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. Let's dive in. Be thorough and thoughtful when hiring.

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Xactly

MARCH 29, 2018

However, in sales, no leader wants to be considered a fool. Rather than scheming up some pranks for the office (we’ll leave that to you), we’re focusing on how you can avoid being a sales management fool with these 10 tips! As a sales manager, take time to show appreciation for each reps’ individual efforts.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Year after year, hiring consistently shows up as one of the biggest challenges for sales managers. This is true even in organizations with competitive salary and benefits packages, because those are not the only factors potential sales professionals consider when evaluating a job offer. Here are 5 reasons why.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

This coaching, customized to individual needs, provides support and guidance as reps navigate various sales situations. In fact, when sales leaders are highly effective at using data to coach, they see a 5% increase in rep quota attainment. Provide constructive feedback to refine messaging.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Increases sales capacity and productivity Sales coaching is integral to increasing your sales capacity (what your sales team is actually capable of achieving within a given period) and making quota consistently despite fluctuating headcount or market conditions. Get creative!

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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 ). But, that doesn’t have to be the case.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

Sam Jacobs: I’m always interested in how incentives drive behavior. Neil Ringers: We’re all in a SaaS-based world, at least from a technology perspective, so I think from an incentive perspective, you need to keep it as easy as possible. Make the base incentives simple (6-8%), then when over quota, simply raise them 10-12%.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Developing your sales strategy first requires that you diligently build up a concept of your target audience — otherwise known as your buyer personas — before setting goals and constructing your sales funnel. Step 2: Align your marketing team and sales team on performance targets. Step 1: Set clear goals.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 21, 2019

After you’ve brushed up on monthly sales report criteria, you can take your reporting software a step further. Sales performance data from any time period can be an extremely powerful reporting tool. We will dive into how sales managers can leverage performance reports that help them analyze and improve their sales team’s performance.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2019

Every day, AEs wake up to live and die by their quota. They only hit their OTE if they meet the quota. Either way, you need to separate sales performance from forecasting performance and deliver constructive feedback on each skill individually. As a sales manager or leader, what are you doing about it?

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Apptivo

AUGUST 11, 2022

What are the types of sales motivation? Mastering the act of motivation requires more than just offering bonus, incentives and commission. The motivation strategies can bring effective results from the sales team. Financial Incentives. Non-financial incentives. Provide Incentives. Gamification.

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Xactly

JULY 4, 2018

Creating sales compensation plans is a challenging task—it’s all about balance, but sometimes the perfect balance can be hard to strike. You need your incentives to drive the right sales behaviors in order to achieve sales objectives. Creating a Sales Incentive Compensation Plan.

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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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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Compensation is the ultimate incentive. Once you have those figures, take a look at their variable compensation at the rate at which they meet their quota. In some cases, the time you take to construct and refine your forecasts can run too long and encroach on time you should be spending coaching your team.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Of course, the specifics depend on your place in the sales process. We have objectives, goals, and quotas. Here are tips to stay on task: Manage time. Much of this stems from the expectations of a sales career. And sales, with its emphasis on incentives and bonuses, provides that opportunity. Sales teams.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Sales experience matters, but there are other qualities we look for in a sales candidate: Coachability: You’re the seasoned sales veteran ready to lead your troops to victory. Hire sales reps open to constructive criticism and able to adjust and improve-then deliver it to them! Great sales reps build relationships.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The best way to approach the need for coaching among your Sales teams is to deliver it through a combination of methods. But as a Sales manager, you’ll benefit greatly from balancing that with training visualizations and other exercises that staff can complete on their own.

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Highspot

MARCH 9, 2022

We’ve all had experiences with sales leadership. And most of us could list the benefits of working with a good sales leader — like the fact that their average annual quota attainment sits around 105% or that by offering dynamic training, they can boost their reps’ win rates by 28%. Why is sales leadership important?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 16, 2018

Under challenging situations, professionals with low emotional intelligence will likely lack the incentive to rise above the situation. Its absence will ultimately reflect on key metrics such as close rate and quota attainment. Everyone in sales should develop a sense of urgency but that doesn’t mean you should forget about patience.

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