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Embracing Hybrid Sales with New Digital Tools

Sales and Marketing Management

The global pandemic forced the creation of a new digital sales toolbox - one that blends online and offline experiences, and where technology supports relationship building, cost efficiencies and increased personalization. Here are three new tools every sales manager and CMO should be considering.

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3 Key Reasons Sales Managers Aren’t Coaching

Steven Rosen

Research suggests that the best sales coaches can drive 19% more sales than those who are less effective coaches. Yet, despite these promising numbers, many sales managers remain disengaged from the coaching process. A sales manager might be adept at closing deals but lacks the techniques to effectively coach a team.

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Hey Sales Manager, Get Your Head Out of That Spreadsheet

No More Cold Calling

million per sales manager. Message to Management: Your job is to get the rocks out of the road for your salespeople so they can do what they were hired to do—sell!”. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. million per manager.

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How Sales Managers Get Set Up To Fail

Steven Rosen

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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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

Download your copy to get: A comparison of different AI tools for enablement teams to aid your research Example prompts to get you started Tips for AI-assisted content creation including AI video production Clear, practical steps to start using AI in your role

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SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING

Steven Rosen

I have said it before and I will say it again – SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING! Only 10-20% of Sales Managers are Crushing It! The rest are struggling to make their sales numbers. They find themselves overwhelmed, overstressed and lacking the tools and training to be the best they can be. Just do it!

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AI in Sales Management…is just getting started

Sales 2.0

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. But later on, those tools aren’t as relevant. Oliver: Yes.

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The Business Case and Playbook for Data-Driven Sales Coaching

The state of the market and the state of sales coaching make SCL a wise investment, but you have to do it right. That means collecting and measuring the right data, employing the proper tools, and enacting a methodical plan.

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The Critical Role of the Front Line Sales Manager

Sales managers play an integral role in improving reps’ performance and growing an organization’s revenue. Internal Showpad research reveals a day in the life of today’s sales managers and how they can lead more effectively with the right tools and support.

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The Truth About Sales Agility: Separating Fact From Fiction

Speaker: Michelle Vazzana

Should they change their sales methodology? Should they adopt better technology tools? Recent research has uncovered that the most successful and adaptable salespeople and sales managers are agile, meaning they don’t use one single sales approach and they select their approach based on the buying situation they face.

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How to Successfully Coach Your Sales Team to Drive Efficiency

Speaker: Steve Benson, Founder and CEO, Badger Maps

You can manage activities and processes but people need to be guided to reach their full potential. To enable your team to perform at its best and increase sales efficiency, it’s important that you give them the training, knowledge and tools that they need to be successful. This means coaching.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.