Author: Carol L. Cohen Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 1977267688 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 140
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These days buyers will only engage with salespeople who provide value as a consultative partner. This means those sellers must up their game in both knowledge and skill. That places the challenge squarely on the back of sales enablement and sales training professionals. While this has always been a unique challenge in the world, it is especially urgent now. There was a time when it was believed that salespeople were actually born and could not be trained. Now we all know better, but we struggle to build that perfect program. This book offers an approach to sales training that should address that challenge. The training and enablement need of sales teams has evolved over the years, but the pandemic accelerated the change required. This book will provide a guide for those of you in the sales enablement and sales training world to help you develop effective sales training and sales enablement programs. Salespeople are a unique breed with an extremely tough job, and effective programs can enable their success and return business results for the company. This book will make you the hero of that story.
Author: Marty Cagan Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119691257 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 435
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"Great teams are comprised of ordinary people that are empowered and inspired. They are empowered to solve hard problems in ways their customers love yet work for their business. They are inspired with ideas and techniques for quickly evaluating those ideas to discover solutions that work: they are valuable, usable, feasible and viable. This book is about the idea and reality of "achieving extraordinary results from ordinary people". Empowered is the companion to Inspired. It addresses the other half of the problem of building tech products?how to get the absolute best work from your product teams. However, the book's message applies much more broadly than just to product teams. Inspired was aimed at product managers. Empowered is aimed at all levels of technology-powered organizations: founders and CEO's, leaders of product, technology and design, and the countless product managers, product designers and engineers that comprise the teams. This book will not just inspire companies to empower their employees but will teach them how. This book will help readers achieve the benefits of truly empowered teams"--
Author: Frank V. Cespedes Publisher: Harvard Business Press ISBN: 1633698777 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 249
Book Description
Named to the longlist for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award in the Sales & Marketing category In this smart, practical, and research-based guide, Harvard Business School professor Frank Cespedes offers essential sales strategies for a world that never stops changing. The rise of e-commerce. Big data. AI. Given these trends (and many others), there's no doubt that sales is changing. But much of the current conventional wisdom is misleading and not supported by empirical data. If you as a manager fail to separate fact from hype, you will make decisions based on faulty assumptions and, in a competitive market, eventually fall behind those with a keener grasp of the current selling environment. In this no-nonsense book, sales expert and Harvard Business School professor Frank Cespedes provides sales managers and executives with the tools they need to separate the signal from the noise. These include how to: Hire and deploy the right talent Pay and incentivize your sales force Improve ROI from your training programs Create a comprehensive sales model Set and test the right prices Build and manage a multichannel approach Brimming with fascinating examples, insightful research, and helpful diagnostics, Sales Management That Works will help sales managers build a great sales team, create an optimal strategy, and steer clear of hype and fads. Salespeople will be better equipped to respond to changes, executives will be able to track and accelerate ROI, and readers will understand why improving selling is a social as well as an economic responsibility of business.
Author: Harvard Business Review Publisher: HBR's 10 Must Reads ISBN: 9781633694538 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 192
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Sales isn't about pushing products or being efficient; it's about building the right systems to manage and empower your salespeople. If you read nothing else on sales, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how to create the conditions for sales success. This book will inspire you to: Understand your customer's buying center Integrate your sales and marketing operations Assess your business cycle and its impact on your sales force Transition away from solution sales Leverage the power of micromarkets Introduce tiebreaker selling and consensus selling Motivate your sales force properly This collection of articles includes "Major Sales: Who Really Does the Buying," by Thomas V. Bonoma; "Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing," by Philip Kotler, Neil Rackham, and Suj Krishnaswamy; "Match Your Sales Force Structure to Your Business Life Cycle," by Andris A. Zoltners, Prabhakant Sinha, and Sally E. Lorimer; "The End of Solution Sales," by Brent Adamson, Matthew Dixon, and Nicholas Toman; "Selling into Micromarkets," by Manish Goyal, Maryanne Q. Hancock, and Homayoun Hatami; "Dismantling the Sales Machine," by Brent Adamson, Matthew Dixon, and Nicholas Toman; "Tiebreaker Selling," by James C. Anderson, James A. Narus, and Marc Wouters; "Making the Consensus Sale," by Karl Schmidt, Brent Adamson, and Anna Bird; "The Right Way to Use Compensation," by Mark Roberge; "How to Really Motivate Salespeople," by Doug J. Chung; and "Getting Beyond 'Show Me the Money, '" an interview with Andris Zoltners by Daniel McGinn.
