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Oh No, Not Another B *y Sales Meeting!

Jonathan Farrington

I don’t know about you, but as a young sales professional – yes, that was an awfully long time ago – I used to dread sales meetings: Typically, they were boring, uninspiring and a total waste of my precious selling time. Suggestion 10: Finally, do set an example as the meeting leader. 32% of what they see.

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Why Sales Forecast Quality is the New Accuracy

Pipeliner

Other examples are abundant. Based on MAPE, it’s hard to describe this example as representative of stellar forecasting. Considering worst-case, most-likely, and best-cases for revenue, unit demand, material purchases, plant capacity, transportation logistics, and labor is tough. In this instance, is my forecast valuable?

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On Schedule…

Your Sales Management Guru

When we are consulting with organizations not performing up to expectations or working with sales teams struggling to succeed we normally find sales management lacking in discipline. You may have heard of Lombardi time: if a player showed up on time, he was already 10 minutes late!

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From Sewer-line to Pipeline with Insight Selling

Insight Demand

Sure the driver may have a great car, but the passenger just wants to be transported from point A to B. Product marketing tried to help sales, but what they produced was too far removed from real customer interactions. The 2-hour product training webinars or the 47-page product PDF flooded the sales team with too much information.

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Jonathan Farrington's Blog ? Oh No, Not Another B *y Sales.

Jonathan Farrington

Oh No, Not Another B *y Sales Meeting! I don’t know about you, but as a young sales professional – yes, that was an awfully long time ago – I used to dread sales meetings: Typically, they were boring, uninspiring and a total waste of my precious selling time. Location: In relation to cost, facilities and transport.

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SELLING CHANGE IS HARD – UNLOCK COGNITIVE BIASES THAT BLOCK CHANGE

Insight Demand

The status quo and optimism biases, for example, prevent customers from making the sensible decision to buy your product. They virtually transport customers to a concrete point in time when another customer realized the status quo was broken and could no longer be duct taped together. They are experiential.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

As an example, if you know you’d like to move into leadership one day, tell your manager and collaborate with them on a plan to help you get there. These types of experiences will allow you to show up strongly when it comes time for the interview because you will have examples and experiences to demonstrate your skill set.

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