Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

HBR quotes a survey where more than 400 global CEO’s found that business execution excellence was the number one challenge facing corporate leaders. Before we get into the reasons why companies fail to execute, let’s agree that most companies fail to execute and that execution is a highly critical issue that companies face.

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Face-to-face Survey Sports Follow-up 326

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

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. Many companies lack easy access to valuable insights that inform sales conversations in real time. Fast-Track Sales Enablement. Reduce onboarding ramp time. Simplify coaching.

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Face-to-face Intent Data GoldMine Lead Rank 264

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 27, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 3 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. Hire the right sales managers. This doesn’t happen by accident.

Sales Management 166

Sales Management Hiring Compensation Incentive 166

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 16, 2014

And technology will eliminate the time-consuming, face-to-face aspect of communication. Because the more things change, the more they stay the same—in sales and in life. Old but Not Irrelevant People have always been fascinated with—and even enthralled by—technology. But we’ve never been surrounded by so much of it.

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Face-to-face Transportation Cold Calling Social Media 291

SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2014

As a sales manager, your team looks to you for coaching and strategic help. Let’s face it. Meeting with marketing to coordinate account-specific marketing activities. They look for advice on how to diagnose an opportunity and close more business. I am referring to the art of deal strategy. User Buyer. Influencer.

Strategy 303

Strategy Decision Maker Face-to-face Influencer 303

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.

Sales Management 57

Sales Management Forecasting Face-to-face How To 57

Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

Key Takeaways Traditional sales role play often feels forced and anxiety-inducing, limiting a reps ability to build genuine sales confidence. AI-driven simulations provide judgment-free, personalized feedback, helping managers improve skills without peer scrutiny.

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Training Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 52

Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I interviewed sales manager, sales person, sales trainer and all around smart guy Jorge Soto. I asked Jorge about how he uses Sales 2.0 You are running a sales/biz dev effort now. We are going to continue to use Linkedin and Twitter for outreach and experiment with some inbound marketing tactics.

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Hiring Jigsaw Social Media Cold Calling 384

Allego

JANUARY 9, 2025

Medical device sales reps face greater challenges than ever, making sales certifications an essential tool for success. Further, regulatory pressures, complex buying cycles, and the rise of digital technology have transformed the way sales teams must operate. Why are sales certifications so critical now?

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Hiring Marketing Exercises Scale 62

Steven Rosen

AUGUST 11, 2017

Many companies have highly sophisticated rigorous marketing processes, resulting in strong brand plans and marketing strategies. Even with brilliant marketing strategies and a solid management team, many companies miss their sales objectives. Successful strategy execution is the key to crushing sales numbers.

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Strategy Pharmaceuticals Face-to-face eBook 197

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2018

Author: Cristina Gomez The war for top-performing sales talent has begun. By 2026, the number of open sales positions is projected to grow by more than 3 percent , putting the pressure on sales leaders and HR teams to attract top talent. The lack of parity in sales is not only a fairness issue, it’s a business issue.

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Face-to-face How To Salary Quota 250

Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, I sit down with Mike Weinberg for Part One of our conversation on the state of the Sales Profession, sales leadership, and getting started as a new sales manager. The effectiveness of traditional methods like phone calls and face-to-face meetings remains significant.

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Sales Management Face-to-face Social Selling Sales Leadership 113

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

These famous words from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice equally apply to our sales pipeline. As sales managers, we know from experience that when we review the opportunities our sales reps have promised to close this month, next month and the next 90 day, that they won’t all close. But which ones will close?

Lead Rank 49

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face 49

Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Sales leaders need to remember that they, too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. The most effective ways are networking with a peer group of like-minded sales leaders who face similar challenges and utilizing a sales leadership coach. Our main competitive edge is that we use Sales 2.0 The New Way.

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Sales Leadership Face-to-face Networking Travel 234

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Daily, sales reps (mostly SDRs) face the daunting task of turning cold calls into warm calls. Sales reps look to increase conversion rates by upping their cold call game. Along with actionable intelligence, guidelines for cold calls allow both sales managers and SDRs to tailor their sales processes.

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Cold Calling Guidelines Prospecting Face-to-face 264

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With that said, cultivating and projecting credibility can be extremely tricky in a sales engagement. To help you out on that front, we connected with some sales leaders for the strategies they leverage to establish themselves as credible, consultative resources for prospects. Check out what they had to say!

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Prospecting Case Study Industry Study 105

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 20, 2017

As sales organizations look to succeed in 2018 and beyond, they need to stay abreast of important trends that will impact how – and how successfully – their reps sell. Sales teams better adapt to millennial "movers". In the year ahead, sales enablement functions will address this reality with a multipronged approach.

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Sales Enablement Face-to-face Hiring Scale 228

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Most learning in sales is through peer learning in specific contexts, and the effects are cumulative because modeling behavior is a big driver of how salespeople develop. We use interactive video, face-to-face meetings and experiential learning as part of a larger learning arc,” Ruddock says.

