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Are Sales and Sales Management Candidates Getting Worse?

Understanding the Sales Force

There are categories of sales tools and CRM applications where none existed a few years ago. W hen their industries were negatively impacted by the economy, m any salespeople and sales managers were laid off or left voluntarily to search for better opportunities. Quizzes by Quibblo.com (c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Gamification: The Secret to Accelerate Onboarding

SBI Growth

Incentive Compensation: Sales people are “coin-operated.” They thrive on opportunities to win rewards and prizes. These include recognition, incentives, interpersonal support, and clear goals. A February 2013 report by Aberdeen Research validates the impact of gamification. Compare their integrated CRM tools.

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No Product Differentiation? No Problem. A CEO Who Found Another Way to Grow

SBI Growth

This represented the largest opportunity among top 10 carriers.” These growth levers represented a larger opportunity and better return for us.” We partnered with a consulting firm to help us identify the right sales resources, define the sales processes, and determine the proper metrics and sales incentives.”. Execute the Plan.

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Top Ten Ways to Immediately Improve Sales Tool Adoption

The ROI Guy

You’ve worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

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Product launches – tales of preventable misfortunes

Sales Training Connection

As our conversation wandered to the topic of product launches, Jerry noted “too frequently in B2B sales situations only 5% to 15% of the incentive opportunity is allocated to payment for new products sales. Covocative ) that have developed easy-to-use customizable software tools that can be of tremendous help for getting it right.

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Tools (2872). Incentives (379). Opportunity (3675). MORE >> Tools. 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Marketing (6398). Training (4995). Prospecting (4539). Sales Management (2614). Software (1035). Customer Service (995). Inside Sales (849). Buyer (2086).

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Social Selling and Big Data at the Upcoming Sales & Marketing 2.0 Conference #S20C

SBI

Because the event is relatively small, hosting approximately 500 attendees, it’s an excellent opportunity to network among peers. At this year’s event, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from industry leaders on many interesting topics. Your Crystal Ball: What This Year’s Sales Incentives Tell You about 2013.