Author: Byron Matthews Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119440270 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 263
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Put buyer experience and selling resources front-and-center to boost revenue Sales Enablement is the essential guide to boosting revenue through smarter selling. A thorough, practical introduction to sales enablement best practices, this book provides step-by-step approaches for implementation alongside expert advice. In clarifying the sales enablement space and defining its practices, this invaluable guidance covers training, content, and coaching using a holistic approach that ensures optimal implementation with measureable results. Case studies show how enablement is used effectively in real-world companies, and highlight the essential steps leaders must take to achieve their desired sales results. Smarter buyers require smarter selling, and organizations who have implemented enablement programs attain revenue goals at a rate more than eight percent higher than those that do not. This book provides a 101 guide to sales enablement for any sales professional wanting to enhance sales and boost revenue in an era of consumer choice. Understand sales enablement and what it can do for your company Implement enablement using techniques that ensure sustainable, measureable performance impact Adopt proven best practices through step-by-step advice from experts Examine case studies that illustrate successful implementation and the impact of sales enablement on revenue Consumers are smarter, more connected, and more educated than ever before. Traditional sales strategies are falling by the wayside, becoming increasingly less effective amidst the current economic landscape. Companies who thrive in this sort of climate know how to speak to the customer in their own terms, and sales enablement keeps the customer front-and-center by providing sales people with the resources buyers want. Sales Enablement provides a scalable, sales-boosting framework with proven results.
Author: Liam Allison Publisher: Liam Allison ISBN: 0645876852 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 412
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"This is how I went from sales failure to sales success" is an inspiring and insightful book that chronicles the personal journey of the author, as they navigate the challenging world of sales and ultimately transform their career from failure to success. Through a candid and introspective narrative, the author shares their experiences, lessons learned, and the strategies they employed to overcome setbacks and achieve remarkable sales results. The book begins by establishing the importance of sales in businesses, emphasizing its role as a driving force behind growth and profitability. It delves into the basics of sales, exploring fundamental concepts, techniques, and best practices that lay the foundation for success in the field. The author highlights the challenges commonly faced by sales professionals and the significance of adopting a sales mindset to overcome obstacles and achieve desired outcomes. Drawing from their own personal experiences with initial sales failures, the author vividly describes the circumstances and mistakes that led to their setbacks. They candidly discuss the emotional toll and repercussions of these failures, providing readers with a genuine understanding of the struggles faced by sales professionals. Through self-reflection, the author reveals the pivotal moments when they realized the need for change and embarked on a journey of growth and transformation. The book further explores the importance of continuous learning and adaptation in the sales field. The author shares their research on successful sales strategies, including insights gained from interviews with accomplished salespeople. They offer practical advice and actionable tips for implementing newfound knowledge, overcoming initial challenges, and building resilience in the face of adversity. "This is how I went from sales failure to sales success" is a comprehensive and invaluable guide for sales professionals at any stage of their career. It combines personal anecdotes, practical strategies, and expert insights to inspire, inform, and empower readers on their own path to sales success. Through this compelling narrative, readers will gain the knowledge, motivation, and tools necessary to overcome challenges, build strong customer relationships, and achieve outstanding results in the dynamic world of sales.
