Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Welcome to my annual list of the best sales and sales leadership content of 2023. 2023 saw more content than ever before and that certainly includes the sales space. Look for more videos in 2024 and a fun new self-directed sales course called Movie Night. With that in mind, allow me to share the results from 2023.

Sales Leadership 207

Sales Leadership Hiring Video LinkedIn 207

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .”

Sales Leadership 177

Sales Leadership Hiring Coaching Account 177

The Sales Hunter

MAY 10, 2019

Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Sales Motivation Blog. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Trust me, the world will value you the most if you are real.

Sales Leadership 220

Sales Leadership Lead Rank Social Media Motivation 220

Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this article, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, delves into AI’s profound impact on the sales landscape and how Great Dane has strategically incorporated this technology to propel its sales initiatives forward. Key Takeaways: Established companies can embrace AI to drive sales success.

Sales Leadership 156

Sales Leadership Video Coaching LinkedIn 156

Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening Podcast, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, discusses the use of AI in sales leadership. He also explores the practical applications of AI in sales, including prospecting, customer retention, and pre-call planning.

Company 296

Company Sales Leadership Retention Loyalty 296

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Similarly, many prospects are also non-believers in your product or service.

Sales Process 348

Sales Process Sales Methodology Decision Maker Pipeline 348

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Assessments Compared Data on Sales Excellence Coaching Salespeople MUST READ: Are Assessments as Evil as the Persona Movie Suggests? The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive? How to Transform Your Sales Pipeline Today Can Malcom Gladwell Explain the Sales Hiring Problem?

Hiring 159

Hiring Sales Leadership Sales Forecasts Forecasting 159

The Sales Hunter

APRIL 26, 2019

Many of you reading this blog post are aware of one of the largest sales event that I have the honor to co-host each year called OutBound. Leadership and sales have a lot in common, and it begins with compounding impact. Sales is not a solo activity; sales is a team sport and the same is true of leadership.

Outbound 177

Outbound Sales Leadership Sports Conference 177

The Pipeline

JUNE 23, 2014

I sales there is always talk of trust, easy to see why. Further, in sales, talk of trust brings with it an ever expanding range of opinions and advice from a number of “knowledgeable experts”. This then becomes the iterative road should define your sales career.

Objections 314

Objections Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer 314

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2025

I almost fell out of my chair when I heard a Sales VP say this. It can seem harder when we cant meet in person, but prospects dont trust you simply because you meet face-to-face, shake hands, or share a meal. Trust is key in referral sales strategiesin any sales strategy, reallybut trust must be earned.

Referrals 318

Referrals Face-to-face Call-back Decision Maker 318

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sales managers do what they ask others to do.

Referrals 328

Referrals Sales Management Hiring Scale 328

Partners in Excellence

MAY 29, 2024

It used to be I had to figure out how to make a good prospecting call. The post Celestial Navigation And Sales Leadership appeared first on Partners in EXCELLENCE. They can help enrich our understanding, enabling us to engage each other with far more relevance and effectively.

Outsourcing Services 143

Outsourcing Services Sales Leadership Call-back System 143

The Pipeline

AUGUST 18, 2014

Being different seems to be really important to some people in sales. You often hear people talk about how the complexity of their sale makes it different. But all sales are complex in their own way, just because one may have more moving parts than another, does not make it more complex or different. Tibor Shanto .

Conference 303

Conference Proposal Call-back Negotiation 303

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. How do I stay fired up when I prospect? I listen intently and try to figure out what makes each business model unique and each prospect like a snowflake. studying sales methodologies, you know that you are obsessed. Bank on it! h/t Rowley).

B2B 319

B2B Banking Conference Decision Maker 319

Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Brandon Nye , Vice President of Sales for Inmode, shares the key qualities to look for when hiring salespeople, including a proven track record in B2B sales and a competitive mindset. This is a crucial skill that many companies overlook when hiring salespeople.

Lead Rank 228

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Leads 228

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

I used to think it was just sales newbies who struggled with referral reluctance. I wondered about those in non-traditional sales roles like customer success, CPAs, attorneys, architects, engineers, and consultants—who are now being asked to sell. Sales Leadership Is Missing It Big (and Here’s the Proof).

Referrals 373

Referrals Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 373

Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

Hosts Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the importance of face-to-face conversations in sales and how sales leaders can encourage their teams to embrace in-person interactions. These reactions make it easier to be empathetic and build trust, essential for successful sales relationships.

Face-to-face 296

Face-to-face Video Decision Maker Loyalty 296

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. What is Sales Automation? Today’s Sales professions spend just 34% of their time selling. With that shocking statistic, let’s review the benefits of sales automation. The Rise of Sales Automation. Salesforce.

Sales Automation 162

Sales Automation Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 162

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 7, 2021

When I first entered the sales profession, my sales manager provided a data dump of product info for me during onboarding. The next phase of my training was to shadow one of the senior sales reps for a few days. I learned how he did sales, both the good and the bad. The Sales Leader Problem #1: Denial of Complexity.

Sales Leadership 118

Sales Leadership How To Hiring Coaching 118

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Sales leaders accomplish the same thing when they prepare a salesperson with powerful messaging and talking points. Moses returned to God and spoke of this obstacle, or in sales terms, objection: There was internal competition! As with God and Moses, both sales coaching methods should have a role-play component.

