Miller Heiman Group

JULY 8, 2019

Last year, the average sales organization saw revenue attainment of 101%, according to CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group. While that seems like good news, it’s a lagging indicator—and looking backward, rather than forward, won’t help sales leadership see their future. Conclusion.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 10, 2020

Additionally, sales professionals must be able to adequately communicate with their customers and peers in a virtual environment. According to the LinkedIn 2020 State of Sales Report , 77% of sales professionals are holding more virtual meetings. Negotiating Skills. Sales Leadership Competencies.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

Sales training programs help salespeople learn and/or improve their selling technique, skills, and processes. According to CSO Insights, salespeople who complete highly rated sales training programs have 10% higher win rates. Length: How will you fit training into your and/or your sales team’s schedule?

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

However, make sure you don’t repeat the same sales contests — not only will the same people keep winning (causing everyone else to give up ultimately), but you’ll also turn the winners into natural targets. Consider organizing a competition to see who can arrange the most team meetings in the first month.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 4, 2022

There’s another alignment and partnership opportunity that gets a lot less airplay yet has equal or greater potential to drive sales results: the alignment and partnership between Sales Enablement and Front-line Sales Managers (FLSMs). It’s a negotiating position, as needed. Sponsorship and support is critical.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 11, 2022

Includes territory planning, account planning, sales call planning, leading sales meetings, task management, using CRM, sales enablement tools, other technology tools and performance support, action planning, calendaring, project management, change management, and personal productivity practices. Sales Training.

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Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

You’re having a hectic week of client meetings or at a tradeshow and things begin to slide in the self-care department. You know how it goes. Eat a greasy meal here, pull a late night there, and then load up … Read More »

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Meetings Account Management Negotiation Sales Training 54

Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

To meet that challenge, not only must selling skills change, leadership skills must evolve, too. Your sales manager’s number-one job now is to teach and … Read More » I talk often about a new performance-management culture taking hold in the today’s B2All marketplace.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 22, 2016

When a business fails to meet its sales target, blame usually gets pointed squarely at members of the sales team for not doing their jobs properly. Bad salespeople! Sound familiar? Don’t be so quick to jump to conclusions. To be … Read More »

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The Sales Leader. Topline Leadership Blog. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. As a busy sales professional intent on meeting your objectives, you might wonder if you can afford to consistently read sales blogs. Must-read post: Value Proposition Examples -- Words That Get Meetings. HubSpot Sales Blog.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

That’s why we gathered 35 of the top pieces of sales advice from sales professionals around the world. Dive in as they share their hard-earned knowledge on the following topics: Sales leadership. Sales careers. Sales performance. Sales technology. Sales leadership. Customer experience.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.

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