Connect2Sell

AUGUST 7, 2019

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Connect2Sell

MAY 8, 2019

As a sales manager, you’re responsible for delivering results. Leading people starts with leading yourself and making choices that truly get the right results the right way.

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Connect2Sell

JUNE 19, 2019

The role of a sales manager involves sales outcomes and manager responsibilities. There’s something else, too, that sets the most successful sales managers apart from others. To be one of the best, you’ll need it all -- sales manager leadership skills. It’s leadership.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. He had just been promoted 6 months ago. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2013

I just had a conversation with a sales executive who asked me “what is the role of the sales manager?” This executive was frustrated by poor sales and felt that the sales managers could be doing more to meet sales objectives. I agree that the sales manager’s goal is to meet or exceed sales objectives.

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Connect2Sell

JUNE 26, 2019

Sales productivity is the measure of how productive a seller or sales team is. In this post, we’re going to take a look at the key drivers of sales productivity and provide actionable sales manager tips for boosting productivity on your team. This is measured in results (dollars!).

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Connect2Sell

APRIL 24, 2019

Instead of selling, what’ll you do all day long as a new sales manager? You’ll end up becoming the “sales prevention manager” instead of a sales manager if you get in the way of sellers making sales. These tips for new sales managers will enable you to get into a flow more quickly.

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Connect2Sell

JULY 31, 2019

his series has focused on a wide variety of topics that will help you succeed as a new sales manager. New sales manager training should focus on both – your success in the new job AND your ongoing development for whatever comes next. That’s the short-term view.

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Connect2Sell

JULY 3, 2019

You already know that your actions significantly impact sales performance. As a sales manager, there’s a cause-and-effec t for nearly every thing you do. You probably have more questions that answers: Which sales manager actions trigger which seller reactions? What does?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

There has been lots written about the common mistake companies make in selecting new sales managers; specifically the habit of promoting some of their best sales people to the management ranks, whether they are suitable or not. Sales Execution Sales Success Tibor Shanto' What’s in Your Pipeline?

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Sales Hunter tells you what it takes to lead a winning sales team. How often do sales managers generate opportunities and support their teams in customer conversations? Under constant pressure to deliver sales, they focus on reports and not on the critical sales activities that generate revenue.

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Connect2Sell

JULY 10, 2019

To address the myths, misperceptions, and misunderstandings about how to fire up sales professionals, let’s start with the most prevalent misguided sales manager tips for motivating sellers.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Last week, the CMI and Glassdoor published their research findings on management trends in their paper ‘Leadership and Culture at Work.’. More Frequent Performance Reviews: The top 20 companies saw performance management as an opportunity to fuel personal development and growth, not a check-up on results. Managing Director.

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Connect2Sell

JUNE 12, 2019

Any organization that hopes to boost sales effectiveness will start by shoring up sales management effectiveness. No matter how strong the sales team is, they will become hamstrung by an ineffective sales manager.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 13, 2021

But before you do, you need to find a new sales manager to support the additional sales reps. Peter was your first business development rep hired in the sales department. He was promoted to sales development and currently, he is the senior SDR on the team.

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The Pipeline

MAY 17, 2013

Sending one newsletter and one promotional email at specific times each week or month is a good start, but with a little creativity and careful data management, you can create targeted email campaigns for special occasions or broken out by demographic.

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Connect2Sell

JULY 17, 2019

As sales manager, you can focus on the short-term and drive sales results to meet this period’s goals. A much better choice is focusing on the long-term to build sellers’ competence and confidence so they can drive sales results to meet each periods’ goals on their own.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2022

A classic issue in sales forces is promoting one of the top performing sales reps to the manager of a sales team, then having them fail in this new role. Per David Brock, a sales manager’s job is to be a coach. I’d say reps promoted to management have no idea that they need to learn to be a coach.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2022

A classic issue in sales forces is promoting one of the top performing sales reps to the manager of a sales team, then having them fail in this new role. Per David Brock, a sales manager’s job is to be a coach. I’d say reps promoted to management have no idea that they need to learn to be a coach.

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Connect2Sell

MAY 28, 2019

You can do better and increase your odds of getting sales superstars with a solid sales selection process. Is hiring sellers like rolling the dice in your organization?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 10, 2021

Invest in your sales managers to unlock the potential in your sales organization and turn that performance into sustainable performance As the leader of your organization, the next 6 months will prove to be more pressure-filled than you may have experienced in years. Invest in your sales managers.

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Connect2Sell

MAY 22, 2019

In this series for new sales managers, we’re about to look at sales team management tips for turnaround teams … teams that aren’t performing well.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 18, 2018

This could involve seeing their territory sales improve, helping a new product through its launch or possibly farming an account for new business. For some, though, it would be seen as real progress if they were to be promoted to a management position. Find out what is driving their desire for promotion. Not necessarily.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 23, 2017

Certainly, your sales force may be one area to address, but in most organizations, frontline sales managers hold the most vital role. For this reason, to improve sales, you need to invest in your sales managers. The Leverage of Sales Managers. found that the average sales manager has 9.1

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Connect2Sell

JULY 24, 2019

Asking sellers to describe the sales culture where they work is like asking a fish to describe water. The fish isn’t even aware of his environment because he is swimming in it and is completely oblivious to its presence or its importance, for that matter. Human beings are the same way about workplace culture.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Senior sales leaders become frustrated when their sales managers, many of whom were promoted from the sales ranks , focus their responsibilities on selling as opposed to managing their sales teams.

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Connect2Sell

MAY 15, 2019

You’re a new sales manager, and you’ve inherited a high-performing successful sales team. All you have to do is make sure you don’t mess it up !

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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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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?

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. Evaluating sales managers’ success should exceed sales quotas and include turnover and team development metrics.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 27, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 3 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. Hire the right sales managers. Establish a Company Way for sales management.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

5 Ways top sales managers become a sales coach! Sales coaching is the most important sales management activity for driving sales performance. Unfortunately, most managers haven’t been taught how to properly coach their staff. Ask Effective Questions. Of course, not.

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 14, 2024

Challenge: How to create a unique event promoter ad campaign Nancy Nally, an account executive from Viamedia , has been using AdMall on and off for nearly 20 years. Nally knew that the sales tools provided would help her when it came to creating an event promoter ad campaign. “[The for 2024 is $9.9

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. It’s simply incomprehensible that sales managers aren’t picking up the clue phone. Sales Managers don’t want to coach because it takes away from personal sales.

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Connect2Sell

JUNE 5, 2019

As a new manager, you have one distinct advantage. You can use that fresh perspective to objectively conduct a thorough sales force evaluation. But you won’t have it for long! Coming into this role, you have a fresh perspective.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2016

Why New Sales Managers Fail. Are you a new sales manager , or have you just been promoted into a sales manager role? I am going to share the number one reason why new sales managers fail. Time and time again companies promote their best sales reps into managerial roles.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2014

Last week I had a monthly coaching session with one of the top sales managers I work with. Tony’s team is made up of the company’s “top” sales reps that have been promoted to launch a new product. I asked Tony a couple of questions: How would you rate Sally verses your other sales reps?

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