Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Let’s take recruiting, selecting and hiring salespeople. Despite how important new salespeople are to the future of a company, Sales Leadership attempts to get recruiting over with as quickly as possible, often prioritizing speed to hire over cost to hire, talent and capabilities.

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Clients Quota Sales Process 77

STAR Results

APRIL 20, 2021

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Your goal is to build a high-performance sales organization that consistently delivers outstanding results.

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Sales Sales Support CRM Networking 271

Veloxy

JUNE 15, 2023

The year 2023 has brought with it new challenges and opportunities in the world of outside sales. As sales professionals navigate this ever-changing landscape, the secrets to their success lie in adapting to industry trends , leveraging technology, and honing essential skills.

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Outside Sales Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Territory 264

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

As any business will attest, there’s no greater feeling than when your company grows and reaches a point where you need to expand your inside sales team. Naturally, more salespeople means more sales which translates to more revenue. The only question remaining now is; who do you hire first? Why Start with Inside Sales?

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2024

How do you build GTM efficiency in SMB sales? Lesson #1: Just Say No Once he joined, Kyle quickly discovered that Owner had a leaky bucket and had either bad or no targeting on prospects, was closing a lot of poor-fit customers, and there were a lot of miss set expectations from sales so customer handoff was sketchy at best.

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Go To Market GTM X-functional Objectives and Key Results 101

Veloxy

JUNE 27, 2022

The same is true for sales slumps. There are dozens of movies and television programs that inspire salespeople to push their limits and reach for new heights. We spoke with some of our clients, and the below list comprises their ten top sales movies and their five top sales tv shows. The Wolf of Wall Street.

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Non-Profits Cold Call Tradeshows Real Estate 162

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dating back to 1977, my entire career was as a B2B sales rep or I was managing a B2B sales team. Ask a sales rep what they will close this month and, without some intensive research, they may be hard pressed to give you an answer. We not only want to secure new customers, we need to increase business with our existing clients.

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CRM Commission Territory Repeat business 71

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or inside sales expert, we can all agree on a few things. One; sales is no longer just about high pressure, ‘won’t take no for an answer’ pitches. Today, it’s more of a different dynamic where sales reps listen, empathize, and even kill pitches early if they sense the prospect isn’t interested.

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sales Training Is An Investment In YOU In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount is joined by Sarah Browner, the Global Sales Enablement Manager at Adobe. As for salespeople, you’ll find out why it’s critical to continue advancing your skills and investing in yourself throughout your sales career.

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Sales Presentation Technology Technology 84

Veloxy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Sales is near the the top of that list. In order for salespeople to succeed, they must be proficient at establishing and nurturing value-driven relationships. The question now becomes, how does Sales Artificial Intelligence fit into all this? Does it really play a vital role in sales? Who is Using Sales AI?

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Non-Profits Sales CRM Pipeline 223

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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GTM Sales Manufacturing Lead generation 81

Veloxy

APRIL 19, 2021

Outbound sales has been a staple in the business for ages now. For those of you new to outbound sales, here’s what the process basically involves. Sales reps reach out to prospects and deliver pitches with the hopes of gaining customers. There are numerous advantages that come with outbound sales.

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Teamwork Outside Sales Cold Call Lead generation 245

Veloxy

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales and marketing teams may benefit from AI too. Besides creating emails or optimizing sales scripts, AI can automate mundane tasks, boost productivity, and ensure personalization. In this article, we’ll look at AI sales assistants and what to expect from them in the future. But they aren’t the only helpful solutions.

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Pipeline Sales CRM Price 130

Veloxy

JANUARY 20, 2023

In this blog post, you’re going to learn about business anthropology and how it’s best applied to your everyday life in sales. But why should you understand cultural and business anthropology as it relates to sales? So how exactly can you apply business anthropology to your sales process? Find a Shared Sense of Community 3.

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Sell Quota Sales Cold Call 246

Veloxy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Back in 2018, Salesforce discovered that sales reps were only spending 34% of their time selling (707 hours a year). Not surprisingly, only 42% of these sales reps expected to meet (not crush) quota. Salesforce just found that salespeople are only spending 28% of their time selling. Veloxy strives for accessibility.

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Quota Sell CRM Contact 246

Sales Pop!

MAY 26, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

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Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Sales Strategize 98

APACSMA

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As a senior sales leader, you are responsible for driving the success of your sales team. This guide will provide you with the insights and advice you need to build a high-performing sales team. The best sales teams are made up of highly skilled individuals. Focus on skills development.

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APACSMA

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Corporate sales are a high-burnout job, filled with rejection and the stress of looming quotas, yet it’s crucial that sales reps are on top of their customer service game for each and every contact with customers. Start Training As Soon As You Hire. Know That Sales Training Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All.

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Sales Quota Gaming Technique 98

Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

It’s hard to know when you’re ready to hire a sales team — and the consequences can make or break your startup. Perhaps not surprisingly, about 40% of new companies go out of business because they run out of cash or fail to raise capital, reports CB Insights. How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team?

