Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Rather than be so presumptuous as to paraphrase the great Napoleon Hill, I am going to give you the EXACT words of the master. Here are some excerpts (and insights) on persistence quoted exactly as they were written seven decades ago that are still applicable to your sales process today. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The more you can know about the customer’s timeline, the better. Conversely, the less the customer knows about yours, the better off you will be. Don’t start any negotiation until you know exactly what it is the customer wants. customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales tips.

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Negotiation Motivation Strategy Ideal Customer Profile 200

Pipeliner

MARCH 1, 2018

The Job of a Sales Manager: What It Is and What It Is Not. This is an article for people who hire sales managers. It’s an article about the pure role of sales manager – a person who does not handle accounts personally but does supervise direct reports (called salespeople) whose primary function is to sell.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Year-End Sales Blitz! What Sales Needs to Do TODAY! Here is what I suggest: Current Customers: Call EVERY customer you have and EVERY contact you have within a customer. customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager. sales motivation. sales success.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Negotiation Referrals 172

Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 15, 2011

And this is the exact reason why I’m changing careers. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management. Sales Videos. I can’t tell you how many people I see doing it wrong, when they do it at all. Great post, Thank you. Pat Ferdinandi says: March 17, 2011 at 1:07 pm. Social Media is very important. Select Category.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Know exactly what it is the customer wants and/or needs. If you don’t know what the customer is looking for, you have no reason to even think about negotiating. customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager. sales motivation. sales negotiation. sales tips.

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Negotiation Motivation Strategy Ideal Customer Profile 177

LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2019

This is an important step to remember because even if a company’s main platform or service doesn’t offer something, they may have an integration or add-on that does what you’re looking for. Consider customer service. And, some data providers don’t offer anything when it comes to bad data. Request and compare data samples.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Let’s get this straight — the sales industry is about helping people. customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager. sales motivation. sales negotiation. sales success. sales tips. sales training. sales training tip. cold calling.

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Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Facebook Hiring 190

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The exact time you set aside for making cold calls is going to vary based on who you’re calling, where you’re calling and where you’re calling from. For many B2B industries, cold-calling on Mondays or Fridays is not feasible. customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

I spend a lot of time talking about sales managers, executives, and sales people. Often it’s on how we maximize our impact in connecting with customers, or maximizing performance –organizationally or individually. I wish I were smart enough to have these insights on my own.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

I’ve always been a firm believer in sales momentum. customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager. sales motivation. sales negotiation. sales success. sales tips. sales training. sales training tip. the sales hunter. time management.

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Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Hiring 178

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The key to success for these businesses has been their ability to create and manage effective systems to accomplish their goals. Sales and marketing can be treated in exactly the same way. The process of acquiring customers and then expanding the business with them can be systematized. customer service.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 17, 2011

customer service. phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager. sales motivation. sales negotiation. sales success. sales tips. sales training. sales training tip. the sales hunter. time management. cold calling. discounting. high profit selling.

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Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Negotiation 163

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 31, 2012

The best way to do this is by developing a very tight profile of who your existing customers are and then capitalizing on finding others that match that exact same profile. Yes, this means asking your current customers for referrals, but it means going way beyond that. customer service. phone sales tips.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Hiring Negotiation 180

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sales managers are responsible for growing revenue. That means 1) providing sales reps with the guidance they need to continuously improve, 2) building a sales process that gives reps the best chance at closing each lead, and 3) understanding which efforts are moving the needle and which are a waste of energy.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. One of the most common questions I get from sales managers is, “How can I make some small changes that will allow my sales team to sell significantly more?”. Scalable offering.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2021

Generally speaking, a territory sales manager is expected to at least have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Marketing, or another related field. What does a territory sales manager do? Territory sales managers are often tasked with people management.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

According to Brian Halligan , LegalSpot was going to be "a suite of applications that helped you manage your law firm." He and Dharmesh Shah then "tinkered" with their business model until they transformed it into the universal Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service Hub it is today. The moral of the story?

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 5, 2024

Remember, your client shouldn’t follow the herd, they should go where their potential customers want to be interacted with. Photo by: Nicholas Green SalesFuel - Sales Credibility | Sales Research | Sales Hiring | Sales Management | Sales Enablement

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 27, 2024

Co-worker Support When a manager acknowledges an employee’s expertise enough times, the rest of the team notices. Other team members excel at wording customer service emails in just the right way. Managers who encourage this kind of teamwork will also reduce employee turnover. Photo by Alexander Suhorucov on Pexels.

