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Top 10 sales management books every sales manager must read

Salesmate

The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Are you wondering how to manage a sales team effectively? Well, you can get many tips, tactics, and strategies from various sales management books. Best sales management books you must read. Author- Kevin F.

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The Biggest Threat to Sales Teams in 2018 Isn't Losing Clients

Hubspot Sales

A quick Google search or skim through your favorite sales blogs will show article upon article about how to hire the perfect reps, increase customer retention, and write the perfect sales job description -- for good reason. What if the biggest threat to sales teams isn't losing clients, but losing our teammates themselves?

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The Customer Success experiment: How focusing on long-term value solved our retention problem

Nutshell

Coming from a sales management and real estate background, I understood our customers’ hustle. The problem that inspired my next steps was that renewals between 10 months and one year were dropping below 100% MRR retention. Nutshell sells subscriptions. Diagnosing the problem.

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Weekly Roundup – Dec 07, 2018

CloserIQ

Formulating a compensation plan for SDRs is one of the most important tasks sales VPs perform, one which will play a major role in SDR recruitment and retention. The Top Six Tips for Managing Your Own Career (Anita Absey of Voxy). ” Creating a Sales Rep Dashboard (Mike Lawson of Rekener).

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Three Sales Management Practices that Chief Revenue Officers Can Use to Prepare Themselves for a Recession

Miller Heiman Group

Last year, the average sales organization saw revenue attainment of 101%, according to CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group. While that seems like good news, it’s a lagging indicator—and looking backward, rather than forward, won’t help sales leadership see their future.

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Seller Engagement, Are We Asking Ourselves The Right Questions?

Partners in Excellence

We are encountering unprecedented turnover, engagement, talent acquisition/retention issues, at all levels in selling roles. It's All About Retention And Growth! 2018 Sales Management Critical Issues, Part 1. At the same time, we read about “burn out.” Related Posts: Do Your Sellers Have A Future?

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10 Sales Statistics You Should Know in 2019

Xactly

Organizations that use automated territory planning technology have up to 20% higher sales achievement than the average ( Optimizing Sales Territory Design: Sales Management Association 2018 Research Update ). 2018 Sales Comp Administration Survey ). 2018 Sales Comp Administration Survey ).