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What Marketers Need to Know About Sales and Vice-Versa When you have both your sales and marketing teams working together, you will know about it! Unfortunately, this is not always the case. More often than not, sales teams and marketing teams ignore one another and do not appreciate the value which each bring to the ... Read Post
Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Provide constant feedback, hire the right people, incentive programs, create compensation plans that drive behavior…the list goes on and on. Given these endless choices, it can be hard for sales managers to figure out where exactly to focus their attention. ... Read Post
I’ve discovered that it’s character—not what I know—that will build trust with the prospect. So what does trust-building character in sales look like? Read Post
At the very heart of running a sales pipeline is opportunity management. Opportunity management consists of, first, setting up a sales process. This means knowing the various stages that your opportunities pass through, from lead all the way to close. When you know how long a deal takes to make it through the pipeline, and ... Read Post
Today the focus needs change to how sales can be more effective — by redefining sales as a strategic asset where its role is to create long term value. Read Post
Strong sales leadership builds, nurtures and inspires. Weak leaders are ineffective at best, and destructive and demoralizing at worst. The business world has always had its share of both—but there are few areas where it matters more than in sales. A bad sales manager can adversely affect the backbone of any organization—sales revenue, employee morale and ... Read Post
Long-serving sales professionals surely remember a time when their industry was all about hustle, drive, and determination. Newcomers needed little other than a high school diploma and some natural ability to become a rising star in a hurry. These days, the encroachment of technology and big data into the world of sales is changing all ... Read Post
If you search online for the phrases crush your quota or outstanding revenue growth, you’ll get about 4,500 and 8,000 results, respectively. We adore not only revenue, but its fast and furious capture. Revenue is king! As my district manager used to say, “I don’t care how you make your number, as long as you ... Read Post