The Sales Hunter

APRIL 11, 2018

Sales is emotional and don’t say it’s not. We all have found ourselves screaming loudly after closing a big sale and gnashing our teeth when the “stupid customer” doesn’t agree to the sale. It’s the same reason why when we close a big sale, so often another big sale follows suit.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Like a championship sports team that needs great athletes , exceptional salespeople are the lifeblood of a high-performing sales organization. Even during more favorable hiring conditions, hiring sales executives is risky. Even during more favorable hiring conditions, hiring sales executives is risky.

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The Pipeline

JULY 3, 2014

Most major sports have significant dates through the year when it comes to proactively developing the team, building a roster that will help you win now and into the future. With sales being a team experience at most companies, it is not all that different in this respect, save a couple of key areas. First, there are no formal dates.

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sales leadership demands the ability to adapt, motivate, and guide teams toward consistent, high-level performance. In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount is joined by Charley Bible of KaTom to discuss key strategies for sales leaders, focusing on teamwork, skill refinement, and the power of effective coaching.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2013

Welcome back to Sales Management TV. Coaching is a “one to one” sport. Training is a one size fits all activity. Coaching starts with diagnosing each sales reps particular area for improvement. It is best when the sales rep is self-aware and can self-evaluate areas for improvement. Tip #8: Customise Your Coaching.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I interviewed sales manager, sales person, sales trainer and all around smart guy Jorge Soto. I asked Jorge about how he uses Sales 2.0 Jorge, I know you are a fan of Sales 2.0 You are running a sales/biz dev effort now. What are your main goals in this role and how are you applying Sales 2.0

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Bernadette McClelland

DECEMBER 31, 2018

She was officially recognised as an integral part of the team, clearly not for playing, but for a stack of little things like fronting up at all practice matches and spring trainings regardless of the weather just as the players did, taking time out to get to know all the players personally and doing what she had to do to show up consistently.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

Online Training. Both industry specific and general business shows are excellent places to get known, get sales, and get ahead. Sports events. And for the competitive sports nut within you, play The Networking Game. It’s in my book The Sales Bible. I work for a large company with a large sales force.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect, and unless expertly coached or trained, managers can make all types of blunders. Do You Want To Increase Sales Performance? ” As a sales manager , you probably were a top sales rep.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Just as there are time when it will take more than just a change in attitude to carry on successfully, and in our case, win sales. I don’t remember which runner was quoted to say when asked about her training for marathons (and I am paraphrasing) “the hardest thing about running is getting out the door”. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2012

Sales coaching is the management No. 1 activity that drives sales performance. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect and unless effectively coached or trained managers can make all types of blunders. Do You Want To Increase Sales Performance? In fact, sales coaching is the management No.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 21, 2020

In the 2nd post in our "2020: The Year for Sales Growth" blog series, our Founder and CLO Tony Cole, discusses the importance of maintaining core sales values within an organization, how these values relate to organized sports, the erosion of these said core values, and the impact they have (or can have) on your attempt to grow your sales organization (..)

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

This time I had a stake in it – although I now live in greater Boston, my birthplace was Seattle - the sports-tortured city. Since many of you felt indifferent to the particular game that just happened, I want to tie in some important sales lessons from the winning quarterback and the losing quarterback, plus some thoughts from others.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 31, 2024

This is the question every sales manager must ask. A sales leader’s primary responsibility is to put the BEST team into the marketplace.Much like a general manager in sports, a director of a theatre company or an orchestra leader of a symphony, you have a job and a responsibility to hire and use the best performers.

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Pointclear

JUNE 11, 2013

At a recent high school track meet I cheered on our team in several heats of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relays and mused that we can look to track and field athletics for inspiration and tactics for marketing and sales alignment. The training for relays initially focuses on building the individual runner’s abilities. Celebration.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This is the 8th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Why is that?

