Remove Article Remove Incentives Remove Training Remove Up-Sell
article thumbnail

Sales Incentives, Awards, Lead Follow Up and Sales Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

We have the sales process dialed in and we are training on it now. Dave Kurlan wrote: They should receive the incentive only if the opportunity makes it as far as 2 nd base in the sales process. Until such time, salespeople must be trained to become more effective while marketers must be trained to develop stronger leads.

Follow-up 228
article thumbnail

Consultative Selling, Commitment and Training - Like Oil & Water

Understanding the Sales Force

The Huffington Post and the Hubspot Blog both published an article, by Dan Lyons about OMG and Kurlan and what it takes to succeed in sales. This article was named Top Sales Article for last week and this article was named a Top 10 Sales Article for last week, both over at Top Sales World.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Companies Don’t Know About Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

The Example Salespeople (anyone, with any title, whose primary role is selling) don’t know about their own skill gaps and blind spots. It should be obvious that this article is a call-to-action for CEOs and a cattle prod to awaken Sales Leaders. Companies don’t know what they don’t know.

Company 212
article thumbnail

4 Sales Training Strategy Tips to Boost Your Bottom Line

Crunchbase

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Please note that the author is not employed by Crunchbase and the opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect official views or opinions of Crunchbase, Inc. . Investing in team training is a critical part of business success and growth.

article thumbnail

Firing up the revenue engine post-crisis

Sales and Marketing Management

As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt?— Channel leaders have the unprecedented opportunity to invest in and improve channel automation systems, including sales incentive platforms, partner portals, digital training programs and through-channel marketing.

article thumbnail

How to Train a Sales Team on Products: Use Modern Software, Not Old-Fashioned Training Techniques

Bigtincan

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

Fashion 105
article thumbnail

5 Key Pillars of Effective Sales Performance Management

The Spiff Blog

It’s about creating a systematic approach to selling at scale. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement. Seller experience metrics : ENPS, sales turnover rate, employee satisfaction, engagement rates, etc.