SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The sales organization is into the final run for the year. How has Sales Operations done this year? Did you directly enable the sales organization to close more business? Did you help keep sales expenses in check? With focus, Sales Ops leaders can positively impact sales revenue and costs.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 21, 2013

A good VP of Sales knows their top performers. Download our “A” Player Calculator and build a talent scorecard on more than just quota. Every time there’s a territory rezoning he bellyaches. Or If you chop up my territory, I’ll look somewhere else. How to Spot Them: Look at the number of prospects in each territory.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

It’s been two years since The Challenger Sale was published. Since this publishing, many B2B sales organizations have embraced this methodology. Since this publishing, many B2B sales organizations have embraced this methodology. The thesis of The Challenger Sale is sound. An isolated week of training won’t work either.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

At this point, your 2013 sales number is essentially decided. I speak with many VP Sales who say the same thing every year: “We have some underperformers that are killing us.” Download the SBI Talent Assessment Too l. Build out a plan for training them and turning them into ‘A’ Players ASAP. ‘A’ Assessing Your Sales Team.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. Frequently, the top manager gets the nod for the VP of Sales. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. His team flounders.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Throughout our history with the company, we performed multiple projects- Sales Process, Sales Structure, and Channel Management. Register here for a copy of our Inside Sales talent management scorecard to see how Inside Sales Reps should be evaluated. We have a one hour training session every week. They said.

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SBI Growth

MAY 6, 2013

Sales turnover is a silent killer. Sales and HR leaders constantly ask, “How can we be sure our new sales people have the right skills?”. It describes how Agile methodology can be applied to Sales new hire onboarding. It includes an Agile Onboarding Scorecard you can download here. The real reason?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 19, 2014

Mature organizations typically have a robust training program. However, much of this training is wasted on corporate policies and internal systems training. Territories underperform. Download our New Rep Onboarding Checklist document for 4 weeks of successful training. Sales Process, including Tools to help.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. This thinking leads them to believe that you do not need training. A recent study showed that only 11% of organizations train their sales managers. Sales Manager Killers. Eventually this catches up to you.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. One group particularly prolific is sales professionals. Sales leaders, trainers, and consultants regularly post articles that they distribute via their LinkedIn newsletter. Top 18 LinkedIn Newsletters for Sales Leaders. Published weekly.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A post for Sales and HR Leaders to find root causes of Sales Manager (SM) vacancies. The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. Teams without effective sales managers lack morale and discipline. Weak sales strategy. Poor territory.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

Download the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year here. How to Use the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year: Download the guide. For example, how long is your sales cycle? For many of our clients, the average sales cycle exceeds 6 months. In this situation, the sales leader better be evaluating net new leads NOW.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Has your Sales Ops planning kept up with the new realities? Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. By doing so, you''ll also get the Sales Ops Planning Evolution Guide. The average B2B buyer is 57% done with their purchase decision before sales engages.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

Salespeople need to retain a lot of information and master the right sales skills to consistently hit their numbers. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. Here are 17 sales skills every rep needs and tips for helping your teams develop them. Essential Sales Skills Every Rep Should Have.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

As a Sales VP, putting the best people in the correct positions is critical. Making your number next year means promoting, keeping and terminating certain sales reps. Download our Sales Rep Promotability Scale. Training, piloting or even taking on extra responsibility (i.e. open territory) is met in stride.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2013

In the first two posts in this series we talked about gaining visibility to grow sales as well as putting a plan in place. If it is a new plan, or new territory – find the upside to it and see how you can make it work for you. What projects are you going to commit to get done which will lead you to more sales in the coming year?

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SBI Growth

JUNE 26, 2013

The average tenure of a B2B Sales VP is about 18 months. That means roughly one-half of B2B sales VP’s last less than 18 months. Today''s post provides ways sales operations can deliver value quickly to a new sales VP. A complete guide will be available for download at the end. How do they view sales operations?

