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Operationalize Personas to Meet Your 2013 Goals

SBI Growth

Do you want to increase sales and meet your 2013 goals? Facilitate and Observe the Persona Construction. What changes do I need to make to our CRM or Sales Force Administration Tools? To coach sales reps on the personas, provide sales managers with the following coaching tools: - Detailed persona training.

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Construct Your Own Sales Goal Plan Sheet Part 1 of 4 Parts

Increase Sales

To start the construction of your own sales goal plan sheet begins with these three presumptions: You have invested the time to construct an overall strategic action plan even if you are just a professional salesperson. The last criteria in how to construct your sales goal plan sheet is all about who owns the goal.

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Reflections on 2013: Social Proof, Quota Killers, Failing CRM, and Recommendations

SBI

You can tell they truly enjoy the opportunity to recognize people, resources and tools that advance our industry in one way or another. In all, there were 16 categories that honored thought-leaders; books, blogs and articles; software tools; and useful resources. And Smart Selling Tools itself was nominated in several categories.

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Personality Tests, Sales Candidate Selection - How Tests Measure Up

Understanding the Sales Force

Despite that, article after article points to the advantage of personality tests as a sales pre-employment tool. Then why is their validation of choice "construct validity" rather than "predictive validity"? You can see how your existing process rates by using our free tool, the Sales Recruiting Process Grader. Never will be.

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New Sales Comp Plan? HR's 5 Must Dos.

SBI Growth

A post for Sales and HR leaders to ensure success of 2013’s Sales compensation plan. As well, a tool is included – a sample rollout communication plan. Fast forward to April of 2013. New processes/procedures/tools that enable the plan – look at new dashboards the Reps will use. Sales roles that are new.

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5 Proven Steps to Sell Smarter

SBI Growth

There is now an updated 2013 SBI Research Review which you can sign up for here. You will have access to guides, templates and tools. These tools will help you excel in your current and future sales positions. Implementing a well-constructed plan will get you there. Every Sales Rep wants to work smarter and not harder.

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A Simple Action Plan for Increasing Sales

Increase Sales

The 2013 third quarter is quickly coming to an end and many salespeople are scrambling to meet their own sales goals or the goals set by their sales managers. No goal achievement process and tool (think goal setting worksheet). This scrambling is a two-fold challenge: No written action plan for increasing sales. Current Mission.