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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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

It offers detailed, actionable advice for sales leaders looking to navigate the evolving landscape of AI in sales. Introduction to Matt McDarby Matt McDarby, the president of United Sales Resources, brings over 15 years of experience in developing sales managers and leaders. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

If your team has trouble closing, go back to the beginning—qualifying prospects—and examine your entire sales process for missing links and ineffective tactics. Ask yourself: How are sales reps sourcing leads? How are sales reps qualifying their leads? If your reps chase cold leads, they’re set up to fail.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 30, 2017

Awesome Sales Leaders. It would be great to understand what awesome sales leaders are doing to lead their team to succeed? As a sales leader, there are only so many levers you have at your disposal to impact team success. However, you know that where you put your emphasis can have a dramatic impact on sales outcomes.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Step 1 – Have the Sales Team Evaluated We leverage the gold standard of sales team evaluation tools to determine what the team’s full sales capabilities are today, and where the biggest gaps are in all 21 Sales Core Competencies. Those are easy to do but don’t lead to successful outcomes.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

They must have the skills to ask the right questions, listen to understand, position their value, and help a prospect self-discover the solution that makes sense. These are not elusive skills; they are identified by our partner and industry-leading sales evaluation company, Objective Management Group (OMG).

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 26, 2021

Sales Manager’s Success Checklist. It is far too early to look at sales early. Here are the top 10 questions you should ask yourself and your sales managers to gauge if you/they have set the foundation for success. Sales coaching is the #1 sales management activity that drives sales performance.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Unique Nature of Sales Hiring Understanding the Distinctiveness of Sales Roles Walter Crosby emphasizes that sales roles are fundamentally different from other positions within an organization. Despite this, many companies continue to use the same hiring processes for sales positions as they do for other roles.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As sales and marketing people, the concept of “Value Proposition” has become fundamental in our positioning in our markets and with our customers. But value propositions have become almost another feature we talk about in pitching our products and company. They all applauded and cheered their positioning.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Positioning Face-to-face 139

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2020

One example is the customer Net Promoter Score (NPS) which is a leading indicator of how much value your customers are receiving from the product, and, ultimately, how likely that customer is to continue using your product in the future. . Sales predictability is the key to an organization’s success. Shifting Messaging

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 29, 2025

Theres a new breed of sales managers who are succeeding by serving their sales people. They are putting their sales people first and, in turn, their sales people are taking care of their customers resulting in long term, successful sales. The result is better sales for the whole team.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2025

Introduction Selling products and delivering sales proposals that create customer value requires buyer and seller understanding of pain points, product and price. That process is quoting and proposing, and sales pros will tell you that knowing when and how to do this effectively is important. What is a Sales Proposal?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2021

Sales Leadership Development in the New Millennium. Leading-edge sales organizations understand the value of investing in leadership development. They believe that strong sales managers are the key to driving sales rep performance. They really loved it!”. What specifically are companies doing?

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Survey Coaching Training Sales Talent 358

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Vice President of Sales at ZoomInfo, Steve Bryerton, shares his thoughts on how to implement a Team Lead within your organization. Picture this: You’re a sales leader, currently responsible for a team of nearly 10+ sales development reps. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 3, 2019

The Value of Predictive Analytics. When it comes to hiring, training, managing and coaching salespeople, there is actually a formula for success with some science behind it. Closing using incremental steps – This requires the ability to reinforce the purchase decision with a series of logical reasons that support the sale.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Someone in line for this position already possesses effective sales strategies. Asks questions.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Stress also leads over half of the workforce to apply for or consider moving to new jobs. Your sales team is likely to feel the strainespecially since sales is listed in the top ten of Vivian Healths rankings of the most stressful industries. According to Vivian Health, over 52% of employees take stress-related absences.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 4, 2022

Leading Your Team Post-COVID Recovery. Sales leaders from various industries have told me that a hybrid sales model is here to stay as virtual sales calls are more efficient in terms of travel time and associated costs. It was tough to set quotas accurately and to measure sales force productivity.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead Leads 156

Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

I couldn’t be any more excited to announce that ZoomInfo has acquired Chorus.ai , a leading provider of Conversation Intelligence solutions. Research by Gartner shows that Conversation Intelligence is the sales tech solution category with the highest impact and highest satisfaction rates. Today is one of those moments.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 11, 2018

What is lacking is a discussion about how sales should improve, not only functionally, but how the profession is perceived and valued and contributor to corporate success and social progress. The post Should B2B Sales Be A Licensed Profession? The deficit is, not the supply. The B2B Buying Disconnect – TrustRadius 2017.

