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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

No More Cold Calling

I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. Decrease the cost of sales. That got me thinking.

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X-Factor Compensation Leaders: How to Be Incredible at Incentive Planning (Palo Alto Networks)

Xactly

Sales compensation is one of the most important components of sales planning. Sales operations and compensation professionals must compile a team to piecing together metrics and goals, which carries an incredible amount of responsibility. Time in sales compensation: 11 years.

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3 New Sales Article Series, A Holiday Tradition and Future Blog #1000

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan As we prepare for the holiday and year-end, I'm also preparing for this blog's 1,000th article. That's right; since 2006, I've posted nearly 1,000 articles. The next series contains all I've written on sales process. Sales Motivation (very motivational).

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Strategy

Hubspot Sales

Every sales team needs sales strategies, and a strong sales strategy plan builds the foundation for a cohesive, successful sales team and organization. Sales strategies also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work — keeping them happy and successful, too. Organizational Goals.

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Mistakes to Avoid When Expanding Your Sales Department

Pipeliner

These days I remembered something I’ve read back in 2006 and somehow kept in the back of mind all this time: ‘’Everyone wants to be the VP of marketing and do the cool stuff like advertising and promotion. Therefore putting together a sales dream team is definitely key to keep everything working. Bypassing Sales Analytics & Data.

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How Female Executives are Transforming the Finance Workplace in 2018

Xactly

In our last female executive post , we discussed how women in sales organizations consistently have higher quota attainment and are paid at higher commission rates than men, but their total compensation is less, which means women are paid a lower base pay than men in the same or similar roles. Companies Pressing for Progress.

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A 2026 excursion to the future of sales training

Sales Training Connection

Sales Training – 2026. As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. A number of the authors writing back in 2016 suggested that sales training was at an inflection point. Let’s tune in and listen to what Dr. Beckett has to say.