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Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 13, 2013
Sales Management must spend 50% of their time coaching salespeople like this: An enormous part of developing salespeople these days is helping them to differentiate themselves from your competitors. That creates urgency, and an incentive for a prospect to self-qualify. I will share the article I wrote for EcSell below.
Understanding the Sales Force
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. It’s simply incomprehensible that sales managers aren’t picking up the clue phone. Sales Managers don’t want to coach because it takes away from personal sales.
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SBI Growth
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. Modifying sales reports and dashboards to enable sales managers to track new product sales. Average Sales Cycle.
SBI Growth
MAY 27, 2013
Right now, most sales organizations predict deal closure probability in two ways: Sales Stage : Each stage has fixed probability assigned to it. When a Sales Opportunity moves forward in the sales cycle, the probability increases. This creates a huge headache for every sales manager.
Jeffrey Gitomer
MARCH 8, 2013
Instill pride for sales. Have incentives and contests to keep it competitive. Pay a larger incentive the second time. Have them fill out sales reports every week by prospect status. Don’t track sales people by time (what they did on Tuesday). Look at the sales cycle and the follow-up activity.
Understanding the Sales Force
JULY 22, 2014
With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force? Objective Management Group (OMG) has three candidate assessments that provide companies with exactly that for sales, sales management, and sales leadership (VP/Sales Director).
eGrabber
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
In todays fast-paced world, boosting sales performance and closing deals quickly are more important than ever. Sales leaders, sales managers, and sales professionals must work smart and act fast. In 2025, the key is to use smart tools like sales automation and track real sales data.
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