Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Sales is the most important function with any company, and the sales manager plays a critical role within it. That said… The importance of your sales manager cannot be understated. The sales force drives the company’s revenue and it’s the sales manager’s job to drive the sales force.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Scott Barton , VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent. He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Join us for a great conversation about driving the right behaviors within your sales team. powered by Sounder.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. Of course, I also wanted feedback from industry veterans — the folks who are training & coaching sales management teams around the globe.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

Based on how your buyer journey looks, example, Awareness, Interest, Decision, and Action, your sales pipeline stages may also vary. With effective sales pipeline management , you’ll be able to predict how much revenue your team brings in each week, month, quarter or any given period of time. The answer is 75.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Inside sales (sometimes called remote sales or remote selling) is often the primary sales model for B2B, SaaS, tech, and certain high-ticket B2C sales teams. When you book a demo with one of the team, you’re speaking with an insides sales representative. The same goes for the outside sales world. .

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

These 10 motivational techniques will engage both junior reps and their senior counterparts, ensuring they continue to work to meet their sales goals throughout the summer: Tips to Raise Sales Motivation at the End of Summer. Invest in sales management coaching. Plan a sales contest. Implement a SPIFF.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. That question kicks off the new book “Pivot to the Future” by three thought leaders from the consulting giant Accenture. What AI is not.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The question is, how do sales leaders inspire daily enthusiasm and cultivate that into the sales culture? Sales contests are a great tool. Spiffs, incentives, or contests, whatever you call them–salespeople love them–when done right. In sales, managing the right behaviors solves most sales problems.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 17, 2022

The insights culminated in the Scale Your Sales Framework, which helps companies reimagine revenue growth through customer excellence and sales. Scale Your Sales continues to explore customer excellence and sales through guest interviews on Scale Your Sales podcast. Dynamic guests share their sales insights.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)? Great VPs of sales have gravitas and tact, command the room and hold their end of the table regardless of who is on the other side. This intense focus will equate to higher net revenue booking and retention. Their peers.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Also you may have salespeople failing and you may need to let other go, not having enough quality salespeople to achieve your numbers is the number one reason sales managers are let go! They build pride, team work and drive revenue. Plan what major sales training your team requires.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Align Sales Compensation with Your Goals A compensation plan that works. Note: This week’s blog is an excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans”. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 24, 2011

The Importance of Sales Management in a Recovering Economy. We have met with Sales Leaders from around the world, lead workshops, presented keynotes and developed new long term relationships with our client base. What is the role or action points for sales manager’s in a recovering economy?

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Yes, companies set metrics/KPIs - Key Performance Indicators - but are they the right ones to help a sales leader effectively monitor, coach, mentor, motivate a sales person to success? The typical metrics for success used are: retained revenue, retained accounts, customer service scores, new business sales, book of business growth.

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SBI

MAY 18, 2015

When the order is booked, a survey automatically gets sent to the buyer. The survey uses intelligence based on what was included in the sale along with past orders and delivers questions that are specifically unique to that customer. Additional revenue can be generated without the participation of a salesperson.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

What Are SMART Sales Goals? SMART sales goals are objectives defined by sales managers and C-suite leadership to guide sales teams and departments. For example, you can say: We’re going to increase our core product’s revenue using a consultative sales approach. 12 Examples of Sales Goals.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 23, 2016

Building a Culture of High Performance: Sales Games. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for the 4th quarter and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. Never run contests to the last day of the month or sales period.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

Common metrics that are tracked include quota attainment, conversion/win rate, average deal size, revenue, sales funnel leakage. Sales dashboards provide an overview of your key performance indicators (KPIs) and show you how your sales team is tracking towards your goals and revenue targets. Comparing values (e.g.,

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, what caused pain points at the end of the program: reps changing territories mid-program, sales that were booked but not invoiced, clients who made verbal commitments but didn’t sign contracts, field sales managers that vouched for sales that didn’t get logged into the system on time, etc.?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 20, 2013

At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for the 4th quarter and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. In both books I share ideas for sales contests/games as well as how to properly roll them out and manage them.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And they must be the right ones to help a sales leader effectively monitor, coach, mentor, and motivate a sales person to success. The typical metrics for success used are: retained revenue, retained accounts, customer service scores, new business sales, book of business growth.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 23, 2014

Note: This blog post is an excerpt from my new book: “Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans”. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Are your sales goals orders- or bookings-based?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She was recognized as a leading sales mentor by Women in Sales North America. She is the co-author of a business book, called Aligned to Achieve , about sales and marketing alignment. Trish Bertuzzi founded The Bridge Group to help B2B technology companies build world-class Inside Sales teams.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 3, 2013

Others are designed to be significant revenue producers or game changers and a few are “bet the company” entries into the market. Jerry and Mary Fiss wrote the most comprehensive book on the market about how to design compensation systems that work in today’s selling environment. Sales coaching should be an ongoing effort.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

Bravado’s 2022 State of Sales Compensation Guide showed that 54 percent of reps missed their quota. All of these changes have forced revenue leaders to reshape their variable pay strategies, and it begins with the compensation structure itself. But your multiplier is revenue-dependent. Embrace accelerators.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them. Ken has written 5 books, his latest book is: SLAMMED!

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Hire only top sales reps. Create a better incentive plan. Here are a couple of questions I would ask: Are your sales reps making a difference? Do your sales reps make impact on each call? Do they actually make a difference in the sales in their territory? How often do your sales managers go out in the field?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 9, 2017

Sales Management Boot Camp- 8 weeks, online. We hear these comments all the time: Our revenues are flat. We have too much to do, we don’t have time to build a sales organization. I am frustrated with my sales team, do I have the right team? I have a problem growing sales profitably.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 6, 2013

The first is Friday May 10 th , Building Predictable Revenue: Sales Management Systems. The second is May 28 th , 1pm EST: Creating Sales Compensation Plans for High Performance. This is one of 10 Sales Management Training programs from Top Sales Management: read below.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 30, 2012

Sales Compensation and Having a Fun Summer. Sales Leadership Ideas. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for July/August and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. A Contest Sampler. Overcoming seasonal slumps.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Let’s take a page from the book of sales operations (sales ops) and give you an answer as efficiently as possible. Here’s the answer to “ What is sales ops ,” in a nutshell: You have a sales strategy and you have people on the ground to execute it. Got reams of sales data? Perfection. From Gong, of course.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 27, 2020

While every team is uniquely impacted, sales teams are facing an urgent need to generate revenue to keep businesses in operation. Customer and sales managers should share insights from external conversations with the broader company, allowing visibility into COVID-19’s impact for current users, customers, and prospects.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If you missed episode 141, check it out here: PODCAST 141: How to Build an Achievable Revenue Plan with Mary Grothe. This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Mike McNary , VP of Acquisition at Mimeo , a company that helps people print and deliver documents. The first is Revenue Grid. Is it remote work?

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Note: This blog is an excerpt from my new book Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Are your sales goals orders- or bookings-based?

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Offer incentives for a willingness to take a risk, avoid too many details, speak to the persuader’s dreams and make the person a hero. Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone. Ken has written 5 books, his latest book is: SLAMMED!

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