Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Even your top performers can lose focus during the summer. This is a toxic combination for sales reps and their managers. Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets. Invest in sales management coaching. Plan a sales contest.

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Sales Readiness Group

MAY 1, 2023

The current phenomenon of “quiet quitting” has been gaining attention recently. It refers to the growing trend of employees who leave their jobs without making a formal announcement or creating a scene.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

You're ready to help your team crush their sales goals. Sometimes they need a reminder of why they love what they do or a little help to boost their morale after a lost sale. We've put together 31 motivational quotes related to sales and business success. It's the beginning of the month.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 6, 2023

Between vacations and spending time with family to more distractions and slower sales cycles, summer is often difficult for sales leaders since keeping their sales teams engaged and energized. Here are some great strategies for sales executives to encourage and energize their sales staff during the summer.

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Upland

JANUARY 29, 2024

Let’s face it, B2B sales can’t happen without good leads. Winning sales teams know strong leads must be converted into successful sales transactions. If sales productivity isn’t achieved effectively—through high lead conversion rates, efficient sales cycles and low sales costs—overhead goes up, and revenue goes down.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 22, 2023

Maybe it was a heartwarming tale that tugged on your emotions. It is a powerful and underutilized tool that can help you achieve your business goals. Whether you're trying to motivate your team, connect with prospects and customers, or win the close, try tapping into the power of storytelling.

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Nutshell

JULY 24, 2018

It can also be a very effective tool for keeping a sales team motivated. Here are four ways that sales managers and business leaders can use Slack to engage, energize, and encourage their sellers. Just be warned: Ranking your reps by raw sales numbers alone can have the opposite effect than the one you’re hoping for.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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Upland

MARCH 12, 2024

According to a recent and comprehensive study conducted by HubSpot, a staggering 70% of sales professionals agree that AI tools will make them more productive at work — enabling them to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently than ever before. Sales AI is exciting, and also a little terrifying. That’s where sales AI comes in.

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Sales Readiness Group

MAY 30, 2019

If you’ve ever run a sales meeting, you probably know that most salespeople aren’t thrilled to attend. Good sales reps prefer to spend their time selling, not sitting in a conference room. After all, they can’t make quota daydreaming their way through a boring meeting.

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Brooks Group

MAY 2, 2024

Sales and emotional intelligence go together like skiing and snow. Yet many sales leaders focus on building their team’s hard skills and neglect sales emotional intelligence or “ soft skills.” Yet many sales leaders focus on building their team’s hard skills and neglect sales emotional intelligence or “ soft skills.”

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Sales Readiness Group

AUGUST 31, 2022

It’s easy for sales professionals to get frustrated and lose motivation when selling into a slowing economy. There are many headwinds facing client organizations these days – including recovery from COVID , ongoing recessionary pressures, inflation, budget cuts, supply chain issues, and continued employee turnover.

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Upland

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And now, savvy sales leaders are using generative AI , too. All you need is the right sales enablement AI tool. Ready to dive into sales enablement AI? What is sales enablement AI? Like other forms of AI, sales enablement AI helps sales teams automate everyday tasks… tasks that take away from the actual selling.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 26, 2017

Motivating a Sales Team is mission critical to successes. However, it is very easy for a sales manager to THINK that he or she is sufficiently motivating the team simply because no one offers any objection or criticism. Since the sales team is not complaining, I must be doing everything right?

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Nutshell

JULY 24, 2018

It can also be a very effective tool for keeping a sales team motivated. Here are four ways that sales managers and business leaders can use Slack to engage, energize, and encourage their sellers. Just be warned: Ranking your reps by raw sales numbers alone can have the opposite effect than the one you’re hoping for.

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Sales Readiness Group

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Every conversation, interaction, and decision made within your sales team significantly impacts your bottom line. You need data-driven insights to set clear objectives, make informed decisions, and motivate your team to aim higher. To thrive in this dynamic landscape, you need more than intuition.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It takes a unique set of talents to be successful in B2B sales. People who are naturally self-motivated and have a strong desire to win consistently outperform the rest. Recognition isn’t just “nice to have;” but a crucial element in boosting employee motivation and job satisfaction.

