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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. You know you need to begin planning for 2014 now. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? This is flawed.

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11 Sales Compensation Complaints to Address Before Next Year

SBI Growth

This post is for Sales and HR Leaders planning 2014 Sales Compensation. It provides a number of common Sales Compensation complaints. Knowing these complaints, you can build your 2014 plan to avoid them. Something you’ll need to go with this post is the Sales Compensation Complaint Checker.

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The Sales Manager New Year’s Resolution: 3 Do’s & 3 Don'ts

SBI Growth

In this post I want to recommend three ideas to raise your game in 2014. Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team.

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4 Sales Ops Lessons from the NFL

SBI Growth

There’s no denying that in sales, talent is a key differentiator. Today’s post is about how Sales Ops can create conditions that enable success. Today’s post is about how Sales Ops can create conditions that enable success. How well have you created conditions for sales success? Huddle Around A Sales Process.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

As you plan for 2014, are you investing enough in both? Sales Operations is responsible for creating that winning environment. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. 80% of its sales team was outside sales reps.

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CMO: Sales People are Cavemen

SBI Growth

If you are like most CMOs, here’s the problem: You’re way ahead of Sales. The competencies required by Sales for Marketing to be successful are just not there. Does the CSO/VP of Sales even understand how Marketing works? Something needs to change for sales to benefit from your marketing programs. Sales people are simple.

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Demystifying Buyer Intent Data: 3 Tiers of Actionable Insights

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At its core, intent data helps marketing and sales teams identify the companies and individuals most likely to make a purchase, especially in the near future. The more up-to-date information you can see on your future customers, the better equipped you’ll be throughout the entire sales process, which is why we focus on real-time intent.