Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 22, 2018

From sales force training and compensation to investments in sales processes and technology, organizations relentlessly seek to pull the right levers that will drive revenue growth and improve sales effectiveness. In this study, top managers brought in an average $3.5

Sales Management 218

Sales Management Hiring Compensation Scale 218

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Immediate Help for Sales. But how do you know?

Sales Talent 288

Sales Talent Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 288

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. This doesn’t happen by accident.

Sales Management 166

Sales Management Hiring Compensation Incentives 166

Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Do nothing. Develop Master Coaches.

Coaching 177

Coaching Sales Management Sales Coaching Account 177

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. They say you can’t shrink your way to success, but perhaps there are situations in sales where you can. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense.

Pipeline 212

Pipeline Territories Harvest Cold Calling 212

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do? Do nothing.

Sales Coaching 273

Sales Coaching Coaching Sales Management Study 273

The Pipeline

JULY 22, 2013

Dictionary.com , defines a paraprofessional as “a person trained to assist a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or other professional, but not licensed to practice in the profession.” A regular lament I get from managers is that the best presentation a rep had was the one they did for the job. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

Hiring 267

Hiring Licensing Health Care Sales Talent 267

Pointclear

AUGUST 17, 2011

Sales managers have six basic jobs—hire, compensate, train, deploy, monitor and manage, and coach and counsel—and they generally fail at the last three. Manage on the basis of both the art and science, and you’ll drive more revenue. The manager must match the rep to the opportunity.

Sales Management 153

Sales Management Hiring Territories Compensation 153

Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Do nothing. Develop Master Coaches.

Coaching 156

Coaching Sales Management Sales Coaching Account 156

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement. What can you do? Do nothing.

Sales Coaching 261

Sales Coaching Coaching Sales Management Study 261

Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

He shares insights on managing high-performing sales reps, emphasizing the need to understand their drivers and view their challenges as positive. Managing high-performing sales reps requires understanding and appreciating their drivers and demands rather than being threatened by their assertiveness.

Video 296

Video Face-to-face Coaching Sales Management 296

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. To have a sales strategy you can execute, it must follow a structured path. Phase 4 - Sales Infrastructure - Create optimal performance conditions.

Compensation 325

Compensation Social Media Incentives Incentive 325

Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. I was curious to hear what he thinks.

Sales Management 195

Sales Management Top of Funnel Data Intent Signal 195

The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales eXchange , execution. there is still a condition that plagues sales, causing grief and lost revenues to companies across the planet. We see it every day, reps who feel they have “earned the right” not to do certain must do things in sales.

Pipeline 220

Pipeline Twitter Hiring Territories 220

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

But selling value allows not just revenue but margin to be considered. Training, piloting or even taking on extra responsibility (i.e. open territory) is met in stride. You must attend multiple sales meetings. If you just listen to your sales manager, the critical interactions will be missed.

Promotion 297

Promotion Construction Hiring Scale 297

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 16, 2012

Here are their business pressures: 56% reported not seeing sufficient growth in top line revenue. 32% reported that their sales cycle is too long. 29% reported that they don’t convert enough leads to sales. 27% reported that their sales forecasts are not accurate enough. 21% want a better sales hiring process.

Hiring 195

Hiring Territories Compensation Forecasting 195

Score More Sales

JANUARY 4, 2013

For those of us who have been in the sales profession for any length of time, you know that your sales leader or head of the company has revenue goals for you to hit. Sometimes they are realistic and helpful, other times they are poor guesses done by people who don’t know how to set good revenue goals.

Sales Qualified Lead 224

Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Territories Outbound 224

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2014

Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Do Technical Salespeople Need Sales Training? Why Doesn''t Sales Methodology Get More Attention? Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training.

Lead Rank 246

Lead Rank Sales Methodology Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 246

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting? Sales Leadership.

Sales Meeting 251

Sales Meeting Pipeline Meeting Hiring 251

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 9, 2014

When we work with companies selling through channels, the sales processes, metrics, sales management, sales coaching, sales training, messaging and coaching must be different from what we do with direct B2B sales forces. Channel sales is quite different. Do you have any of these issues?

