You don’t need a big sales team to make a lot of money. Small sales teams can perform incredibly well if you get the right balance of skills, motivation, and resources. But how can you go about that? How can you inspire your sales team to go above and beyond?…...
Hiring Sales Reps: 3 Tips for Better, Faster Sales Hires
What’s your approach when hiring sales reps? Companies often hire sales reps who have knowledge of, or even a passion for, the brand’s product or industry — which is great because it gives you a team of “walking brochures” who can spout off all the benefits of your product.…...
Public Image: What Agencies Must Do to Attract and Retain Talent
A now all-too-familiar narrative in the insurance industry is that attracting and retaining talent will continue to be a challenge. Why? There are a range of reasons that boil down to, in part, perception. Simply put, the public’s perception of insurance does not meet reality. Time and time…...
Creating a Sales Culture: What It Is & How It’s Done
Your organization has a unique culture. Good or bad, planned or not, it does. And as a leader, it’s your responsibility to lead by example and help shape the company culture. So, how do you know if you’re doing the right things as a leader to make your sales culture…...
Best 12 ways to build a successful sales team right now
Some sales departments look like Darwin’s theory in action, where everyone is focused on a personal result instead of teamwork. Perhaps an individual employee’s quest for career development is playing into the hands of companies, but only to those that set short-term goals. Let’s find out how to create a…...
Hiring New Salespeople (While Keeping Up With Business as Usual)
Like most things in life, hiring sales talent is a matter of timing. Especially since the best candidates with strong sales skills are usually snatched up within 10 days. Unfortunately, you generally need skilled talent more than they need you. Add to that the dramatic pace of business, and it can be very…...
9 Traits of Sales-Driven Managers
I’m often asked by brokerages to help consult and coach their management teams to improve performance, predominantly of the sales managers. A high-performing, top manager is operating at peak performance: increasing revenue and marketshare, recruiting and creating adoption of core service affiliates, and successfully retaining their agents and building successful cultures. Here…...
Why Sales matters in any business
Let’s take a look at some of the reasons and ways sales is important in every business. Sales provides customers with the solutions they need With business it’s all about problem-solving. Finding a gap, or an area where someone needs a product or service, and filling that need for them.…...
How Do I get Started with my 2019 Sales Plan?
Calling all sales leaders! 2019 is right around the corner and that means your 2019 revenue number is probably bouncing around your head right about now. Questions like:Am I even going to hit quota this year?How is my last quarter going to set me up for 2019?Will my number…...
3 Tips to Find Sales Talent That Can Engage with the Modern Buyer
Who is the “right” sales talent in today’s business environment? The modern buyer is drastically different and the buying cycle has changed significantly as well. As buyer expectations and demands shift, sales professionals must master new sales methodologies such as social selling and digital selling in order to keep up.Establish…...
What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Sales? 16 Sales Experts Speak Out
Sales has traditionally been a male-dominated environment, but over the last few decades, more and more women have entered this career and thrived.As we celebrate International Women’s Day events at our offices across the world, we wanted to take a moment to shine a light on the amazing, smart, savvy…...
Top 21 Sales Management Books
How many books do you read each month? How about in a year? Maybe you feel like there’s no time for a “luxury” like reading. Or maybe it’s just never been your thing. I’m here to tell you, there is and it should be. “If I have seen further it…...
What Percentage of Sales Managers Have the Necessary Coaching Skills? –
I am often asked to explain what we look for when we evaluate Sales Managers. At this point, most experts agree that a good Sales Manager will spend half of their time coaching up the salespeople. Recently, I was asked to share some statistics about sales management coaching – the…...
Are First-Line Sales Managers In Danger Of Extinction?
The sales landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade as modern and empowered buyers, new technologies and competitive pressures forge new realities. This confluence of factors has imperiled various sales roles, creating adapt-to-survive imperatives.For example, nearly three years ago, Forrester Research predicted (registration required) the impending death of the B2B salesman…...
The World’s Most Dysfunctional Sales Team
Building a world-class sales team doesn’t sound that hard, until you realize how many things can go wrong.From hiring to lead gen to sales forecasting, it’s easy for your team to get tripped up and fall into a pattern of bad habits and costly mistakes.Compare your team’s performance to the…...
