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Improve retention by breaking the sophomore/junior-year curse

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jim Ninivaggi, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Brainshark Sales rep attrition remains a vexing issue for organizations?— By some estimates, it takes two or more years for companies to recoup expenses put into new sales hires. that is, when reps leave voluntarily in years two and three. Doing the math.

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Stop the Revolving Door of Sales Hiring

Pipeliner

A simple blueprint for handoffs defines roles/responsibilities and strengthens sales hiring partnerships. In hiring front-line sellers, organizations may flounder and fail when sales. hiring practices are left up to a single department. Sales managers frequently take short cuts.

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If We Fixed Sales Execution, Would We Fix Sales?

Partners in Excellence

The reason I want you to walk through this is to help you think about what I think is the biggest challenge facing sales leaders in maximizing the performance of their organizations: Talent. As regular readers know, each sales person we hire is a multimillion dollar investment. They don’t impact the thought experiment.

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The Problem With Turnover

Partners in Excellence

I wanted to spend some time discussing sales rep turnover. I worry too many sales executives spend too little time understanding turnover and it’s impact on the organization. They had notices 72% voluntary turnover of sales people in their first 12 months on the job. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

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SalesPOP Contributor Spotlight: Deb Calvert

Pipeliner

interviews one of our top contributors, giving readers a peek into the mind of experts in the sales industry. An expert on sales management, training, coaching, and leadership development, she shares information about her career. How did becoming a University Instructor change how you think about the sales and business world?

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7 People In 10 Years!

Partners in Excellence

As he described his situation, I stopped him at the sentence, “I’m the 7th person in 10 years to hold this job.” It is a management problem — or rather a mismanagement problem! Think of it from the customers’ point of view, all they see is a revolving door from this vendor.

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12 Sales Manager Responsibilities You Shouldn’t Overlook

LeadFuze

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.