Nutshell

MARCH 31, 2023

As a sales manager, you want to stay up to date with the latest sales trends, keep up with your sales skills and knowledge, and continually build your management and leadership expertise. In this post, we’ll share some of our favorite resources for sales managers. Here are some of our favorites.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sales takes one look at it, gripes that it won’t work with their buyers, and never touches it again. The challenge becomes clear: your sales team is not bought in on your messaging and doesn’t believe it will help them succeed. Invite sales leaders to provide feedback on early iterations.

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Louise Collins Associates

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

It is not enough to have sales graphs and market share predictions when introducing change to an organisation. 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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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 4, 2022

There’s still a lot of talk these days in the sales enablement community and the market at large about the need for sales and marketing alignment. If it sounds as if I’m ignoring the need for top-down support for enablement from company executives and especially sales leadership – trust me, I’m not.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

Even the most seasoned, effective salespeople can struggle when hashing out how to lead a sales team. Taking the reins doesn't come naturally to everyone, and even born leaders might need a little guidance when transitioning into a sales management role. Sales is an inherently competitive field. Let's dive in.

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Revenue Storm

JUNE 15, 2021

The sales venue has changed… a lot. In the pre-pandemic environment, selling and sales leadership were comfortable and relatively predictable. As sales leaders quickly adapted their selling approach to virtual, they worked to leverage the technology, but missed several strategic points.

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Sales Readiness Group

MAY 15, 2023

As a sales manager, you want your sales team to be motivated and work toward achieving business goals. While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, understanding the six common factors that motivate salespeople can help you increase your sales team's motivation to achieve sales goals.

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Revenue Storm

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The pandemic has tested the capabilities of practically every leader on the planet, but perhaps none greater than Sales Leaders. With selling and working mostly virtual now, Sales Leaders have been forced to step up and adopt new behaviors, both for themselves and for their teams. The answer is all of them, and it depends.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 2, 2022

Senior sales leaders and C-suite execs, this one’s for you. In an expanding number of vertical industries (but not yet everywhere), the concept of “enabling the sales force” has exploded. Way back in 2003, I worked in a department called Performance Development and led the Sales Performance Development team.

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Revenue Storm

MARCH 23, 2023

What new sales manager competency is creeping onto the scene? The competency is leading sales technology adoption. This responsibility was floating around and has now found its home with sales leaders. To find out how well you are doing, just look at your sales team and you will know. How good are you at this competency?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2019

We know that best-in-class sales organizations use a consultative sales process. A sales process is consultative when the stages and actions align with the customer’s buying experience and are defined in terms of the customer relationship. Consultative Sales Process. But what does that really look like?

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SBI

APRIL 10, 2012

Tweet To stimulate your ongoing and by now thoroughly ravenous appetite for more delectable sales leadership fare, the name hovering up in the article heading will surely set this particular table in fine culinary style. If your sales are not where they should be, consider the three main lessons of Kitchen Nightmares.

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Brooks Group

JULY 15, 2022

What do we, as business leaders and sales leaders, need to be thinking about to combat these macro headwinds we’re facing and really these rapidly changing times? . The first of these is to focus on revenue, not just sales. We talk a lot about this in our Sales Leadership Accelerator , which is our sales management program.

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

What Are Sales Goals? While there may be more elegant and creative definitions for a sales goal, let us define a sales goal as the total number of sales your team is responsible for obtaining within a fiscal period. For our purposes, we will be discussing sales goals as they relate to the sales manager.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Understanding the nature of the buyer's journey is central to conducting sound marketing and sales efforts. Here's some insight into how the buyer's journey might change going forward — along with some ways your sales org can adjust for them. This is an instance where sales and marketing alignment starts with sales.

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Brooks Group

MAY 17, 2022

Any one of these events would be difficult to manage on its own, but since they’re all happening simultaneously, sales leaders are feeling like they were two years ago: isolated, unsure of what to do and how to direct their teams. Michelle and Russ created a “sentiment survey” that was distributed weekly to sales leaders.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 30, 2013

Tweet It occurred to me that most people who write about leadership are no longer leaders. I just read an article in a business magazine written by a well-known “former leader.” To me, leadership is multifaceted. ” Just empty leadership-created words and phrases. The post Define leadership.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 11, 2022

Sales Transformation. I’ve been involved in sales transformations that were entirely focused on getting the best-possible performance out of the sales force (ranging from a 30 to 600 percent increase in sales), independent of retooling the rest of the organization. The Elements of Sales Force Effectiveness.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, you’ll learn some positions you can consider in SaaS sales, expert tips for getting into the industry, and how to succeed in your first sales role. Table of Contents Is SaaS sales a good career? SaaS Sales Positions How to Get into SaaS Sales How to Succeed in SaaS Sales Is SaaS sales a good career?

