Hubspot

JULY 11, 2019

Reps need to prospect, sell, and close -- and that doesn’t always leave a lot of time for administrative or big-picture work. Enter, the sales operations manager. This role is usually an entry- or mid-level position that requires little to moderate experience (think 3+ years). Image source: PayPal.

Commission 77

Commission Territory Quota CRM 77

Xant

JUNE 16, 2021

Without a revenue operations role, marketing and sales teams would have no strategy and no process. Operations makes an organization’s actions intentional—meaning there is data, strategy, and process backing everything up. There are several teams that work directly with sales—sales enablement, customer success, and marketing.

CRM 105

CRM Territory Sales B2B 105

SalesLoft

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Unfortunately, your reps get bogged down with additional responsibilities like client management, CRM upkeep, and admin responsibilities in addition to their selling tasks. But modern sales technology automates the responsibilities that pull your reps away from prospect engagement. Let’s dive into an example.

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Territory Contact CRM Clients 52

Xant

MAY 20, 2021

But with the right kinds of automation, a reliable and compliant system, and with intelligence about your buyers’ behaviors, you can go beyond guessing at scale and start guiding your selling. What if the manager or admin is backed up because of an influx? If there’s no clear process, reps will make one up. Deal Progression.

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Sell Objectives and Key Results CRM Territory 77

Gong.io

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a sales manager, you’re like a general marshaling your troops (or sales reps) into battle. It’s your job to lead your team through the trenches and give them direction so they’ll know which markets or territories to target and how best to attack. That’s why having a strategic sales plan is vital. Sandler selling.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 1, 2018

There is a reason why we’re the #1 sales engagement platform; these are the sessions in which you find out why. And, most importantly, understand how your organization can build better sales experiences with us. Level Up: Become a Salesloft Power User. How Salesloft Sells. Wednesday, 3/7 at 11:40 am.

Territory 52

Territory Contact Retail Follow-up 52

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Do you feel like your selling job is becoming harder and harder over time? Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours.

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Process Objectives and Key Results X-functional Sales 52

Xant

MAY 20, 2021

But with the right kinds of automation, a reliable and compliant system, and with intelligence about your buyers’ behaviors, you can go beyond guessing at scale and start guiding your selling. What if the manager or admin is backed up because of an influx? If there’s no clear process, reps will make one up. Deal Progression.

Sell 52

Sell Objectives and Key Results CRM Territory 52

Lead Fuze

JULY 14, 2023

Sales Manager Duties Digging deeper into their duties reveals an intricate tapestry woven with tasks like hiring top-notch talent for the sales department, training them to become stellar performers, assigning territories strategically, and setting challenging but realistic targets. Qualifications for aspiring sales managers?

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Quota Teamwork Strategize 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 16, 2018

4) Steve’s history of sales and getting started [5:15]. 5) Social selling and effective buyer research [9:08]. Steve Denton: Whether I was with Pepsi or I was with FedEx, when I came to talk to the buyers and prospects that I was selling to, or my customers, they found out about FedEx from me, right? We already experience that.

Territory 70

Territory Sales CRM Quota 70

Xant

JUNE 16, 2021

Without a revenue operations role, marketing and sales teams would have no strategy and no process. Operations makes an organization’s actions intentional—meaning there is data, strategy, and process backing everything up. There are several teams that work directly with sales—sales enablement, customer success, and marketing.

CRM 52

CRM Territory Sales B2B 52

CloserIQ

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We’ve compiled some of our favorite reads to help you advance in your sales career and build top sales teams. New Account Executives are coming to your company with more sales experience than SDRs. I always tell my team to trust their gut on an instinct, but then leverage an analytical framework to back it up with data.”.

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Negotiate Drivers/motivators Territory Pitch 49

SalesLoft

JUNE 19, 2019

Since welcoming our new Vice President of Revenue for EMEA , Ollie Sharpe, last month, we’ve done an even deeper dive into the state of sales in the UK. He is charged with overseeing SalesLoft’s growth in the European region and growing our trademark world-class culture in the office there. It was a big learning curve.

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Territory Education Technology Technology 40

Sales Hacker

MAY 1, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with Rick Smolen , VP of Sales at Greenhouse Software about moving your product upmarket and how to sell your software to a big company. What sales strategies and philosophies are necessary for enterprise sales. What You’ll Learn. Show Agenda and Timestamps.

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Product Territory Negotiate Sales 47

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Steli Efti is mainly known for his selling skills and his attitude of never giving up on a prospect. which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. CEO at Sales Gravy | Author | Keynote Speaker | Sales Acceleration Specialist.

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Inside sales Consult Cold Call Sales 76

Lead Fuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Common Sales Interview Questions and Answers. Interviewers often ask this as one of the best sales interview questions to see how well you can sell yourself, not just because they want to get to know your personality. I tripled the client base in my territory in the first year, yielding revenue gains of over $1.2

Sales 52

Sales Drivers/motivators Commission Follow-up 52

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Before Covid, field sales was synonymous with hitting the road, meeting customers in person, and regularly making significant commissions. Today, field salespeople have had to pivot to a hybrid approach consisting of inside, remote, and virtual selling. But what does tomorrow hold for field sales? Field sales is not dead!

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Territory Inside sales Outside Sales Pharmaceutical 244

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Steli Efti is mainly known for his selling skills and his attitude of never giving up on a prospect. which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. CEO at Sales Gravy | Author | Keynote Speaker | Sales Acceleration Specialist.

Inside sales 52

Inside sales Consult Cold Call Sales 52

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We are fortunate to have a line up of awesome content and special guests! We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities.

