Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

“As in other studies we’ve done, this year’s enablement study found that sales process and sales methodology adoption rates above 75% resulted in above-average gains for revenue plan attainment, quota attainment, and win rates, with a big boost at adoption rates greater than 90%.” increase in revenue plan attainment 17.1%

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sales is a numbers game, but evaluating your sales reps’ performance involves much more than looking at a final revenue number. Revenue may be the ultimate performance indicator, but as a sales leader you should investigate the “why” behind a final result to truly improve the success of your sales team.

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the dynamic world of sales, where every decision can make or break a deal, harnessing the power of data is critical. As a sales leader or sales manager, your ability to navigate the complex terrain of market trends, team performance, and individual contributions hinges on a crucial tool—sales metrics.

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At the recent Business Development for Professionals – 2024 Virtual Conference – MBL Seminars I presented a session entitled “Supporting Fee-Earners in Sales Targeting”. Here is a summary of the sales targeting toolbox for professional services firms. The second question is “ Where will we play?”.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Being a sales manager is a whirlwind experience, especially for those who were once successful sales reps themselves. Fortunately, there are valuable best practices that can help aspiring sales managers excel in their positions. Best Practices for Sales Managers 1. Lay a robust foundation. really takes a toll on you.

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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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Red Star Kim

AUGUST 1, 2023

Challenge assumptions – Why do we need fee-earners to engage in the M&BD planning process? Why do we need fee-earner involvement in the M&BD planning process? Why do we need fee-earner involvement in the M&BD planning process? It’s rare to have a sales team in professional services as they do in other sectors.

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Showpad

JUNE 27, 2022

So you’ve hired a killer sales team. Have you heard of this thing called sales readiness? Sales readiness is entirely different to sales training, and you need to know the difference between the two, or your highly-trained team might not be as ready to hit the ground running as you think they are. They’re sharp.

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Brooks Group

JULY 13, 2023

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of blog posts about the most important sales manager skills. Others discuss how to coach and the need for data-driven decisions. Still more provide readers with tips and tricks for getting sales teams to take action toward desired outcomes. All of those things are important.

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Brooks Group

JULY 27, 2022

As we pass the half-way point of the year, sales managers may start to hear a few grumblings that quotas are too high. While it’s wise to reassess sales targets to make sure they are realistic, assuming they are too high might be a mistake. Forbes reported that in 2017 that 57% of sales reps failed to meet quota.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Everyone needs a good pep talk from time to time: to be reminded of why they get up in the morning and do what they do. Sales can be tough, and a good sales manager knows when an individual (or their entire team) needs some encouragement. An inspired sales rep will push themselves longer and harder than an uninspired rep.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Your sales deck becomes the focus—it’s no longer the backdrop for an in-person conversation. Corporate Visions Named a Top Sales Training Company by Training Industry.

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Red Star Kim

JUNE 15, 2023

At the start of June I had the pleasure of leading PM Forum ’s “Towards KAM (and ABM) – Helping fee-earners with client relationship management” online workshop. Delegates were from legal and accountancy firms in the UK, Channel Islands, Germany and United Arab Emirates. Others may find that the M&BD team is responsible for research.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio. The Sales Podcast.

Sales 145

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Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Your sales deck becomes the focus—it’s no longer the backdrop for an in-person conversation. Corporate Visions Named a Top Sales Training Company by Training Industry.

Sales Training 52

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Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Your sales deck becomes the focus—it’s no longer the backdrop for an in-person conversation. Corporate Visions Named a Top Sales Training Company by Training Industry.

Sales Training 52

Sales Training Decision-making Publishing Innovation 52

Corporate Visions

MAY 6, 2020

But many sales reps have realized that selling on-screen brings some unexpected challenges: Your presence is reduced to a tiny image in the corner of a web conference. Your sales deck becomes the focus—it’s no longer the backdrop for an in-person conversation. Corporate Visions Named a Top Sales Training Company by Training Industry.

Sales Training 52

Sales Training Decision-making Publishing Innovation 52

Red Star Kim

MAY 15, 2023

Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of relationship building or sales conversations. I often wonder whether the perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns or a by-product of the digitisation of communications.

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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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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

On the surface, the sales machine seems to be moving along for many organizations. For the third year in a row, sales organizations hit their revenue goals, according to the 2019 World-Class Sales Practices Study from CSO Insights. In this post we tackle the first: declining sales performance. Register for the Webinar.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

After a long day of sales calls, juggling what feels like a million prospects, and filling out endless CRM fields -- it’s easy for salespeople to slip into bad work habits. In sales, we’re faced with rejection every day. How to Break Bad Habits. Finally, reward yourself when successful. My challenge to you? What Is a Work Habit?