Coaching 194

Coaching Hiring Scale Sales Leadership 194

Bernadette McClelland

AUGUST 1, 2022

Join me and the world's foremost authorities on sales prospecting, pipeline, productivity and sales leadership. I will be presenting a Keynote on the main stage, an interactive session on the Sales Leadership stage and a presentation on the Virtual platform.

Margin 397

Margin Travel Outbound Sales Leadership 397

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Sales Scrum Episode #22 – Guest Jeff Goldstein. Jeff is an engineer by training, he has spent his entire career grinding out a sales number as VP and GM of the Canadian subsidiaries of Data General/EMC, NetApp and Veeam Software. He shares his 25+ years of sales leadership and helps you lead and sell through all types of markets.

Sales Qualified Lead 220

Sales Qualified Lead Engineering Survey Sales Leadership 220

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Digital isnt a sales strategy. A sales strategy isnt about tools or trendsits about how your company attracts and serves customers. Yet, too many sales leaders fall into the trap of believing the latest digital sales tools or automation platforms will solve their sales prospecting problems.

Referrals 207

Referrals Face-to-face Sales Leadership Quota 207

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Next time you prospect a company, add a board member. When you're at work, prospect incessantly. And the greatest fear of all in sales that separates the titans from the also rans: walking on the deal. This sales thing violates a lot of psychology. Tony’s most recent book is “Combo Prospecting.” Ruffling feathers?

Call-back 329

Call-back Negotiation Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead 329

Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. 5. Know your prospects. Find the problem, discover solution, present why solution is best for prospect. Bernadette McClelland is a Keynote and Sales Kick-Off Speaker, Executive Sales Leadership Coach, and published author. Build rapport.

Selling Skills 317

Selling Skills Negotiation Sales Leadership Margin 317

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Sales leadership is nothing more than interacting with others to make a positive impact. We can break it down even further and say that sales leadership is just people connecting with people. Sales and leadership are one and the same. Sales is only as complicated as we want to make it.

Motivation 200

Motivation B2C Sales Leadership Social Media 200

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 9, 2020

Poor leadership will cost you $3.5 million per sales manager. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. I blame the sales manager for having the wrong priorities. Yet, modern sales managers have their heads stuck in spreadsheets with priorities changing daily.

Sales Management 390

Sales Management Hiring Cold Calling Quota 390

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2018

Author: Cristina Gomez The war for top-performing sales talent has begun. By 2026, the number of open sales positions is projected to grow by more than 3 percent , putting the pressure on sales leaders and HR teams to attract top talent. The lack of parity in sales is not only a fairness issue, it’s a business issue.

Face-to-face 250

Face-to-face How To Salary Quota 250

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I read the majority of the reports, studies, white papers, and books related to sales development because others in the field might stumble onto a trend, an insight or a statistic of which I was not aware. That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey. The next finding explains the previous finding.

Data 227

Data Hiring Compensation Quota 227

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

Last week, I noticed that people are still using this archaic and overly simplistic sales qualifying process, and too many are still writing about the benefits of BANT (Acronym for Budget, Authority, Need, Timing). How is it that in 2024, people are still hailing BANT as some kind of relevant and beneficial sales tool?

Sales Process 177

Sales Process Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Put people before technology in your prospecting. Digital isn’t a sales strategy, hope is not a strategy, referrals are not a strategy, marketing is not a strategy. Sales strategy isn’t yours or mine. What does this mean for sales leaders? Your sales strategy is your legacy. Not much has changed over the years.

Webinar Metrics 339

Webinar Metrics Strategy Cold Calling Customer 339

Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Join me and the world's foremost authorities on sales prospecting, pipeline, productivity and sales leadership. I will be presenting a Keynote on the main stage, an interactive session on the Sales Leadership stage and a presentation on the Virtual platform.

Everest 370

Everest Call-back Sales Leadership Exercises 370

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

Face Facts: The Client Is Not Always Right, and Your Sales Pitch Is Annoying. At least, that’s what many prospects have come to believe. They hear the word sales and think of the stereotypical used-car salesman. How Your Prospects Choose Whom to Trust. And just as importantly, who do your clients and prospects trust?

Face-to-face 434

Face-to-face Call-back Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 434

Zoominfo

APRIL 3, 2018

Discord between marketing and sales departments is an age-old story. The marketing team gets annoyed at the sales team for failing to follow up on leads and in return, the sales team is annoyed with the marketing team for generating low-quality leads in the first place. 5 Ways to Facilitate Better Marketing and Sales Alignment.

Marketing Qualified Lead 223

Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing 223

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2018

We looked at the sales process. Typically, it would start with an email from a prospect, asking a question about price, availability or some product feature. The sales team was jumping on these opportunities, firing back an answer to the prospect’s question – often within minutes – and then following up with a phone call.

Buyer 294

Buyer Call-back Follow-up Sales Qualified Lead 294

Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. What is Sales Prospecting?

Tools 125

Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 125

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

You’re the ultimate sales technology—and this is the ultimate sales conversations book. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. Do you know how to have that kind of sales conversations? Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works. INTRODUCTION.

Conversion 305

Conversion Face-to-face Social Media Referrals 305