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In the Scramble for 2013 Sales Team Planning

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We suggest you don’t drag things out – make time now and hammer out issues of territory overlap, vertical territories vs. geographic, and come to a tentative idea, if not complete, by end of December (assuming you run on a calendar year). I remember one company that did this in February.

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Tips from the Sales Trenches: Is Inside Sales Demeaning?

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We have a very high respect for the Sales Force Effectiveness Blog over at Sales Benchmark Index. They regularly have great and highly valuable content, covering key topics and issues on the minds of sales leaders and C-level leaders around sales and leadership. Inside Sales doesn’t get any respect, right?

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Choose Activity Goals to Grow Sales

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In my sales career I had new revenue goals that seemed attainable, others that seemed like a healthy stretch – doable if everything worked together. But I also had sales leaders who just raised the number by a percentage every year, not taking into consideration changes in the market or in opening up a new territory.

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10 Reasons Why Inside Sales Will Displace Field Sales Teams by 2015

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Mainly because the customer won’t need to engage early in the sales cycle: 57% of the buying process is completed before connecting with a salesperson. Structuring a global workforce and creating geographic territories will be a thing of the past because today’s salespeople work virtually, socially, and inter-culturally.

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Why I Suggest You Not Buy the Business

Anthony Iannarino

I was a better salesperson before my manager forced me into an outside sales role, a position he needed to fill, and one in which I had no interest. My territory was the greater Los Angeles area, including Century City. Execute your best sales calls with this free sales call planner! Download Now.

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Performance Management

Partners in Excellence

Perhaps we read a blog post or attended a webcast where some guru offered a miracle cure, “If you just do this, all your problems will be solved…” Or we just change to anything, thinking doing something different will have an impact. ” Or what we are doing isn’t working, so we do something else.

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Inside vs. outside sales: Which suits you best?

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We’ll explore inside vs. outside sales to show you what both entail and which kinds of companies need either one. Understand inside and outside sales While there are some key elements every sales proposal must have , there are also going to be some key differences depending on your business needs.