Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, I sit down with Mike Weinberg for Part One of our conversation on the state of the Sales Profession, sales leadership, and getting started as a new sales manager. The effectiveness of traditional methods like phone calls and face-to-face meetings remains significant.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Gartner research reveals that many organizations lack effective coaching. Only 40% of sales professionals report a well-established coaching culture at their organization. Just 42% say sales managers at their organization are actually held accountable for providing good coaching. Develop, don’t inspect.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

Technical Sales Manager Skills The sales manager plays an important role in any organization. Besides having soft skills, communication skills, and other common skills to boost sales performance, some technical skills are required for consistent success. Customer Satisfaction 10.7%

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

However, many teams struggle to close deals and meet their quotas. This is often due to a lack of training in areas that sales professionals need to succeed. Sales team training can greatly improve the effectiveness of your sales team, resulting in higher sales and increased profits.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Exceptional sales management is key to an organization’s success—yet the role of a sales manager is one of the most challenging. Leading a sales team has become more difficult due to an evolving business landscape, technological advancements, changing customer expectations, and a host of other factors.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

Sales training is a big investment. Not only are you paying for the training itself and related expenses, but your sales team is also losing prime selling hours to attend workshops and sessions. Nonetheless, this investment can reap significant benefits and set your sales teams up for success. Of course not.

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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. Still more provide readers with tips and tricks for getting sales teams to take action toward desired outcomes. As any good sales manager will tell you, a skill is an ability that can be learned and improved through practice.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Clearly, if your team needs sales training, there's a lot of options out there. Tracy’s company, Brian Tracy International, offers training on a variety of subjects.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

One-on-one coaching is an essential way to supplement group training sessions, with topics that are tailored for each individual. Sales managers and coaches provide individual team members with the advice and support necessary to address areas of development, enabling them to improve and consistently contribute to the growth of the business.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. You want to put out cohesive messages, in keeping with your organization's values and goals. Managers have to be closely involved. It can be guided by example.

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RAIN Group

APRIL 5, 2023

You’d be hard-pressed to find an organization that didn’t want its sellers and sales teams to meet their goals in the face of challenging conditions and do so with high win rates and strong pricing. Sales training is one obvious way for organizations to build such teams.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ramping new sales reps quickly is a pivotal factor separating successful sales organizations from those that underperform. Data from our 2024 Sales Leader Trend Report shows that 87% of successful teams have extensive, structured onboarding. In this research report, we share what the best sales teams do differently.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2014

Why do you need customized sales training program? 2) You need to expedite the learning curve of your sales reps. A customized sales training program will do both of these. The importance of a customized approach is paramount to the effectiveness of your organization. Again, think of options.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Planning your sales kickoff or national sales meeting? Your sales keynote speaker will set the tone for the rest of the event. A great speaker can help motivate your sales team, elevate your mission, and drive results. Contact us to find your best sales kickoff keynote presenter today!

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

If you want to develop a more effective salesperson, start with how your organization coaches and trains them. A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. It was a rough start, but within three years I'd been promoted to a sales manager.

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Brooks Group

MAY 2, 2023

Opening the Meeting Is More Important Than You Know Our culture seems to underemphasize the importance of starting off strong. The process of tying up a sale doesn’t begin at the negotiation table after all the meetings have been had and solutions have been presented, but rather at the beginning of the sales process.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let’s dive into the key barriers that often hinder sales leaders from reaching the full potential for their sales forces and explore strategies to break through these limitations. When sales, marketing, and customer success operate in isolated bubbles, opportunities for collaboration and synergy are lost.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is good news for B2B sales teams that have faced economic headwinds, shrinking customer budgets, and delayed or canceled purchasing decisions. But even throughout this tough period, some sales organizations have found a way to meet or exceed targets—and feel confident in their ability to do it again this year.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 8, 2019

Because it takes six to 12 months for organizations to achieve meaningful sales transformation , now is the time for chief revenue officers and chief sales officers to improve sales performance to bring their companies to a position of strength before the downturn hits. What does retention look like on your sales team?

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In addition there are internal factors such as company resources, budget allocation, technology needs, sales training needs, and whether you have the personnel to support these needs. If you’re a sales leader, everyone needs a common understanding of your strategic priorities. Sales training is a component of strategy.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team.

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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Tis the season for picking sales meeting kickoff themes for sales and marketing organizations around the world. But when it comes to the content for the sales kickoff meeting, don’t settle for a new version of the same checklist you may be using. Advise brain science vs. new theories.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This post walks you through the four pitfalls of sales strategy and provides best practices to avoid them. Pitfall 1: Not Setting Clear Strategic Priorities The first pitfall of sales strategy is not setting clear priorities. If you’re a sales leader, everyone needs a common understanding of your strategic priorities.

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SBI

JANUARY 28, 2020

6 Ways Sales Enablement Leaders can Gain Sales Management Support. Sales Enablement is generally focused on assisting individual sellers with less focus placed on others in the organization. “ Sales Enablement supports the sales team to move buyers to a decision point. Sales technology.

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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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Mike Kunkle

MARCH 31, 2023

When many organizations develop competency models and assess their sales force, they often weave both methodology and competencies into the assessment, which they can do, because they have implemented a specific methodology. These organizations are just combining them. But the definitions in this post still hold true.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 19, 2023

Access Do your customers’ leadership teams seek you out for meetings and insight, or do you work mostly with lower-level decision-makers? Communication Styles Are you easily identifying and adapting to customer behavior styles, or do you struggle to make better connections with every type of person in the customer organization?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products. Glassdoor predicts the average yearly salary of an outside sales rep to be $72,000.

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Showpad

APRIL 9, 2020

Sales managers are tasked with not only leading their teams, but providing them with all the resources and support they need to develop trust with buyers and shorten sales cycles. The goal is to boost the success of sales reps, and therefore the success of the team and organization as a whole.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 4, 2023

Sales Leadership: Qualities Of A Sales Leader To be an effective leader, you need to make appropriate strategic decisions that fit within your organization’s vision and goals. What Are The Qualities of Successful Sales Leaders? Sales leaders have to be able to make tough decisions quickly and effectively.

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Brooks Group

JULY 14, 2023

In fact, high-performing sales leaders reported an overall average annual quota attainment of 105% compared to 54% for underperforming leaders, according to Harvard Business Review. An effective sales leader has the professional and personal qualities needed to guide their sales professionals through uncharted waters.

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Showpad

JULY 25, 2019

A coach sets the tone for success, creates a strategy, and provides continuous sales training and support so the team can reach its full potential. In Sales, front line Sales managers take on the role of coaches, supporting and developing team members day in and day out in their sales execution.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Strategic account management is a process of building value-driven relationships with your key customers to maximize retention and revenue opportunities over the long-term. Do they love to meet new people? Communicate clearly and often, and ensure your team has the sales training they need to execute well.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 10, 2020

After researching how vulnerability can impact sales, I decided to talk to CeCe Aparo , Vice President and GM of Corporate Training at Hoffman , a sales management training organization. However, you might be wondering, "Why would I want to be vulnerable in a sales meeting?".

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 10, 2020

After researching how vulnerability can impact sales, I decided to talk to CeCe Aparo , Vice President and GM of Corporate Training at Hoffman , a sales management training organization. However, you might be wondering, "Why would I want to be vulnerable in a sales meeting?".

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