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SBI Growth

JUNE 20, 2018

You require a change in sales leadership. Should you hire from within, specifically, from the existing sales team, or should you go outside the organization and hire from the market? What is the best path? The choice is tricky, you.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Finding effective leadership in sales is every bit as difficult as it is vital. You need someone with the authority and experience to set and maintain an effective course for your sales efforts. The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2017

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 3, 2011

Relate | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Get Sales Blog Updates. Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! The Sales Bible. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Categories. Networking.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 22, 2020

But what about when my sales team doesn’t use the templates I’ve spent hours crafting? That’s why in this article I’m presenting you with templates that my sales team here at PandaDoc 100% verifiably uses. The remaining ones were drafted by our sales-trainers and then polished by our designers. Jan asked me puzzlingly. "I

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 11, 2019

Your leadership wants you to drive more revenue, your sales leadership wants better leads, your customers expect more delivered to them with each. As a Marketing Leader, there are a lot of people in your ear on a daily basis.

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SalesGlobe

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And it’s the same for sales. As I was preparing to speak at a conference on “Building a Modern Sales Structure, from KPIs and What Matters Most” I kept shifting my thinking to “what matters most”. I continue to engage with our clients, who are mostly focused on solving their greatest sales challenges centered around growth.

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Openview

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The end of each year brings a number of end-of-year articles that predict the trends for the coming year. Over the past few weeks, myself and Jeff Rosset have seen our fair share of sales trends for 2019. However, as the pace of information accessibility grew, so did the need for focused sales support. The Rise of Feedback.

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Openview

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Editor’s Note: This article was first posted on LinkedIn here. . Listen,” he said, “I restructured our sales pitch using your Greatest Sales Deck framework and the results have been awesome. Well, it’s my VP of Sales. Nurture advocates for the new deck inside your sales team— before rolling it out.

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Mercuri International

JUNE 10, 2020

It’s no surprise that sales strategies are having to pivot to meet the changing demands and context of the current market. This is nothing new – adaptability and flexibility have always been key to sales success. Remote selling and remote leadership came in a close 4th and 5th. Go for the no”. John Greathouse.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 4, 2013

Dan Taylor wrote a great article on “”Courage”" in the Business Journal. Commitment …Commitment is the catalyst that makes all the other leadership qualities a reality. Qualities of a Sales Leader. appeared first on Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog. ”" Good advice. ”" Good advice.

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Openview

JANUARY 24, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on LinkedIn here. . You could be uncovering a blind spot or two away to take your career to the next height…” Assegid Habtewold , The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership. For sales leaders, these blind spots create unwelcome consequences.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

There are no one-fits-all solutions for sales training. The best programs are the ones tailored to your organization and sales force. That is where role-specific sales training comes in. For a program to be effective, it must be tailored to the needs of your sales force; otherwise, it can be counterproductive.

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Revenue Storm

MAY 24, 2022

Having talked to sales leaders of late, I was surprised to see how many common themes have emerged. I have always said that Sales Leadership is the toughest job in leadership. You have sales targets that must be hit regardless of the situation and typically stretch targets at that. Staff management issues!

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 11, 2022

An article from The Bottom Line by CNBC . An article from Selling Power . A link to a book, Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership . Before I get to that, I believe there are a few things that we as sales leaders or company leaders need to ensure are in place to really set the tone for success.

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Nutshell

MAY 16, 2019

Do you dream of leaving your sales associate desk behind and stepping up to a sales management position? The arrangements may vary from company to company, but in general, most sales professionals would jump at the chance to assume a leadership role. Are you Sure You Want to Become a Sales Manager?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’ve read our blog lately, you’ve noticed sales execution is a popular subject. Each of these articles focuses on your sales reps. Effective ways to enable your sales reps to make the number. Today’s post focuses on the missing link: Enabling your front-line sales managers. Why Sales Managers Fail.

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