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5 Sales Management Myths Debunked

SBI Growth

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below. The majority of Sales VPs are guilty of at least one.

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Surviving the Late Release of Your New Quota

SBI Growth

Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Do you have enough sales people to cover the new quota? Set up a planning session with your sales managers immediately. How will you stimulate demand? How many actual opportunities by sales person is that?

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Should Marketing Have a Sales Quota?

SBI Growth

Over the last 12 months we: Surveyed over 10,000 sales representatives. Surveyed over 4,500 sales managers. Reviewed over 5,000 documents from with some the world’s best B2B sales organizations. B2B companies are assigning their Marketing teams with lead quotas tied directly to a percentage of the corporate sales goal.

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10 Causes of High Sales Rep Turnover - Which One Is Yours?

SBI Growth

Are Sales Managers held accountable for the use of the onboarding program? Sales Reps depend on a continual flow of quality leads to work as opportunities. Unfortunately, many marketing organizations confuse demand generation with providing leads. Is Marketing goaled on delivering leads to Sales?

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How to Fast-Track New Rep Productivity

SBI Growth

Most sales managers do not identify the key metric for onboarding success. A sales manager should define a set of onboarding activities that drive the right selling behavior. Marketing / Demand Generation Campaigns / Lead Management. The best sales managers set up a Fast?Start

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The Pipeline ? Intrepid Radio

The Pipeline

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Interview , Planning , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , audio , execution. Earlier this year I had the great opportunity to be on the air with Todd Schnick , of Intrepid Radio ([link] We talked sales, some new nuggets, some familiar favourites, but always with an eye to execution.

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The Rise of the Agile Performance Review

SBI Growth

Unfortunately, none of these apply to a modern sales organization. Meanwhile, Agile is spreading everywhere in Sales - to onboarding , sales management, and sales training. The opportunity to sell a hot product can quickly retire a full year quota. Content creation & demand generation.