Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Even worse, some of these ineffective salespeople lead their sales teams in revenue because they inherited the biggest and best accounts, well-established large territories, have years in their industry and/or territory and are viewed as an expert.

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Outsourcing Services Territories Proposal Sales Methodology 193

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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Promotion Sales Management Hiring Face-to-face 288

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. Capacity management. Download Guide. Quota allocation. Forecasting.

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Territories Data Hiring Quota 54

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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Territories Travel Hiring Guidelines 45

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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Territories Incentives Incentive Compensation 41

Gong.io

MARCH 30, 2020

How do you build a healthy sales culture? Why is it important to create balanced sales territories? On a recent episode of the Reveal podcast, we connected with Michelle Benfer, VP Sales at HubSpot, for answers to these and other questions that are top of mind for revenue leaders. Creating Balanced Territories.

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Sales Management Lead Rank Territories Hubspot 62

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 30, 2022

As sellers, our job is to find or initiate new opportunities with customers in our territory. It may be with existing customers, helping them grow and expanding our relationship, it may be finding new “logos,” to expand our coverage in the territory. We prospect, qualify, and pursue opportunities within our territories.

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Account Territories Penetration Referrals 85

Miller Heiman Group

MAY 14, 2019

Sales managers influence what salespeople sell, where they sell, who they sell to and even how they sell. These factors make the sales manager role one of the most influential and demanding jobs in any company engaged in complex B2B sales. How many direct reports do sales managers have in your company?

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Coaching Sales Management Hiring Territories 73

SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2013

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. His boss does not want to split his territory. But place him in an equal territory and watch him flounder. Yet, Ned’s results are average for his tenure group.

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Territories Hiring Quota Sales Leadership 303

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Random account groupings (no systematic segmentation or scoring). Start your sales planning efforts with account segmentation to fill your territories with fruitful opportunities and increase your sellers’ ability to hit quotas. Related: The New Growth Formula: Customer Success + Predictive Sales. Territory profiles .

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Lead Rank Territories Lead Scoring Quota 97

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 3, 2014

However, once I got into sales, sales management, sales training and became a president of a company, I think I finally understood. 2) I was reading discussion threads in the HBR Group in LinkedIn this morning about the discomfort or reluctance to give and receive feedback.

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Hiring Sales Management SME Coaching 193

Closer's Coffee

JUNE 19, 2019

How to Choose the Right Sales Manager for Your Company. The sales manager is arguably the most critical person in the company. Hiring a leader for a sales organization is a decision that is more critical for a company. Many organizations “promote” their best seller to a sales management position.

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Hiring Sales Management Company How To 74

Nutshell

MARCH 5, 2024

The simplest round robin approach is assigning each lead to a random sales rep without considering factors like industry, territory, or company type. This random approach may work well for companies where all leads are similar and all sales reps have similar skills. Again, this method requires sales reps with integrity.

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Distribution Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 77

Fill the Funnel

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

You get the idea -these are key sales management actions to be thinking about. On Wednesday, November 12th we have assembled many of the recognized thought leaders on Business to Business Sales Management together, in one broadcast and asked them to share their key recommendations to you as sales leaders.

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Sales Management Hiring Top of Funnel Lead Rank 118

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Territory turnover for this new sales manager isn’t unusual, but the solution can be evasive, expensive and humbling. Experienced sales managers, however, know how to deal with it. He had 10 sales territories in his domestic North American sales force. So, What’s a Sales Manager to Do?

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Forecasting Sales Forecasts Territories Sales Qualified Lead 124

Pointclear

AUGUST 17, 2011

Sales managers have six basic jobs—hire, compensate, train, deploy, monitor and manage, and coach and counsel—and they generally fail at the last three. If hiring, training and compensating are the science behind sales management, then deployment, monitoring and managing, and coaching and counseling are the art.

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Sales Management Hiring Territories Compensation 153

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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Promotion Sales Management Hiring Face-to-face 120

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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Top of Funnel Hiring Sales Management Face-to-face 40

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 22, 2012

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. Sales leaders want replacement Reps FAST. We advise that Sales have benches of qualified candidates ready to call upon. Not all Sales teams have followed this advice, however.

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Hiring Territories LinkedIn Groups 275

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. They say you can’t shrink your way to success, but perhaps there are situations in sales where you can. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense.

