Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The solution, in our experience, is modern training software that allows sales reps to find and review product information exactly when it’s needed by using techniques like just-in-time learning (reps can look up answers as needed) and microlearning (short lessons for improved knowledge retention). It’s wildly inefficient.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales reps need support to drive growth and increase likelihood of success, whether they’re going through initial onboarding, working through the buyer’s journey or collaborating with marketing. We’ll get into unique responsibilities of each later in this article. Learn more about the Showpad platform by requesting a demo today.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It’s one reason that interoffice sales games have become a go-to strategy in most major organizations. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at sales gamification, why it works, and what you can do to gamify your sales process and increase your revenue. Let’s jump in!

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 19, 2018

If you’re selling to a large company with many sections, directors, and managers, look for the sections related to your product. For example, if you’re selling a sales-related product -- like a sales management platform -- you should contact a sales manager or director. Here’s how. Warm Regards, [Your name].

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Examples of research that AI can do for you are performing market and prospect research, finding datasets, and summarizing articles. By flagging leaky funnel points and identifying patterns that lead to higher or lower performance, AI tools can find best practices or gaps where a sales manager can step in to coach.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Take advantage of a number of sales competitions and incentives. However, make sure you don’t repeat the same sales contests — not only will the same people keep winning (causing everyone else to give up ultimately), but you’ll also turn the winners into natural targets. A competent manager strives to achieve this.

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InsightSquared

JULY 14, 2020

Accuracy is the Real Incentive. One could argue that forecast accuracy diminishes the incentive to continue selling. If you are rewarded for accuracy, why not push a sale to next quarter to retain your bonus? Forecasting has been managed in spreadsheets for far too long. Do you see the problem this poses?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

While The Revenue Summit is a phenomenal destination for c-level enterprise leaders, we’ve got something for everyone, so don’t count yourself out if you’re in junior sales, sales management, or if you’re a demand generation marketer. Cold Calling – Everything You Need to Know in 2018.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this article, we help you navigate the intricacies of sales performance metrics, guiding you on which ones are pivotal and how best to measure them. What Is Sales Performance? Sales Performance vs. Sales Metrics Why Analyze Your Sales Performance? Schedule a Highspot demo today!

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Unattainable or irrelevant goals: In sales, reps live and die by their quotas. Yet, quota setting is one of the areas that comes most difficult to sales managers. In fact, 61% of sales managers cite quota setting as their biggest challenge ( source ). This poses a huge issue in sales departments.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

When we were testing different outsource sales team incentives, it was crucial to find out what motivates the person and why they might not be doing well. There is an ever-growing demand for content marketing specialists who can write articles and blogs that will be shared on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter.

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LevelEleven

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The number of blogs, articles, and studies on the benefits of contests to motivate your team are endless (there are even a couple of blogs from us on the topic). Request a Demo! This is great because the studies don’t lie. People are competitive. There is one slippery slope, sometimes healthy competition turns toxic.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

An engaging speaker and innovative seminar leader, Joanne is changing the business of sales. As a member of the National Speakers Association, she regularly speaks at sales and incentive meetings, sales conferences, and association meetings. She demonstrates how sales performance is directly related to a leader’s mindset.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2019

If there’s absolutely no budget to support accuracy incentives, you’ve got another issue. At Chorus our clients use Conversation Intelligence to track sales conversation themes that influence win rates. For example, we found that demo duration is an important factor. As a sales manager or leader, what are you doing about it?

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Given how central accounting is to a company’s workflow, Xero integrates with over 700 other business applications, ranging from time-tracking to ecommerce and point-of-sale management. Ruler Analytics partners enjoy special monthly incentives to help introduce new clients to the platform as well as ongoing revenue share.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 21, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2022

Those learnings actually inspired me to quit Lattice and start a new company – Dock – that helps sales teams manage enterprise sales cycles. In the following article, I share what I learned from the march up-market, so you can do the same with your SaaS startup. Dedicated Customer Account Manager.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A dashboard for frontline reps will look very different than one for a sales manager, for example. The data a manager needs to effectively keep track of their team (like onboarding metrics) would only get in a sales rep’s way. Aging can also focus on the time a deal has been in a particular sales stage.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2022

A sales QBR: isn’t a status update meeting. isn’t fact-checking data in sales reports. QBR goals: Sales managers could use these meetings to show the last quarter’s results of their team to leadership, project the forecasts, plan for future quarters and gain critical leadership buy-in. isn’t criticism. isn’t ad-hoc.

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 31, 2019

To align marketing and support departments with sales, sales managers can construct an ongoing, interdepartmental job-shadowing program. Put marketing and support staff in a sales-shadowing rotation once a month to sync knowledge and skills. Product demos. Weekly sales meetings would also be helpful to shadow.

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Close.io

JUNE 3, 2019

Imagine two sales managers walk into a room. Sales Manager #1 wants to crush her quarterly targets and has an idea of what it’s going to take to get there. Sales Manager #2, on the other hand, doesn’t hope. But it’s not okay to wonder about your sales numbers.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s a great addition to your sales skills , pave the way for closing more business, and become a top-performing sales rep. In this article, I’ll show you a step-by-step process to execute your first cold canvassing campaign. What is cold canvassing in sales? Let’s begin with the basics. Parting Thoughts. Think again.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Once you’ve identified the sales metrics you want to monitor, you need to uncover where this data currently resides. This could be your sales CRM , an Excel doc, Google Sheets, customer service software, or some other sales management tool. Create a quick list of all your sales metrics and their source to work off of.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is unsurprising because 25% of sales managers are unhappy with their forecasting accuracy. Choosing the right predictive sales model can help you predict future revenue more accurately. The following post will discuss three sales forecasting models that have proven to be effective for us at HubSpot.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Let’s say you’re the head of sales in a small company that recently launched a product. Your task as a sales manager is to market it. But appealing to large audiences doesn’t help your business to reach sales goals, or generate and convert enough leads. You can finetune your approaches to achieve higher conversion rates.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 8, 2018

” Listen to Joe Malcoun’s complete interview for this article in the embedded player below: ASYA: It was really tough to forecast the customer churn that this would potentially create. When all of this was said and done, I didn’t want to have to go to our Board and say, “Well, we lost all of our customers.” FREE TRIAL.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

Just reading Jonathan Farrington's statistic that, 'the average quota attainment in B2B sales is below 60%,' prompts me to lay out a blueprint on how to fix it. Be stringent about pushing articles and spam to the promotions tab. But change is hard and change management can take time and aligning incentives is a must.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Lastly, use a variety of sales contests and incentives. For instance, if an AE comes up with a new strategy that makes prospects 40% less likely to cancel their demo at the last minute, she could win the monthly $250 “Innovation Bonus.”. 5) Trust and communication. Reps rarely thrive in an environment without trust.

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