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Execute Your Sales Strategy By Pinpointing Growth Opportunities

SBI Growth

The objective for each was to identify growth opportunity and align resources accordingly. Is a territory mapping program the answer? Is it time to re-align territories again? Rather than that general statement we were able to identify: Banks in NYC with 1000+ employees should spend about $150K for their service.

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The power of incentive programs lies in their structure

Sales and Marketing Management

If your compensation plan rewards on units, focus the incentive on revenue or margin as long as those measures contribute to the business objectives you’re trying to accomplish. The (BIG) bad news about a minimum qualifier is that it may exclude certain territories or reps. It’s easy to measure.

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Ready – Set – Fire

The Pipeline

are the critical outcomes we take to the bank, but the only way to impact those is to change the Leading Indicators, those activities and habits that lead to improved performance and results. I know that the Lagging Indicators such as revenue, number of sales, margins, etc.,

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Why Are You Trying To Kill Me?

The Pipeline

But hype is something decision makers have a radar for, serious decision makers want facts not hype, they want tangible things that help them achieve their objectives. If you are in a more transactional sale, a new rep to the company, in a new territory, referrals will have limited utility early on.

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7 Tips for Hacking Sales Enablement to Drive Readiness in a New Era

Mindtickle

Reps can provide insight into how demand has changed in their territory, what the most frequent objections are, which channels perform best and the ideal customer profile. External information, such as from market research firms and investment banks, can also yield information to help companies plan for the future.

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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

Internal teams don’t think in terms of “objection handling,” but they have skills at resolving differences of opinions, contention/conflict within their own organizations. For example, one of the best training programs I’ve been through was a 6 week program on Commercial Banking at Wharton.

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10 Excuses for Sales Performance That Need To Stop In 2022!

LeadFuze

A company in the Financial Services or Banking industry. My territory is too small, and I dont have enough opportunities. However, only if no one else is reaching those objectives or very few people are achieving them should you consider this as an excuse. A company in the Financial Services or Banking industry.