Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 17, 2019

Wow, did that resonate with people and there was a great discussion about it on LinkedIn. In addition to that, I received a number of emails asking, what are the requirements for becoming a great sales manager? Now for sales management.

Sales Management 247

Sales Management Transportation Coaching LinkedIn 247

Score More Sales

MAY 1, 2017

I saw a question this week in a sales community on LinkedIn. A member was looking for a referral for sales management training. What struck me hard was that he said he’d reached out to four companies who offer sales management training services.

Sales Leadership 200

Sales Leadership Training Company Referrals 200

Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2019

Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. By doing these basics well you will consistently crush your sales objectives. If you have had no training in the last 2 years on how to coach, I suggest you find a way to brush up on your coaching skills. That’s right.

Coaching 334

Coaching Hiring Sales Coaching Social Media 334

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Many people are under the impression that LinkedIn is generally only used as a recruitment tool, as it is very common to find job advertisements posted all over the site, and obviously LinkedIn’s main function is to provide each member with a professional (and searchable) profile. Are you beginning to see the potential yet?

LinkedIn 154

LinkedIn Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker 154

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 I stumbled upon this approach by using Linkedin. We were executing a standard cold calling routine based on a list until Jason showed me the power of Linkedin.

Hiring 384

Hiring Jigsaw Social Media Cold Calling 384

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? This creates a new challenge for sales management: how do you train your sales team?—?including

Training 206

Training Penetration Government CRM 206

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 9, 2014

” and makes the case for why younger reps can be great at inside sales. He writes: Truly great salespeople create their own content—tweets, blog posts, LinkedIn updates, Instagram photos—and they comment on and share the content of like-minded folks in their industry. Read the rest of the article.) ”] Absolutely not.

Hiring 285

Hiring Fashion Small Business Small Business 285

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

[Message to Management]: 14 Things Top Sales Managers Do. Sales execs tell me they don’t have time to coach their teams. But by now everyone knows that coaching and training are what turn salespeople into top performers. Read “ [Message to Management:] 14 Things Top Sales Managers Do.”).

Social Selling 296

Social Selling Cold Calling Social Media Ideal Customer Profile 296

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 17, 2014

But most sales reps enter the field without any formal training. Some of us get lucky and thrive under a brilliant sales manager. In fact, three out of four salespeople aren’t performing up to par, according to research from sales training consulting firm, Kurlan & Associates. You’ll be dead on.”.

Face-to-face 278

Face-to-face Social Media Oracle eBook 278

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. Carries themselves.

Sales Management 139

Sales Management Hiring Promotion Motivation 139

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Is your LinkedIn social selling strategy based on FOMO (the fear of missing out)? Especially if we are talking about social selling on LinkedIn. We all agree exposure on LinkedIn is important, but there can be a negative impact without a clear social selling strategy. Updated data is critical for sales success.

Social Selling 117

Social Selling LinkedIn Guidelines Ideal Customer Profile 117

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. Onboard and Train New Hires. As a sales manager, you're a motivator for your reps.

Sales Management 142

Sales Management Hiring Buyer Persona Compensation 142

Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Of all the social media platforms, LinkedIn has proven to be the best for reaching and engaging with business professionals. And in 2021, LinkedIn saw a 55% increase in conversations among connections. One group particularly prolific is sales professionals. Top 18 LinkedIn Newsletters for Sales Leaders.

LinkedIn 118

LinkedIn Hiring Sales Leadership B2B 118

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

How do you successfully transition from sales rep to sales leader? I was an award-winning sales rep who was promoted to sales manager. I was also promoted without any training or guidance. I will never again underestimate the significance of a rep-to-manager transition. It happened to me.

Cold Calling 243

Cold Calling Promotion Small Business Small Business 243

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals.

Referrals 385

Referrals Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Inbound 385

No More Cold Calling

JULY 14, 2015

The problem was that sales management had their heads in the sand. So, they neglected the strategies, sales metrics , and processes that could have kept their businesses strong, or at least afloat, when the going got rough. How about a general session keynote at a conference on management excellence? We need both.

Sales Management 120

Sales Management Hiring Referrals Conference 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Finding the right contact – and context – for sales outreach is time consuming. Prospect research doesn’t generate revenue, and historically it accounts for half of all sales time. Training, training, training. Looking to Achieve High Growth? Download the Full Report.

Sales Enablement 295

Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

When you analyze what really went wrong with missed sales opportunities, you’ll typically discover that your sales reps didn’t make time to prepare for their meetings. They didn’t plan agendas, do their research, or even check the clients’ LinkedIn profiles to identify shared interests, connections, and similarities.

Closing 409

Closing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Help the sales leader identify any reps that are at risk of leaving. This should actually be an ongoing task of the HR leader to have frequent discussions with Sales Directors and Sales Managers to keep pulse on which Reps may be at risk for leaving. Has any documented issues of “disconnect” with sales management.