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

You know; it’s that idle, incidental banter between you and the prospect as you get things into place before the sales interaction. This warm up talk is more important than many realise and can steer the sales process in a positive or negative direction. Part of the Sales Interaction. Part of the Sales Interaction.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan According to FreeDictionary.com , the original definition of Methodology is, "the theoretical analysis of the methods appropriate to a field of study or to the body of methods and principles particular to a branch of knowledge." I''ve written about Sales Methodology before. Negotiation.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 6, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan At dinner on Saturday night our guest, a friend who recently changed careers and now finds himself in the financial services world, mentioned that he isn''t selling the way that the other successful brokers are doing it. (He He doesn''t have any business either.) Click here for a 3-minute preview.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 17, 2017

Fifty-nine percent is certainly a lot, but what about the other 41 percent your account based sales team wants to reach? We all have best ways to learn—including your buyers and your account based sales reps. The Question Account Based Sales Leaders Must Ask. Ask your account based sales reps how they prefer to learn.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Author: Charles Brennan One of the fastest-growing sports in America is pickleball. However, many people are not familiar with the sport. Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. Planning Versus Strategy. Tendencies. You can pick up on individual’s tendencies.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 14, 2018

ow”, as sports psychologists describe a state of alert concentration in which the body moves by pure instinct, like a ?sh Bernadette McClelland is a Keynote and Sales Kick-Off Speaker, Executive Sales Leadership Coach, and published author. It’s the point before the point of no return. I’m a different man when I emerge.

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2013

If you have any doubt about that, look at how people feel the morning after their local sports team has won – especially in playoff competition. If you are in a sales role and do not experience regular wins of some type, you probably won’t feel very motivated or inspired. Many professional sellers like to win.

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 19, 2025

Coachability" is essential for top performance in sales - and for that matter ANY endeavor. Golf, for me, is more than a sport; its a metaphor for sales and life. A Great Coach Exposes Your Blind Spots Sales is no different. A sales great coach exposes your blind spots. Many of them have an entire team of coaches.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I’ve been trying to find a way to tie cooking to sales management. I love to cook (and eat) and I love selling and coaching sales management. Thus my attempt to find another way to explain concepts of sales management: COOKING! Thus my attempt to find another way to explain concepts of sales management: COOKING!

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

Are you using online sales meetings throughout your sales process? Do it wrong and it can completely ruin the sale! See if you can bunk off work early and say you’ve got a sales meeting somewhere”. When I work from home I work out of my home office and there’s lots of movie and sport memorabilia on the wall.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2024

Wouldn’t it be cool if, instead of the news that currently appears in your feed, or the sports analysis you just heard, you could read the news of your last few days of selling, or hear the play-by-play analysis of your sales call from earlier today? Example One: Dave had a tough few days on the sales trail.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Whether you’re welcoming a new person to your sales team or helping develop skills among your current staff, sales training is a very important part of fostering a successful sales program. Below, they share their advice on how to improve inclusivity in your sales training. What is inclusive sales training?

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 24, 2014

However, when I reread the sentence, I recognized that the focus was on the wrong objective – sales. Bad sales meetings. That’s like passing out participation trophies in youth sports (you don’t want to get me started on THAT discussion.). Largest sale. Most sales. Best sale in a tough, competitive situation.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 12, 2023

It is usually something that we undergo when we begin a new position or new company, but the best sales organizations, like the best sports teams, are constantly training all of their people. Simply put, well-trained salespeople drive more revenue.

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The Pipeline

MAY 3, 2018

The piece – SalesBlocks – Engineering Sales – starts by James sharing “I am an engineer who found sales and fell in love. The differentiators continue to be execution, made up of a dynamic process as James highlights, and skills training. I still have an engineer’s mind, however. What’s On Top.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 24, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I was listening to a Boston Sports Radio Station, the same one I wrote about here. It got me thinking about the road most often taken to sales management. Compared to the rocky road to coaching in the NFL, the road to sales management absolutely sounds like a road paved with gold!

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 24, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: 9 Ways to Empower Your Sales Team The sales team is the driving force behind a company’s success, but that can only happen if they have the time, space, and support they need to work at their highest level. So, how do you invest in your sales team?

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Realize the Commonalities Between Sports and Effective Selling? Competitiveness applies to sports and sales; however, the ‘Commonalities between sports and effective selling’ offers much more. Your Story: Commonalities Between Sports and Effective Selling.

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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.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 21, 2014

This question comes up a lot when I’m talking with both sales leaders and salespeople. Men also have a desire to compete, which means a lot of time a conversation in their mind turns into a sporting event where someone will come out a winner and the other a loser. Here I give the nod to men to close a sale faster.

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