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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

This post is for those who are recruiting and hiring sales leaders. It provides an overview of how to conduct a competency assessment specifically for Sales. It includes a 2-part downloadable tool for scenario-based interviews. In the case of a sales manager, these include: pipeline management, negotiating and coaching.

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Inside Sales: Listen Up!

No More Cold Calling

What salespeople—and sales managers— need to understand is that calls are either hot or cold. Inside Sales Meets No More Cold Calling: An eBook I was thrilled when Ken Krogue, founder of InsideSales.com , invited me to present with him at Dreamforce 2014. Avoid common mistakes sales teams make.

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Stop Blaming Your Managers For Missing the Number

SBI Growth

I asked the Sales Manager. The Sales Manager outlined the structure he used in each one on one meeting. As the VP of Sales, you are responsible for ensuring your lieutenants mentor and evolve their people. No less than 60% of your time should be spent coaching your managers. The same goes for your managers.

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The Key to Terminating Sales Operations Stress

SBI Growth

My VP of Sales wants me to research trends in inside sales and conduct account segmentation. The sales managers are yelling for updated dashboards and territories. Oh, and Marketing wants to discuss sales enablement improvements. Download this tool here and you can follow along with in the next section.

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13 Signs Your Sales Turnover May Get Worse

SBI Growth

She does great work in recruiting and hiring of Sales Reps. She even ensures Sales Managers are getting the new hires onboarded effectively. Any virtual benches that the Sales Managers had have long ago been used up. Or, Sales Managers are too busy onboarding new hires to build the bench.

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The inside sales calculator you can’t live without

Velocify

Leads360’s new calculator provides a lead assignment recommendation per sales rep, per day in order to boost revenue and profits. Though inside sales is undeniably becoming more and more complex, at the end of the day, it is really a numbers game. Commission/Sale. Overhead Sales Costs. Cost per Lead.