Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 10, 2014

The six month Sales Business Plan is much more than a simple sales forecast but a tool designed to help the salesperson set goals and objectives in a variety of areas. What are you using to build a more systematic approach to hitting your objectives? Third, the plan must include the necessary actions to improve overall performance.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 30, 2012

In many cases I have seen great ideas poorly executed, it is critical you think through what your objectives are and what you want the results to be and then CLEARLY write down the objectives, rules and incentives. Set a quarter-to-date objective above your sales goal; that way, everyone on the team can win. A Contest Sampler.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 21, 2013

When I work with my client’s sales teams I always inquire about their goals, actions and commitments to achieving their objectives-and what doesn’t surprises me anymore is this lack of fully understanding of the “price to pay”. Fourth; it’s mental toughness. We will now see if he and his manager go in to win.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Each week the starters practice against these players to gain a better perspective of what the real competitor will do during the game with the objective improving their odds of winning. Limited financial objectives. A description of 7 potential players, titles, years employed. A limited description of the existing technology.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

However you get ready for 2015, it’s critical to establish a vision, strategic objectives and then develop actionable/tactical programs that are designed to achieve the goals. We use a tool call the Business Plan Roadmap , it allow the executive to follow each objective and the action tracts and timelines to ensure success.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Does the plan match your organizations strategic objectives? Salesperson Business Plans should include more than simple forecasts; they need to include goal setting, training needs, marketing activities and business objectives. Evaluate your compensation plan. Is it competitive? Create annual sales contests.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2016

What are your revenue objectives by each quarter for 2017? Have your business objectives changed and therefore your 2017 compensation plans may need to be altered. Define what the top 3 objectives that you need to focus on during each of the 1 st and 2 nd quarters? What do you need to do to improve their business knowledge?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 2, 2014

Creating a sense of urgency is critical, as a first time sales manager staying focused on achieving sales objectives is an important aspect of the job. If you are always waiting until the last week of the month or quarter to achieve your objectives it will grind you and your odds of success will decline. Move the opportunity faster.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 12, 2013

Sales/Marketing Objectives for Next 90 Days. Sales/Marketing Objectives for the Next 90 Days . Web Casts ` __. Workshops __. Networking Events _. Current Sales/Marketing Project Status. Agreed to Sales Management Priorities for the Month. Marketing Programs.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Last week during a client’s sales meeting we got into a discussion regarding pipeline values, needless to say the number of prospects and dollar values were insufficient to achieve the overall corporate revenue objectives. Several of the salespeople blamed marketing for not generating enough quality leads (ever hear that before?)

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

HINT: Business Planning is not just spreadsheet budgets but departmental planning with objectives and tactics designed to exceed goals. www.AcumenManagement.com Now that you have taken that action the sales management process must begin: Determining acceptable levels of Cost of Sales, Determining a QTD objective?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

You must know what is your average transaction value is vs your yearly or monthly sales objectives? A sales manager must look out 90-120 days knowing your future potential revenue objectives and understand your manpower requirements. Recruiting is sales leadership’s marketing campaign for sales leads.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Financial: What are my objectives as they relate to money? One of the major issues is not to only make the objectives or goal achievement just about you. Gain a promotion? Pay off the mortgage? House: What are our major projects? Build a back yard patio? Societal: How will I give back to society? To make it a better place?

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 16, 2011

Generally most sales teams have until the end of June to achieve your quarterly objectives, these objectives maybe measured as quota attainment, headcount, CRM utilization or even certain levels of training accomplishment. If you are focused on achieving your quarterly objectives time is running out. Are you on target?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

To speed up closing, provide alternatives, handle objections by taking issue with the facts and not the person, motivate a director to close by using objectives, results and a sense of urgency. In presentations use brief, bottom-line visuals, ask open-ended questions designed to make the prospect talk and allow the director to lead.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 15, 2015

The first month everyone was focused on the wrong objectives or not focused on the right objectives. Both countries expected the war to last just a few months and both were lead by strong minded generals who were focused on executing “their plans”. The result?

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 10, 2014

Obviously I had participated in various sales training programs and I had a few perceptions of what a sales manager should do, but obviously I was scrambling and at the same time trying achieve sales objectives. Luckily I received some assistance. So what can a first time sales manager to do? In my newsletter: Why Sales Managers Succeed!

