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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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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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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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

"Begin by conducting thorough research into the prospect's industry, market position, and recent news or developments. says, "Knowing your product inside and out is a game-changer for any sales rep. It lets you talk about the benefits in a real, relatable way that makes sense to the prospect. Demonstrate deep industry knowledge.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. Make sure it aligns with marketing — to an extent.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Luckily, some major companies, like LinkedIn, have discovered a way to improve sales relationships, customer trust, and — ultimately — sales numbers. Recently, HubSpot sat down with Kwesi Graves , Regional Sales Manager at LinkedIn, to learn more about how he centers his team's sales approach completely around the ideal buyer.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2021

3 Steps to Flawless Sales Execution. With modest single-digit declines in sales, the sector has fared relatively well. The most significant factor to a slowing of growth has been attributed to a reduction in in-person meetings between sales representatives and physicians. Flawless Sales Execution Step 2: Lead from the Frontline.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

For managers, the ultimate goal for sales coaching is to create an environment where their sales team feels more motivated to learn, grow, and take on greater responsibility. The role of a sales manager is a difficult one and takes a unique type of person. Improve Employee Retention.

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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.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In addition to making the training more relevant to sales reps, it is also a way to work toward your predetermined goals. This can include examples in the training curricula that relate to an organizations specific business or industry and incorporate their unique language. Of course, a buyers most common objection is price.

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. Can you relate to these? Tony Hughes is a bestselling author, award-winning blogger and the most read LinkedIn author globally on the topic of B2B sales leadership. I think of what powers me to prevent burnout and I think of these five words.

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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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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Sales Gravy is an internationally recognized sales training and acceleration firm catering to the career development needs of salespeople and sales leaders. On Jeb’s YouTube channel you’ll find video content related to everything from sales leadership to women in sales. 2. Sales Hacker.

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 5, 2024

How Marketers Can Use Audience Segmentation to Achieve Rich ROI What is Audience Segmentation? According to Mailchimp , audience segmentation is “a marketing strategy based on identifying subgroups within the target audience in order to deliver more tailored messaging and build stronger connections.” Marketing information (e.g.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Sales representatives should be friendly while interacting with target customers or clients. Their tone should be approachable and relatable. As a result, social media users will ignore it, which will be detrimental to social selling. It will make the target customers or clients comfortable and unwary.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 15, 2018

The firm was targeting the senior market by offering solutions to keep these older people safe in their own homes rather than empty bank accounts to move into senior housing. I could relate, as I just had two elderly parents move into assisted living at a cost of $8,700 a month. I created our 10.5 I created our 10.5 This is simple.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Affiliate marketing? Door-to-door sales? Most models for building a sales engine haven’t changed much, yet those traditional channel networks are costlier to develop. Marketing becomes a partnership. Pushing customers to a website with SEO?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Although Hubspot specializes in sales, marketing, and CRM tools, they’re best known for coining the phrase inbound marketing. They define inbound marketing as the following: Inbound marketing is focused on attracting customers through relevant and helpful content and adding value at every stage in your customer’s buying journey.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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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. The average sales manager continues to seek out salesperson archetypes that haven't been validated for the present or future market.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 30, 2019

In fact, more than six in 10 organizations (62%) say their sales onboarding programs are ineffective, according to the Sales Management Association (SMA). Far from a check-the-box approach, driving better sales readiness takes commitment, coordination and foresight. Yet too many companies are blowing it.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

For example, sales applications should draw on a focused set of data?—?from from CRM, sales performance management solutions, sales enablement, CPQ and other sales-related applications. This creates a new challenge for sales management: how do you train your sales team?—?including

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

In an ideal world, sales reps would spend all day sending emails, taking calls, and ultimately, doing what they do best—selling. There’s a lot more to sales than meets the eye. Other selling tasks include prospecting, administrative work, data entry, market research, etc. But, sadly, this isn’t often the case.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2021

There are several areas impacting this: As managers we are more concerned about what we need, often inflicting all sorts of stuff on the sales people. Related to the previous point, often, we give them things we want them to need–but they really don’t need. Managers love the reporting from their CRM systems.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2017

With those numbers in mind, if you are a sales manager, HR director, marketing manager or other executive charged with increasing employee engagement or driving customer loyalty, what tools do you think make sense to use as your starting point? “We Paul Nolan is editor of Sales & Marketing Management.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2021

Most companies don’t have sales leadership programs for their most senior sales managers. There are 3 reasons why you should consider joining the Sales Leadership Mastermind Group : 1. To build your professional network, improve your leadership skills and increase your market value, invest in yourself.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Sales reps look to increase conversion rates by upping their cold call game. Along with actionable intelligence, guidelines for cold calls allow both sales managers and SDRs to tailor their sales processes. As the conversation progresses, share relatable (not deceptive) details of your product or service. “Do

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

Define your target market. Before you start prospecting, it's essential to define your target market. Identify the type of prospects you want to attract and tailor your marketing strategy accordingly. This can help you engage with viewers and provide them with helpful information related to the real estate market.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

There has been no shortage of new sales related books during COVID, the usual mixed bag, with scale. But one stands out, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement , by Mike Kunkle. Not only because of the author, Mr. Kunkle and the subject, sales enablement, but because way Mike approaches the subject. A Managed Process.

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

But I do have a fear… and that is that many sales leaders who say they want their teams to do something different are still feeding them stuff that is old, or god forbid! And if the sales team can’t stretch their thinking then how will they help the buyer stretch theirs? not giving them anything at all.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Managers spend time helping them become productive. Ironically, we provide very little in the way of onboarding new managers, particularly new front line sales managers. Typically, the process is: “Lisa, congrats on moving into the front line sales manager role…… I need an updated forecast by Tuesday!”

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Not only will such a strategy ensure that workers are able to contact the right clients at the right times, but it is extremely useful for sales professionals who wish to use a personal device for work-related issues (business and personal phone numbers can be segregated). . The Presence of a Virtual Receptionist.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2018

If you’re in sales then you have likely seen “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Alec Baldwin’s iconic turn as a fire-breathing sales manager delivers the most anti-motivating motivational sales speech in movie history. In other words, tasks tailor-made for an AI sales assistant. And the way they operate in real life.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our list of the best sales training blogs offers expert tips and practical advice to help you succeed. These blogs provide insights and strategies tailored specifically for sales managers , focusing on leadership, productivity , team motivation, and effective sales strategies.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Your role as a sales manager or director comes with multiple responsibilities, from developing and overseeing sales strategies to coaching and managing sales reps. Generating insightful sales reports is a critical component of your role and can involve some heavy lifting.

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