Shaming Managers - Sales Influence Podcast - ...

Sales Performance Analysis When sales decline, audit your past successful strategies by comparing time investment—reducing customer interaction by even 20 minutes can directly correlate with dropping conversion rates, as demonstrated by Jessica Layla at Xerox who experienced sudd ...  Show more

Building Trust Through Expertise Provide insightful information that makes prospects think "I didn't know that" rather than stating obvious facts, as this demonstrates expertise and credibility when selling intangible services like advertising. Quantifying Value Through Data Ask ...  Show more

Lightning Round: Top 10 Qualities of a Successful Sales Professional

Question: Steve from Atlanta GA asks, "I am a senior executive in a large manufacturing corporation, I handle the Eastern Region. We are struggling with our sales people, more than ...

Great sales managers are hard to come by. Sales managers have a very important job in the sales world. They manage a team of sales reps. They serve as a coach and a trainer. They monitor data and statistics, and a variety of other things. It can be challenging to know which aspec ...  Show more

If promoting a high-performing member of your sales team means losing your best salesperson and gaining an average sales manager, why do we continue to rely so heavily on these metrics?  This week, Pat and Cody discuss the mistakes that many organizations make when promoting and ...  Show more

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Introduce frontline manager talent pulse meetings involving key stakeholders (yourself, frontline manager, HR partner, and sales ops) to comprehensively review both quantitative and qualitative seller performance data. Maintain frontline manager capacit ...  Show more