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Sales Managers Handbook
March 15, 2016
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Agenda
• Goals and Expectation
• Product and Value Prop
• Target Accounts and Personas
• Path to Sales Success
• Creating Scripts
• Active Learning and Role Playing
• Objections and Competition
• CRM
• Communication Plan
• Onboarding
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Goals and Expectations
• Revenue
• Activities
• Meetings
• Proposals
• Demos
• Expectations
• CRM
• Expenses
• Hours
• Spending your time
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Product and Value-Prop
• Product Training
• Benefits
• Features
• Functions
• Demo
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Target Accounts and Personas
• Who are you selling
to?
• Horizontal or Vertical?
• Partner or end user?
• Account list
• What contacts within
organizations?
• Could be multiple
targets with the same
account
• Personas are helpful
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Path to Sales Success
• What are the steps in the
sales cycle
• How does it align with the
buyers journey
• Map out the specific steps
• Ensure that the supporting
information is available
• What other team members are
there
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Active Learning and Role Playing
• Give them parts of
activities to do in an
interactive manner
• Break apart the sales
cycle
• Role play
• Calls
• Demos
• Presentations
• Practice makes perfect
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Creating Scripts
• Make them custom for
verticals and form
• Call
• Email
• LinkedIn
• Initial messages and
follow-up
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Objections and Competition
• What are common
objections?
• How do you overcome
them?
• Great for role playing
• Who are your main
competitors?
• What are your
strengths and
weaknesses?
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CRM
• Expectations
• Entering data
• Funnel reviews
• Account reviews
• Analytics and reporting
CRM
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Communications
• Management by walking
around
• Joint calls and meetings
• Coaching opportunity
• Sales Team meetings
• Get the team involved
• Individual meetings
• Funnel
• Personal development
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Onboarding
• By prepared
• Plan out the first week
• Involve team
managers
• Switch it up
• Use active learning
• Check in with your
reps
• Sales enablement
software
• Don’t forget the
Managers Handbook
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@markeelliott
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