Author: Brian Tracy Publisher: AMACOM ISBN: 0814449204 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 151
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The performance difference between the top salespeople in the world and the rest is smaller than you may think. Learn where you can elevate your game today and reach unprecedented new heights. Did you know that the 80/20 rule applies to the world of sales too? Eighty percent of all sales are made by only twenty percent of salespeople. How are they raking in so much money though, and how can others join them? Sales trainer extraordinaire Brian Tracy has spent years studying the world’s best salespeople and their methods to discover that the difference between the top 20 and the bottom 80 boils down to only a handful of critical areas in which the top professionals perform better than their peers. In this compact and convenient guide, Tracy shares 21 tried-and-true techniques that can help any salesperson gain that winning edge. In Sales Success, you will learn how to: Set and achieve clear goals Develop a sense of urgency and make every minute count Know your products inside and out Analyze your competition Find and quickly qualify prospects Understand the three keys to persuasion Overcome the six major objections, and much more! Packed with proven strategies and priceless insights, Sales Success will get you planted firmly on the path to success, making more money than you thought possible and greater career satisfaction than you ever believed you would find.
Author: Josh Bernoff Publisher: Harvard Business Press ISBN: 1422162338 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 261
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It's the new normal. Now all of your employees are Twittering away and friending clients on Facebook. Not to mention customers--who feel obligated to update your Wikipedia entry with product complaints. In this new world, dealing with empowered employees and customers --Insurgents -- is only going to get more challenging. Employees are using this technology in the workplace and customers are using it in the marketplace, and neither obey the rules you set up. This chaos is your future as a manager. You could try to shut it down and shut it off. Or you can harness it and reap the business benefits. According to Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler of Forrester Research (the organization that brought you Groundswell), your defense against insurgents is to enable them. At its heart, this is a book about how to scale the management of insurgency, both the innovation of insurgent employees and the energy of insurgent customers. The key is a process Forrester calls E Triple S, for the four elements of managing insurgents effectively: empowering, selecting, scaling, and socializing. While it's based in current trends, the core concept of Managing Insurgents -- that the next management and innovation challenge is harnessing individuals empowered by mobile, social, and connected technology -- is a new idea. In the wake of Groundswell, dozens of social-technology-for-business books cropped up. And there are plenty of books on improving your customer service. But there's no serious business book about management, marketing, and innovation in the throes of this trend. When Insurgency hits, it will be perceived not just as a sequel to Groundswell but as the start of a new management philosophy.
Author: Max F. Cates Publisher: FT Press ISBN: 0134211219 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 278
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Master today’s breakthrough strategy for developing and sustaining high-performance sales teams! Long-time sales team leader Max Cates shows how to go far beyond "old school," "command and control" sales management, unleashing the full power and energy of your salespeople through a participatory management approach that works. Drawing on 36+ years of sales and sales management experience, Cates presents proven tactics for: Developing your own mental toughness, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and promotability Becoming a true servant leader in sales: providing the right structure, challenges, respect, involvement, and support Hiring more effective and productive salespeople – including expert tips for interviewing, recruiting, reading body language, using data, and choosing amongst candidates Building winning teams that meet sales objectives and delight customers Empowering sales reps and teams in decision-making that increases sales productivity Measuring individual and team performance towards objectives Keeping people on target without micro-managing them Promoting team growth and continual improvement Leveraging Six Sigma and the Deming Cycle to sustain success, morale, and performance And much more Seven Steps to Success for Sales Managers presents proven sales management tactics in a "bulletized" format that’s easy to read – and just as easy to use. Cates combines decades of in-the-trenches experience with cutting-edge research on the latest sales trends and tactics. Whether you’re a working sales manager, VP of sales, account team leader, executive MBA program participant, or aspiring sales manager, this guide will help you build an outstanding team, empower it, and lead it to sustained success.
Author: Frank Bettger Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan ISBN: Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 5
Book Description
Mastering Sales by Frank Bettger provides a roadmap to success and achievement in sales through timeless principles of positivity, goal-setting, effective communication, and ethical conduct. Bettger's practical advice and motivational insights empower sales professionals to elevate their performance, build lasting customer relationships, and achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Embrace Bettger's teachings and embark on a transformative journey to excel in sales and beyond.
Author: Carol L. Cohen
Author: Marty Cagan
Author: Frank V. Cespedes
Author: Harvard Business Review
Author: Byron Matthews
Author: Liam Allison
Author: Brian Tracy
Author: Josh Bernoff
Author: Max F. Cates
Author: Frank Bettger