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Pipeline Movement [Sales Management Tip]

A Sales Guy

The sales pipeline is the most important sales management tool there is. Everything happens in the pipeline, or at least it should. The sales pipeline is like the hard drive of a computer. The key to fast and efficient sales pipeline is preventing crap from clogging it up. Inaccurate data.

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8 Steps for More Effective Closing - Sales Solution #10

Anthony Cole Training

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sales Force (5).

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What You Don’t Know About Your Pipeline That’s Killing Your Sales

A Sales Guy

What do your sales pipeline stages look like? Are they working, does your pipeline tell you what you need to know? If you’re like most sales organizations your pipeline stages are average. They do just enough for you to track sales, to manage opportunities and to provide a rough forecast.

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Pipeline Movement – [Shitty Sales Management]

A Sales Guy

Shitty sales management can kill pipeline movement. As sales leaders, we spend so much of our time evaluating our teams and the individuals on them, we often forget that our s**t can stink too. The place I see sales management fail the most (just behind hiring “A” players) is pipeline management.

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Pipeline Movement [Bad Data]

A Sales Guy

This is a follow up to my post last week on moving things through the pipeline. Keeping deals and opportunities moving through the pipeline is one of the most critical parts of a sales leaders job. Sales teams have hundreds of active and inactive deals in the pipeline at any giving time. You can read it here.

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Best Sales Questions to Close More Sales

Anthony Cole Training

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sales Force (5).

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Why Your Sales Team Isn't Performing As Expected - Part 4

Anthony Cole Training

Sales teams perform based on two inputs - effort and execution. If your sales team isn''t performing as expected, you must ask the question - Why? Chances are you won''t know for sure but you can describe the symptoms: Anemic pipeline. Not closing enough. Sales taking too long. Can we close more sales?

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