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7 signs your sales rep will be a good sales manager
Sales Management

7 Signs Your Sales Rep Will Make a Great Sales Manager [Infographic]

A good sales manager is critical to the success of the entire sales team. The sales manager’s attitude can determine the sales department’s performance and the team’s attitude towards work. However, before you promote one of your salespeople to a sales management position, you should know that not every salesperson is fit to manage and lead a team to success. Sales management positions require an entirely different skill set and personality than typical sales positions, and you must know whether or not your potential candidate possesses those skills and personality traits before you can confidently promote them. 7 Signs Your
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hacks to boost performance
Sales Management

4 Sales Performance-Enhancing Hacks to Boost Your Business

With how fast the sales world is moving, sales performance hacks are more necessary than ever before. There are always new competitors popping up as well as new products similar to your own that are being marketed differently. And that is why it is so important to find and utilize any advantages that will help your team save time and become more efficient at their daily tasks. So to help your sales team continue to improve and evolve, here are 4 performance-enhancing hacks. Our Top Sales Performance Hacks 1.   Chew gum Sure, chewing gum is great for keeping your breath
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Hacks to Increase Your Company's Sales
Sales Management

Psychology-Backed Tips and Hacks To Help Increase Sales

When you think of psychology, do you imagine someone sitting in a room with a psychologist, sharing his/her thoughts and worries? Well, while the practice of psychology does involve therapy sessions like the one mentioned, it can also apply to other areas in life—like sales. When it comes to making purchases, emotions play a much bigger role than you might realize. In fact, some experts believe that 90% of our purchasing decisions are made subconsciously. In other words, when it comes to selling, knowing how to appeal to your customers on an emotional level plays a big role in how
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Why You Need a Modern Sales Process [Guest Post]

Guest Post by Tim Jernigan Managing a sales team can feel like being pulled in a hundred directions at once. If your sales team works the “old-fashioned” way – handwritten reports, navigating by instinct, using their brain as a  CRM – the stress is even worse. An old-fashioned sales process requires a lot more managing. You spend all of your time reading sloppy reports, paying out ridiculous mileage expenses and cleaning up after reps when they forget to follow-up with leads. A modern sales process eliminates busy-work. You’re leading your team, but they’re managing themselves. A full-fledged modern sales team
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How to Quickly Build a Sales Team Without Wasting Time and Money [Infographic]

As a sales manager, you know that building a strong sales team is critical to the success of your business. After all, salespeople are crucial to generating the revenue that keeps your company running, so every sales hiring decision you make should be handled with care. Now, you may be wondering: How can I avoid costly bad hires and quickly build a team of high-performing salespeople? Let’s start with an infographic to dive into this a little deeper… And here is the text version… How to Build a High-Performing Sales Team Fast Outline your standards. If you already have a
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The Process Fortune 500 Companies Use to Create High-Performing Sales Teams

Have you ever noticed how Fortune 500 companies always seem to attract the best sales talent? Clearly, they have the recruiting and interviewing process thoroughly mapped out because of the way they consistently create high-performing sales teams. Now, you may be wondering: How can I use the same process as Fortune 500 companies to create a high-performing sales team at my own company? If that is the case, keep reading. Today,  I am going to discuss the process Fortune 500 companies use so you can start finding and hiring the best sales talent.     How to Create High-Performing Sales
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