Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 24, 2011

The Importance of Sales Management in a Recovering Economy. We have met with Sales Leaders from around the world, lead workshops, presented keynotes and developed new long term relationships with our client base. The DOW is over 11,961 at the time of this blog. Acumen Management Group Ltd.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Note: This blog is an excerpt from my new book Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans. Each has its own business, margins and mix of products and services. Each has its own business, margins and mix of products and services. A compensation plan that works. Examining the Options.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

Great VPs of sales have gravitas and tact, command the room and hold their end of the table regardless of who is on the other side. They’ll rip apart your CRM and replace your opportunity fields with their proven-and-trusted sales methodologies and scoff if you try to rehearse Sandler, Challenger, or MEDDIC selling to them.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them. What are sales goals? ave order size, add margin?

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Note: This weeks blog is a excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Teams” When it comes to how businesses pay their salespeople, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Each has its own business, margins and mix of products and services. A compensation plan that works. Examining the Options.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2016

After working in a VAR partner organization for 8 years as a Sales Manager, leading an entire channel focused company for 8 years as a VP of Sales and spending the last 19 years consulting with vendors, distributors and VARs, dealers, resellers, partners all focused on channel based strategies, I believe I can say: I have seen it all.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 27, 2014

I do like to have a little fun with my blog post subjects, as you can probably tell. At any rate, while not that frightening, this short story can provide good food for thought as you think through the structure of your sales compensation plan. There were even additional bonuses for the sale of selected products. And more! .

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

He may upgrade to a shiny new machine that speeds up the cinnamon roll-making process in order to increase the margin on cinnamon rolls, biting the bullet on the investment of purchasing the technology and training the bakers to use it. The post Evaluating sales compensation processes to avoid automated chaos appeared first on OS Blog.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 26, 2022

Get creative with loyalty incentives. While influencers flood the internet with dance video “content,” sales organizations need specific and targeted content. This includes blogs, case studies, white papers, and other marketing collateral that positions organizations as leaders. However, in many cases, they are easy to please.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Outsourcing Services Sports 62

Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Setting clear goals for your sales strategy is just as important, helping establish company-wide performance expectations and giving your salespeople the incentives they need to excel. However, the profile of your team breaks down, get together with each of your reps individually , and customize incentives within your sales strategy.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

It depends on the size of the company: In one study, it was found that more than 70% of companies with a sales force of over 50 people had a dedicated sales enablement person. However, only 39% of companies with less than 25 sales reps had one. But as a busy sales manager, you hardly want to add more tasks to your plate.

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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. But change is hard and change management can take time and aligning incentives is a must. 80% of sales close on the fifth to twelfth interaction. Flip the script.

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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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