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Pipeline Territories Harvest Cold Calling 212

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

While the benefits of Nimble CRM can expand into many departments in an organization, as a self-identified salesperson, we are going to focus on your salespeople, your sales manager, and the overall benefits to your company. What are some of the general company benefits from a well managed CRM … Increased revenues. By territory.

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CRM Revenue Company Hiring 71

Allego

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this episode, sales strategists Ken and Nick Valla, co-founders of The Valla Group, discuss how their firm helps B2B sellers maximize performance. Learn why organizations must transform their training approach in a hybrid work environment , what sales leaders should do differently, and the key skills sellers need today.

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Google Maximizer Territories Groups 93

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Starting at the center of the Revenue Intelligence Loop, historical data is accumulated through sales management insights , KPIs and Archive functionality. With the new function, you can create user or group targets. Sales Management and Quotas. Looking at our graphic above, you can see how this works in practice.

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Pipeline Revenue Forecasting Quota 97

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

Without the incentive of commission or performance-based bonuses, salespeople may lack the motivation to go above and beyond in driving sales results. Sales managers will have to think of nonmonetary alternatives as motivators. As a result, the organization may lose the benefits of a united and collaborative sales team.

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Compensation Salary Commission Margin 118

Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Sales people often are promoted into sales manager positions – primarily based on their sales success. Sales Coaching. Just because a sales people excelled at face-to-face selling doesn’t mean they will excel as a sales manager. So, what happens?

Sales Management 104

Sales Management Face-to-face Promotion Pivotal 104

Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. Of course, I also wanted feedback from industry veterans — the folks who are training & coaching sales management teams around the globe.

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Promotion Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 79

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2022

Data normalization is the systematic process of grouping similar values into one common value, bringing greater context and accuracy to your marketing database. Two prospects who have the same job responsibilities might fill out the form differently, where one enters “Sales Manager” and another uses “Manager, Sales.”

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Data Segment Sales Qualified Lead Collateral 130

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. Simulations help fill in the knowledge gap for the hiring manager. You can make the process even more granular by setting up a practice sales call. Reinforce the training.

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Hiring Sales Talent Compensation Lead Rank 62

Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

This information will inform your decisions about future territory assignments. Match specific products and product groups to those partners that are best equipped to handle them and the markets to which they are aimed. These are the things that, when mishandled, will blow up a sales organization. Good selling!

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Channels Sales Management Sales Qualified Lead Collateral 83

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Director of North America Sales. The Bridge Group, Inc. Digital Sales and Development Manager. VP Europe Sales, Presales and Marketing. Vice President, Sales. The Santa Fe Group. Executive Vice President & Group CEO – Verizon Business. VP New business – Sales leader.

Demand Generation Agencies 121

Demand Generation Agencies Hiring Enterprise Enterprise 121

Sales Training Connection

MARCH 12, 2012

Sales people often are promoted into sales manager positions – primarily based on their sales success. Just because a sales people excelled at face-to-face selling doesn’t mean they will excel as a sales manager. Sales managers responsibilities extend far beyond face-to-face selling.

Sales Management 88

Sales Management Face-to-face Promotion Pivotal 88

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. Typically dispersed across territories far and wide, and always on the go, face-to-face communication is often overridden by email, voicemail and text.

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Face-to-face Automotive Webinar Metrics Conference 197

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. The group now in their mid-teens to early 30’s.) It’s especially true for sales roles where the timing to change jobs is predictable. When new territories and quotas are assigned, other pastures look temptingly green. But it isn’t.

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Sales Talent Conversion Survey Salary 300

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This kind of story doesn''t happen every day. One of Objective Management Group''s (OMG) most successful partners had an opportunity to work with young business leaders that had never sold. There simply wasn''t any sales management and the coaching they received was consistent.

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Case Study Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 288

Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 25, 2020

Top performers may excel because they’re benefitting from market trends or a mature sales territory. Korn Ferry assessments gives sales organizations key insights into how their sales talent stacks up against Success Profiles , so sales managers can understand their sellers’ strengths and opportunities for training and growth.

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Hiring Revenue Sales Talent Top of Funnel 75

Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. One group particularly prolific is sales professionals. Sales leaders, trainers, and consultants regularly post articles that they distribute via their LinkedIn newsletter. Recent articles: How Do You Know Your Sales Process Is Up to Scratch?,

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LinkedIn Hiring Sales Leadership B2B 118

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Stored in Appointments , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. I was working with a group of sales managers earlier this week, including observing some pipeline reviews. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Process.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Groups Lead Rank 218