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Top 10 Sales Management Mistakes

Successfully hiring and managing salespeople are two of the most important things you will do as a sales manager. Here are ten sales management mistakes and misconceptions and how you can avoid them. Top Sales Hiring Mistakes and Misconceptions 1. I have a golden gut. A sales candidate is typically on their best behavior during the interview. They want to portray themselves as personable and motivated to succeed. After all, they want to get hired for your open position. And this may cause you to feel like “Wow, I just know in my gut that this person will be a

Top Tips on How to Improve Sales Team Performance

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Top Tips on How to Improve the Sales Performance of Your Team

According to a Hubspot study, 66% of salespeople miss their quotas. This statistic really shines a light on the fact that a lot of sales teams are struggling. Even if you feel your sales team is doing a good job, ask yourself this: “Could they be doing better?” No salesperson in the industry has reached their absolute peak — the point at which they could not possibly improve anymore. There will be waves with your sales team in just how well your they are performing — sometimes things will seem like they are going swimmingly, other times you will feel

Things Salespeople Want From Their Sales Managers To Be Successful

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5 Things Successful Salespeople Want from Their Sales Managers

Salesperson turnover rates remain one of the most challenging issues facing sales managers today. In fact, studies have found that the turnover rate in sales stands at a whopping 34%, when you look at both voluntary and involuntary leave. As you likely know, maintaining a solid sales team is quite a challenge when you have people coming and going at this rate. So how do you combat these high turnover numbers, and keep your salespeople successful and in your company? You give your salespeople what they want. Though that may sound simple, it is anything but. The art of giving

Insider Secrets to Help Your Salespeople Sell Faster

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5 Insider Secrets to Help Your New Salespeople Sell Faster

The success of your salespeople is rooted in one major thing: motivation. Without motivation, your hopes and dreams of your sales team achieving sales goals and bringing success to your company will forever remain hopes and dreams, and never transform into reality. But, as you likely already know, motivation is not as simple as it may seem. In fact, according to a recent Gallup poll, 51% of the workforce in the United States is disengaged from their job. Sure, a brand new salesperson fresh off of training may not be quite as jaded as some senior sales reps, and may

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12 Habits of Highly Successful Sales Managers To Adopt Today

A sales manager is a person with the unique position of empowering and influencing the sales reps in a company. Turning around an entire team and increasing sales is a must if you want the company to succeed, but many managers fail to acknowledge this and allow even the smallest barriers to turn into big issues. Fortunately, it does not take a lot to increase the positive impact a sales manager makes on the team. According to Jessica Jang, a content manager at Bestessays, ”there are three key points a sales manager must pay attention to: motivation, alignment and performance.”

Intelligent Questions to Ask Your Salespeople After Each Sales Call

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6 Intelligent Questions to Ask Your Sales Reps After Each Sales Call

One of the most crucial keys to your sales reps’ success lies in analysis and review, which is an important part of managing sales teams. Why is that? Analyzing and reviewing gives your sales reps ways to improve on what they are currently doing, and to continuously build their skillset. The best way to do this is to sit down with your sales reps following each sales call, and ask them questions. These questions will get your sales reps thinking about their call from a different perspective. They will also give you insight into the help that your sales reps

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Top 10 Sales Management Mistakes

Top Tips on How to Improve the Sales Performance of Your Team

5 Things Successful Salespeople Want from Their Sales Managers

5 Insider Secrets to Help Your New Salespeople Sell Faster

12 Habits of Highly Successful Sales Managers To Adopt Today

6 Intelligent Questions to Ask Your Sales Reps After Each Sales Call

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