The Pipeline

MAY 26, 2016

Brock writes a book on a critical subject like sales management, it is an opportunity to learn and share with others in my circle. Sales Manager Survival Guide: Lessons From Sales’ Front Lines , is a book I wish I had way back when I was promoted from being territory rep to sales manager.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. A recent study showed that only 11% of organizations train their sales managers. If you are a new manager, you are asking, “What do I do now?”. Sales Manager Killers. Control Your Destiny.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A post for Sales and HR Leaders to find root causes of Sales Manager (SM) vacancies. The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. Teams without effective sales managers lack morale and discipline. Weak sales strategy.

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Xactly

MAY 30, 2018

Earlier this year, we teamed up with the Sales Management Association (SMA) to conduct a survey on sales territory design. More than 100 organizations participated in the survey and provided insights into how they design and plan their sales territories. Download Guide.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team. Every sales manager wants a team of ‘A’ players.

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Xactly

MAY 23, 2018

By adopting advanced territory planning software, Xactly’s sales operations team shortened the time spent designing territories from a month to a week – shaving hundreds of hours off the process. Data Has Become Essential for Effective Territory Design. Designing travel efficient territories. View infographic here.)

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Xactly

JULY 18, 2018

In order to manage your sales performance, you need effective sales territory mapping. Sales territory design must be a thoughtful process that involves data and a balancing act to ensure every sales rep has adequate sales potential within their territory. Download Guide.

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Xactly

JUNE 18, 2018

Download our executive guide, "Optimizing Sales Territories for Strategic Advantage," to see how optimized territory planning can help companies maximize return on sales resources, shorten the planning process, and reduce travel inefficiencies. Download Guide. Capacity management. Quota allocation.

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Xactly

JULY 12, 2018

Your sales territories are geographical areas managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by several factors, but most commonly, territories are mapped based on sales potential, sales history, geography, or a combination of factors. Download Guide.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan.

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Xactly

JULY 12, 2018

Your sales territories are geographical areas managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by several factors, but most commonly, territories are mapped based on sales potential, sales history, geography, or a combination of factors. Download Guide.

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Xactly

AUGUST 23, 2018

Sure, you know you need ICM to handle accurate and timely payments, but do you really need automated sales territory planning as well? Although automating technology for territory design can increase your sales up to 20 percent, territory planning is often categorized as a luxury in SPM—instead of as the necessity it is.

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Xactly

MAY 22, 2018

Earlier this year, we worked with the Sales Management Association (SMA) to conduct a survey of more than 100 organizations on sales territory design and planning. Check out highlights from the survey below or download the executive summary here.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

The job of a sales manager is to provide a succeeding environment for salespeople. Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. But he was not able to provide me with a viable territory.

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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 7, 2020

There are different types of sales managers you run into during your time in sales. These are the seven types of sales leaders you find on the sales floor, six of which you should avoid. These are the seven types of sales leaders you find on the sales floor, six of which you should avoid.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 26, 2022

Consider Modifying Territories. Many organizations seem to view sales territories as if they are carved in stone. But when necessary, territories can be adjusted to improve your sales budget. Look at how much you’re spending in each territory compared to the sales you’re getting. Download Now.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Sales organizations undergo constant change initiatives. Managers sit squarely at the intersection of these trends, yet for most organizations, sales management strategies have hardly changed. In fact, the changes that have occurred in the managerial ranks have intensified managers’ internal and administrative focus.

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities unique to their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Your best sales rep is not necessarily the best leader.

