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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. Next Steps.

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Reduce the Risks of Hiring Sales Managers

SBI Growth

In the case of a sales manager, these include: pipeline management, negotiating and coaching. Building a new sales team is very different from managing an established team. Inside sales is different from field sales. The Function section lists specific sales management traits.

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Youth, Lead Quality, Social Selling, Inside Sales and Outbound Marketing

Pointclear

Dave, a former sales rep, sales manager, VP of sales, competitive sales strategist, consultant, and sales trainer, has worked in 26 countries—with companies from the Fortune 10 to start-ups. Chad Burmeister, ConnectandSell, Field Reps Should be Open to Moving Inside.

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Finding the Right Sales and Sales Management Candidates

Understanding the Sales Force

In the same period of time, there have been major shifts in the quality of sales candidates , in the roles those candidates will fill, and the capabilities we need those salespeople to possess. Seven years ago, a company may have wanted sales managers who were task masters, holding salespeople accountable to top of the funnel metrics.

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The New Competitive Advantage Is Elementary My Dear Watson

Increase Sales

With Sherlock Holmes making a revival, his infamous quote “that’s elementary, my dear Watson ” will once again be heard and it is very true about what is the new competitive advantage in today’s global, technology driven market place. Actually the new competitive advantage is really quite old. Credit www.sxc.hu.

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Inside Sales Power Tip 104 – Think Win-Win

Score More Sales

In a competitive society we are used to hearing about who WON, not what was accomplished in a manner that all parties won. Throughout a sales career, you may run into direct leadership (sales manager) who is not interested in a win for your customer, just a win for the company (“have you closed that deal YET?”).

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4 tips to grow and develop your inside sales team

Velocify

We’ve blogged recently about the importance of leveraging the skills of your inside sales team and playing to each reps strengths like a good coach. It’s also important for sales managers to work with each individual sales rep. Tip #3 – Some training should be optional for top performers.