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Allego

JANUARY 16, 2025

From setting clear goals to inspiring sellers to deliver peak performance, knowing how to manage a sales team can make or break a sales manager’s success. And the best managers dont just leadthey motivate. Managing remote or hybrid teams adds another layer of complexity. But the effort is worth it.

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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.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s more important now than ever that CEOs lead sales. I have a sales leader in place to lead sales.” ” If you are of the mindset that sales is about sellers , your sales leaders should be leading that effort, but even then, you have a role to play in sales.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead 152

Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

Despite good interviewing skills, many sales managers are guilty of making the following hiring mistakes: Hiring people they like. Do your sales managers have the tools and processes to systematically identify top sales performers from those who are pretenders? This hiring process leads to mediocre results.

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Hiring Lead Rank Retention Face-to-face 367

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The commonality between the two of us is the obsession around helping customers solve complex problems and create great value. My obsession to provide Customer Value Written by Christian Maure r Dave, thank you very much for picking up the challenge. That’s how my obsession to provide customer value was borne.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Customer 139

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A good mix of firmographic and technographic data , paired with intent information is the perfect recipe for determining prospects, and actually turning those prospects into qualified leads. Prospecting isn’t the only thing on a sales rep’s to-do list. Account planning and management. An Unequal Workflow Distribution.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 264

Pipeliner

MARCH 12, 2025

In a recent expert interview, John Golden talked with Chris Jennings , a sales leadership expert with more than 25 years of sales and leadership experience. They discussed new sales training methods, the importance of authenticity in sales, and the changing role of sales managers.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 20, 2024

They also touch on Hilton’s top global workplace ranking and successful coaching programs for high employee retention and satisfaction. “I This practice ensures that team members are well-prepared and confident, leading to more successful client interactions.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sales teams must be retrained to create value not sell benefits. The core value creation is ‘’I know more about this decision than anything else.” Sales teams must be retrained to create value not sell benefits. 10:03] The best salespeople create more value in a conversation than others. [10:52]

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 26, 2023

How Sales Teams Are Using AI for Forecasting 1. Scoring leads. Gone are the days of manually sorting, consolidating, and analyzing leads. AI is opening the door to a quicker, more accurate lead scoring process. 53% of salespeople use AI tools that offer data-driven insights, including lead scoring tools.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

That includes simplifying lead distribution and management. In this post, you’ll explore the best lead distribution software that can help you optimize your sales process and improve lead conversion. What is lead distribution software? The 25 Best Lead Distribution Software. Tailored lead routing.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 4, 2025

Low Morale: The sales people are demoralized and uninterested in their work. Slow Lead Follow-Up: The team has a slow time in responding to new leads. Leadership Makes the Difference Geoff thinks that leadership is the key to whether a sales team will be successful or not. One key metric is speed to lead.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

The entire organization can make better decisions by surfacing insights and analytics that you would only get if you sat in on every sales or customer success call. . Fast-Track Sales Enablement. Sales managers give feedback and share their expertise to onboard and coach their sales reps.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Virtual selling is more challenging as you lose the value of proximity and the ability to read the buyer’s body language. . In fact, with salespeople facing such uncertainty and sales managers not having to travel, they have increased the time they spend coaching. How can you help your salespeople excel at virtual selling?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every business dreams of a pipeline of well-qualified inbound leads that land in their sales team’s laps. But today’s outbound lead generation tactics are more than just dialing for dollars. What is Outbound Lead Generation? What is an Outbound Lead?

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