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Look for Potential in the Next Generation of Sales Hires

Understanding the Sales Force

Trainable - whether or not the candidate has the incentive to change and adapt. Image Copyright: iqoncept / 123RF Stock Photo (c) Copyright 2014 Dave Kurlan' With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force?

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Sales Training Games and Goals: 4 Steps to Successfully Motivate Retail Employees

Sales Hacker

I’ve been leading sales teams since 2014, and believe me when I say I’ve seen a few things. In this article, I’ll walk you through my step-by-step process of setting goals for sales reps — with a special focus on retail employees and the power of sales incentives and gamification. Step 1: Set a SMART goal structure. Stretch goals.

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Smart Selling Visions: Up-Close with Top Revenue Leader Adam Hollander, CEO of @FST_Games

SBI

So by the end of the contest, there’s only a small handful of reps even focused on the incentive (and of course a large portion of your team no longer motivated by it at all). Your top reps are self-motivated and don’t usually need an extra incentive to perform. Adam: How can you motivate the middle 50% of your team? million to date.

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Top 20 Sales & Marketing Vendors to Follow on Twitter @Dreamforce ’14

SBI

They’ll all be participating in this year’s Dreamforce 2014 event at the Mosconi Center in San Francisco. Discover the exact content for each prospects’ needs without leaving Salesforce or their mobile device. That’s me with Sassy. “Event” is perhaps not the right word to use. CallidusCloud ToolSkool.

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Free Trials Are Nice, But You’ll Be Broke Without Customers – Here’s 8 Ways To Convert Them.

Sales Hacker

Slack saw 30% convert to paid customers using a freemium model in 2014. You could also try offering a time-sensitive incentive to upgrade before the free trial ends. converts about 25% of free trial users , while Chargebee gets 15% (no credit card required for either). With a credit card? State it all explicitly. What’s in it for them?

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PODCAST 135: Pushing Through the Zone of Discomfort Towards Personal Growth with AJ Bruno

Sales Hacker

So the inflection point was 2014, 2015… 2014, we did 750,000 and S in ARR. So I go live through that, but at the same time had already moved back to Philly and started QuotaPath at that exact time. I don’t know the exact number, but I’d say a couple of thousand in a year’s time. He knows exactly.

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PODCAST 134: What Great Teams and Great Leaders Hold in Common with Ilan Jacobson

Sales Hacker

It started in a backyard in 2006; I invested when they had one location in 2014. When I threw that first axe, I had that exact same reaction, I knew that it lit something up in my brain. So, my right-hand man who has been with me since 2014, is a rocket scientist from Princeton, EMBA from Kellogg. Ilan Jacobson: Exactly.

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