Sales Talent 288

Sales Talent Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 288

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 16, 2013

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? Sales management and sales leadership is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Start with LinkedIn. •

Cold Calling 261

Cold Calling Referrals Sales Leadership Sales Cycle 261

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2019

Here are some sales manager resume tips and templates to calm your nerves and help you get the job of your dreams. Sales Manager Resume Tips. I spoke with Pratik 'Tiki' Biswal , a senior sales manager at HubSpot, and he provided some resume writing tips. Sales Manager Resume Objective.

Sales Management 138

Sales Management Hiring Microsoft Sports 138

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.

Sales Enablement 131

Sales Enablement Sales Management Coaching Engineering 131

SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

The sales team deserved a training program as aggressive as this year’s budget. In a recent post , I urged Sales Ops leaders to take responsibility for training and development. This sales leader agrees. It included activities the client’s Training and Development team had deemed necessary. Key Activities.

Revenue 288

Revenue Hiring Face-to-face Social Media 288

SBI Growth

JANUARY 14, 2013

Last week, I received a phone call from an EVP of Sales. The board still hasn’t approved the sales plan. I need to take out another 3% on the expense line including sales management. His top Manager got a VP job at a startup. Product Marketing didn’t train his team for the launch. Not Andy’s fault, right?

Lead Scoring 324

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Social Selling Sales Methodology 324

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

For that reason, we teach sellers in our LinkedIn training to subscribe to omnichannel prospecting for the best sales success while prospecting. It means using every sales strategy, every tool and every channel to engage and connect with prospects. The sales prospecting template, queue or categories we built are: Call.

Pipeline 145

Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

Vengreso

MARCH 30, 2022

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is arguably one of the most powerful social selling tools available – but most teams are underutilizing it. We are seeing only about 20-30% adoption, on average, in our clients, and even many of the power users are not maximizing the incredible potential LinkedIn Sales Navigator offers.

LinkedIn 107

LinkedIn Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 107

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 2, 2014

During the training simulations, our heroes instruct the new guys how to land a space shuttle manually, which the young astronauts think is ridiculous, insisting that with such a great, modern machine, all they need to know is how to make an instrument landing. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

Cold Calling 286

Cold Calling Small Business Small Business Enterprise 286

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 19, 2014

It’s easy to get sucked into solving everyone’s problems, but that’s a waste of your management time and doesn’t help your reps develop their own problem-solving skills. The better strategy (for everyone involved) is to give your team the tools and training they need to find their own solutions. LinkedIn is not a numbers game.

Gatekeeper 280

Gatekeeper Referrals Cold Calling B2C 280

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 16, 2014

With no formal sales training and very little real-world experience, today’s salespeople aren’t equipped to succeed. I never expected to have a long, successful sales career. Sales has always been a “sink or swim” profession, so it’s not surprising how many reps end up drowning. Did you learn to sell in school?

Hiring 240

Hiring Guidelines Engineering Face-to-face 240

SBI Growth

JULY 11, 2013

Today your sales people have multiple product specialists, overlays, and management support. The vast majority of training is focused on selling once you are face-to-face. The primary differentiator of today''s top Sales Rep is the ability to prospect. And Sales Managers wonder why their people aren’t prospecting.

Buyer 317

Buyer Prospecting Face-to-face How To 317

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Is it necessary to train sales reps on new skills? What components of an existing sales process transfer well to virtual interactions? What should sales kickoffs look like? positive or negative,” he writes. Ensure tech proficiency and use.

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 20, 2015

If you’re a sales manager, you’ve probably even said it. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during early stages of the sales process. I asked my client how the sales reps prepared. ” Was their sales manager clueless, or what? You are now a true sales manager.

Closing 120

Closing Sales Management Referrals Ideal Customer Profile 120

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 8, 2014

Here are my top 5 examples of salespeople who are busy, but not very successful: They spend long hours researching companies and prospects, reach out on LinkedIn, send InMails, emails and make calls, but have few takers for meetings. Can they be trained to do things more effectively or, if necessary, in a completely different way?

Top of Funnel 252

Top of Funnel Proposal Coaching Networking 252

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. I regularly receive pitches in LinkedIn invitations and with InMail. The problem is with typical sales metrics. Put a referral system in place, with training, metrics, and accountability for results.

Referrals 289

Referrals System Cold Calling Social Media 289

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Handling account issues post-sale impacts your selling time dramatically. Sales Reps need to train their customers to use Customer Service. If not, they develop an unhealthy dependency on the Sales Rep long after the deal has closed. How can HR help Sales with this?

Education 303

Education Penetration Customer Service Sales Qualified Lead 303

Vengreso

MARCH 30, 2022

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is arguably one of the most powerful social selling tools available – but most teams are underutilizing it. We are seeing only about 20-30% adoption, on average, in our clients, and even many of the power users are not maximizing the incredible potential LinkedIn Sales Navigator offers.

LinkedIn 90

LinkedIn Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 90

Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Join a LinkedIn group that belongs to your customers world, not your own industry and listen for what they talk about so you can share ideas – not just so you tick the 52 boxes. Get really curious and ask questions about THEM, because you are truly interested – not just so you can manipulate the conversation toward a sale.

Webinar Metrics 246

Webinar Metrics Real Estate Airlines SME 246