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Prognostications And Wild Ass Guesses For 2015

Partners in Excellence

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. Go To Customer/Sales Deployment Models/Inside/Outside/Channel/Web/Hybrid. Performance Management/Metrics. Sales Effectiveness/Sales Efficiency.

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Data Can Save Your Sales Quarter

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2015-09-07. Teaser: It’s only a matter of time before analytical sales management becomes the norm. In order to start using your existing data to understand and hit your sales goals, you need to focus on the following three, key areas: How Much, How Good and How Soon. Author: Steve McKenzie.

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Sales management – balancing micromanaging and abandoning

Sales Training Connection

When asked about his early management challenges, Roger Ferguson – CEO at TIAA-CREF – shared: “You have to get the balance right between leaving them alone and micromanaging.” Although Roger was discussing management in general, we thought his advice was particularly relevant for sale managers. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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B2B Sales Trends for 2018

Pipeliner

In 2018, forward-thinking companies must embrace their millennials’ enthusiasm and fresh perspectives in order to revitalize tired sales processes. Since 2015, research by Demandbase has indicated that most marketers believe account-based marketing (ABM) is a “must have.” Artificial Intelligence (AI) Enables Predictive Analytics.

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How to Build Your LinkedIn Center. Social Selling 3.0

Tony Hughes

2015 will see the dawn of the rise of "LinkedIn Centers" to steadily replace traditional B2B marketing activities for demand generation and phone based telemarketing for lead generation (in-house or outsourced). 2015 could be the year for a quantum shift in strategy, execution and results in your world.

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Do You Know Your A, B, C’s?

Your Sales Management Guru

Take an analytical approach to understanding your customer base, it will drive better messaging, increase order rates and improve your profitability-sounds like an excellent formula to get started on 2015! Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone.

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Sales alert: millennials are here

Sales Training Connection

Millennials and Sales. In 2015 Millennials passed Generation X to make up the largest share of the workforce. Additionally, when working as individuals, it’s important for sales managers to show Millennials how their work ties back to the sales team’s overall performance and the company as a whole. population.

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