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In the Scramble for 2013 Sales Team Planning

Score More Sales

We suggest you don’t drag things out – make time now and hammer out issues of territory overlap, vertical territories vs. geographic, and come to a tentative idea, if not complete, by end of December (assuming you run on a calendar year). I remember one company that did this in February.

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Six Key Principles To Managing Remote Sales Teams

Crunchbase

The solution required a distributed and remote sales force, with reps living in central locations so they could cover multiple countries and languages. We also employed the following six key principles, which are vital for any sales organization with remote team members. . Maintain Territory Ownership.

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Why Sales Organizations Fail-Harvard Business Review

HeavyHitter Sales

The top sales challenge in the Build stage is creating sufficient sales coverage to push the product into the market. It takes time to hire, train, and build a critical mass of capable salespeople who can penetrate new accounts. Since territories have been split numerous times, the answer revolves around specialization.

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Top 7 Utopian & Dystopian Shocking Sales Predictions

Tony Hughes

The entire technology stack front and back-end sits in the cloud elastically - burstable and on-demand, the entire team is distributed and all meetings are held in a virtual world. Since these deals are less common, there is more competition for them which causes enterprise sales people to be even more valuable. Ooh goodie!

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Metrics: What to Track, How to Track It, & Why

Hubspot Sales

Percentage of sales reps attaining 100% quota. Revenue by territory. Activity Sales Metrics. These sales metrics show what salespeople are doing on a daily basis. Activity metrics are “manageable,” meaning sales managers can directly influence them. Average time to find, onboard, and train new partners.