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Adapting Your Coverage Model for 2020 and Beyond

SBI Growth

In early March, everyone’s coverage model was forced to change. No longer were we allowed to meet customers or prospects in person, and unfortunately, this still holds true four months later. Which has caused us to ask the following questions: How.

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The Shifting Sands of Selling Tech

Sales and Marketing Management

Regardless, 2020 will have an indelible impression on business operations for quite some time. Our company, like others, canceled plans to participate in near-term trade shows only to learn that all 2020 events were soon to be canceled as well. Still, virtual events were unchartered territory.

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Make Your Number in 2020: Kickoff the Year in Style

SBI Growth

It’s 1:00pm. You have scheduled a meeting to review your annual objective of driving greater sales efficiency. The goal is simple: improve revenue per sales head. Your solution is to increase available rep selling time by eliminating wasted activity.

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How an industry-by-industry approach revolutionized Panasonic’s sales enablement | Maestros of Modern Selling Blog Series

Showpad

The pair both joined Panasonic’s fledgling sales enablement function in April 2020. When I signed my contract, our manager said, ‘Nathalie, you won’t be able to start because it’s crucial that you’re able to travel to meet your colleague,’” recalls Nathalie Vervaet. They discovered, more or less, a blank slate.

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3 Ways to Optimize Sales Performance and Be Ready for the Coming Boom

Sell Integrity

The sales business went through rough waters (to put it mildly) in 2020, but now it’s time to get your sales plan ready and your team geared up to ride the coming wave. For leaders who saw sales performance fall off a cliff in the second quarter of 2020, all of this is welcome news. Move your sales approach off the immediate need.

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Top 7 Utopian & Dystopian Shocking Sales Predictions

Tony Hughes

Gartner predicts that by 2020, 85% of interactions between businesses will be executed without human intervention. Fun but becoming a sales person requires an interdisciplinary skill-set including technical factors such as coding, agile development and project management as we move toward 2020. Obviously there is not. What did I miss?

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11 essential sales pipeline metrics you should be tracking

Salesmate

Maybe they’re targeting potential customers in the wrong industry or trying to sell in a territory that is a captive market for another brand. If they intend to close 200 deals for 2020, each sale should have an average value of $5,000. Deal Profitability. Deal profitability is an important sales pipeline metric.

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