Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 23, 2021

In this episode Mike Carroll discuss is the difference between being a sales manager and a sales coach. The post Mike Carroll: Sales Manager or Sales Coach appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Sales coaching is one of the many key responsibilities of a sales leader and is one of the most effective ways to increase sales performance across your team. In fact, 65% of high-impact sales organizations (75% or more of reps achieving quota) report that sales managers spend 20% or more time coaching.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

What is Sales Analytics Software? Sales analytics software tools typically leverage AI, automation, and advanced reporting to analyze B2B go-to-market data and sales activities. Heres how they add value: Sales Process Visibility: Monitor the performance of reps, teams, and processes with real-time data.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 22, 2018

These efforts frequently end up with disappointing results, however, because most companies neglect the most powerful lever in their arsenal: their frontline, field-level sales managers who directly coach, influence and guide sales reps on a daily basis. In this study, top managers brought in an average $3.5

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

In just the last 12 months, we launched ZoomInfo Engage to automate sales outreach. We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. The acquisition of Chorus will create new possibles for go-to-market teams everywhere. We acquired Clickagy and launched Streaming and Custom Intent.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Author: Lauren Boutwell As the field of sales enablement has evolved and matured, so, too, have its supporting technologies. Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. million words. Here’s How it Works. Assess messaging and skills.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. What does great front-line sales management actually look like?

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Steven Rosen

JULY 2, 2024

Sales managers are critical to team success but often need more effective coaching skills due to inadequate training. Steven Rosen underscores coaching as the weakest core sales management skill, urging prioritized training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 10, 2018

Author: Michelle Vazzana, CEO, Vantage Point Performance Frontline sales managers have a difficult job. In fact, we think they have the hardest job in any sales organization. Despite the varied and intense demands put on sales managers, they are given relatively little guidance or training on how to actually do their job.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

the largest group of respondents were individual contributors at 25% followed by frontline sales managers at 19%. That’s 44% of the respondents who typically don’t see things the same way as the C Suite (6%) or Senior Sales Leadership (2%). Responsibility is 1 of the 21 Sales Core Competencies that OMG measures.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2023

Coaching for Performance: A Guide to Unlocking Full Potential Review season is upon us. As a sales manager, you’re prepped to provide constructive feedback to your sales reps. Coaching for performance is about more than praising achievements. As a sales manager, it’s crucial to step in.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 2, 2021

Peak performance is a sales team that can efficiently manage the execution of sales plans while effectively developing and encouraging their salespeople to operate at peak levels. Sales leaders believe it is their job to develop their sales managers. Marketing Executive Gets It. Find Out More.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

VP’s of Sales and Marketing and Business Unit Heads can relate to this. They are the people in commercial organizations responsible for both strategy development and sales execution. You and your marketing team have worked relentlessly over the past two months. Do you have a formal strategy execution process in place?

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Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

That’s what traditional sales role-playing feels like: forced, vague, and anxiety-inducing. Sales managers know role-play is essential to improve sales performance , yet the old methods make it difficult to coach effectively and drive improvement. It then delivers real-time sales coaching.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 24, 2017

January is a crazy month, with national sales meetings, new comp plans, new marketing programs and the annual performance review process. Developing your salespeople to be better is the role of the sales manager. The most effective way to do so is to coach them. Great coaching begins with a plan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and

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Highspot

JANUARY 30, 2025

Only 22% of teams use analytics to measure training effectiveness Source: State of Sales Enablement 2024 Traditional training methods , often focused on broad knowledge acquisition, are being replaced with more targeted, competency-based models that directly align with real-world performance metrics. What is Skill-Based Coaching?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 24, 2018

In my case it was a sales manager who would use the phrase, ‘Attention to Detail’ quite regularly. Here are a few examples that have come up in my discussions and/or coaching that might give you some food for thought: Funnily enough, writing this article transported me back in time to when my husband and I were renovating an old house.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Today more than ever sales managers encounter both unique challenges and remarkable opportunities. As technology continues to reshape the sales landscape, to learn how to be a good sales manager, one must adapt to new demands and expectations.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2021

These are questions that senior management needs to carefully consider before sending their reps into the field. As the VP of Sales and Marketing, you will be tasked with ensuring that your team is ready and able to significantly impact sales. ” Flawless Sales Execution Step 1: Begins with a Plan.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

Coaching salespeople is not a new idea. It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. This is the time-tested practice of sales coaching.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 4, 2018

The other options are: A combination of 1) proactive networking and 2) hiring an executive coach to help you develop. Sales executives do not have the opportunity that CEOs have with many networking available to CEOs like Vistage or YPO. Your marketing associates or executives also have opportunities with many associations.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Modern revenue leaders understand that sales coaching is key to sales success. Sales coaching can help every team member achieve their full potential when done well. In fact, recent research found that nearly all (91%) of sales managers feel coaching positively impacts team performance.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Revenue teams will get the insights they need for strategic onboarding and coaching opportunities. Fast-Track Sales Enablement. Simplify coaching. Sales teams.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Here are a few guidelines for organizations to boost the effectiveness of their sales training: Create a Culture of Training and Coaching Establishing a culture of training and coaching is one of the most significant things a company can do to achieve success. Its the same for your sales team.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

Failure to improve, or implement coaching. By “bias” I am referring to a sales manager’s tendency to overlook or minimize the indications that the person is a bad fit, because we often don’t want to admit we made a hiring mistake. Target marketing dollars in their territory to generate more leads and give them a boost.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 16, 2025

In a recent episode of the expert interview series hosted by John Golden and guest Walter Crosby , a seasoned sales coach and founder of Helix Sales Development, delved into the intricate challenges of hiring, finding, and retaining top sales talent.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 12, 2025

In a recent expert interview, John Golden talked with Chris Jennings , a sales leadership expert with more than 25 years of sales and leadership experience. They discussed new sales training methods, the importance of authenticity in sales, and the changing role of sales managers.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 3, 2018

If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. Number one, your marketing team is ready to go, they have their strategies, their plans in place and their budgets. Thereby creating a sales culture of distrust and a lack of motivation ensues.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

One of the most important aspects of any sales enablement strategy is alignment to the customer journey. What this means is that sales, marketing, and service processes need to be based on the needs, wants, and expectations of customers. Streamlining the sales process. Create relevant sales content. Two things.

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Allego

MARCH 7, 2024

Modern sales coaching has evolved beyond traditional methods, integrating technology and data analytics to provide personalized guidance and feedback to sales teams. Investing in modern sales coaching is crucial for creating a high-performing sales team that can quickly adapt, achieve peak performance, and smash sales targets.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this article, Jenn Steele discusses the vital role of customer feedback in refining marketing and sales strategies. She stresses listening to customer insights to tailor messaging and optimize sales tactics effectively. Key Takeaways: Collaboration between sales and marketing is essential for business success.

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Allego

JANUARY 9, 2025

A robust certification process empowers reps to embrace new technologies, connect with informed buyers, and exceed expectations in a competitive market. In this high-stakes environment, companies that prioritize sales certifications gain more than an edgethey set the standard. It prepares sales representatives to excel.

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