Building A Successful Selling Organization

A how-to primer for sales leaders, from the CEO to account team managers, at mid-sized to large companies.

Build the World-Class Sales Team You've Always Wanted! Are you a start-up founder, established business owner, CEO, or VP of sales? No matter your capacity or title, surely you desire a highly skilled and productive sales force-a successful sales machine. In Launch Your Sales: The 8 Steps to Build a Winning Sales Organization, sales consulting expert and author Robert D. Rash brings a wealth of real-world experience to building, maintaining, and growing a solid foundation for organizational sales success. As his career progressed from software engineering to software sales to eventually becoming the CEO of his own consulting firm, Rob noticed a consistent pattern: something was missing in professional sales organizations. While there are hundreds of books on how to sell, the vast majority of these focus solely on techniques and performance for the individual salesperson. Rob, instead, addresses the need for strategy and excellence across the board at the organizational level and guides his readers on how to achieve sales excellence at that level. Whether your sales have plateaued, you wish to ramp-up your sales efforts, or you simply need some solid guidance toward organizational sales success, Launch Your Sales can help you develop and sustain a sales process to elevate your game, year after year. Get ready to apply these savvy and time-tested teachings to launch your sales team and achieve outstanding sales results!

The Successful Sales Manager: A Sales Manager’s Handbook for Building Great Sales Performance is a new book published by industry veteran Dustin W Ruge. In the book, Dustin covers the critical aspects as to why so many sales organizations fail and how to successfully move from bad sales management performance to great sales leaders and results. Website: http://www.thesuccessfulsalesmanager.com Book Endorsements From Sales Industry Leaders: “The Successful Sales Manager is a hands-on, practical and highly useful guide that any sales manager should keep as an instant go-to resource close to their desk. I wish I had a copy of this book when I started my business; it would have saved me a lot of time building a high performance team.” -- Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder and CEO of Selling Power Magazine "Effective sales managers are difficult to find. That's because even though it could mean the difference between success and failure, sales management is one of the least taught skill sets in business today. Congratulations Dustin for capturing the keys to this otherwise mysterious discipline in your book, The Successful Sales Manager. Frankly, everyone should have a copy of this book including salespeople who are managing a territory and will someday be promoted into this role." --Thomas A. Freese, Author: Secrets of Question Based Selling “A must read for anyone who wants a successful career in sales management. The Successful Sales Manager cuts straight to the chase on what you need to do to get the most out of your sales teams.” -- Joe Girard, Worlds Greatest Retail Salesman, attested by The Guinness Book of World Records! www.joegirard.com “So many people fail to become great sales managers. Reading the tips and advice in this book can help anyone overcome that obstacle and succeed in sales.” -- Michael LeBoeuf, Author of How to Win Customers and Keep Them for Life

Sometimes managing a sales team feels like trying to manage chaos, and in a way it is-there are so many unpredictable influences at work in sales. In Nuts and Bolts of Sales Management, John Treace, mining decades of executive sales experience gained from successful business turnarounds, provides managers with proven strategies to build a high-performing sales team that will consistently produce desired results.The tools and tactics included in Nuts and Bolts of Sales Management help sales managers identify and solve the problems that cause companies to stumble and fail. Leaders will learn how they can take their sales force to the next level by developing effective sales processes and by promoting high morale and team work. This book will provide a deeper understanding and practical answers for the problems all sales managers and officers face each day. Here is a sample of some: - How to ensure predictable sales performance- Effective forecasting & managing the quarter- What to do when sales plans are missed- How to design highly effective meetings and award programs- Making effective presentations to management- Minimize the need for hiring and firing- How to balance morale, execution & teamwork- How to develop a powerful sales culture- Developing effective metrics- How to Leveraging expenses while managing the budget- Effective use of consultants- How to sleep well at night nearing the end of any sales quarter This practical handbook was written for current sales VPs or managers, salespeople who desire to move into management, and CEOs, COOs, CFOs and others wishing to have a better understanding of the principles and systems that drive high-velocity sales organizations.