Pipeline 61

Pipeline X-functional Sales Up-sell 61

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

The opportunity cost of a failed sales hire is typically around 80% of their annual quota, and the difference on your top line between hiring someone who succeeds and fails is about 70% of whatever their quota is. So, set up a process that leads to accurate decisions while not losing to indecision.

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Price Territory Sales Quota 80

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Prior to Kustomer, Vikas spent over 20 years implementing, consulting, marketing, and selling CRM and ContactCenter solutions with companies like LivePerson and Oracle. What about the changing tech stacks and infrastructures makes them vulnerable to up and comers? Does this not lead to a consolidatory environment?

Finance 53

Finance X-functional CRM Engineering 53

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2019

TJ Waldorf: The biggest thing for me is, it’s really, if I was to sum it up in one word, it’s about alignment, right? And then you kind of start to roll that up into the executive conversations. When you’re selling and when you’re in a sales role or leading a sales team, you have a number, right.

Pipeline 63

Pipeline Objectives and Key Results Sales Inside sales 63

Closing Bigger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a more effective approach that prevents us from forming bad habits or enduring terrible sales experiences. Sales Truth #8 – They’re not your leads, customers, or territory. In reality, those leads, customers, and territories aren’t theirs. This point is crucial.

Negotiate 116

Negotiate Sales Territory Clients 116

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

SDRs (also commonly called business development reps, or BDRs) are responsible for the first part of the sales process: Researching, prospecting, and qualifying leads. Once an SDR has determined the lead is qualified, they pass the opportunity to a sales rep. But account managers also look for upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

Territory 92

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 92

Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2020

My dad ended up going to Seton Hall University, which is about an hour away from home, and my mother went to Georgian Court University, which is actually in Lakewood. I started working at Nissan, North America in their regional headquarters. It was selling someone something they didn’t need. Imagine that.

Conversion 64

Conversion Cross-sell Retail Up-sell 64

Sales Hacker

APRIL 26, 2019

when interviewing for a sales position? Chances are, you went beyond just “answering questions” if you ended up getting the job. You answered the sales interview questions in a way that made you look like a winner. What is the first thing you would do when sales are down? Sell me this pen. All the stars aligned.

Sales 21

Sales Drivers/motivators Promote Up-sell 21

Salesforce

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tech sales refers to selling technology as a product or service. As an illustration, I used to sell appointment-scheduling software — a single-function solution for easier meeting set-up. In tech sales, you will be expected to: • Prospect for new customers. Showing humility can go a long way in tech sales.

Networking 59

Networking B2C Cross-sell Negotiate 59

Closing Bigger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a more effective approach that prevents us from forming bad habits or enduring terrible sales experiences. Sales Truth #8 – They’re not your leads, customers, or territory. In reality, those leads, customers, and territories aren’t theirs. This point is crucial.

Negotiate 52

Negotiate Sales Territory Clients 52

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s especially true for B2B — 84% of business buyers expect sales reps to act as their trusted advisors. Develop clear sales playbooks to create a consistent buying process for all prospects. Get articles selected just for you, in your inbox Sign up now 3.

CRM 59

CRM Cross-sell Territory Sports 59

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Putting a training or onboarding program in place to bring new team members up to speed. How to Become a Sales Director. There isn’t a single career path that will be your golden ticket to becoming a sales director. Often, people in this role are former account, regional, or national sales managers. Image source.

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Commission Territory Sales Negotiate 61

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions. Your sales career project has ups and downs. Every industry needs sales so the education you receive working in this role can be immense. Anything less is failure. Anita Nielsen.

Sales 130

Sales Start-ups Up-sell Cross-sell 130

Gong.io

APRIL 9, 2019

Are you looking to get better at sales coaching, but you’re not sure how? Let me guess: no one trained you for sales coaching. You’re “making it up as you go.”. You’re simply doing your best to pass on what YOU know about sales to your team. BUT… that’s a dangerous sales coaching mistake. I knew how to SELL.

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Objectives and Key Results Sales Territory Quota 121

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

How do you level-up B-players’ performance? What are the obstacles getting in the way of your sales force’s success? Jonathan is a partner at Bain, and has over 15 years of strategic sales experience helping organizations of all types and sizes maximize productivity. They learned how to sell really well.

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Price Strategize Up-sell Cold Call 71

Highspot

JULY 31, 2020

Proactively thinking through how and why your sales organization is set up a certain way ensures that you are not only making strategic hiring decisions but that you’re putting your reps in position to thrive. Sales organization structure refers to the segmentation of your sales team into specialized groups.

Assembly Line 72

Assembly Line Territory Strategize Sales 72

SBI

JANUARY 28, 2021

For many salespeople, complete confinement to the online world is new territory. In-person meetings and events opened up natural opportunities for personalized interactions, whether it was small talk with the person sat next to you or a quick exchange at the coffee machine.

Territory 48

Territory Sales B2B Up-sell 48

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. At the time, I had two years as a VP of Sales under my belt. Can you spot sales performance issues before they blow up? Bonus Tip: Fight for the Best Sales Technology.

Territory 71

Territory Sports Sales Technology 71

Sales Hacker

APRIL 28, 2020

The essential elements of great sales leadership [10:45]. Why it’s important to have diversity in sales [15:55]. A primer on social selling [19:53]. How to pivot to when leading a sales team during a crisis [23:14]. Lori’s thoughts on the future sales after the coronavirus crisis [29:18].

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Up-sell Sales Consult Start-ups 71