Increase Sales

JUNE 4, 2013

So my little brain decided this would be a great story telling opportunity and may help others in sales management roles or even sales positions by challenging their beliefs to past experiences as they encounter similar small business sales scenarios. She can be reached at 219.759.5601 CST. Share on Facebook.

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criteria for success

JULY 15, 2021

As sales managers, we’ve all been told we need to coach our teams. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. State of Emergency.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

60% of sales professionals say that collaborative selling has increased productivity by more than 25%, and more than half (52%) say it has done the same for increasing pipeline ( source ). 79% of sales executives say a leading driver of hitting new targets is improving the productivity of existing sales reps ( source ).

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 19, 2015

My company was one of 12 vendors under active consideration. My prospect: Had a relationship with an existing vendor for basic sales training. Spent time in Europe where the existing vendor was headquartered. Finally, the buyers chose the existing vendor. I’ve never shared this before…publicly.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 1, 2012

In this session I encouraged my audience to recognize that prospects are looking for longer term relationships from fewer vendors and they want their purchasing decision made easier. Acumen Management Group Ltd. operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone.

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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? Role play virtual sales interactions.

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SBI

JANUARY 22, 2013

Proposal/quote creation. Proposal follow-up. The easiest method is for you as the Sales Manager to make your best guess at the total number of hours, or the percentage of time, spent on the highlighted tasks (talking with prospects) and the total spent on the non-highlighted tasks (everything else). Obtaining signature.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 26, 2024

Most sales managers would like to do that. But since they can’t, the next best thing may be to reengineer your sales training program. How to Reengineer Your Sales Training Program Before you begin to adjust the details of your sales training initiatives, take time to study your rain makers.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The beginner salesperson is ready to show (off) his knowledge that was probably learned in corporate sales training and they will monopolize the conversation. They write a lot of proposals, but have low closing ratios. Phase 2: Closed-Ended Questions (Sales Amateur). phone sales tips. sales goals. sales manager.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 17, 2018

Thinking about automating your proposal and contract processes but not sure where to get started? Unlike e-signature technology, which focuses on the signing step in the sales process, e-contract technology is the new generation of e-signature and applies to the entire selling process, from proposals to the final contract.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 21, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

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Sales Management Revenue Incentive Incentives 87

SBI

AUGUST 20, 2019

Introduces Smart Proposal Generation Solution for Professional Services Organizations. Unika’s experience management platform combined with its new proposal generator, provide your sellers with the right information they need to better respond to client inquiries and win more business with your best content and relevant experience.

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Keith Rosen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Proposal submitted, follow up done but no response from the prospect. Since 55% of selling time is wasted on unproductive prospecting, here are 20 questions that prevent prospects from going MIA, increase sales and keep you focused on the right opportunities to prevent sales frostbite. “I sent the proposal.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 6, 2025

CPQ stands for Configure, Price, Quote , a tool that helps sales teams generate accurate quotes quickly and efficiently by automating configuration, pricing, and proposal processes. Speeding up the sales cycle: Train the team to streamline quote generation and approval processes.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Reps use their pipelines to keep track of where prospects are in the sales process and the appropriate actions they should take. Meanwhile, a forecast shows salespeople and sales managers how closely they’re trending to goal and how to prepare. Proposal sent: The buyer reviews your proposal or contract.

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Increase Sales

MARCH 7, 2014

I observed this self serving leadership behavior years ago in corporate sales when I was the inside sales manager. Every proposal (usually thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars) involved quick turnaround times and piles of compliance (specifications).

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Increase Sales

JUNE 4, 2014

Your proposed solution will meet the company’s needs and provide tangible benefits that warrant changing the status quo, and. In fact, until a prospect is convinced that the benefits of making a change outweighs the problems associated with it, a sale will not happen. Professionalism builds credibility. Quit boasting.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 24, 2017

What can a proposal generation tool do for you? Imagine that you are a sales manager. You are gazing out through the glass windows of your plush office across the vast expanse of desks where your sales force performs their in-office tasks. The answer comes back, and you are reassured by hearing, “working on proposals!”.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 6, 2025

Introduction Are you struggling with last-minute, inconsistent proposals? Well-executed proposals are critical to driving sales and communicating product value to prospects. This is where proposal automation software makes a difference. What is Proposal Automation Software?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 22, 2014

As we move from qualifying to discovering, to proposing, and finally to closing, our probabilities increase. So while we are measuring progress through the sales cycle (e.g. Accountability Execution Professional Sales Sales and Marketing Tools Sales Effectiveness Sales Management Sales Process'

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The second week of my first job, the Sales Manager asked for my forecast for sales at the end of the month? My final questions to confirm we were good to go were: Is there anything else you can think of that will help move my proposal forward? How do you believe I can differentiate myself to be the selected vendor?

