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What it Really Means When CRM Isn't a Sales Force Priority

Understanding the Sales Force

The management dashboard, metrics, charts, graphs, tables, pipeline, forecasts, reports and anything else you can coax from today's feature-rich CRM applications will not contain up-to-date and accurate information unless every salesperson is committed and held accountable to updating it - DAILY. But today's article isn't about adoption.

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The First 90 Days: From “In the Door” to “Successful Sale” in Record Time

Sales Hacker

New hires need extra help and attention because markets will be new, account books will be wonky, and rules will be confusing. Prepare a book of accounts with some warm-ish leads. Performance improves in increments, not landslides. It’s not enough to just break down the quotas your new hires will be held to. SHRM: [link].

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'Sales Process' Is In The Air

The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

Landslide has a similar offering for building a sales process. As was pointed out in a recent article in the McKinsey Quarterly, this notion will be essential how the buyer's journey will look the next time it is started by a trigger. Define accountability for sales and marketing along the customers journey. Where am I wrong?