Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 16, 2025

For sales training to become sales improvement, the sales managers are the glue that hold everything together. Salespeople who don’t buy-in should be replaced if they are also guilty of not meeting or exceeding quota. The same is true for sales trainers.

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Iannarino

MARCH 2, 2023

These salespeople can safely remove opportunities from their sales funnel , as soon as they realize their qualified lead will not entertain a second meeting. Salespeople who don't recognize there are pain points around buying lose opportunities, even if they understand the prospective client's financial pain points.

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B2B Contact Clients Entertainment 284

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

How is it that in 2024, people are still hailing BANT as some kind of relevant and beneficial sales tool? If you enjoy burning through leads because the leads don’t meet the requirements of BANT, then please, go right ahead and use it to score your leads.

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Process Sales Represent Consult 69

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? Covid's Impact on Field Sales.

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Veloxy

JUNE 4, 2024

But this isn’t just about creating a collaborative experience for your sales team. It’s about creating a collaborative sales experience for your customers. As we found in our State of Field Sales Survey , most buyers want a personalized, value-added buying experience.

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Objectives and Key Results User Experience Contact Trust 245

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

And SaaStr Annual itself attracts the highest concentration of founders and CEOs, there to learn and meet their peers. A lot of buyers do: To meet ones vendors are thinking of buying from. To meet a second choice, qualify another vendor (which is why you 100% absolutely should sponsor any leading event your competition does).

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Meeting Follow-up Start-ups Sales Experience 124

Heavy Hitter

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Let's assume you are in charge of planning your company's annual sales kickoff, the most important sales meeting of the year. You've picked the best location, chosen the right hotel, and are in the process of finalizing the meeting agenda. There aren't any two sales forces that are exactly alike.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Helpful meeting reminders Meeting reminders help remind us which Zoom call we’re jumping to next during a busy day. Be proactive and include an agenda for the call in your meeting reminder. Request specific feedback Customers are used to receiving messages after a purchase asking them about the sales experience.

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Account management B2B Follow-up Meeting 122

Veloxy

AUGUST 11, 2022

But this isn’t just about creating a collaborative experience for your sales team. It’s about creating a collaborative sales experience for your customers. As we found in our State of Field Sales Survey , the majority of buyers want a personalized value-added buying experience.

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Contact Quota Follow-up Engineering 189

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Thats how you can use AI sales training to turn skeptical buyers into long-time customers who trust your brand. Power Sales Teams with Preparation Careful preparation is another way your sales team can overcome skepticism and build trust. That’s where AI-powered sales training can help. Sounds frustrating, right?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2024

8 weeks later I was their first sales hire, but not long after that I became the VP of sales and built the sales, marketing and CS team as we took the business from 0 to $2M in a year. After this first sales experience, learning fast, solving problems for and serving customers (and my team), I was hooked.

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Sell Finance Quota Sales Experience 137

Martech

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Not only is it now digital-first, except perhaps in the most intransigently traditional verticals, it’s constructed by the buyer, not the seller, and increasingly demands B2C-style engagement rather than a purely transactional sales experience.

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 29, 2021

They may be more intensive to put together, but they are also parent-content for small pieces sales could also use, such as one-pagers or executive summaries. Sales Scripts. Scripts and talking points are an excellent way to support salespeople during calls or when they’re meeting in person with potential customers.

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Legal Sales Campaign Up-sell 124

CloserIQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

New Account Executives are coming to your company with more sales experience than SDRs. Remember: Even if your new AEs have sales experience, they’re new to selling your product. In order to become effective members of the team, they need to gain familiarity with your company, product, and sales process.

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Hubspot

JULY 11, 2019

Your sales team is working harder than ever to differentiate your product or service and close new business. In fact, HubSpot research shows 72% of companies with less than 50 new opps were unable to meet their goals. This role is usually an entry- or mid-level position that requires little to moderate experience (think 3+ years).

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Sales Pop!

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The result is a more agile and adaptable workforce that can meet the evolving demands of inbound sales in a digital-first world. Balancing Automation and the Human Touch One of the biggest challenges in AI-enhanced inbound sales is finding the right balance between automation and human interaction.

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Technology Technology Sales Conversion 130

SaaStr

JANUARY 29, 2021

Yes, fundraising is so much faster and easier over Zoom in many cases than meetings IRL. Kyle shared that even as SalesLoft scaled and evolved, the one thing that has remained consistent is his vision –– sincerity in sales. Instead, he argues that AI should enhance the human-to-human sales experience.

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Hubspot

MAY 7, 2018

Here's Why Sales Wins. Why do I tell people to get sales experience? Everyone is in sales and once you’re cognizant of it you'll see it everywhere you look. Hult International Business School rated “strong sales skills” as a top 10 critical skill of today’s workplace. Best First Jobs? Don’t let this be you.

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Pitch Sales Cold Call Networking 101

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

Our team of software advisors provides free telephone consultations to help buyers build a shortlist of systems that will meet their specific needs.”. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors. Here is the link to the survey findings: Sales Director Job Listings.

