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5 Steps to an Effective Sales Strategy

SBI Growth

Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. Step 1 (Sales Gap Analysis) – You really just want to understand how your sales force stacks up. You have spent time carefully constructing a strategy. SBI’s 7th annual research tour is under way.

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The Six Skills of Great Sales VPs

SBI Growth

Get a copy of our 6 Sales VP Essential Skills Scorecard when you register for this event: How To Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. He’s looking at compensation analysis, territory design, and sales structure. From this, gaps are identified and a training program is constructed.

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Hiring Best Practice: Test Before You Offer

SBI Growth

Read on and you''ll be ready to Make the Number in 2014. Analysis - the candidate studies the data provided, does independent research and determines the prospect''s needs. If appropriate, this may include a business impact analysis and cost justification to demonstrate analytical skills. Sales can learn a lesson here.

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Digital Marketing Takes Center Stage

Sales and Marketing Management

In 2014, he co-wrote an article for MIT Sloan Management Review entitled “The Nine Elements of Digital Transformation” in which the authors state, “Leading digital change requires managers to have a vision of how to transform their company for a digital world.” “Digital transformation is using technology to radically change the way you do business.

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New hire sales training – an investment worth making

Sales Training Connection

Scenario Analysis. One template that works well is a “week-in-the-life” construct. ©2014 Sales Momentum, LLC. In new hire programs, pervasive use should be made of real-world scenario exercises. It needs to be simpler: less detailed product knowledge, different customer contacts, and easier sales challenges.

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Why Your Focus on Quota is Killing Revenue Growth

SBI

The more elaborate “magical” tricks make use of smoke and mirrors not unlike how some people construct forecasts. There’s no way to calculate that answer based on quota attainment analysis. And you have five months to prepare for 2014. You lose sight of that when you focus on “hitting the numbers.”.

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50+ Candidate Sourcing Statistics for Recruiters

Zoominfo

Almost half of employers (45%) said that the time to fill open positions has grown since 2014 ( source ). Talent is 4x more likely to consider your company in the future if you offer constructive feedback ( source ). After careful analysis of these statistics, we were able to draw a few important conclusions. Time-to-hire.