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How To Boost Client Retention – Without Customer Service or Account Reps

Sales and Marketing Management

Harvard Business Review estimated that customer acquisition is 5 to 25 times as expensive as customer retention. What’s more, a Bain & Company study found that increasing customer retention rates by a mere 5% boosts profits by 25% to 95%. How you do it is less important than that you train everyone to use it. What to do?

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The Biggest Threat to Sales Teams in 2018 Isn't Losing Clients

Hubspot Sales

A quick Google search or skim through your favorite sales blogs will show article upon article about how to hire the perfect reps, increase customer retention, and write the perfect sales job description -- for good reason. In 2010 -- a mere eight years ago -- 44% of respondents reported an average sales tenure of more than three years.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. years , down by half from 2010. High-performing sales teams are twice as likely to provide ongoing training to reps than low performing teams. A sales performance management plan adds structure and accountability to your training process.

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What Contributes to Sales Success?

Anthony Cole Training

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Leadership Training (2). sales management training (4). Sales Training (5). training sales (25). Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Tonys Top Ten.

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Virtuous Cycle vs. Death Spiral with Scott Sands {Hey Salespeople Podcast}

SalesLoft

In this episode, Scott explains how to stay in the virtuous cycle, why you should be scaling your sales team NOW for 5-year growth goals, what leads to the death spiral… and what the cure is. By 2010, that was down to 15 million. Since 2010, we’ve added a million salespeople back into the economy.

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Guest Post: Sales Teams Have More to Worry About Than Just Losing Clients

Don on Selling

You will also find information about how to write the best job description for a sales position and how to boost customer retention. In the year 2010, a survey was conducted on the average tenure for sales representatives, and it revealed that 44% of them had a 3-year tenure. Train Your Reps on Organizational Management and Culture.

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Which Type of Sales Job Is Right for You?

Hubspot Sales

Type of leads: If you prefer working inbound leads, a role that asks you to proactively find your opportunities won’t be the best fit. SDRs (also commonly called business development reps, or BDRs) are responsible for the first part of the sales process: Researching, prospecting, and qualifying leads. Regional Sales Manager.

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