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3 Ways a Sales Leader Should Rollout a Quota Increase

SBI Growth

You just got your new quota and it’s gone up. As soon as the new quota is approved- it’s time to get moving. The sales management team needs to have a clear understanding of the new quota. Sit down with your team and pay attention to these areas: Understanding the link between the company strategy and new quota.

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The Rise of the Agile Performance Review

SBI Growth

Changes to Territory coverage. The addition or subtraction of a key account from the territory will do likewise. The opportunity to sell a hot product can quickly retire a full year quota. Content creation & demand generation. New products added to the portfolio. Sales contests and bonuses.

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How to Assess and Sequence Your Sales Initiatives

SBI Growth

For example, you may recognize that you have a massive demand generation problem. Some territories were great and some were horrible. Yet everyone had the same quota. There are three dimensions across which you should assess potential initiatives: Level of Effort. Probability of Success. Possible Return.

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Firing Your Sales Manager or Boss

Pipeliner

Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. But he was not able to provide me with a viable territory. By working closely with marketing, I ran demand generation initiatives.

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What the Fortune 500 List Teaches the Sales SVP

SBI Growth

Most comp issues are not about comp – they are really territory or quota problems. Demand Generation and Lead Management. It makes no sense. You have some good hunches now about what’s broken. Why wait and delay your team’s comp plans again? If you dig in now you can review these items in the right sequence.

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Why You Should Fire Your Sales Manager Or Boss

Tony Hughes

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. The first boss I fired was good person and we remain friends today but he could not provide me with a viable territory. What more could you possibly ask for?

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How to Fast-Track New Rep Productivity

SBI Growth

You’ve had an open territory for some time. Ramp Time to Full Productivity: The time it takes for a new employee to retire quota at a rate that exceeds 100% of their goal (usually measured in months). Marketing / Demand Generation Campaigns / Lead Management. It’s every Sales Manager’s struggle. Product Knowledge.

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