Inside sales is the fastest growing sales channel due to its cost effective nature. An inside sales rep can handle far more contacts on a daily basis than their field sales counterpart. If you are a “C” level executive with responsibility for delivering revenue, you cannot afford to overlook the rules contained in this fast-paced, powerful, book. ‘42 Rules for Building a High-Velocity Inside Sales Team: Actionable Guide to Creating Inside Sales Teams that Deliver Quantum Results’ will help you and your team understand:

• The key elements required to build a high-velocity inside sales team that will accelerate your revenue.
• The different types of inside sales teams you can leverage, how and where to staff them, and the types of tools that are required for them to operate effectively.
• The importance of a common sales language, consistent processes and clearly defined weekly metrics.

With the popularity of inside sales skyrocketing, so is the demand for inside sales talent. Lori Harmon and Debbi Funk prepare you with the info you need to make smart choices when building a high-velocity inside sales team; This includes recognizing the specialized skills required to manage and lead an inside sales team, understanding the skills required of an ideal inside sales rep, and quantifying the cost of a bad hire. Pick up this book and see for yourself the value that these rules will help you bring to your organization.

Use data, technology, and inbound selling to build a remarkable team and accelerate sales The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology that he shares with his readers. As an MIT alum with an engineering background, Roberge challenged the conventional methods of scaling sales utilizing the metrics-driven, process-oriented lens through which he was trained to see the world. In this book, he reveals his formulas for success. Readers will learn how to apply data, technology, and inbound selling to every aspect of accelerating sales, including hiring, training, managing, and generating demand. As SVP of Worldwide Sales and Services for software company HubSpot, Mark led hundreds of his employees to the acquisition and retention of the company's first 10,000 customers across more than 60 countries. This book outlines his approach and provides an action plan for others to replicate his success, including the following key elements: Hire the same successful salesperson every time — The Sales Hiring Formula Train every salesperson in the same manner — The Sales Training Formula Hold salespeople accountable to the same sales process — The Sales Management Formula Provide salespeople with the same quality and quantity of leads every month — The Demand Generation Formula Leverage technology to enable better buying for customers and faster selling for salespeople Business owners, sales executives, and investors are all looking to turn their brilliant ideas into the next $100 million revenue business. Often, the biggest challenge they face is the task of scaling sales. They crave a blueprint for success, but fail to find it because sales has traditionally been referred to as an art form, rather than a science. You can't major in sales in college. Many people question whether sales can even be taught. Executives and entrepreneurs are often left feeling helpless and hopeless. The Sales Acceleration Formula completely alters this paradigm. In today's digital world, in which every action is logged and masses of data sit at our fingertips, building a sales team no longer needs to be an art form. There is a process. Sales can be predictable. A formula does exist.

Whether you are an accomplished sales executive leading a large organization or a sales manager leading a team, your ability to remove obstacles and speed the sales process will determine your success. High-Performance Selling is geared for the sales leader who has to persuade others to work as a sales force of one. Written in a straightforward fashion by veteran sales management consultant Anthony Chaine, this book shows you how to: - lead sales organizations- build solid sales operation- improve cross-functional team cooperation- build better hiring and recruiting systems- develop a sales culture that drives performance- empowers your sales managers to create winning teams"I have worked with Anthony, and I can say firsthand, his leadership style has had a profound impact on every level of our organization. His approach is profoundly visionary and hugely influential. I highly recommend Anthony, his approach, and his book."-Antonio Casanova, CEO of NOVAPAY"World-class selling is about aiding customers to make better choices. Anthony's inspiring stories and honest advice provides insight that sales leaders at every level can use to their benefit. High-Performance Selling is a thought-provoking, good read on an important subject."-Tom Howard, Managing Director TM Cards Networks"Your success as a leader is as good the success of your sales teams. Anthony shows you how to make the right decisions to lead your sales organization towards peak performances while eliminating bottlenecks to keep your sales organization moving toward significance."-Brian Luc, Vice President of Business OperationsAnthony Chaine is an expert in sales management and leadership. He has won multiple awards as a quota carrying sales leader, trainer, and instructor. He is the founder and the CEO of Elite Sales Leadership Consulting LLC. He specialized in management and sales training. Visit asalesleader.com for tools and resources as well as information on your seminars and coaching programs.