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Engage Selling

JUNE 1, 2012

Keeping a sales team motivated can be one of the biggest challenges sales leaders face. Take the quiz and test your sales skills! Dedicated to increasing your sales, Are commissions enough?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Similar to having a successful season on your fantasy football league, having a great sales quarter takes strategy, skill and taking advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. It’s nearing the beginning of the fourth quarter, so let’s kick it off with motivation for a strong finish.

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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. Motivate your team in personalized and culture-wise ways.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Planning your sales kickoff or national sales meeting? After you choose the date and venue, your next question may be who you should ask to deliver the keynote—and what you want them to talk about. Your sales keynote speaker will set the tone for the rest of the event.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

At the recent PM Forum workshop on “Selling processes and sales skills for marketing and business development professionals” we focused on sales and selling challenges in professional services. Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills. Their fee-earners are often in the same boat.

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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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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 28, 2023

Sales meetings are more than just a routine; they have the potential to inspire, motivate, and educate your sales team. A productive sales meeting introduces your team to new information, solutions, and opportunities, ultimately driving revenue. But a poorly executed one?

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ACT

APRIL 16, 2024

Did you know that by 2025, 80 percent of B2B sale s interactions between buyers and sellers are predicted to happen virtually? That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving. Virtual sales teams allow organisations to optimise costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones.

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Brooks Group

JULY 20, 2023

Warmer weather, long weekends, and kids out of school likely means vacation mode for your sales team and, unfortunately, your prospects. It’s no surprise that many sales professionals find it challenging to stay motivated in the summer. They probably can’t even get replies to emails or set up meetings.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Effective sales coaching can have a huge impact on your business. The biggest benefit of sales coaching is its contribution to revenue. Research shows that successful sales coaching programs increased average deal size, sales activity, win rates, and new leads by 25%-40%. Anticipate nerves.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And if so, what does it look like to sales professionals? In this post, we're going to discuss what it means to quiet quit in sales, what it looks like, and what sales managers can do when they think it's happening in their teams. Sales rely on won deals.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 3, 2024

When it comes to evaluating the success of a sales team, two common performance metrics come to mind: sales quota and sales target. Key Takeaways: Sales quota and sales target are two different performance metrics in the field of sales. Sales quotas are set differently in various organizations.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2022

As anyone in sales knows, there is nothing worse than a sales slump. You check your email to find out that a deal you were dedicated to just fell through. You pick up the phone and no one is answering your calls. Experiencing a sales slump can make you question your ability, or worse, your entire career.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Why Is Sales Coaching Important for Revenue Growth? Sales coaching gives sales professionals the mentoring they need to resolve critical skills competency gaps and be more productive. 3 Types Of Sales Coaching Sales coaching generally falls into one of three main categories: tactical, strategic, and personal.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. There are a lot of standard qualities most companies look for when recruiting sales professionals. The Anatomy of an Ideal Sales Hire 1. They're money-motivated. Sales requires focus.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As a sales leader for a large, nation-wide business, you know that all members of your team don’t often interact with each other, or even know who their coworkers are. National sales meetings solve this issue, as they unify your sales team by gathering them all in one place, once a year.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 29, 2022

Every business needs a skilled sales team to generate a positive ROI, but on-the-job performance is rarely the product of training alone. In fact, a marketing novice could keep up with an unengaged expert provided they use the right motivation and productivity strategies.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

Motivation is a key factor of sales success. Besides simply being motivated to do their job, sales professionals also need to be motivated to push past rejections, deals that fall through, and pipelines that are hard to manage. What is sales gamification? The Psychology Behind Sales Gamification.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Of course, when we talk about the future of sales, it's less about the products we might sell (flying cars, anyone?) Here, I spoke to sales leaders at Bardeen.ai , Aircall , and HubSpot to get their top predictions for the future of sales. It’s been a game changer in how my team operates on a day-to-day basis."

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 6, 2021

It's obvious why sales performance is a crucial part of any organization. Good sales performance leads to increased sales and greater profits. These results become a motivating factor for your sales force. A motivated sales team will perform well. However, it's often hard to achieve.

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