The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Oh ya, the marketing team that “developed” the “value prop” does. What really counts in the real world (you know where sales are made), is the prospects’ and clients’ perception and definition of value. Not just with a marketing intern’s or contract writer’s view of things. By Tibor Shanto. Frankly, who cares? No, seriously!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. What does great front-line sales management actually look like? Which accounts (e.g.,

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The Pipeline

MAY 26, 2014

No, I am not speaking to sales managers, directors or VP’s, but directly and specifically to front line sales professionals. It is your job to lead the customer to the right decision for their business based on their objectives. Sales Execution Sales Process Tibor Shanto'

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

the largest group of respondents were individual contributors at 25% followed by frontline sales managers at 19%. That’s 44% of the respondents who typically don’t see things the same way as the C Suite (6%) or Senior Sales Leadership (2%). Statistics from Objective Management Group (OMG) and the 2.5

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Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

That’s what traditional sales role-playing feels like: forced, vague, and anxiety-inducing. Sales managers know role-play is essential to improve sales performance , yet the old methods make it difficult to coach effectively and drive improvement. Mistakes are actual learning opportunities, not career setbacks.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 28, 2022

The key features of the sales excellence sales policy based on clear objectives, professional sales management, plus measurement and management of customer satisfaction and loyalty. The post Sales Excellence – a Comprehensive View appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With highly sophisticated marketing processes, companies tend to do an excellent job building brand plans and marketing strategies. If you do a better job executing than your competitor, then you should take market share from them. Excellence requires alignment of not only sales and marketing but other support departments.

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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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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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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Jenn Steele , CEO and Co-Founder of SoundGTM, discusses the challenging dynamic between marketing and sales teams. She highlights the common blame game between marketing and sales and the importance of effective communication and collaboration between the two functions.

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Allego

JANUARY 9, 2025

A robust certification process empowers reps to embrace new technologies, connect with informed buyers, and exceed expectations in a competitive market. In this high-stakes environment, companies that prioritize sales certifications gain more than an edgethey set the standard. It prepares sales representatives to excel.

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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. 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. . Sales teams.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

I would get my sales team to begin building plans for a strong start in the upcoming year at this time of year. Far too many companies will spend the first quarter answering questions to senior management as to why sales aren’t coming in rather than focusing on executing their business plans.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this article, Jenn Steele discusses the vital role of customer feedback in refining marketing and sales strategies. She stresses listening to customer insights to tailor messaging and optimize sales tactics effectively. Key Takeaways: Collaboration between sales and marketing is essential for business success.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 24, 2017

January is a crazy month, with national sales meetings, new comp plans, new marketing programs and the annual performance review process. Developing your salespeople to be better is the role of the sales manager. Sales coaching is the number one activity that drives sales rep performance. You are very busy.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 3, 2018

If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. Number one, your marketing team is ready to go, they have their strategies, their plans in place and their budgets. Thereby creating a sales culture of distrust and a lack of motivation ensues.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

That gives you an objective method for avoiding bias in your evaluation. By “bias” I am referring to a sales manager’s tendency to overlook or minimize the indications that the person is a bad fit, because we often don’t want to admit we made a hiring mistake. Every experienced sales manager has made a bad hiring mistake.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Define Objectives Before choosing a provider or rolling out your own in-house training solution, define your desired outcomes. to customer service and account management. Of course, a buyers most common objection is price. What do you want reps to take away from the training? This lets reps utilize their training immediately.

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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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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 4, 2018

Sales executives do not have the opportunity that CEOs have with many networking available to CEOs like Vistage or YPO. Your marketing associates or executives also have opportunities with many associations. Thereby creating a sales culture of distrust and a lack of motivation ensues. It doesn’t have to be that way!

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2018

For example, a supporting framework is required where executives drive sales enablement efforts top-down and sellers receive consistent, proactive coaching from sales managers. Further, in my view the definition should precisely reflect the alignment required between the buyers’ journey, sales process, and content.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Instead of sharing broad industry statistics or general product benefits, sales reps should deliver insights tailored specifically to each prospect's unique business challenges. Begin by conducting thorough research into the prospect's industry, market position, and recent news or developments. Demonstrate deep industry knowledge.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 3, 2017

The question I usually get, and a valid one, is “Well how am I supposed to know what their objectives are or business impacts they are looking for?” Well, it may take a bit of effort, but most sales people know this better than they pretend, they just have to change a few approaches. Product, feature, ROI, all noise.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2020

A data-driven talent management strategy fueled by predictive assessments, however, can bridge some of those gaps in the hiring process by providing objective data to forecast candidate fit more accurately. Before talking to a single candidate, you should gather data about the needs of your market and buyers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 3, 2019

Through predictive analysis, we’ve identified a set of six core skills and characteristics where high-performing salespeople score well: Qualifying prospects with a swift level of interest – People who score well on this capability are able to capitalize on the moment in a closing market by quickly and accurately gauging someone’s readiness to buy.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

I’m obviously doing something right, considering I regularly appear on lists like the Top 30 Social Selling Influencers in the World and Top 50 Sales and Marketing Influencers. I don’t spend my time chasing the next bright, shiny objects. And how do you successfully leverage social media in your sales process?

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 18, 2017

A high-performance sales environment is one where the conditions conducive to a successful sales culture have been put in place – resulting in predictable, continuous, metric-based performance improvement. Effective Sales Process. Only about 15 percent of sellers are natural, intuitive “sales eagles.”

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Here’s some data about what’s happened since March 2020: Marketing emails increased by 62%. Sales calls by 28%. Lead generation is a marketing activity that attracts people to your company and gathers data in the hopes of turning those leads into sales-ready prospects, also known as a sales-qualified lead or SQL.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

While I have always been a proponent of a good sales process, and having a playbook to assist and improve execution, let’s not lose sight of the overall objective: Revenue! I worry when I see sales managers and leaders put a greater emphasis on process and playbook than results.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 10, 2025

With an effective framework, organizations can empower their sales teams to close more deals, increase productivity , and enhance customer engagement. This guide will walk you through the essential components of developing a sales enablement framework that not only aligns with your business goals but also delivers measurable results.

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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. . Both in equal doses! Same horse. Different jockey.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 5, 2018

Thereby creating a sales culture of distrust and a lack of motivation ensues. Imagine instead; your sales managers are coaching and developing their people and executing with excellence. All your salespeople are highly engaged, productive and crushing their sales numbers! It doesn’t have to be that way!

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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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Vengreso

JANUARY 6, 2025

With tools like Vengreso’s FlyMSG.io a productivity booster for sales engagement and prospecting aligning sales metrics has never been easier. This guide will walk you through the process of effectively syncing your sales performance metrics with your business objectives, ensuring both productivity and growth.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

ZoomInfo ZoomInfos Go-to-Market Intelligence platform enhances outbound sales call tracking by providing unmatched B2B data, real-time insights, and AI-driven automation. Chorus , ZoomInfos AI-powered conversation intelligence tool, helps sales teams extract valuable insights from call recordings and transcriptions.

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