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SAP Face-to-face Hiring Exercises 177

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. There are some common pitfalls sales reps tend to run into when leveraging social media as a sales resource. Sales representatives should be friendly while interacting with target customers or clients.

Social Selling 108

Social Selling Social Media Media Networking 108

Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2023

5 Ways to Stay Inspired Paul Smith is the Sales Director of a leading technology company. He has been in the industry for the last ten years and has been a star in various sales and marketing roles. His recent promotion finds him managing managers. But what exactly does it mean to “inspire?”

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Hiring Face-to-face SAP Energy 227

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling prospective customers is vital to ensuring that a marketing campaign is targeting the right people with the right message. Marketers can attract and retain prospective customers more effectively. Sales professionals can anticipate prospects’ objections more easily, which can lead to higher close rates and greater revenue.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 130

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2019

Author: Rory Christian According to IDC , despite a "typical" $1 billion company spending a large amount of resources devoted to training for customer-facing people, poor sales enablement results in around $14 million of wasted sales and marketing expenses, and $100 million in lost sales opportunities.

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Hiring Decision Maker Energy Face-to-face 233

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The account-based approach is an increasingly common undertaking by marketing and sales departments. But the biggest account-based killer is still at large: Lack of sustained focus from Sales. At ABM Orkestra , we have helped dozens of companies solidify their account-based marketing strategy. ABM is a matter of focus.

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Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Targets Ideal Customer Profile Account 237

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 2, 2021

We try to formularize all the activities our sales people do with customers. But the world is complex, what our customers face is complex, what our people face is complex. We can’t possibly think of everything out people will face, scripting how they handle these situations. This is where our customers struggle.

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Face-to-face Sales Enablement Trends Channels 147

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2018

Author: Bob Junke Recently, I had the honor of being asked by the Sales Enablement Society (SES) to offer my definition of sales enablement as an alternative to the one the SES Definition Working Group came up with. Defining sales enablement is important. Aligning buyer journeys with sales process and content is an imperative.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Compensation Buyer 192

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As adoption rates in Customer Relationship Management Software (CRMs) continue to rise, a (data-driven) gap in usefulness and effectiveness is very clear. Sales professionals — yes, even managers — on frontlines of business development. Let’s start with a reminder: CRMs have a purpose.

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SalesForce Territories Intent Signal Buyer Persona 219

Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2018

Every sales manager wants their team to be successful– but sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Sales reps face a number of obstacles that can keep them from their goals and it’s your job as their manager to help them overcome these challenges. Five ways to support your sales team and increase productivity.

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Sales Qualified Lead Penetration B2B Face-to-face 207

criteria for success

MAY 4, 2025

Before developing your winning sales strategy, you must first assess the current state of sales to identify the strengths and weaknesses of your sales organization. Cue the Sales Performance Assessment. Assessing the State of Your Business Start With Sales Read Now The Sales Performance Assessment Let's jump in.

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. But what does the structure of a B2B sales organization look like as we enter the next decade? What focus areas should Chief Revenue Officers be asking themselves as they plan out go-to-market motions. Today, we review.

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2021

Shawn Channell of Just Launch Training and Consulting says the pandemic revealed to sales managers and their reps that they need to fine tune their skills in communicating with prospects other than face-to-face.

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Face-to-face Channels Training Sales Management 120

Steven Rosen

MARCH 25, 2021

Build a Bigger Network and Increase Your Market Value. Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. Sales leaders should regularly evaluate and determine areas for growth for their staff and themselves. Your market value appreciates as you become a better leader and have a large professional network.

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Networking Groups Travel Hiring 245

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. The symptoms are almost always the same: Sales teams waste time delivering demos to unqualified leads. What Is a Sales Pipeline?

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Pipeline Closing Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 217

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2019

Sales skills like how to have a good discovery call, pricing and negotiation is like physical exercise – you need to learn the techniques from subject matter experts (SMEs) and then practice repeatedly to gain muscle memory. Like most sales organizations, we also have sellers with different levels of experience. As in “just right”.

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InsideView Scale Exercises Call-back 223

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 3, 2019

This year we’d be fine with flat or declining sales.” Everyone wants to see that hockey stick curve of escalating sales performance that will take their organization to unprecedented levels of success. But achieving those sales goals is sometimes easier said than done. The Value of Predictive Analytics.

Hiring 222

Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Analysis 222

Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That could crush your sales organization. Let’s face it, being a sales executive has become increasingly more difficult. Chances are next year’s sales objective is going up and your budget is being reduced. I have spoken to a number of sales executives trying to understand their most perplexing challenges.

Sales Leadership 120

Sales Leadership Face-to-face Coaching Incentive 120

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2019

In my recent discussions with sales reps and sales managers, I am reminded of the service-profit chain, first discussed in Harvard Business Review in 1994. The service profit chain. Heskett, Thomas O. Jones, Gary W. It still works. . Either way, the strategy needs attention. Either way, the strategy needs attention.

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Trends Ideal Customer Profile Customer Face-to-face 205