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SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2013

Download the Top 10 Ways to Prevent ‘A’ Player Turnover Checklist. Here’s an example: Top Territory Todd: Todd has exceeded quota the past 5 years. Here’s an example: Top Territory Todd: Todd has exceeded quota the past 5 years. Yet he has 3x the average territory potential in his patch. This is not as easy as many think.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Off the Cuff Instant Interview Question: “What are some tips for doing practical market, territory and account planning?”. While those of us in sales are usually viewed as not the best of planners, my experience is that we welcome practical, streamlined planning that helps win business. Download a free trial now.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sales managers are responsible for growing revenue. That means 1) providing sales reps with the guidance they need to continuously improve, 2) building a sales process that gives reps the best chance at closing each lead, and 3) understanding which efforts are moving the needle and which are a waste of energy.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Download our Quota Validation Guide for Sales to see which metrics align to realistic quotas. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. Bottom-Up Quota Setting: Validating quota from a Sales Rep & Sales Management perspective.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2018

KPIs for Sales Managers. Sales Volume by Location. Sales managers -- and particularly field sales managers -- can often feel like they are trapped in a fog. Download our free report here to learn the top 3 metrics ranked by sales professionals. New Leads/Opportunities. Is quota too high?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. A recent study by the ASTD found that only 11% of companies train their managers. If you are a new manager, you are asking, “What do I do now?”. As a newly promoted manager, you need a guide so you do not thrash.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 2, 2020

The salesperson drove past the location every day for two and a half years, as he worked in his territory, without ever stepping foot inside the building. When forced to see every prospect in his territory as part of a growth plan, he summoned his courage , walked through the front door, and asked for the person who had fired his company.

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Closing Territories Decision Maker eBook 121

Anthony Iannarino

MAY 20, 2020

Your territory isn’t as good as your neighbor’s territory. Your sales manager and the shady characters in your sales operations team want to make sure you are never a candidate for President’s Club. So they meticulously created a geographical territory that contains no clients you could win.

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criteria for success

APRIL 13, 2022

As a sales manager, one of your most important responsibilities is to develop people. We like to say that sales managers should focus less on developing sales and more on developing salespeople. For sales managers who started out as salespeople, though, this can be especially hard. Download Now.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 9, 2013

This post discusses what Sales might want in an HR Business Partner. The downloadable tool includes a profile of a highly successful HR business partner to sales. Also included in the download is a sample scorecard of objectives for the HR business partner to Sales. Competencies to Support the Sales Organization.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Pipeliner

MAY 12, 2018

It’s Monday morning and Jennifer in Sales Management needs to provide feedback about sales performance and attitude to Joe, a team member. As a result, he leads a comfortable life and continues to produce status quo sales results, which creates a status quo sales culture. Improve your sales-management skills.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Get your sales managers involved early in the process. The sales management team needs to have a clear understanding of the new quota. The impact to the individual sellers and their territories. Rebalancing of any territories due to the new quota. Ensure your sales managers take this seriously.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In fact, a reported 69% of sellers who exceed annual quota consider their sales managers as being “above average” at their jobs. But here’s the problem: A good candidate for sales management is hard to find. Why is there a knowledge gap for sales leaders? sales guidance. performance KPI tracking.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 22, 2012

This post will show how to use LinkedIn for some free sales recruiting sources. Plus, you can download a tool to assess your current Reps’ “source-ability” scores. Since the world didn’t end, you still need to recruit Sales personnel. Q1 of 2013 is a busy time to refill empty Sales territories.

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CommercialTribe

JUNE 23, 2020

With June nearly over and the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis behind us, sales management teams are focusing on building a plan to come out stronger on the other side. We recommend three main areas of focus for sales leaders: WHO they focus sales manager coaching effort against.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My VP of Sales wants me to research trends in inside sales and conduct account segmentation. The sales managers are yelling for updated dashboards and territories. Oh, and Marketing wants to discuss sales enablement improvements. Download this tool here and you can follow along with in the next section.

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Nutshell

MARCH 5, 2024

DOWNLOAD Unsure which sales process stages are right for your company? Our 16 Sales Process Templates for B2B Pipelines provide top examples of how companies just like yours structure their sales processes. This random approach may work well for companies where all leads are similar and all sales reps have similar skills.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

This tool allows sales managers to analyze the email productivity of their reps. Anaplan provides several cloud-based planning tools for sales: territory and quota planning, incentive compensation planning, sales forecasting, configure price quote optimization, and trade promotion planning. EmailAnalytics.

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