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Are Sales and Sales Management Candidates Getting Worse?

Understanding the Sales Force

With all that, shouldn''t the quality of sales, sales management and sales leadership candidates be on the rise? The darker dotted line is the trend for the percentage of sales management candidates that were recommended by Objective Management Group for the same time period. Yes, it should.

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After Inbound 14 - Anatomy of a Hybrid Sales & Marketing Role

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Last week, when speaking on the Inbound Stage at Inbound14, my topic was Hiring for the Inbound Sales Role. I asked the question, "Is this a sales or a marketing role?". That''s easy, with no leads, there is no inbound salesperson.

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What Does it Take to Become a Sales Manager?

Understanding the Sales Force

They were discussing the very recent resignations of 3 coaches from this year''s Patriots team and the co-hosts asked, "Would you like to coach?". On the other hand, Fouria said that he would love to coach, but. 3 Steps Backwards - Former players have to start all over again as coaches. Would they do it then?

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Sales Success is Like Making Great Tasting Soup

Understanding the Sales Force

While that''s the case with technology, it doesn''t vary too much from that in non technology sales where most people believe that sales success boils down to one of two things; either a critical mass of meetings, or a proposal or quote. Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction'

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“I Don’t Have The Time To Coach!!”

Partners in Excellence

I spend a lot of time with sales managers, at all levels. Too often, I hear the lament, “I don’t have the time to coach!” Endless forecast and pipeline discussions–usually between managers and not with people. And they have less time to coach. And they don’t know how to coach.

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A Simple Sales Management Strategy For Banks

Increase Sales

And yet, management seems oblivious to this simple sales strategy for business growth especially within the market of small business. Before I bluntly share that sales management strategy, let me provide a real world example with names removed to protect the guilty. Sales Coaching Tip: 97.7%

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Tell Marketing They Can Keep Their Leads

No More Cold Calling

Note that, on average, sales reps only qualify about one third of the leads they are provided—so close rates measured against delivered leads are often less than 10 percent in average companies. Enhancing lead generation is a top priority for any sales organization. Sales execs recognize that coaching contributes to performance.