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The Rise of the Agile Performance Review

SBI Growth

A more Agile way of assessing sales talent has emerged. The opportunity to sell a hot product can quickly retire a full year quota. The primary purpose of talent management in Sales is to develop "A" players. Content creation & demand generation. Top performers certainly deserve merit increases.

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The Pipeline ? Do You Smell Desperate?

The Pipeline

If you make the sale about them, you win, if you come across as focused on the sale and your quota, you smell desperate. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Hiring Sales Talent. Worse, as you develop a reputation for being desperate. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability.

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The Pipeline ? Slow to Close or Slow to Die? ? Sales eXchange ? 128

The Pipeline

The goal is to deliver quota with the “norm”, and look at the anomalies as a bonus, for the very reason that they are not predictable, and therefore can’t be counted on. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Hiring Sales Talent. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability.

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The Pipeline ? The REAL Problem with Sales Training

The Pipeline

However, in reality, once they are back at the “front-line”, the day to day pressures of hitting quota, etc. Secondly, most – not all – but a very high percentage of courses on offer today deliver what I term “generalized” skills development. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process.

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The Pipeline ? Retarded Sales Behavior and The Reasons We.

The Pipeline

Trading one Mickey Mouse sales idea for the next. Always looking for the quick (and easy) way to make our quota without needing to care too much about the people we happen to be dealing with at the moment. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Hiring Sales Talent. It’s that simple. It’s all silly.

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25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

Zoominfo

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. After all, you have calls to make, quotas to hit, and demos to run. But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? Aside from the services CloserIQ offers, they also run a very successful sales blog.

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25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

Zoominfo

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. After all, you have calls to make, quotas to hit, and demos to run. But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? Aside from the services CloserIQ offers, they also run a very successful sales blog.