Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

In the past decade, attention has shifted from seller activity to sales manager activity as a key driver of performance. Companies are realizing that sales success isn’t driven solely by sales rep performance, but also by effective sales management. Management Matters. Well, kind of.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 23, 2017

Certainly, your sales force may be one area to address, but in most organizations, frontline sales managers hold the most vital role. For this reason, to improve sales, you need to invest in your sales managers. The Leverage of Sales Managers. found that the average sales manager has 9.1

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

These efforts frequently end up with disappointing results, however, because most companies neglect the most powerful lever in their arsenal: their frontline, field-level sales managers. Frontline sales managers coach, influence and guide sales reps on a daily basis.

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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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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 7, 2014

In this week’s guest post, Will Brooks—executive vice president and director of marketing for The Brooks Group—discusses his perspective on cleaning house. Here’s his take: “Our clients are constantly asking us where sales managers should spend their time. Where Should Sales Managers Spend Their Time?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Can you name 10 Core Competencies of a great salesperson? For the past 20 years, every Objective Management Group (OMG) sales force evaluation and sales candidate assessment has been tied to 21 Sales Core Competencies. They are marketing themselves.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Although factors like your product line, buyer personas, and brand awareness are important, sales managers are also critical to the success of any business as they have the potential to unlock huge returns that impact the business's bottom line. Onboarding and training new hires is another sales management responsibilities.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Agile is an iterative method that allows you to test solutions with user groups. Who Uses Agile - Assemble a small project team (1 Director, 2 Managers 3-4 reps). The way you use Agile starts by grouping the two main process areas you control: Opportunity Management—converting opportunities into customers.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Listen up Chief Sales Officer. Take note CEO, marketing leader and CIO. It’s time that Sales Operations gets your undivided attention. Download the Leaders Guide to Sales Ops Enablement by clicking here. There are multiple reasons why Sales Ops needs your attention now. People - Sales Ops needs to get great talent.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Good incentives with reasonably precise rules and rewards allow sales managers to send positive signals about the company’s priorities and transparency. Sales managers aren’t the only ones who benefit from good incentives – reps benefit on two levels as well. Sales managers can also benefit from using non-monetary points.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. Market conditions 12 months ago were very different. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough?

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SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2013

Yet, Ned’s results are average for his tenure group. His Sales Manager didn’t want to rock the boat. Ned walks into the Sales Manager’s office and resigns. The Sales Manager looks at Ned''s revenue numbers and doesn’t bat an eye. Once Ned is gone, the Sales Managers labels Ned a ‘bad hire’.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

reaching out to individuals with offers and follow-ups) is different than social marketing (i.e., Separate still is social engagement, an umbrella term that includes social engagement and social marketing but has a broader notion of networking and participating in and creating a dialogue through group discussions, tweets, and more.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2014

One of Objective Management Group''s (OMG) most successful partners had an opportunity to work with young business leaders that had never sold. They had to go door-to-door, sell an overpriced luxury item, in the same market, over a 3-day period. And you can read more about sales management here and sales coaching here.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

You’re completing 2013 and building your marketing strategy for 2014. Perhaps you’re beginning to roll out marketing automation or some form of company-wide communication program. Maybe you are supporting sales with a CRM implementation, linking your marketing collateral into each phase. Sales Managers (all levels).

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. The group now in their mid-teens to early 30’s.) During the recent downturn, many sales forces benefitted from a uniquely capable labor market. The challenge for sales is unique. They change jobs after just 2-3 years.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet many front-line sales managers are slow to respond. Because speed requires more time and effort from a sales manager. The average sales manager will avoid these requirements. This post will explore ideas sales managers can implement to increase their speed. Or at least a few of them.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Peer Group Discussion and Coupled with Leadership Coaching Will Pump you Up! 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.

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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 We are going to continue to use Linkedin and Twitter for outreach and experiment with some inbound marketing tactics. This week is one of those weeks.

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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. The result is a buyer-centric approach to sales enablement.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 7, 2014

Most salespeople are the beneficiaries of a nice supply of leads from their company''s marketing, advertising and online efforts. If you''ve been reading my Blog for the past 8 years then you know that according to Objective Management Group (OMG) , 74% of all salespeople are ineffective. I know who I would rather call.

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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. Yet while 82 percent of buyers accept meetings with sellers who proactively reach out, 58 percent of them say these meetings are not valuable, according to Rain Group. Sales teams.

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criteria for success

MARCH 2, 2022

There are many aspects to sales development. And all great sales managers know that when it comes to sales development, opportunities for growth are endless. When we talk to sales managers about sales development, we tend to get some similar questions: Where is the best place to start? Where to Start.

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SBI

JANUARY 28, 2020

6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support. Sales Enablement is generally focused on assisting individual sellers with less focus placed on others in the organization. “ Sales Enablement supports the sales team to move buyers to a decision point. Sales technology.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 28, 2019

Author: Mike DeLeonardis, President, North America at beqom Generation Z graduates, or those born between 1997 and 2012, are flooding the workplace, and with a flowing economy and tight labor market, it can be difficult for companies to recruit and retain these entry-level employees.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

When you register, you’ll receive the complete Sales Organization Discovery Guide. Sales Rep Survey. Sales Management Survey. Sales Rep DILO (Day In The Life Of). Now we’ll look at three in more detail: Sales Rep DILO (Day In The Life Of). Are they using your sales process? Executive Interviews.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Affiliate marketing? Door-to-door sales? Most models for building a sales engine haven’t changed much, yet those traditional channel networks are costlier to develop. Build in regular interactions through social media, group conference calls, and training opportunities available to the entire network.

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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?

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Phillip Twyford, director of sales and marketing for Tico Mail Works, elaborates in this guest post. Message to Management]: 74 Percent of Salespeople Are Failing Did you learn to sell in school? Here are three dangers in assuming that could cost you opportunities and minimize your sales effectiveness. Learn more.)

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Sales processes are almost always designed inward out. A group of sales managers and reps get together and determine how they think they should sell. They cobble together activities that occur during a sale. Their view of the market problems and how to solve is pure. What causes this? Go heavy here.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2014

Remember, as the sales enablement leader, your sales reps are your customers. Use a page from your marketing colleague’s playbook. Use a drip methodology to serve up content to your sales org. Tailor the testing to the initiative and group. Create epic content for them, they will thank you for it later.

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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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Bernadette McClelland

OCTOBER 3, 2019

For Salespeople, that behaviour is Responsibility , and to complete the equation, for the Sales Manager it is Accountability. In other words, 94% of elite salespeople don’t make any excuses or blame, compared to those 20% who, perhaps, shouldn’t be in sales. . OMG Group Research. Both in equal doses! Sometimes!).

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SMEI

JANUARY 12, 2024

On the morning of January 6, 2024, SMEI Vietnam, representative of Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI), organized the ceremony to award the Certificate of Sales Professional (SCPS – SMEI Certified Professional Salesperson ) and the Certificate of Professional Marketing Specialist.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Although Hubspot specializes in sales, marketing, and CRM tools, they’re best known for coining the phrase inbound marketing. They define inbound marketing as the following: Inbound marketing is focused on attracting customers through relevant and helpful content and adding value at every stage in your customer’s buying journey.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The cost savings to businesses is too significant, and the efficiencies from buyers’ perspectives too valuable, thus both sides of the sales equation will likely want to retain the Zoom meeting model for many sales calls. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? social, business or personal?—?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 7, 2015

After all, networking is one of the most important marketing best practices for a sales professional. If your sales strategy doesn’t include at least one business networking event per week, you’re missing out on your greatest opportunity to expand your referral networks. For the First Time Sales Manager.

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