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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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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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). Sponsorship and support is critical. Is it always an easy sell? No, of course not. Absolutely.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 17, 2011

Online Training. Tweet Share You have THE meeting. What are you willing to change, so that when you do get that CEO meeting you are ready to make a great first impression, an impressive first impression, a differentiating first impression, and earn a sale? Dont let your next sales meeting suck! Hire Jeffrey.

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Brooks Group

JULY 27, 2022

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. Discerning whether the push back is merited requires some diligence on the part of the sales leader. Audit your sales process.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Here are some tips you can use to reimagine your sales kickoff, while making it meaningful and relevant. Leverage Technology to Expand Who and When During the pandemic, many organizations were forced to hold fully remote or hybrid meetings. We’ve seen the pros and cons of using technology to train and collaborate.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 16, 2022

I had a recent discussion with one of our clients and he used our own vernacular, “now is the time to train sellers on the Meet and Probe steps ,” which are two of our six steps. There’s a lot of preparation and intentionality around what that meeting is all about. Information on the Meet and Probe Step .

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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? . This idea of recession resilience came out of a Vistage meeting I was in yesterday. The first of these is to focus on revenue, not just sales.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. In other words, all the sales training initiatives including your onboarding program are covered in this enablement domain. Selling challenges directly linked to sales readiness.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 11, 2019

????????????????????????????????? Here’s an idea for all of you planning your sales kickoffs or big sales meetings with all of your team present: rather than just having a number of outsiders come in and talk about their motivational, sales, or … Read More »

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Brooks Group

JUNE 7, 2022

In my new book Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership for the New Normal, my co-author Russ Sharer and I discuss The Value Formula. The tools sellers use to prospect for customers, conduct meetings, overcome objections, and close deals has dramatically changed over the past several years. You accomplish that by providing value.

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Brooks Group

MAY 17, 2022

We have a lot of incredibly smart people on our team, two of whom, Michelle Richardson and Russ Sharer, are exceptional at analyzing data, spotting trends, and developing training material to fill needs. Michelle and Russ created a “sentiment survey” that was distributed weekly to sales leaders.

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Any existing customers who didn’t make a purchase in Q4 , or who your salespeople haven’t spoken with in over a month or two are in need of a phone call and possibly a meeting. . Every sales rep should have a recurring New Year’s Resolution to find out what their existing customers’ plans are for the coming year.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This is a collaborative approach to sales leadership that facilitates communication and feedback, two crucial elements of success for managers. It is vital that sales managers recognize that what works for one salesperson may not work for everyone. Contact us at The Brooks Group to level-up your sales management skills.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 3, 2011

Filed Under: Attitude , Customer Loyalty , Generating Referrals , Sales Tagged With: attitude training , building trust , establishing trust , gitomer , how to sell , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales leadership , sales skills. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! Jeffrey Gitomer.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Filed Under: Leadership , Sales Tagged With: building trust , business social media , gitomer , how to sell , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales blog , sales leadership , sales training , selling skills , social media marketing. Get Sales Blog Updates. Speak Your Mind Cancel reply.

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

For example, it’s natural that a rep’s prospects won’t want to set a meeting during the last week of December. A phone call to send along well wishes and setting a date to meet in the new year will ensure the rep doesn’t waste downtime. Even if the rep is highly successful, the meeting is important. Empower Your Team.

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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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Brooks Group

JANUARY 19, 2021

We always believe that sales kickoff meetings should build to some sort of emotional energy charge – a “feel good,” positive feeling that will carry forth into the sales landscape. Virtual meetings are no different. Perhaps this is most important – don’t forget the key reason we’re doing sales kickoff meetings.

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SBI

MARCH 14, 2019

How an Ongoing Investment in and Commitment to Sales Training is at the Heart of any Successful Sales Transformation Effort. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. This week I interview Gary Greenberger , VP of Sales for Qstream.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A sales team should be able to adapt to any potential scenario, foreseen or otherwise, in a sales situation. The sales team leader is no exception to this rule. As societies, technologies, and markets change, so does leadership styles. Despite how hard they work, meeting their quota may be extraordinarily challenging.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 2, 2022

The function names are many: we have sales enablement, revenue enablement, sales effectiveness, commercial excellence, sales or revenue operations (which have other responsibilities but take on tasks that are typically now included under the enablement umbrella), buyer enablement, buying enablement, and more.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 13, 2020

In sales, every day is a new opportunity to contact leads, close deals, and move closer to your target. However, it's also important to step back regularly and conduct sales audits to ensure your team is performing at a high level that meets or exceeds your expectations. What is a sales audit? What can be improved? ??

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Brooks Group

JULY 13, 2023

Emotions precede every action a sales manager (or any person) takes. And until a sales manager understands their emotions, he or she will be controlled by them. Sales managers I meet with often tell me that they feel a tremendous amount of pressure to live up to some kind of idealized image of what it means to have the role.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I want to talk about some specifics around that, and I want to reference some ideas that Russ Sharer and Michelle Richardson pointed out in Chapter Six of their book, Agile and Resilient: Sales Leadership for the New Normal. One is that sales teams need to be agile – not fragile. Marketing and sales need to be aligned.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 11, 2022

A link to a book, Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership . The reason I mentioned those upfront is, over the last two weeks, I’ve had a series of discussions and have been exposed to these articles and more things that created an “a-ha” for me – I keep hearing about some sales basics not being in place.

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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.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What does it take to be a successful salesperson and to have a successful sales organization during these times? I am going to talk about Chapter 9 in a book that we recently published, Agile & Resilient: Sales Leadership for the New Normal by Michelle Richardson and Russ Sharer (it’s a wonderful read). .

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Professional conferences are not only an opportunity to meet industry leaders -- and maybe do a little prospecting -- they’re also a way to break yourself out of your usual routine and pick up new skills. AA-ISP Digital Sales World 2018. Sandler Sales & Leadership Summit. TOPO Sales Summit. Conference.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The Answer: Implement a Sales Leadership Council (SLC). A Sales Leadership Council is the top 10% of your sales force that has expressed an interest in sales management. Your SVP and CEO brand you as somebody who can’t pick sales management talent. Benefits of a Sales Leadership Council.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

If enough calls are being made but appointments aren’t being set then some prospecting training may be in order. If appointments look good but they aren’t going anywhere they may need help knowing what to say and do in the meeting. . Train the group, and coach the individual. Set and Review SMART Sales Goals Regularly.

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Openview

MAY 11, 2018

The building blocks of developing a great sales team have not changed – recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training and development. However, the nuances within each discipline have modernized, requiring sales leadership playbooks to be updated. Here are 3 ways fast-growing startups build sales teams differently.

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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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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 22, 2020

We use this template to reach as many contacts in a repeatable way that makes Jan’s life easier and his reps more successful at booking meetings. Every template needs to be fine-tuned to meet your targets in your industry using your brand guidelines, so make sure to start conversations in a way that makes sense for your business.

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Miller Heiman Group

JANUARY 9, 2020

At my last company, we defined enablement broadly, including training on business acumen, solution, industry and solution knowledge, sales skills and methodology and coaching. Although sales training is the core of sales enablement, it shouldn’t be so limited; other areas of the business should also be immersed in enablement.

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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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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 22, 2011

Tweet Share At the corporate sales meetings where I give presentations, I am often asked to participate in giving out sales awards. Get Sales Blog Updates. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Recognize Employee Recognition For What It Is: GOLD! Hire Jeffrey.

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