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CRM Sales Technology Technology 174

Closing Bigger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Often, I’ve observed (and experienced in my business) professionals getting overwhelmed with inbound tasks, client service, meetings, administrative duties, and other work commitments. Part of this oversight is because results from prospecting aren’t immediate, especially with sales cycles ranging from three weeks to six months.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Finding the perfect VP of Sales position can be daunting, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. Candidates need to find opportunities that not only fit their sales experience and stretch goals, but also companies that are coming out of the pandemic with momentum.

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Healthcare Finance Construction Government 136

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Field sales (also known as outside sales) is the traditional face-to-face sales we all know and love (ok maybe not love). This is where a sales rep physically meets a potential customer to discuss needs, budgets, volumes, prices, requirements, timelines, and other contract details. Inside Sales.

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Veloxy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A career in medical device sales offers plenty of exciting opportunities for travel, such as spending two to three nights a week on the road or about four nights a month. Approximately 68% of associates had limited medical sales experience before taking the plunge into the medical sales industry.

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Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2023

Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products. Glassdoor predicts the average yearly salary of an outside sales rep to be $72,000.

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Cold Call Commission Inside sales Territory 90

Hubspot

AUGUST 22, 2018

Sales manager job description. Sales managers are responsible for helping their reps meet individual quota, getting the team to hit quota, forecasting sales and running sales reports, providing mentorship and training, recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new salespeople, and more. Here’s an example.

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CloserIQ

APRIL 2, 2019

Research continually finds them at the bottom of the list of trusted professions , and anyone who’s ever been on the receiving end of a bad sales experience will know why. Putting aside the bad eggs who are blatantly conning their way through deals, there are plenty of other poor sales behaviours that put customers off.

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Technique Sales Trust Follow-up 100

Veloxy

APRIL 12, 2023

Video conferencing software: With video conferencing, you can have face-to-face meetings with your customers, even if they are located in a different state. Zoom is a popular video conferencing software that can help you conduct virtual meetings. Virtual reality (VR) tool: Consider using a VR tool to showcase your products.

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Referrals Finance Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 15, 2022

A reader wrote me, “Dave do you think sales enablement professionals need selling experience?” ” It’s a follow on to many of the discussions about “Do sales managers need sales experience?” ” My immediate reaction to both those questions was “HELL YEAH!!!!”

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Sell Manufacturing Finance Sales 132

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 9, 2020

Either handle those objections then and there, before it gets passed up the chain, or schedule a meeting and come prepared with responses. For example, if you offer meeting-planning services, see if you can figure out when big annual meetings or conferences are. Learn when your product or service is most relevant. Don’t wing it.

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B2B Objectives and Key Results E-commerce Sales 102

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2021

The second pipeline hire should be a mid-level sales development representative (SDR). They’ll have the sole task of setting up qualified meetings, also known as discovery calls, with prospects to help generate pipeline. Once they do, the founder can attend meetings and use their passion and intel of the product to sell. .

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Pipeline Quota Represent Cross-sell 101

Veloxy

AUGUST 31, 2023

In addition to knowing about the product, outside sales reps are best suited to gather intelligence on product improvements. From long-lasting client relationships to face-to-face meetings , field reps can make all the difference in innovation by continually supporting customer needs.

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Outside Sales Pipeline Inside sales Cross-sell 130

Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Between finishing my latest book, meeting client commitments, and publishing blog articles, I've had moments of near-implosion this year. I have several secrets to preventing and avoiding burnout over a 30-year career in sales. It doesn't mean I love every element of what I do or enjoy the rejection-laden gauntlet.

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Intrinsic Consult Follow-up Networking 101

A Sales Guy

JULY 28, 2013

Project thinking and planning need to be seen by the title or topic, because that’s when we need to see that information (when we’re meeting or thinking about it). His career has focused on delivering measurable results for his employers and clients in the way of greater sales, revenue growth, product success and customer loyalty.

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Trust Clients Drivers/motivators Growth 111

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

When I was invited to write a few posts for HubSpot, I decided that one of my topics would be about the “Be Remarkable” theme of their recent INBOUND 2013 conference in Boston and how we can apply that concept to Sales in addition to Marketing. What does it mean to provide a remarkable sales experience for your potential clients?

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Clients Sales Experience Pitch Conversion 78

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When your salespeople know or are alerted as to the best time to email or call a prospect, sales cycles are shortened and sales pipelines are increased. Not only do data-driven sales tools help inside sales reps book more meetings and close more deals, but they also help satisfy customer needs.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

RELATED: Here’s How to Hire a VP of Sales That Will Last Longer Than 19 Months. 5 Essential Tips on How to Become a VP of Sales . Banish All Boring Meetings. Same sh*t… different day” could easily be the motto for most sales meetings. Each meeting is short but meaningful. Current project.

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Territory Sports Sales Technology 91

Hubspot

JANUARY 17, 2023

Meaning, there's no strict criteria you have to meet to secure a job. Having experience selling tech products is a plus, but if you're starting from ground zero, don't fret. Highlight your sales experience. Tech sales is less about the tech and more about the sales part. Know the industry inside and out.

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