One route into the position of a sales manager is promotion from having been a highly successful salesperson. They are suddenly saddled with the responsibility of the entire sales team. It is a tough position to be in—kind of like a newly elected politician in their first 90 days. All eyes are on this individual ...
For well over 4 years now, Sales POP! has brought our readers and viewers the best in sales, marketing, leadership, and motivational thought leadership content from around the world. We have been fortunate to engage with over 1000 experts from multiple fields and multiple countries to provide actionable insights and unique perspectives. Today we are ...
These are difficult times, for sure. As our clients and prospects face daunting challenges, our business opportunities have been few and far between. Truly, we’re all being tested. But as some vertical markets and geographies have begun to rebound, pent-up demand and unaddressed pains have generated new opportunities. And, of course, there’s great interest in ...
Modern customers are more empowered than ever. Your potential customers are aware of the many options available today–other than you. They are also enthusiastic about sticking with brands that illustrate personalized offers and messaging. Is your brand nurturing such long-term relationships? Those are just two examples. Big data for lead generation is helping smart marketers, ...
We seem to have a different concept for Pipeliner CRM than other developers and vendors have for their CRM offerings—for we believe that CRM in itself should empower salespeople. It doesn’t make sense from a financial or any other standpoint to have a “Sales Enablement Platform” (SEP) in addition to CRM. We have therefore placed ...
There is no doubt that Sales is becoming more complicated due to the ever-expanding networks that prospects and clients are part of. The advantage is that Salespeople can search these network connections as many of them are digitally available (LinkedIn, Alumni websites, etc) and discover the kind of six degrees of separation that would have ...
Each new day and season brings reason for us to be working to improve tomorrow. Keeping on top of the economic news and technological updates require us to be in a forever state of revising plans. The thought applies to many aspects of our lives. Companies are now making predictions of what is to come. ...
How do you get sales viewed more as a strategic asset than a flogger of wares? My experience is that most organizations underutilize sales because they treat it as a traditional tactical tool rather than as a strategic asset. Today the focus tends to be on how traditional sales can be more efficient — providing ...
