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Sales Tips: How to Determine WHERE Your 2017 Revenue Will Come From

Customer Centric Selling

Sales Tips: How to Plan Your 2017 for Success. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric SellingĀ® - The Sales Training Company. However, what I did have was basic management training, skills, and education. The time to begin developing your 2017 Territory Sales Plan is NOW.

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The 10 Blog Posts Sales Leaders Found Most Helpful in 2017

The Brooks Group

Weā€™ve rounded up the top 10 most popular posts from The Sales Leader blog in 2017 to give you a place to start when youā€™re looking to improve your teamā€™s performance. Top 10 Sales Effectiveness Articles from 2017. The success of a sales training program depends heavily on who is delivering it.

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Unleashing the Power of Frontline Sales Management

Sales and Marketing Management

From sales force training and compensation to investments in sales processes and technology, organizations relentlessly seek to pull the right levers that will drive revenue growth and improve sales effectiveness. Very few had formal, repeated sales manager training programs. First, great frontline sales management drives revenue lift.

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From Player to Coach: Helping New Sales Managers Succeed

Miller Heiman Group

So why is the sales manager one of the most neglected roles when it comes to training? Coaching sales managers can generate significant gains in win rates for companies willing to make the investment in formal, dynamic sales manager training. percent, according to the 2017 CSO Insights Sales Optimization Study. Maybe more?

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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Are You Using Your Sales Performance Data Effectively?

Xactly

This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . But to start, consider the following metrics in your sales performance analysis: Quota attainment: In 2017, the average quota attainment was 55 percent and this number is continuing to fall (yikes!).

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How to Avoid Coaching Failureā€¦ More Lessons from the Soccer Field

Sales and Marketing Management

Good coaching is particularly important these days since, as various industry publications have reported, the percentage of salespeople at quota has steadily declined, and in 2017 for the first time, this number dropped below 50 percent. Coaching should not be an exercise re-iterating the destination ā€“ to win the game or to achieve quota.

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