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What does a sales manager do? (+7 must-have skills)

Zendesk

During the company’s all-hands meeting, you find out a sales manager role has opened up. As a seasoned sales rep, you naturally get excited—until you realize that you don’t know how to transition from a sales agent to a sales manager. What is a sales manager? What does a sales manager do?

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Why sales leadership is not enough for KAM

Louise Collins Associates

So when organisations have tried, and failed, to introduce Key Account Management (KAM) it is no different. My observation across multiple organisations is that KAM often lacks the leadership required to make it work. Effective Key Account Management (KAM) requires organisational leadership and specific coaching.

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Sales Project Management: What It Is & 5 of Its Key Benefits

Hubspot Sales

Sales orgs stand to gain a lot from incorporating project management principles into their operations. While sales project management is loosely defined and often overlooked, sales leadership should at least consider folding the core tenets behind it into their broader objectives and sales reps' day-to-days.

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Change Inhibitors In Sales Transformations

Sales Outcomes

Front-line sales managers are the key to enabling behavior change in salespeople. To that end, changes in sales manager behavior must come first; however, front-line sales managers live in a hectic environment – pressures from leadership, their teams, and other functions such as marketing, sales operations, HR, etc.

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How to Kick Off Your SaaS Sales Career

Hubspot Sales

No matter how much — or how little — experience you have in tech sales, it's possible to climb the career ladder in this field. You can start in SaaS sales as an SDR and with enough experience, you'll be able to work in roles like account executive, sales manager, and even vice president of sales.

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Selling in a downturn – Are your teams being trained with the proper tools for the job?

Mercuri International

In terms of investing in specific training topics, the top three topics that respondents viewed as ‘very important’ when taking an overview of all industries were, in order: Value based selling Winning new customers / lead management Sales leadership. Remote selling and remote leadership came in a close 4th and 5th.

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot Sales

Keep in mind that the majority of people in this position have several years of experience since they often have to work independently and excel at time management. Account Manager. This is where account managers come in. Account managers are evaluated on customer retention and satisfaction metrics.

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