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Minimum Viable Product Pitch Non-Profits Sales 85

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2024

His final sentence sums things up: “Call it sales if you want, but to me, it is connecting, understanding, educating, and solving problems. ” How I Ended Up in Sales – And Why it Worked I never wanted to be in sales. Sales was not a career that was discussed in our house, let alone promoted. I said Denver.

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Sell Retail Cold Call Commission 73

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. But if option 2 is so brilliant and obvious, then why do so many salespeople become so defensive and remain dug in to option 1?

Manufacturing 77

Manufacturing Territory Price Finance 77

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Learn how easy it is to become the highest-performing field sales professional at your company. Before Covid, field sales was synonymous with hitting the road, meeting customers in person, and regularly making significant commissions. But what does tomorrow hold for field sales? Field sales is not dead!

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Territory Inside sales Outside Sales Pharmaceutical 244

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sales great Zig Ziglar once wrote, “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” ” That’s the struggle of every team without clear sales targets: no clarity, no progress, no growth. The good news is, setting achievable targets is relatively straightforward. See how it works What are sales targets?

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Quota Territory Pipeline Sales 116

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Channel sales — or selling through partners — represents 75% of the world’s commerce, according to Forrester. This approach helps companies accelerate sales and grow revenue without adding to their headcount, a move that’s increasingly important during economic uncertainty. What you’ll learn: What is channel sales?

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Manufacturing Retail Territory Sales 111

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 27, 2023

Even though this article begins as a baseball article, in the fourth paragraph it quickly morphs into a sales article. I started coaching him when he was old enough to hold a wiffle bat. ” He was no longer coachable (by me), thus beginning a stretch of six years during which we hired various coaches to work with him.

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Consult Sales Up-sell B2B 62

criteria for success

MARCH 17, 2021

Thinking of building a sales training program? Regardless of the size of your team (or your budget), it’s important to have a sales training program. But in the long term, a sales training program can save you time, make the most of your resources, and strengthen your sales team. Listen Now.

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Referrals Sales Up-sell Follow-up 97

Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

As a podcast host, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Gabe Lulu , a sales expert based in New York. We had an insightful conversation about the challenges of recruiting salespeople, the impact of technology on sales, and the importance of understanding individual motivations.

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Appointment Drivers/motivators Technology Technology 69

Veloxy

MARCH 24, 2022

Because with the integration of real-time intelligence, sales technology, and AI-optimized sales processes, cold calling is shortening the sales process in record time. If you’re interested in accelerating sales cycles with cold calling, you’re only one book way from experiencing exponential results! Neuberger !

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Cold Call Technique Referrals Inside sales 214

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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Technique Construction Legal Sales 98

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2023

At SaaStr APAC 2023, Scott Pugh, VP of Sales at Figma, shared how to scale these two sales teams while building culture. Pugh’s strategy is simple, albeit not always easy: Recruitment — how to hire the best talent to scale your sales organization. Define your hiring profile. Focus on the hiring profile.

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Construction Sales Referrals Contract 90

Veloxy

AUGUST 11, 2022

Veloxy is a powerful Salesforce automation platform for streamlining the sales process and accelerating sales cycles. It includes a Salesforce inbox sidebar, smartphone access, sales engagement, and Ai-power lead qualification. As a sales leader, you need more than a Top 50 sales software to improve user adoption of Salesforce.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

I want to stay in the game long enough to see the old sales practices retired and the new digital selling model take hold.” Initially, I provided the models to sales teams. You could feel the positive energy, and I realized the impact sales can have across a company – I was hooked.

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Sell Cross-sell Finance B2C 95

Highspot

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sales training can be like sailing the high seas – an always-on adventure where focus, navigation, and teamwork are vital. We’ve curated a collection of the best sales training tips so you can build a program that will put wind in your team’s sails to navigate an uncertain selling landscape and outperform every quarter.

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Teamwork Technique Sales Quota 52

Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2020

One way for companies to avoid layoffs is to hire from within and look for individuals they can take from non-revenue-generating roles and move them into revenue-generating roles like Sales. . This keeps your high performers on staff while focusing resources on what will help you survive a tough economy, namely a stronger sales force.

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Intrinsic Clients Sales Drivers/motivators 108

Hubspot

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’re looking to get into sales, not having a college degree can feel like a huge barrier to your career. But what if I told you that a degree isn't always required for a sales job? In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. Table of Contents What does it mean to work in sales?

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Objectives and Key Results Networking Represent Sales 73

SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal, joined OpenAI a year and a half ago — before ChatGPT launched. In 2021, they trained GPT3 on Github repositories, produced a model that could code, and released embedding that allowed people to vectorize language and search across it to perform recommendations. They’re on a rocket ship.

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Growth Launch Territory Legal 96

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Tune in to hear more about: Hiring in a remote and hybrid environment.

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