Channels 227

Channels Retail Hotels Territories 227

SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. by Howard Brown, CEO of ringDNA.

Sales Management 136

Sales Management Scale Top of Funnel Hiring 136

The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

We’ve become a generation of retarded under-performing sales semi-professionals. Instead of being thought-leaders we’ve become frenetic, selfish territory managers. Trading one Mickey Mouse sales idea for the next. And so what’s most important – increasing revenue – is something that never seems to happen.

Pipeline 322

Pipeline Twitter Top of Funnel Hiring 322

The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

Stored in Attitude , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Video , execution. A couple of weeks ago I posted the first in a series of conversations with Michael Bird, Chief Revenue Officer with NetProspex.

Pipeline 241

Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 241

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Sales Alchemy. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Forecast , Funnel management , Guest Post , Sales Management , Sales Process , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. Our mission as salespeople is simple, drive revenue. Our singular task is to pump money out of a sales pipeline.

Pipeline 198

Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 198

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 223

Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 22, 2011

Here are a couple of questions I would ask: Are your sales reps making a difference? Do your sales reps make impact on each call? Do they actually make a difference in the sales in their territory? How often do your sales managers go out in the field? That works as long as the business grows.

Hiring 179

Hiring Remedy Incentives Incentive 179

SBI Growth

MARCH 28, 2013

Download the Sales Ops Field Kit Here. Think about the last big effort you drove for sales. Rolling out a new CRM tool or territory structure. Delivering enhanced training or instituting new performance dashboards. Face it – many sales managers and directors are too biased. One last point on this step.

Face-to-face 276

Face-to-face Quota Territories Compensation 276

The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , EDGE Sales Process , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. The other day I was talking with a couple of sales managers trying to help their people be more effective in prospecting. Sales Leadership.

Pipeline 255

Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 255

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Guard your time – a bit of advice given to me years ago by a wise sales manager that I’ve always worked to remember. In a world of distractions, sound bytes, lists of important things to accomplish, and “noise” — you need to focus on activities that lead to revenue before you do anything else.

Lead Rank 227

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Territories 227

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Even worse, some of these ineffective salespeople lead their sales teams in revenue because they inherited the biggest and best accounts, well-established large territories, have years in their industry and/or territory and are viewed as an expert.

Outsourcing Services 207

Outsourcing Services Territories Proposal Sales Methodology 207

The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

We wanted to avoid the predictable trappings of yet another webinar, while providing our audience with relevant ideas and practices to improve their prospecting and sales. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique.

Sales Cycle 244

Sales Cycle Pipeline Conversion Webinar Metrics 244

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

. “But we’re not IBM” Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy.

Pipeline 226

Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 226

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

Having done the above work, I know that many sales leaders are looking for more prospects, more new revenue opportunities. Even knowing that, if I was speaking to a VP of Sales and asked like the “let’s wait” crowd does, “Need a prospecting training program?” Sales Leadership.

Pipeline 267

Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 267

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

As in the casino, financial success is the goal, in sales it is in the form of deals or revenue rather then the jackpot at the roulette table. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

Pipeline 240

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 240

Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Although training can certainly help, I believe coaching is the most important way to help salespeople make the needed changes. . Most Important Job of the Sales Manager . With that in mind, the most important job for sales managers is to coach their salespeople to close business. Training the Coaches

Sales Coaching 167

Sales Coaching Coaching Quota Sports 167

The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

Last week Ian brought in all of the division managers and gave us his vision. Ian told us about Sandra the Super Sales Rep. About a month ago Ian asked Sandra what her sales strategy was all about and why it seemed as though she was acting as more of an advisor than a salesperson. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

Pipeline 227

Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 227

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. This thinking leads them to believe that you do not need training. A recent study by the ASTD found that only 11% of companies train their managers. Sales Manager Killers. Control Your Destiny.

Promotion 120

Promotion Sales Management Hiring Face-to-face 120