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Taking sales to the next level

Sales 2.0

In recent times sales reps have switched to email prospecting logically reasoning that the increased volume of messaging from email will generate more leads, unfortunately, email conversion rates have dropped below 0.1% as this channel has become saturated. Sales time sucks. Sales management.

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Hiring a Sales Manager - External or Internal?

SBI Growth

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends.

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Your 2012 Sales Plan

Your Sales Management Guru

Sales Goals. 3.1.7 Sales Organization. 4.1.2 Territory definition. Sales Strategy. 5.1.1 Channel strategy (link to Sales Strategy player). Sales Process/ Sales Cycle definition: Key milestones, %Probability to close (Leads, Qualify, demo, proposal, close, revenue recognition, customer care).

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The Key Differences Between Inside Sales vs Outside Sales

Closer's Coffee

Sales Representatives, Services – 2,046,120 ppl. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing – 1,663,160 ppl. Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers – 717,220 ppl. Other Sales and Related – 616,650 ppl. It’s all Outside sales.

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The 12 Essential Sales Metrics You Don’t Want to Miss

InsightSquared

Did the prospect stall on a specific page of the proposal? With most sales engagements occurring in digital channels, all the data can and should be used to take action. . Fewer than 50 percent of sales managers trust the data that guides their forecast. Has it been a week since the last inbound email?

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Do You Really Understand Your Numbers?

Partners in Excellence

Some are activity related metrics, for example the number of prospecting calls, the number of customer meetings, the number of proposals, and so forth. There are all sorts of other numbers we may track–customer retention, new customer acquisition, product mix, win/loss, channel performance, and other things.

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The Ultimate Guide to Outsource Sales Team: 6 Do’s & Don’ts

LeadFuze

Productmarket-fit evaluation is essential to your go-to market strategy in any new territory you want to enter. Building a repeatable sales model. Sell direct or through channels, inside outsource sales team or field outsource sales team, inbound lead generation versus outbound cold calling.