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 20, 2010

Management is the skill of attaining predefined objectives with others’ cooperation and effort. The best partner companies, like other successful organizations, are led by individuals who have clear vision — and the ability to establish specific objectives for working toward their organizational goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 26, 2017

This paragraph should describe your objectives and goals and add a personal sentence or two that describes what you will commit to from a leadership position. (D) (C) Complete your next 90 day sales training plan. Then write out your personal vision and commitment statement for the next six months.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Compensation is linked to corporate objectives. Leadership must focus on three elements: 1) Define specific objectives for everyone in the organization, 2) Hold everyone accountable for achieving those objectives, 3) Recognize those employee’s that exceed those objectives. Sales is a corporate priority.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 7, 2014

What are your objectives: to secure new clients, incr. There are many variations and we recommend multiple combinations based upon the objectives of the organization. You’ll need to factor in variables such as new product launches and major promotions, as well as consider your personnel structure. What are sales goals?

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 26, 2012

Mean while the president is frustrated that other key objectives are not being completed. As a result of the conversation I recommended the following actions: Know what your revenue objectives are for the next 5 quarters and make sure you match your hiring plans to achieve the goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

When I started my business I tried to make two networking calls a week, while my objectives have changed, I still return the phone calls. . Make it part of your sales business plan, if you are fighting for leads and trying to increase your pipeline-building a network of relationships is a lifetime objective. . What has it lead to?

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 3, 2017

We must move beyond this mentality to truly understand the personal objectives of our people and communicate your interest to help the person. Sales Management today must assist members of their team in setting personal objectives and assist their team members on achieving those goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 12, 2012

No matter what size of sales organization you manage the sales leader that assumes they are responsible for everything or solving every problem generally fails to achieve the ultimate objective. In fact we like to suggest they have to forecast 3 times their quota-by account, their own training plan, activity objectives, and personal goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 9, 2010

Next in the game plan is to consider sales compensation or sales contests to build excitement and awareness of management’s interest in this objective. These may be based on monthly or quarterly objectives. The last area that’s important is the dashboard or scorecard. Number of net-new calls per week and per month.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 6, 2013

Compensation programs must be strategic and aligned with corporate objectives. Compensation planning must be designed to pay for performance and attract top talent.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2011

What are your objectives: to secure new clients, increase average order size, reduce selling expenses? If your company has high revenue-growth objectives in a boom market with little competition, use a plan with aggressive accelerators. Certainly, using a quota-based compensation plan can achieve this objective, too.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 13, 2012

Each had different objectives and styles, but they had common goals. Next time you have a major objective use this process and assessment to ensure success, you don’t want to not achieve your summit! This included an IMAX film team as well as Guide Climb teams.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In either case-attaining revenue objectives becomes a critical success factor-to a point where it might be distracting from achieving other responsibilities of sales management. I have found quite often the field sales manager is busy and productive but their management is frustrated that other corporate objectives are not being achieved.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 30, 2012

First, recognize that if you hire someone between now and the end of this year, they may contribute somewhat to your 2012 objectives, but if your new-hire to contribution/pipeline cycle is anywhere between 3-5 months, it won’t be substantial.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

What are your objectives: to secure new clients, incr. There are many variations and we recommend multiple combinations based upon the objectives of the organization. You’ll need to factor in variables such as new product launches and major promotions, as well as consider your personnel structure. What are sales goals?

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 9, 2014

Impacting the lives of others and how focusing on that objective will improve the Life Enrichment of your life. In my keynote program I tell a few stories that support my #1 step for Building a Gourmet Life and that has to deal with IMPACT. James did it and he felt it. Tell me your story, how have you felt Satisfaction?

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Your Sales Management Guru

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The plan should also include a 90-day list of planned objectives. While those objectives will be unique for each organization, they might include pipeline values, revenue goals, sales calls goals and proposals delivered. Managers or assisting salespeople should sign off on each item on each employee’s new hire plan.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 8, 2011

What likely strategies and initiatives are in place to help achieve their objectives? What is the objective of the call? What is considered a success on this proposal? What external factors or industry trends might make it more difficult to reach their goals? Who are the peers? Who has formal power or informal power?

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 21, 2012

If business is slow, focus on your base of clients using the cross sell/up sell concept to assist them in their achieving business objectives with new or update product/services offerings. If you have not done this kind of project, the summer is a great time to work on this exercise.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 14, 2013

Write until you’re finished, step away to eat or work out or whatever it is you do, then take a long, objective second look. But it’s also easy to gloss over grammatical errors while you’re in the zone. Sleep on It. Put some space between your first and second drafts — preferably a good night’s sleep.

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