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6 Helpful Tips for Successfully Onboarding New Salespeople

A 2012 Allied Workforce Mobility Survey showed that it took one year or longer for most new employees to get caught up to speed in about 30% of companies. As a sales manager, you might find that statistic concerning. A year is a long time for a person to work at a company without completely understanding their job. For salespeople, slow progress translates to a lowered ability to sell productively. Can you imagine how much your team’s sales results could improve if every single salesperson went through an effective onboarding process? Chances are, their results would improve quite a bit.
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Sales Assessments

How to Effectively Evaluate Your Salespeople and Help Them Get Better Results

As a sales manager, you are always searching for new ways to improve your team’s performance. Chances are you have tried multiple methods in the past. But if you still are not seeing the results you want, it might be time to step back for a moment, evaluate your team and try something different to help them get better sales results. Ready to learn how?                                                                                                We have outlined multiple ways to evaluate your salespeople so you can use what you learn to help them reach their goals. How to Evaluate Your Sales Team Regularly analyze the sales process your salespeople
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Sales Management

Social Recognition: Bringing Social Media and Employee Recognition Together [Guest Post]

Guest Post by Andre Janus Business leaders know that employee recognition is valuable. They calculate the ROI of recognition and identify praise-worthy behaviors. They praise publicly, and they invest money in recognition products. They spend time finding new ways to highlight stellar performers. What is it, though, that makes recognition a truly satisfying experience for employees? Yes, there is satisfaction in knowing that someone is paying attention to what they’re doing and cares, but isn’t there a strong social component too? Many of your employees enjoy the bragging rights they earn when they’re recognized by organization leaders. Whether it’s in
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Sales Management

5 Sales Planning Tools to Boost Productivity

According to Harvard Business Review, the time that sales reps spend on non-sales (admin) work is up 21%, and this has come at the expense of actual selling time in front of the customer, which is down a full 26%. As a sales manager, you probably find these statistics concerning. Imagine how many more deals your sales team could close if they spent more of their time selling and less of it on non-sales activities. It could make all the difference in your department’s results. But what can a sales manager do to cut down on time spent on non-sales
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8 Common Ways Sales Managers Lead Their Team to Failure

Did you know that your effectiveness as a sales manager could determine the success of your team? It is true. So, if you have noticed that your sales team is not performing at the level you would like, consider that your management style could be a contributing factor, or even the root of the problem. Even if you have the best intentions, the following 8 sales management mistakes could have devastating effects on your salespeople. Take a look at each mistake and analyze your performance as a manager to determine where you can improve. Learn from Your Sales Management Mistakes
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Sales Management

What Kind of Sales Manager Are You? [Quiz]

There are a number of managerial styles in sales. Find out which pop-culture sales manager fits your style the best with our quiz. *Please note, this quiz is for entertainment purposes only and is not meant as an accurate assessment of managerial styles. Surprised at your results? Everyone has a different management style, but maybe you got an answer you weren’t expecting! While this quiz was for fun, being aware of how you manage your sales team might affect your team for the better. Read this blog, 5 Signs Your Sales Coaching Efforts are Highly Effective, for more information about how your
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