Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Talk for CEOs Podcast, Alice speaks with Chris Cabrera, CEO of Xactly , which provides automated compensation for large sales teams. Chris’ life revolved around sales prior to becoming a CEO and it prepared him for starting his own company. . 7:00] Sales journey to CEO. [11:55]

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 14, 2022

Many CEOs struggle to find sales leaders, including sales managers and VPs of sales. Patrick is the CEO of SaaS Partners , which helps early-stage entrepreneurs and builds in-house products to start new companies. Patrick is launching new businesses all the time, yet he never struggles to find sales leaders.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you’ve worked in sales, revenue operations, or finance for any amount of time, I don’t have to tell you how important sales compensation is. You already know the right sales compensation plan can motivate your team, improve their performance, and boost overall job satisfaction. Current Sales Compensation Benchmarks.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. I’ve been there—given a quota (usually without my input) and a list of client companies, and then told to “go at it” and do whatever it takes to get meetings. Sound familiar?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Selling to Fortune 500 companies is a different game than SMB. At Ghostery, our tiny enterprise sales team has closed almost half of the top 25 eCommerce retailers. He gave each person on the sales team a $5,000 budget to act like a marketer. Targeting by company is key. Let me explain. The $5K Experiment. How It Works.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

It’s also the ultimate sales advantage. Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. The problem is with typical sales metrics. I always advise clients against offering incentives for referral business. Forget about incentives. Why Trust Is Hard to Earn.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales team plays an essential role in driving revenue and reaching goals that stretch across the organization. If any of your top salespeople leave your company, you may fall behind. So should you be worried about churn in your sales department? Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Company decision-makers seem open to the idea of remote work?—?at Companies are stepping up their health insurance programs’ mental health offerings, and employees are taking advantage of it. “The I honest to goodness am wearing the exact same outfit that I started with on Monday. sales and marketing at Intel, told Bloomberg.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Even if your sales team was not immediately or directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, even if no one on your team was touched by the illness and you were able to keep your team up and running through those long months of lockdown, your team has still been impacted. Above all, employees are looking to feel valued by their company.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In short, more precision is better for rewards used with incentives, while less precision is better for rewards used with recognition. By precision, she’s referring to specificity or how the reward aligns with an exact amount or value. Incentives. Good incentives rely on high degrees of precision to generate motivation.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gamification took the sales industry by storm in the latter half of the previous decade — and with good reason. Research has shown that there are huge benefits to gamifying your sales process, including better worker productivity and retention when it comes to learning new things. Let’s jump in!

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2022

Data via MIT Sloan Of course, not all companies are the same. The study showed a broad range of attrition within specific companies in various industries. In a bid to attract and retain workers, some companies, including major fast-food outlets Chipotle and McDonald’s, have increased pay.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. But setting effective sales goals involves more than just choosing an arbitrary number. So if you’re ready to increase your company’s annual revenue target by setting effective sales goals – keep reading!

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 25, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Are companies less likely to embrace meetings and events or is there a pent-up demand for getting together? Business travel and the events that companies put on their calendars will look drastically different, at least for the rest of this year and probably beyond. When will you feel comfortable flying again?

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Earlier this year, Whitney Sharpe , Vice President of Sales at Mindlance shared a TikTok that has since gone viral. Though Sharpe didn’t share the exact language used, she didn’t have to. Gender Bias in Sales and Other Male-Dominated Professions Gender imbalance is a pervasive problem across various industries and occupations.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

To make the referral beneficial for both the company and the referring party, the call center offered a $500 bonus once the employee was hired and actively employed for 90 days. When there is no ambiguity as to how an employee is paid, it promotes a sense of fairness and equity within the sales organization. Super motivating right?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 19, 2018

But difficulty and a lack of time are merely surface reasons explaining why sales teams often fail to generate more leads. Lack of a Plan - Sales teams might have a goal of generating leads, but they often don’t follow through on it. The Thrill of the Sale - Closing a sale is often the most rewarding phase for a salesperson.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2022

It wasn’t long ago that sales as an industry was driven largely by volume — more leads meant more prospects, which sometimes translated into more revenue. Today, sales is driven by insights. In an increasingly competitive business environment, organizations of all sizes are turning to sales engagement platforms to manage this workload.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Harvard Business Review finally published a relevant article that I agreed with! With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force? Trainable - whether or not the candidate has the incentive to change and adapt.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

Join DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Shuck and Justin Withers, VP of Product Management and Marketing, for a conversation about what drives high-growth companies. DiscoverOrg released a Growth Drivers survey of high-growth companies , analyzed key findings, and found some surprising commonalities among these rising stars. They had to see growth.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

Do you manage a sales team or an organization that has a sales team? If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. Simply put, small tweaks have an outsized impact in sales. That way, your sales team is starting with an advantage.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2018

As a B2B sales rep, you already know objections are an unavoidable part of your job. Yet, as we explained in a recent blog post , there are many tips and tricks sales reps can use to bypass common objections during the sales cycle. This removes a huge barrier between the sales rep and the prospect and puts you on the same team.

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The Spiff Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The variable component of success between great historic leaders and sales managers is exactly the same, and that variable is motivation. In relation to sales, let’s quickly walk through the transformation we assume most reps will undergo as they are promoted and attempt to become successful managers. Switching the Context of Success.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Creating and maintaining an impactful sales coaching framework in the modern age isn’t as easy as one might think – but with the right mindset and the right tools, it’s not out of reach. In the article, Himanshu analyzes the six major things a next-gen, AI-supported approach to sales coaching can help your company accomplish better.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). ” ( source ).

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PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

A sales process is crucial to any commercial organization looking to secure revenue and grow. However, since sales activities have been notoriously hard to measure in terms of performance, many business owners have adopted various commission structures to keep their sales reps motivated. Let’s dig in.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The last thing you want from a sales email is sleazy, spammy… or even sales-y copy. That might sound counterintuitive, but I interviewed Yuval Ackerman , email strategist, who shared her top tips for writing sales email marketing that don’t give you the ick! Gaudio’s sales emails receive: 36.3% click-through.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

No one wants to miss a deal, and, in sales, time counts. For every stalled sale, there are a multitude of excuses. For example, show the immediate effect of a Midwest supply chain issue on sales quota. For example, show the immediate effect of a Midwest supply chain issue on sales quota. It’s the economy.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Think sales has changed a lot? But while technology may power sales research, people still power the close. . And it certainly won’t solve our sales challenges. I’ve been selling for decades, but I’d never spoken with the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. The #1 Sales Management Problem You Can Fix. Absolutely!

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2019

Sales reps want to sell. As a result, it should : Be far-reaching at all stages of your sales cycles. In almost every sales organization, it’s not just one app that houses vital customer data. What’s the #1 incentive you can use with your reps? Align incentives. Align Incentives. Here’s the Problem.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 19, 2021

How to Do a Good Sales Presentation. Let’s face it, we all need to know how to do a good sales presentation. The moment you get too comfortable with anything in the sales world, something is amiss, right? Learning how to do a good sales presentation is the key to your success in sales this 2021.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

What’s a sales plan? A sales plan lays out your objectives, high-level tactics, target audience, and potential obstacles. It’s like a traditional business plan but focuses specifically on your sales strategy. A business plan lays out your goals -- a sales plan describes exactly how you’ll make those happen.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 9, 2022

Even the most seasoned, effective salespeople can struggle when hashing out how to lead a sales team. Taking the reins doesn't come naturally to everyone, and even born leaders might need a little guidance when transitioning into a sales management role. Compensation is the most fundamental, powerful incentive for reps to perform.

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