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Amanda Meade

Amanda Meade

Recent Posts by Amanda Meade:

Weekly Roundup: LinkedIn Profile Tips, Why Culture Matters + More

LinkedIn Profile Tips, Why Culture Matters

- MOTIVATION -

"Nothing will work unless you do."

-Maya Angelou

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10+ LinkedIn Profile Tips to Stand Out in 2021Sales Hacker

Would you slide into a prospect’s DMs to land a product demo?

When it comes to social selling, LinkedIn is the most effective platform for generating leads and demand around your business. Whether you’re just starting your sales career or you’re looking to make your next move, having an up-to-date LinkedIn profile is one step you can’t afford to skip. >>> READ MORE

Topics: Wrap-up

Weekly Roundup: Managers Are Forgetting This Priority, Reducing Turnover + More

Managers Are Forgetting This Priority, Reducing Turnover

- MOTIVATION -

"What you do has far greater impact than what you say."

-Stephen Covey

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1 Top Priority About Remote Work That Most Managers are Forgetting Inc.

We're quickly approaching the one-year mark since the global shift to remote work. According to Upwork, remote work has seen an 87% increase since before the pandemic.

Organizations around the world grappled with the logistics of running a remote company, ensuring that employees had what they needed to remain productive while working from home. Unfortunately, while trying to keep their businesses afloat, many leaders and owners keep neglecting an important success factor: company culture. >>> READ MORE

Topics: Wrap-up

Weekly Roundup: How To Get Your Employees Performing Better, Sales Opportunities + More

How To Get Your Employees Performing Better, Sales Opportunities

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"What you do has far greater impact than what you say."

-Stephen Covey

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How To Get Your Employees Engaged, Motivated, and Performing BetterGrowth Institute

When your team is full of engaged and performing employees, everything just works.

The job gets a little more fun. Your meetings become more healthy and productive. Issues on the team are brought up, discussed, and promptly dealt with.

Even more, this level of productive energy spreads throughout the entire organization to drive even more value and impact for everyone with a stake in your vision.

If this is what it’s like to work on your team, then congratulations! Only 15% of the world’s employees are actively engaged employees - and it looks like many of them are on your team.
>>> READ MORE

Topics: Wrap-up

A Simple Secret to Leadership That No One Talks About

A Simple Secret to Leadership That No One Talks About

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

1 out of 3 employees say that the boss doesn’t care about the staff. Until recently, leadership has always been about position and power rather than empowerment.

A simple secret to leadership that no one ever talks about is that if you genuinely care about your people, everything else will take care of itself.

Showing empathy and compassion doesn’t classify you as a pushover. It doesn’t mean you’re not focused on results, sales, and company growth. What genuinely caring for your team means is that you prioritize your time to ensure you focus on communication.

It takes time and attention, but the impact is worth it.

Topics: leadership sales management

Weekly Roundup: How Sales Pros Are Adapting to Remote Work, Mastering Virtual Communication + More

Adapt to Work From Home

- MOTIVATION -

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."

-Mark Twain

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How Sales Pros are Adapting to Remote WorkSales Hacker

Nearly a year in and we’re still not ready to call it a new normal just yet.

With the shift to work from home, remote selling has become a cornerstone of successful sales strategies in 2020. And with a new year just around the corner, many sales leaders are wondering how to navigate the uncertainty of 2021.

Life is still very much in flux, so we decided to ask the sales community how they’re doing: what’s working, what’s not, and how WFH frontline reps and sales leaders are adjusting to moving into 2021.

Here’s a look at what they had to say. >>> READ MORE

Topics: Wrap-up

The Center for Sales Strategy Announces Two Leadership Promotions

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Weekly Roundup: Pandemic Proof Your Sales Organization, Increasing SQL's + More

Pandemic Proof Your Sales Org

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"I never lose. I either win or learn."

-Nelson Mandela

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Pandemic Proof Your Sales Organization for 2021Forbes

Many businesses are more than happy to see the year 2020 come to an end after facing the enormous challenges of pandemic, quarantine, recession, supply chain issues, and the list goes on.

Restoring growth in revenue and net income during the year ahead will require company leaders to fundamentally change the way they think about their Sales Organization. It's clear that the world isn’t just going to return to business as usual.

That doesn’t have to be a negative, as there are opportunities the pandemic has revealed that you can capitalize on if you are paying attention. If your business relies on a direct sales organization to drive revenue, consider these strategies to Pandemic Proof your Sales Organization. >>> READ MORE

Topics: Wrap-up

Generic Questions Are Costing You Opportunities: Here's How to Fix It

Improve Sales Skills

Imagine one of your sales reps has an important sales call with one of their biggest sales lead yet. You've coached them, doubled-checked to make sure their equipment works and they know what they need to about the offer.

But they get on the call, and it doesn't go so well. The prospect sounds annoyed and hangs up before your rep can fully explain the product or service.

Don't let this happen to your sales team! Keep reading to learn how you can use questions to improve sales skills and increase sales.

Topics: sales performance increasing new business

Top Articles of 2020: Key Accounts + Account List Management

2020 Best Key Accounts Blogs

Exceeding revenue goals is linked to developing new customers as well as increasing revenue from existing clients, today we are bringing you a recap of the most popular posts we've published in 2020 on key accounts and account list management.

Providing quality content that helps our clients and visitors improve their sales performance is a goal of ours, and we hope this blog has brought you insight, education, and tips to get you on the path to success. We've searched for the most popular blogs of 2020, and we've curated these lists that will publish each day this week to bring you some of the most informative content from the year. Check out these top blog posts on key accounts and account list management from 2020, and let them kickstart your 2021 sales strategy.

Topics: key account growth account list analytics account list management

Top Articles of 2020: Talent

 2020 Talent Blogs

We believe that talent + training + tactics = performance, and today we are bringing you a recap of the most popular blog posts we've published in 2020 on all things talent.

Providing quality content that helps our clients and visitors improve their sales performance is a goal of ours, and we hope this blog has brought you insight, education, and tips to get you on the path to success. We've searched for the most popular blog posts of 2020, and we've curated these lists that will publish each day this week to bring you some of the most informative content from the year. Check out these top articles on talent from 2020, and let them kickstart your 2021 sales strategy.

Topics: sales performance sales talent