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Selling In A “Knowledge Based” Economy

Partners in Excellence

The average longevity of a sales person (voluntary and involuntary attrition) is less than 2 years–add to that, average ramp time to productivity is 7-10 months. The average longevity of a sales manager/executive is less than 19 months. It’s an intriguing problem.

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Why Sales Managers Need Street Smarts

No More Cold Calling

Tony Alessandra explains why the best sales managers learn on the job. This is particularly true for sales managers. For this month’s guest post, I asked Dr. Tony Alessandra to clear up the definition of formal knowledge versus street smarts, and explain which is better for sales managers.

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Key CRM functions and functionalities for effective sales management

Apptivo

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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Sales Management, We Have a Problem

Pipeliner

The current level of sales management is failing companies. Average tenure of a sales leader has dropped from 26 months (bad) to 18 months (horrible). 80% plus want to meet with a sales person only after they have developed the need and a shortlist. of people say they trust very highly information from a sales person.

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5 Keys for Motivating Your Top Salespeople

Sales and Marketing Management

So, as a sales manager, you need to guide your top salespeople in choosing new skills to learn and next-step goals to accomplish. Whatever it is, it should challenge what they know and expand their skill set and/or knowledge base. As the sales manager, it’s your job to keep your top salespeople motivated.

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Micromanagement and Other Leadership Behaviors to Let Go of Now

SalesFuel

The knowledge-based economy requires a new form of managing. SalesFuel - Sales Credibility | Sales Research | Sales Hiring | Sales Management | Sales Enablement Failing to Listen Some leaders believe they have made it into their position by always having the right answers.

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Product knowledge essentials: Education from sales to customer

PandaDoc

In a nutshell, you’ll need to: Launch and maintain your knowledge base. Train your sales representatives regularly. Knowledge base A knowledge base is a local repository of your company’s wisdom: internal documents, guides, assets, templates, research results, etc. Looking for ready-to-use templates?