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SalesLatitude

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Many of the same things I coach around big, complex B2B sales are very similar to what companies are teaching their teams when it comes to B2C sales and customer service. But I thought it was amazing that they were so customer centric. So, what does this have to do with complex B2B sales?

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Bernadette McClelland

AUGUST 17, 2016

You can try it too… Consider how you can use the following model to help you show up as being someone who is more than sales and someone who can make a real, commercial and social difference… ' Here's how I did it: '. Management? Is it customer service? My ’tilt’ shifts the B2B sales conversation.

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Lead Rank SME Conference B2B 150

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

You'll have to gain customer's trust, understand their industry, and help them achieve their goals. As the internal go-to, you'll have direct access to customers and work to maintain those relationships over time. Sales Manager Careers. Regional Sales Manager. VP of Sales. Account Executive (AE).

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 9, 2011

Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12). sales development (55). sales excuses (15). Sales Force (5). sales goals (29). sales improvement (22). Sales Jobs (5). sales leadership development (4). sales management (49). sales people (8).

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Hiring Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 133

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As a small business owner, you toggle between marketing, sales, operations, and customer service daily — and sometimes within the same hour. To serve your customers without dropping the ball, you need a tool to help you track and manage all of your relationships.

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Small Business Small Business Software Software 122

Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2023

Why is it important in sales management? CRM Functions to Speed Up the Sales Process 5. Footnotes In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective sales management involves more than just charm and persuasion. Why is it important in sales management? What is a CRM? Functionalities of CRM 4.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

That’s the exact question we set out to discover. The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity. Often, sales reps who fail to hit the phones hard, wonder how they missed their quota. This is something that sales managers have dealt with time and again. Key Takeaways about Sales Productivity.

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B2B Face-to-face Sales Education 176

Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Andy has put together 40 chapters of concise, practical and most important the right information that when implemented can drive your sales to the next level. He has broken his 40 chapters into eight (8) parts that range from; Simplifying your sales. Selling through customer service. Accelerating responsiveness.

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Engage Selling

APRIL 2, 2012

Countless commission structures fail despite the best intentions of sales leaders. More fail when sales managers don’t explain their plans properly. The result: everyone comes up with their own interpretation of the rules, and forms a unique opinion of which customers and commissions they share.

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Compensation Commission Territories Guidelines 79

Pipeliner

JANUARY 26, 2020

Anthropology, to be exact). Working in this domain is coming up with answers to the question: How well aligned is everyone in your organization to customer-perceived value? Customer service may be brought into the “team” as well, giving their input. At a minimum, sales, marketing & customer service are engaged.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 85

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2018

By definition, teams have middle performers and, depending upon how forgiving management is, even low performers. We asked veteran B2B sales managers, consultants and coaches how best to build and sustain a high-performing sales team with a clear understanding that a company’s success relies on a lot more than it sales personnel.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Incentives 149

Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

Tracking those numbers in a dashboard saves managers hours of valuable time and keeps the numbers accessible, so they know exactly who needs what kind of coaching at any given time. Let’s break down how that might look in a sales manager dashboard. Metrics to measure in a sales manager dashboard. New accounts.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 10, 2020

Welcome to the 2020 sales process where every single customer or sales initiated action is examined, scrutinized and obsessed over by sales people, sales managers, sales operation people and senior management. Opportunity stage.

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Pipeline Lead Rank B2B Marketing Qualified Lead 134

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Plus, insights from sales experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about using AI in sales ethically. Shep Hyken, Customer Service Expert, believes AI and ChatGPT will improve customer service. So we take steps to avoid it by ensuring our sales data is strong and balanced,” Underwood says.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 28, 2021

Sales forecasting methodologies. Traditionally, sales forecasting has been done through the Intuitive Forecasting method. Which works exactly like it sounds: sales managers ask their reps about their gut feeling on the likelihood of a deal closing. Salesforce is a giant in the sales management world.

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Sales Forecasts Forecasting Tools Oracle 122

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 10, 2020

Why is your product the best option for the customer? Ultimately your job is to help your customers solve a problem by implementing your product, and the ability to do so relies heavily on your knowledge and understanding of what you’re selling. Customer Service. Sales Leadership Competencies. Change Management.

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Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Gatekeeper Negotiation 143