sales were off. One year in February we were already behind budget in sales. Tip #12: Proactively Manage your Boss When Sales are Down.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. Decrease the cost of sales. None felt right.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 26, 2014

How would you like to be able to easily (almost effortlessly) track your ten hottest prospect and keep them moving toward a sale? It is not a Wish List, it’s not an “I’d love to have that business” list, it is made up of the Ten best prospects you’ve made presentations to and are working through the sales cycle. Well, you’re in luck!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. studying sales methodologies, you know that you are obsessed. Action – If you're sitting reactively doing email, if you're sitting period – you’re failing in sales. If hesitation, don't work there - that's an anti-sales culture.

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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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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. By Tibor Shanto.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 14, 2015

Great sales leaders must also be great managers. The problem was that sales management had their heads in the sand. So, they neglected the strategies, sales metrics , and processes that could have kept their businesses strong, or at least afloat, when the going got rough. Then the recession hit. We need both.

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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. . Both in equal doses!

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2025

In this blog post, Ill break down what gap selling is, why its the secret sauce for successful sales, and how you can use it to connect with prospects on a deeper level. Now, Keenan covers lots of gems in his book I cant share all of them, but I can highlight the ones that really matter, check out some of his must-know info below: 1.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOLD Sales Leaders will perform best in a rapidly changing environment. It is not the most competent or the smartest sales leader that will survive, but rather the sales leader that is BOLD and can adapt to change will thrive. I don’t care if you are the head of sales or a front-line sales manager.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sales is, in large part, the art of developing trust in a tight window — making credibility one of the most valuable assets you can have when engaging with prospects. With that said, cultivating and projecting credibility can be extremely tricky in a sales engagement. Deliver tailored insight and strategies.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 31, 2023

APR is a time-consuming process for the sales leadership team. To supercharge your leaders, sales executives can leverage the annual performance review to focus on and invest in creating robust leadership development plans. Creating Powerful Development Plans It’s the annual performance review (APR) time again.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The same principles hold true in B2B sales, but customers don’t instinctively get the message. 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.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2020

The use of Zoom and other face-to-face applications to carry out sales calls instead of doing them in person is the new normal. Encouraging the Team Through Changing Sales Climates. To me, the most important role of management is to motivate and remove obstacles for their sales teams. Shifting Messaging .

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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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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 31, 2017

How would you like to crush your sales numbers in 2018? Sales managers, sales executives, sales and marketing executives, this message is for you. Beginning of the year January 3 rd you roll out your plans and bring them to the sales force and you are “supposedly” ready to go. It doesn’t work that way.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2021

I believe there are two things that motivate most sales reps. 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. Sales Management Training.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Are you a good sales leader or a great sales leader? What makes a great sales leader? I have found that the two most important critical success factors to being a great sales leader are: Top sales leaders build winning teams by coaching , engaging and being a BOLD leader. What is stopping you from making the leap?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The account-based approach is an increasingly common undertaking by marketing and sales departments. But the biggest account-based killer is still at large: Lack of sustained focus from Sales. How can you challenge enthusiasm, channel energy, and constantly focus your sales team on the accounts that really matter?

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