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Despite their power, many brands aren’t utilizing storytelling techniques in their sales strategy. But an excellent sales pitch will use finely-tuned narrative techniques to wash these down. We’re going to explore how storytelling techniques can imbue your sales strategy with that crucial human touch. Stories Are Memorable.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

If Billy Beane were to take over a sales organization today, he would feel like he’d traveled back by about 20 years. Sales organizations today are dominated by metrics, but they’re rarely data-driven and even take actions counterproductive to the outcomes they desire. In 1997, Billy Beane became the General Manager of the Oakland A’s.

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Showpad

JANUARY 26, 2020

The advantages of an effective Sales enablement program are hard to argue against. Improved Sales productivity, more wins, better training – these are just a couple of the benefits that a Sales enablement strategy generates. Here are the top five Sales enablement challenges to be aware of and how to tackle them head on.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 11, 2023

Back to blog. In this blog, we’ll break down the concept of account management, and why it’s so important in order to drive a successful business in today’s increasingly complex B2B industry. In order to succeed in today’s B2B industry, you need to align your sales strategies to sales and buyer expectations for personalization.

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QYMATIX

JUNE 22, 2021

Why is a legacy ERP becoming irrelevant in an AI era, and what can you do about it? Even without the help of a computer scientist, a sales manager recognizes that the near future will bring considerable changes in his profession – triggered by artificial intelligence (AI). Soon machines will take over the job of a sales manager.

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Artificial Intelligence Sales Analytics B2B CRM 52

Apptivo

AUGUST 11, 2022

Sales are considered to be one of the toughest jobs in the world. The sales team put in a lot of effort and energy to make a sale. Also, you need a lot of guts to pitch your product and finally, all you need is persistence and consistency over time which will make you shine in your sales career. What is sales motivation?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Most sales leaders are getting ready to roll out new initiatives – Sales process, compensation plans, account planning, etc. The first step to improving initiative adoption is your sales leaders. As a starting point, download the Sales Leader Competency Guide. How do your sales leaders currently match up?

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SBI Growth

MARCH 20, 2013

This blog offers a few insights to help shorten the search, maximize income and separate you from the pack. Bradford Smart and Greg Alexander wrote a book called Top-Grading for Sales: World-Class Methods to Interview, Hire, and Coach Top Sales Representatives. It’s no surprise why they often see success.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Hiding your prices or being uncomfortable when you need to discuss them with clients will affect your capacity to make a sale. We’ll also give you actionable advice you can integrate into your sales process right away and discuss the top seven tactics you can use to deliver pricing information seamlessly.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Did you know that, according to some research, your sales reps may only spend 39% of their time setting up and closing deals with potential customers? This average time may seem low, but it does not indicate a lack of effort from your sales reps. Read on to learn some of the sales industry’s most vital information and tricks!

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Arpedio

JUNE 17, 2022

Back to blog. Is there a proven method to build a great sales team? Sales needs to stay positive to succeed. Sales needs to stay positive to succeed. In sales there’s a lot of gaps where you can easily fall through. Another crucial factor when developing sales superstars and keeping them motivated is goal setting.

Account Management 52

Account Management B2B Decision-making Innovation 52

KAMCast

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In this episode… In a world where the vast majority of internet traffic is video content, how can we leverage the creation, production and value of video to maximise sales return? In this episode I’ll talk to video marketer Ed Lawrence, the co-founder of , a video production and editing business based in Hertfordshire, UK. Let’s do this!

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

The SaaS industry has different selling techniques , key metrics , and sales process activities compared to the ones you’d encouter while selling a tangible physical product or a more traditional service like a marketing consultation package. By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Every single conversation we have with a customer revolves in some shape or form around the idea of finding effective ways to help their team boost sales. There is no magic formula or silver bullet to solving sales challenges. Sales managers have to know their people. Selling is hard. There is, however, a starting point.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If you’re just winging it through your sales pipeline process without a steady stream of leads – and an understanding of how to move them through each stage – you’re leaving money on the table. But how do you create a sales pipeline that boosts revenue and makes a meaningful impact? What is a sales pipeline?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 25, 2018

Sales leaders and businesses are paying a hefty price for not developing the selling skills of their people. There are so few in sales who are truly professional sellers. Probably the most common and damaging driver of salespeople being perceived and treated simply as vendors is being late to a sales opportunity.

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