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 20, 2017

Sales Management Thought Leadership: efficient effectiveness. Client projects needed to be finalized, meetings re-scheduled, mobile phones had to find International plans, and new proposals completed. What does this have to do with sales management?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 10, 2020

Welcome to the 2020 sales process where every single customer or sales initiated action is examined, scrutinized and obsessed over by sales people, sales managers, sales operation people and senior management. Demo completed — an opportunity for the salesperson to show the capabilities of the product.

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Allego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This guide was designed specifically for sales managers and enablement leaders like you, providing a comprehensive overview of Digital Sales Room software, its benefits, and the key considerations for selecting and implementing the right solution for your team. Assess your content creation and management process.

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SBI

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We’ll also continue to see consolidation among software vendors, with acquisitions left and right. Sales managers can finally get a complete, factual, and up-to-date snapshot of their team’s pipeline, instead of yesterday’s partial, outdated, and subjective information sales leaders have been relying on for far too long.

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Pipeliner

MAY 22, 2020

Critics consider it an act of desperation, a last-ditch knee-jerk tactic vendors try when prospects get nervous and jittery about buying. Discounting is a Sure Sign of Sales Failure , proclaims one recent headline. Vendors discount their selling prices for many reasons, and sweetening their offer to buyers are among them.

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SBI

JANUARY 21, 2014

And, finally, we can use the metaphor to describe how our own rider and elephant interact with the two systems at work inside the prospect’s own head; in other words, how can we direct the rider inside our prospect to motivate his or her elephant and make the change that we propose? So I will say that again.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 30, 2025

Evaluating Vendors & Software Solutions Once you have a clear understanding of your business needs and required features in a sales quote software, the next step is evaluating vendors. 2- Trial & Demo Importance Before finalizing a vendor, testing the software is crucial.

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Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Customers don’t do any homework before a CPQ vendor is engaged. Change management is undervalued. Note: Many “CPQ experts” only work with one or two CPQ vendors and, hence, will always recommend that solution because they benefit from it financially. CPQ software buying decisions are flawed.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

Make them true partners: Ask them to help select your training vendor and curriculum, review the proposed agenda, choose the venue and date, and so forth. For example, you might want to reduce discounting by 10%, win 25% more competitive deals against a competitor, or reduce your average sales cycle by two days.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

For example, if they say, “Our head of People Ops got involved when we’d narrowed down the list to two vendors,” you’d respond, “Great -- she’ll probably want to see some customer references, so I’ll work on pulling those for you.”. Ask the Procurement team the following questions: “What do you look for in vendors?”. “Do

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Nutshell

MARCH 25, 2024

DOWNLOAD Ready to become a better sales leader? Get 70+ expert strategies for sales management success in our Sales Manager’s Survival Guide. For instance, with Nutshell, you can choose from a host of contract and proposal integrations , like DocuSign, to make things easier and keep communication in one place.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2023

Because tech sales is a multi-step process, your responsibilities could also include: Generating and scoring leads. Writing reports and proposals for vendors or clients. Should you work in tech sales? So, is a job in tech sales right for you? This number jumps to $129,700 a year for a tech sales manager.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Hilarie Koplow McAdams, President of Commercial and Small Business at salesforce.com explores how the Cake Boss of Carlo’s Bakery is transforming a neighborhood bakery, how Square is building a robust ecosystem of vendors and buyers and how top executives from Yelp are fueling their own hyper growth. But Cloud9 does more than that.

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SBI

MAY 1, 2012

Instead, I put forth the proposition that all of us – Sales, Management, everyone who is not in Marketing – are guilty of asking and expecting Marketing to do the wrong thing – to generate “sales-ready” leads. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

They make promises to deliver proposals, make meetings and then never show up. Traditional marketing no longer holds true if we believe DemandGen’s research that 65% of the buyers believe that the vendor’s marketing content had an impact on their buying decision. Sales excuses are no longer an option.

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