Sales Management

Are You Unintentionally Killing Your Sales Team’s Motivation?

How many iconic inspiration posters have you seen? You know, the ones with landscape photography and some quote that’s supposed to change your life. Sales managers: you are that poster. Your most critical role is to motivate your sales team. Sure, it can be tough, but if you’re not lifting people up and removing obstacles from the salesperson’s path, you’re not doing your job. Sales managers exist to manage resources (leads, time, people) in a way that secures the most…

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March 7, 2017
Management Tips

4 Simple Strategies for Becoming a Better Sales Manager

No one likes having a manager. People like being a manager – keeping control, checking on everyone – but very few people would choose to be managed. In sales, we think of managers as the bosses who make sure everyone else is doing their job. They monitor the team, hold others accountable, and deal with problems. But the best managers never need to check in. Why? Because they know what happens in the field without having to ask. They follow…

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October 4, 2016
Management Tips

The #1 Reasons CRMs Fail

You can almost feel the collective shudder when you mention the words “new CRM” to salespeople. The last thing a salesperson needs is another thing to do! And adding a new CRM often feels like just one more responsibility. Most people hate trying new CRMs (for good reason) because it gives them another task to think about but doesn’t generate profit. What they don’t realize, is that CallProof isn’t just another CRM. It’s a tool that eliminates some of their…

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September 6, 2016
Sales Tips

How the Right Mobile App Can Skyrocket Your Auto Glass Sales

Would sales call software make a difference in your sales? Sometimes apps seem more like a convenience than a necessity, but the right sales app can change your game completely. Why? It actually gives you information and protects it like no spreadsheet can. People only buy auto glass when they have an accident, right? When people need a new window, they call their insurance agent, not the auto glass company. So you face a unique challenge of influencing the referrer,…

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July 19, 2016
Management Tips

The Sales Manager’s Guide to Working With Millennials

Remember the “Fragile Egg” experiment? Back in Home-Ec class (before the days of automated baby-dolls), students babied an egg for a week. We prepared a shoe box, put tissue in it, and carried a raw egg around hoping no one would bump into us and break it. Well, that’s what it often feels like to employ a millennial. Delicate. Stepping ever-so-carefully so you don’t “break” them. Millennial salespeople aren’t always this fragile—everyone is different, of course—but certain issues seem to…

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June 28, 2016
Management Tips

How to Save 10+ Hours a Week on Manual Sales Reporting

Hours a week? Sounds crazy, right? But your sales team spends countless hours each week just reporting what they did. We added up some real-time numbers to see how much time you can realistically save with automated reporting. The Salesperson’s Time On a typical day, a salesperson spends about 20 minutes manually entering reports. That’s 100 minutes per week per employee. Multiply that by 52 weeks a year, and you’ve got 86 hours (more than 2 weeks) each employee wastes…

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April 5, 2016
Management Tips

How to Create Your Own Sales Training Portal With Podcasts

A growing company creates problems. In sales, your team plays a central role in that growth – and in creating problems. As the business expands, no longer can you, the owner, spend time mentoring each employee. So how do you continue to provide quality training to all employees?  The answer is simple: a custom built sales training portal using podcasts.I ran into this problem when I started expanding my wireless stores. I wanted to maintain the culture I had worked…

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December 30, 2015