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Hiring a Sales Manager - External or Internal?

SBI Growth

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Channel Sales: Crafting an Effective Channel Sales Strategy for Business Success

Cincom Smart Selling

That is where channel sales or indirect sales comes into the picture. What is a channel sales? A channel sales strategy allows sales teams to leverage third parties to sell products and services. What is Channel Sales? Let us answer the question What is channel sales?

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Mastering the Art of Hiring and Retaining Top Sales Talent (video)

Pipeliner

The Unique Nature of Sales Hiring Understanding the Distinctiveness of Sales Roles Walter Crosby emphasizes that sales roles are fundamentally different from other positions within an organization. Despite this, many companies continue to use the same hiring processes for sales positions as they do for other roles.

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How to Scare Your Top Sales Reps

SBI Growth

Top reps may start to put out feelers for a new position. Uses fancy phrases like “an initiative that implements world-class capabilities to keep our market-leading presence in an enviable position”. Enlist the Managers - Bring the front line sales managers into the project early. Ineffective Change Communications.

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How to Make the Number with Less People

SBI Growth

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. Establish a fun atmosphere with good feedback channels. Make the sales job fun.

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5 Steps for HR to Develop 2013 Sales Leaders

SBI Growth

If your company uses channel partners, Channel Management is a needed skill. For complex sales, you’ll want Sales leaders to understand solution development. Here are a few other newer skills a Sales leader will need to have: Mastering Buyer Personas and Journeys.

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Sales Management Book of the Month

Steven Rosen

Slammed: For the First Time Sales Manager. For first time sales managers ” by my friend and sales management guru Ken Thoreson. This is his 4 fourth in a series of books written under the banner “Your Sales Management Guru’s Guide To:”. I wanted to share a new eBook “ SLAMMED!!