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5 leadership traps new SEO team managers should avoid

Search Engine Land

Going from an SEO professional to a manager of an SEO team, you need to shift your mindset, lean into your new role, and build trust with your team. Transitioning from an SEO professional to manager Moving from an individual contributor to a manager is a difficult transition on your career journey. Approve vacation.

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How to Build Out Your SDR Function in 2024 with Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund and Host of SaaStr CRO Confidential

SaaStr

The less obvious benefit is you have a training ground to promote SDRs into the most successful AEs in the business. This could be the first Go-To-Market hire where you’re still doing founder-led sales, or you still have a founder as the sales leader and a couple of AEs pushing to hire an SDR to supplement demand gen.

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The Beauty and ROI in The Zero Voluntary Attrition Sales Team

SaaStr

They’re often managed out, not fired, but same thing. They suck up a lot of management time. Unless it’s for a management role they can’t get. Unless it’s for a management role they can’t get. The key is — you have to do it all: You have to pay (high) market. I’m not sure.

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Get Promoted to Sales Management (Advice from 17 Experts)

Sales Hacker

Are you in sales and looking to get promoted into management? Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. What traits or skills do they look for in new managers?

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PODCAST 19: How to Become a Best-in-Class VP of Sales by 25

Sales Hacker

How to get promoted from an IC to a manager. How to get promoted and what to look for in your next opportunity. Moving from IC to Manager [13:52]. For Sales and Marketing Alignment, Assign a Revenue Target [21:50]. Tackle the “People” Piece, You’re All Set to Be a Great Manager [26:56].

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Building a $100M ARR Sales Team the Second Time Around with WP Engine (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Dannie Herzberg, Head of Mid-Market Sales @ Slack. Most likely those ICs that you’re hiring, it’s fundamentally different than why you founded the organization, why you joined. Most likely you’re not paying top of market. You don’t have an established career path. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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SaaStr Podcast #222: Ben Braverman, Flexport CRO Discusses Why Specialization Does Not Lead To The Best Customer Experience

SaaStr

As for Ben, he spearheads global sales and go to market teams. Where does Ben see many people going wrong here? * Why does Ben believe it is “total horseshit to say the best sellers don’t make the best managers”? What are the leading indicators that suggest a sales rep has the ability to be a sales manager?