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Imagine a time when you can work totally on the go with your mobile device – phone or tablet – to create business, follow-up with customers, train your team, assess your pipeline, and work a smooth system. There are new tools and ideas coming out now that will change forever how we think about business process, marketing and sales.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For sales organizations, sales performance data can be a useful tool to drive strategic planning and increase performance. . Using a sales performance management (SPM) solution to analyze sales performance data, organizations can gain vital insights into the landscape they operate in.

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Data Top of Funnel Territories Compensation 85

BrainShark

AUGUST 7, 2022

Even worse, these inefficiencies have been accepted by sales organizations as “the way we’ve always done it.” By identifying sources of waste and taking steps to plug the holes, sales teams can improve overall results. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what sales leaders do with inflated pipeline-to-quota ratios. Except for one.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2013

She is the new HR Business Partner to the Sales Organization. This advantage will give her a long tenure serving sales. HR and Sales leaders who need better collaboration must read this post. It includes a tool: a profile of the Sales leader (Hanna’s advantage!) Hanna first tried to understand what Sales thinks about HR.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Unfortunately, no one on their sales team was qualified to do the work; a territory design project. Not only this, but this territory design will need to be updated year after year. Most often VPs of Sales view this situation as a major hurdle – a problematic hole in their organization.

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Xactly

JULY 19, 2018

Commissions play a key role in your sales compensation plans, driving sales behaviors and motivating reps to hit their quota. Depending on your sales force structure and size, there are different sales commission structures that can be used in your incentive plan. Research shows that it takes an average of 9.1

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales operations (sales ops) and sales enablement are terms used often within an organization. But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations. Sales Operations Roles and Responsibilities. Setting territory structure.

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The Pipeline

JULY 30, 2012

He also tells me about people’s approach to the whole physical training thing, which in great measure the reason for them giving up and their ultimate failure. I recently met a rep Jill, again a “70 percenter”, in her territory for years, but she was different than most reps in one respect, she loves to read sales books.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2024

When it comes to B2B sales, content is still king. According to the Demand Gen Report , more than half of B2B buyers rely on sales content to guide their purchase decisions more now than in the past. Instead, you must understand how sales reps and prospects are (or aren’t) using sales content.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 21, 2020

But the need for sales organizations to change is nothing new; it’s just more urgent now. Define a Sales Methodology. A sales methodology is a framework that explains how your sellers should approach each phase of the sales process. Tools to effectively evaluate sales opportunities, situations and challenges.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

If you’re caught totally unprepared, the territories are vacant for months. Don’t be the Sales VP who misses the number before the year begins. Poach from the top sales personnel in lesser roles. Start training them two to three months prior to year end. Replant these seedlings in a ripe territory when necessary.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. In this piece, we’ll take a top down approach and start by designing a sales manager compensation plan. Plan Components.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As a sales leadership team, there are plenty of questions we ask ourselves to improve sales performance analysis and management, including: Are we setting up our teams for success? Are we assigning effective territories? At Xactly, our sales team has grown. Improving Sales Performance Analysis with Xactly Insights.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sales Training – 2026. As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. A number of the authors writing back in 2016 suggested that sales training was at an inflection point. Inflection point. Design philosophy.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 3, 2018

In all honestly, managing sales reps can be a challenge. Sales reps may share one common goal—closing deals—but managers need to understand different personalities, adapt to unique learning styles, and provide the tools each rep needs to hit (and ideally, exceed) their quotas. The best sales teams are led by the best sales managers.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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criteria for success

MAY 15, 2020

Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration! Adjusting to remote work (or managing a remote sales team) is not without its challenges. Adjusting to remote work (or managing a remote sales team) is not without its challenges. Managing a remote sales team is not without its challenges.

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Allego

MAY 13, 2021

Yet most sales onboarding and training programs still focus on traditional formal learning approaches. As a result, 90% of sales learning is formal—the reverse of how people learn in their daily lives. Anyone who’s spent time in sales knows how training takes place. Why doesn’t formal learning work on its own?

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Let’s face it—companies periodically miss their sales targets. In many cases, companies miss targets for execution or managerial reasons —like when the sales team underperforms due to insufficient training, or a top account churns unexpectedly due to customer satisfaction issues. With data and analysis.

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