Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 2, 2017

A friend of my recently wrote a blog on the “ One Person That Impacted My Life in 2016” I think it was a fabulous idea, today is a good day for you to reflect on that thought, name that person and thank them, make them aware of your feelings and then go make 2017 Your Best Year Ever! His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

In fact, 77% of female B2B sales professionals met or exceeded last year’s sales targets, compared to 63% of their male colleagues who did the same ( source ). While we may not have all of the answers, our upcoming research report will unpack the unconscious gender bias and discrimination women face on sales teams.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The percentage of engaged workers was also 34 percent in March 2016.). However, HealthMarkets supports its mission of focusing on helping customers find the best insurance products by “tilting” pay for its salespeople toward fixed compensation rather than commission. Giving feedback on sales skills that results in increased sales.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 24, 2016

With that economic domino effect affecting us all as 2016 begins to wind down, ending the year on a high note will be more challenging than ever. As always, this is when accelerated compensation programs kick in. Here are 5 sales strategies to help you stay out in front as you approach the 2016 finish line: Count the days.

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 21, 2016

What does this mean for Sales ? Whether you are talking about recruiting, selection, onboarding, training or compensation, it is will worth the time to consider whether your processes are in tune with the experiences and expectations of a cohort that will comprise an increasing percentage of your sales force.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Ten 2017 Sales Kick-off Meeting Ideas. . While working with a client last week it became obvious that we are moving into the time to finalize 2017 budgets, compensation plans and something most sales managers don’t take enough in developing their 2017 Sales Kick Off meeting. Need more sales management resources?

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MarketJoy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Active listening is one of the most critical skills you can teach your sales rep to help them in achieving what they’re striving for. When it comes to teaching active listening, most sales manager don’t know how to do it, and even the ones who do are doing it without any plan in place. Compensate Them Well.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I’m not going to say that exceptional sales performance doesn’t “just happen” because sometime it does…sometimes. The only thing that changed for me on January 1st was the date, my sales compensation plan, and the amount of revenue I was being asked to generate over the next twelve months! Download Ep.

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Crunchbase

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Starting a career in tech sales. While I eventually made it out of the hood and went to college—even becoming a Division 1 football player at the University of Idaho before I graduated in 2016—I still tripped and fell over myself professionally on the road to where I am today.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2016

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. I remember my first year as a salesperson, the only thing that changed for me on January 1 st was the date, my sales compensation plan, and the amount of revenue I was being asked to generate over the next twelve months.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 21, 2019

As a sales manager, you know your team’s strengths and weaknesses better than anyone. That being said, an effective sales manager doesn’t rely on intuition alone when deciding how to increase productivity. They analyze metrics over time in order to learn how to best support their team and fine-tune their sales process.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 22, 2019

What can happen when employees are held to unreasonable standards by managers and their behaviors don’t drive the best outcome for the company? In 2016, it was discovered that Wells Fargo employees secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts — without their customers’ knowledge — to meet sales goals.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Incentives/Compensation. This is my prognostication, these will be the critical issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2016. The Complete Sales Professional Technology Is No Substitute For Thinking Creating Crap At The Speed Of Light. Account Planning/Growth/Retention. New Customer Acquisition.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 25, 2019

The following fixed costs are essential for your SDR team: Fixed SDR compensation : Includes both salary and non-salary salespeople compensation. If you make adjustments, make sure you give sales reps adequate notice. See also: A sales manager’s guide to setting sales quotas. Track ROI and SDR metrics.

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Given the value of accurate data, some organizations have gone as far as linking KPIs and compensation to data hygiene. Ultimately, you need to hold sales leaders accountable for the data quality of their sales team. You need the right data of your past performances to come up with an accurate prediction of future sales.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She’s a sales leader with an accomplished background at several tech startups. She has won various awards such as Top Sales Leader, TAG One in a Millenial Awards 2016 and Power 30 Under 30 winner 2016. Trish Bertuzzi founded The Bridge Group to help B2B technology companies build world-class Inside Sales teams.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

As many of us prepare to descend on Dreamforce 2016, I look at it with some trepidation. It seems Dreamforce has become the magnet for all the sales and marketing automation suppliers to trot out their shiny new toys and releases, enticing us to buy. Expense management. Contest/gamification/compensation management.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As Managing Partner, she leverages her colleagues’ experience in sales process methodology, measurement and metric development, project management, and recruiting to build high performing teams for clients. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Others, like outside sales, are on the decline. Type of compensation: How do you like to make money? Sales compensation ranges from zero-commission (retail salespeople, for example) to pure commission (your salary is completely determined by performance.) Jobs in sales: Sales development rep (SDR).

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

Back in 2016, access to the web via mobile devices finally over took desktop usage. Your sales team wants and needs to access sales information 24/7, in and out of the office. You build up an invaluable picture of a contact and the effort and time it takes to close a sale which in turn allows you to plan for the future.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

Back in 2016, access to the web via mobile devices finally over took desktop usage. Your sales team wants and needs to access sales information 24/7, in and out of the office. You build up an invaluable picture of a contact and the effort and time it takes to close a sale which in turn allows you to plan for the future.

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