Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

First we need to check where we are against our new year goals. Next we need to take stock of our first month sales performance and make adjustments. Were just a little more than thirty days away from our new year intentions, resolutions, and goals. Then recommit to your goals. Its just human nature.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. To give sellers a fighting chance, sales leaders need to build an effective, flexible sales enablement program.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 26, 2019

In this article, we discuss the 3 challenges facing salespeople today:

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Allego

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sales training has never been more criticalor more challenging. Without the right knowledge and messaging, your sales team wont just struggletheyll lose deals before they even begin. Thats whereGenAI for sales trainingcomes in. The Role of GenAI in Sales Training Sales training must be fast, flexible, and relevant.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. Balancing Quality and Speed: Sales teams often struggle to balance quality with pipeline velocity.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

With stay-at-home mandates causing what many reference as the “groundhog day” effect, your sales team is the perfect audience for incorporating surprise rewards as part of a sales incentive program to keep remote teams engaged and company morale high. How to start applying this to your sales team. Defining the unexpected reward.

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SalesFuel

JULY 9, 2024

Achieving sales goals is never easy. Setting sales goals can be even more challenging. How To Incorporate Motivation When Setting Sales Goals In Korn Ferry’s recent Sales Maturity survey , researchers checked in with sales organizations about the challenges they are currently facing.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

Entering this 2025, to embrace a virtual sales program, like our own FlyMSG Sales Pro Plan , could be pivotal for achieving unprecedented business success. The Rise of Virtual Sales Programs As we enter 2025, the landscape of sales training programs is undergoing a revolutionary transformation.

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SalesFuel

OCTOBER 3, 2024

If you want to exceed your sales goals, you’ll need to invest in an additional type of learning. Those facts may be true, especially if you are stressed about meeting your sales goals. In our survey of sales professionals , only 20% indicated they’ve read at least two books on sales this year.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The global medical devices market is expected to reach by the end of the year $ 0 B Yet, medical device sales reps dont have it easy. Organizations must build a strong medical device sales rep training program so sellers are always ready to overcome these challenges. What are medical device sales?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2022

The role of a sales team is to sell. The sales manager is responsible for creating, advancing, and managing the people, processes, and systems for their team to be successful. While this job routinely requires setting goals for the team, sales managers must set goals for themselves as well. Who are your buyers?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Increasingly, companies are missing the number because they lack a formal sales strategy. Many are not making the number because a sales strategy is absent. You may be wondering how prepared your sales team is heading into next year. As you plan for next year, a defined sales strategy is a must have. Signs of Trouble.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 15, 2014

Every sales leader has a fresh list of HR projects to accomplish. Today’s post will help align HR projects with Sales goals. It’s the story of Tracy, the business partner for sales at a B2B technology company. She shared her ideas for success as the business partner to Sales. The Curse of Last Year.

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Shari Levitin

JANUARY 27, 2021

Jerry Seinfeld produces with a level of discipline that we should bring to our virtual sales. Here is a short list of my (almost) daily activity goals for 2021. Make three client calls and or coach my sales reps on their calls. The post The Truth About Reaching Your Sales Goals in 2021 appeared first on Shari Levitin.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When setting sales goals for your retail employees — or for any employee, really — there are usually two things to keep in mind: Those goals need to be realistic and clearly defined. What drives your retail employees to achieve the goals you set for them? Step 1: Set a SMART goal structure. Sequence goals.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 31, 2023

With hundreds of AI sales tools in the market, picking the right ones for your tech stack can be confusing and daunting. To help you out, we’ve handpicked the top 10 AI tools for sales teams. We’ve also listed the top use cases of AI sales tools, along with a few best practices to help you get the most out of them.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 13, 2025

According to a 2023 survey of over 450 sales leaders, 91% of their teams missed quota that year. And even with revenue up in 2024 , reps are still struggling to meet their sales goals. Getting stuck on YTD sales. Projecting a sales cycle ahead of time gives sellers a better chance of making their numbers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 3, 2019

Author: Lance Tyson In the hypercompetitive field of sales, escalating goals have become standard. This year we’d be fine with flat or declining sales.” Everyone wants to see that hockey stick curve of escalating sales performance that will take their organization to unprecedented levels of success.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Author: Matt Suggs More than ever before, buyers can scan hundreds of reviews and articles about a product online, forming opinions before they even interact with a sales representative for the first time. Modern sellers must evolve their sales approach, reinventing their pitch to include information that can’t be found on the internet.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In this 2:56 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the need for sales managers to go beyond setting sales goals and to define learning goals for their teams. They share how organizations can align learning goals with sales goals and invest in training and resources to support their salespeople.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

Are sales managers really at fault? You don’t hear that phrase very often anymore, but account based sales reps still carry a bag. percent of sales reps made quota in 2016. The problem is that many sales managers were raised in Sales 1.0 They don’t have the skills or tools for success in a Sales 3.0

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 10, 2013

I remember being on the road with a salesperson whom I was coaching to take up a senior sales position within the company he was working for. Account Management achieving goals Identifying potential managing accounts setting sales goals' Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

Sales professionals are always on the lookout for ways to step up their game. One of the best ways to improve sales numbers involves something everyone dreads — cold calling. Why do Sales Cold Calling Scripts Matter? Having a variety of cold calling scripts on handmakes sales training easier for new hires as well.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 28, 2021

Investing in team training is a critical part of business success and growth. Your sales team is the backbone of your company, and your employees are just as vital to business success as your customers. You can’t simply train your sales reps once, send them out into the world, and expect them to adapt to new challenges without fail.

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world is causing a massive shift in the medical device sales industry. The days of relying solely on face-to-face sales meetings are over. Digital selling is the game, and you must have a strategy that ensures your team succeeds in medical device digital sales. Not to worry, though.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The sales team didn’t have a chance. The team should include stakeholders from sales, marketing, channel partners, product development, customer service and operations. The goal of this step is to confirm deployment readiness. Channel Strategy & Sales Goals. Training material/courseware for sales team.

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criteria for success

MARCH 23, 2022

Organizations tend to under-invest in leadership skills training. Here are 6 signs you need to invest in leadership skills training – and some resources that can help. An overwhelmed executive team is the most obvious sign you need to invest in leadership skills training. Troubleshoot Your Sales Problems.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2021

Unclear sales goals are costly. These are metrics that prioritize and improve sales performance and yield valuable specifics like percent of team meeting quota, average on-target earnings, and sales cycle length. KPIs should match the specific needs of your sales team. The Sales KPIs You Need to Know.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 15, 2025

In many cases, the root cause of these issues can be traced to inaccurate or nonexistent sales forecasting. One study found that companies with accurate sales forecasts are 10% more likely to grow their revenue year-over-year and 7.3% What Is Sales Forecasting? A well-crafted sales forecast differs from a sales goal or target.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Leading off our list is sales consultant and coach, Jeb Blount. Jeb carries his sales wisdom over to all his social media channels and spreads his expertise to the masses.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 14, 2020

Most Sales Managers would agree that completing prospecting activities and hitting sales goals are critical to success.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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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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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Achieving commitment towards sales goals and success is crucial for cultivating a successful sales team. It requires a concentrated effort and the growth of each team member.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Setting goals is important in all areas of life – both personally and professionally. The world of sales is no exception. Sales goals help ensure your entire sales team is aligned. Each sales rep must understand the overall goals of the company – and the part they play in achieving those goals.

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