Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 7, 2018

Author: Gregg Schwartz Many people think sales management is complicated and mysterious, that there's some unknowable process to becoming a great sales manager, or that great sales managers are born, not made. Here are five choices that great sales managers make – and you can make these same choices too: 1.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

It’s not easy these days managing a sales team. There’s the external pressures of competition, legislation changes, the economy, client expectations, product development and the like, along with the internal concerns of salesperson morale, budgets, target-setting, product quality and many other things that can affect performance.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2018

Author: Kevin McGirl Sales managers have a tough job. A good sales manager needs to stay on top of their game at all times, and ensure that their team is focused, efficient and most importantly, profitable. There are many moving parts in the sales process, and it’s not easy staying on top of them all.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 19, 2020

At some point, I hear from practically every person I’ve ever worked with about the competition in their market. Companies spend so much time trying to outsell, outwit and out price their competition without realizing who their greatest competitor truly is. You have no external competition. Consider this.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

5 Sales Manager Coaching Blunders. Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to coach effectively. Do You Want To Increase Sales Performance? ” As a sales manager , you probably were a top sales rep.

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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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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Someone in line for this position already possesses effective sales strategies. Asks questions.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Highlight some element of your product or service that the competition’s product lacks. Point out that your offering, though superficially similar to the competition’s, is actually better made and/or more durable. Make your product easier to purchase and support as compared to the competitive alternatives.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

He shares insights on managing high-performing sales reps, emphasizing the need to understand their drivers and view their challenges as positive. Managing high-performing sales reps requires understanding and appreciating their drivers and demands rather than being threatened by their assertiveness.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Can sales managers influence the buying process? You can’t manage revenue. If sales close, you win. Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

Despite good interviewing skills, many sales managers are guilty of making the following hiring mistakes: Hiring people they like. Do your sales managers have the tools and processes to systematically identify top sales performers from those who are pretenders? Settling for mediocrity to fill the vacancy.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Hiring the right salespeople has always been problematic for most companies but with the shortage of quality sales candidates, it's more difficult than ever. The pressure to fill a role often causes sales management to hire the best of the pool of candidates instead of the right candidate. What's the difference you ask?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Brandon Nye , Vice President of Sales for Inmode, shares the key qualities to look for when hiring salespeople, including a proven track record in B2B sales and a competitive mindset.

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SalesFuel

MAY 6, 2024

Developing Human Capital Delivers A Competitive Edge To Your Team The booming AI field will transform work in a number of professions. SalesFuel - Sales Credibility | Sales Research | Sales Hiring | Sales Management | Sales Enablement The effort will yield outstanding ROI and lead to higher revenue.

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Allego

JULY 26, 2022

It allows you to provide organizational knowledge, learning, coaching, and content to the field to gain—and keep—a competitive advantage in a buyer’s world. 6 Ways a Modern Learning Platform Gives Sales a Competitive Edge. Just-in-Time Learning.

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SBI Growth

MAY 17, 2021

Most agree it’s important, some understand why, but very few sales leaders use it as a competitive differentiator. There are many factors that drive high-performance in a sales organization: talent development, enablement, and incentives, to. Culture—the ultimate 21st-century corporate buzzword.

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Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 24, 2018

In my case it was a sales manager who would use the phrase, ‘Attention to Detail’ quite regularly. And today, in this competitive arena we play in, every little nuance, every tiny detail and distinction, every minute shift in shade, tone and gradation leads us closer to our goal, or further from our goal.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 1, 2024

These discussions, whether addressing underperformance, behavioural issues, or compensation adjustments, are crucial for maintaining a healthy sales environment and driving performance. A Look at the Stats Recent surveys and studies have revealed an uncomfortable truth: many sales managers regularly sidestep difficult conversations.

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2021

As a person obsessed with prospecting, I am always on the look out for things that will give me and you a competitive advantage. And this Thursday is your chance to find out, when Wendy demonstrates the system, specifically for business owners, sales managers and sales leaders that manage salespeople.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Only one kind of lead that sales managers should care about. Get the inside track on your prospects and ace out your competition. Convert prospects into clients at least 50 percent of the time (usually more than 70 percent, according to most sales pros I talk to). And that’s referral leads.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 27, 2023

Sales management is an art that requires a delicate balance between the present and the future. This means managing your current deals while also prospecting for new ones. In this highly competitive market, mastering this art is essential for any business that wants to stay ahead of the curve.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In these conversations, sales managers and sellers have a unique chance to learn about potential clients, understand their challenges, and present solutions tailored to their needs. For sales managers, it provides insights into sharpening your skills in this area.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Here are a few reasons: Your potential customer is incredibly busy and distracted — there is such an overload of information out there that their brains automatically filter out any kind of sales pitch (unless they are actively shopping for your solution). Now, let me give you a sales prospecting tip about your competition.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

Chorus is also the technology leader in the category, with seven times more patents than the nearest competition. So much of what a seller does happens digitally now, but getting visibility into that activity has been incredibly cumbersome for sales managers. Coaching and Training Superpowers. Conclusion.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Moses returned to God and spoke of this obstacle, or in sales terms, objection: There was internal competition! In sales we would call this post-call debriefing and we would role-play what the next conversation should sound like. Statistics from Objective Management Group’s nearly 2.5

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 2, 2021

A sales environment is heavily focused on the achievement of goals, quotas and targets. Staff are motivated and ambitious, and competition between sales agents or teams is often encouraged. It’s therefore no surprise that effective performance management is fundamental to a sales manager’s success.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 4, 2021

By moving greater decision-making into the regions and territories, the ability of sales managers and sales reps to make strategic business decisions becomes even more important. With fewer reps calling on physicians, the allocation of sales calls and marketing resources must be rationalized. The survey says….

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Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2019

In fact, for the last few decades, only about 50% of sales reps have achieved quota ( source ). For many sales managers, the solution to this issue lies within artificial intelligence—or AI. B2B Artificial Intelligence as Your Competitive Advantage. However, artificial intelligence presents its own set of challenges.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. I asked salespeople and sales leaders I knew if they liked to get referral introductions. I asked salespeople and sales leaders I knew if they liked to get referral introductions. Outwit the competition.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Attempts to get sales enablement right are on the rise , as organizations grapple with the idea that shorter product life cycles, a more informed customer base, and global competition make the way they sell just as important as what they are selling. Training, training, training.

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Working in a highly competitive, smash your numbers, ‘get the deal at any cost, KPI driven’ sales environment and not being driven by money made me feel there was something amiss with my motivation levels because I didn’t seem to think the same way as my colleagues – or so I thought! The sales managers were smart.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Though points are slightly less precise than cash, they are actually more effective as long as the comp plan is competitive. Good incentives with reasonably precise rules and rewards allow sales managers to send positive signals about the company’s priorities and transparency. Reps Benefit From Incentives.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Before long, nobody will listen and worse, sales management won’t be inclined to provide feedback. That’s what salespeople and their sales managers should be doing – considering every variable. Who is the competition? When will they…? How do we compare? How will you…? What if…?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Those of us within the profession know that what you say to a prospect is not the secret to winning in sales. Many people within the profession think the number one sales success factor is listening. I constantly hear sales managers preaching the importance of “listening skills” to their salespeople.

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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. In this Executive Briefing, executing with excellence , I am going to share three steps to doing so. How do you do that? . 3 Steps to Executing with Excellence.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Most companies don’t have sales leadership programs for their most senior sales managers. Through one-on-one coaching, group discussions involving the sharing of challenges and learnings, I believe that sales executives will emerge as the winners in this very competitive and difficult economy.

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