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Hiring a Sales Manager - External or Internal?

SBI Growth

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends.

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5 Reasons You Don’t Want to be a Sales Manager

The Sales Hunter

It is time to get it out on the table and say once and for all that if you are a sales manager, you are in a dead-end position. If you are a salesperson and you want to be promoted to a sales manager position, it’s time to change your thinking. Sales managers manage processes.

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It Doesn’t End With the Sale: Managing Customer Relationships

The Pipeline

From a more positive angle, if you notice a customer tweeting about her search for product or service you provide (that they may not realize you offer), your sales team has a fantastic opportunity to respond and develop that interest into a lead. The better targeted the offers, the better your connection with your customers.

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Sales Managers: The Software Stack To Turbocharge Your Team in 2022

Gong.io

While the exact list depends on who you ask, the following (alphabetized) traits are all critical for a sales manager: Able to coach, analytical, available, confident, empathetic, good listener, innovative, leads by example, loyal, motivating, passionate, positive attitude, serves vs. dictates, strategic vision, strong communicator, and thoughtful.

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Social Selling: Walk the Talk, Please

Sales 2.0

I’d like to show you how our award winning software helps companies like yours to sell more. Please call me back on 123-123-5555 and I would love to set up a demo of our software.” In fact, they are having a major event shortly with lots of sales experts talking about social selling and Sales 2.0.

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How To Deliver Bad News To The Sales Team

MTD Sales Training

Due to circumstances well beyond your control, the new software version upgrade will not ship as promised. The sales team has anxious clients waiting for the upgrade, in addition to many prospects who are interested in seeing the new version. How you deliver such information to your sales team is critical. The Positive Sandwich.

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Management

Hubspot Sales

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. Onboarding and training new hires is another sales management responsibilities.