PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Studying examples of sales plans can help illustrate this, so let’s look at an example sales plan excerpt now. Sales objectives In this example of a sales plan, the sales objectives could be to simultaneously increase sales by 25% and to acquire 10 new customers in the first year of operation.

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Xactly

AUGUST 13, 2018

Let’s cut to the chase–if you’re not using data to drive your sales territory mapping, your territories might be hurting your sales performance more than they are helping it. Sales territory mapping software offers more benefits than sales managers may realize. See if your sales territories have room for improvement.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In a discussion between Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley, they highlight the importance of incorporating learning goals alongside sales objectives. Colleen shares an example of a client who recognized the need for additional training in business development.

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Xactly

AUGUST 2, 2018

The sales territory is a geographical area that is managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by sales potential, history, geography, or a combination of the above. The objective is to make sure sales territories are balanced to help increase revenues. . Take Assessment.

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Xactly

JULY 18, 2018

In order to manage your sales performance, you need effective sales territory mapping. Sales territory design must be a thoughtful process that involves data and a balancing act to ensure every sales rep has adequate sales potential within their territory. Use Data-driven Intelligence to Map Territories. Download Guide.

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Xactly

JULY 12, 2018

Your sales territories are geographical areas managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by several factors, but most commonly, territories are mapped based on sales potential, sales history, geography, or a combination of factors. Download Guide. The Right Data for Customer Segmentation.

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Gong.io

JULY 27, 2022

In this article, we’ll unpack what the typical quarterly business review looks like, and provide a few examples of QBR agendas that you can use in your own customer conversations. Don’t expect that what your customer told you about their objectives three months ago is still valid today. Territory plans. Goals change.

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Xactly

JULY 12, 2018

Your sales territories are geographical areas managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by several factors, but most commonly, territories are mapped based on sales potential, sales history, geography, or a combination of factors. Download Guide. The Right Data for Customer Segmentation.

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Xactly

JUNE 13, 2018

Effective territory design is the basis of strategic sales planning. Balanced territories allow you to set fair quotas, which have a huge impact on your incentive compensation and success of your salesforce. Ultimately, if your sales territories aren’t optimized, you hinder sales reps’ motivation and performance.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Related: How to Calculate a Lead Score, with Examples. Start your sales planning efforts with account segmentation to fill your territories with fruitful opportunities and increase your sellers’ ability to hit quotas. Consider new territory rules that reflect changes in the market (and your business). Territory profiles .

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

So, let’s dive into how Salesforce Sync helps enable sales reps by supporting the foundation of any sales process: Territory Management. ZoomInfo Salesforce Sync for Territory Management. But what if reps and managers could identify accounts owned by specific reps or that are unowned, yet a part of particular territory?

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

For example, here is a sample sales manager compensation plan typically used for a Software as a Service (SaaS) company (learn more about the software sales commission plan, here ). Data can and should be used to optimize sales territories and compensation plans to ensure fair, balanced territories and proper quota assignment.

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

These lines are just some examples of common objections sales professionals hear time and again from prospects. And while deflections and rejections come with the territory of sales, that doesn’t mean simply giving up on a hard-earned prospect who throws up a wall. Ninety-five percent of the objections I hear aren’t real.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, an issue in 100% of the clients I work with is CRM compliance. For example, most sellers I encounter seem to think CRM is a tool that helps managers watch over their shoulders and track them—ant that’s the way too many organizations use these tools. There are things that are useful for managing meetings.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Take Spectrum as an example. Nurturing a lead through the sales journey takes a robust system, but what if your team could take this advanced functionality and apply it to other database objects besides just ‘leads’? Are you able to route any object? In other words, get inspired as you think of your ideal outcomes.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Developing that skill, however, proves difficult because many organizations can’t evaluate themselves objectively. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. To correctly diagnose the problem, your organization has to take an objective viewpoint.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

However, this too can present challenges for both reps and the organization: For example, a commission-only plan offers less security, making it risky for employees. If a sales rep’s entire compensation is directly tied to their individual effort, they could compete against each other for prospects or territories.

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Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

Other plan components to consider include a revenue-based bonus structure (read more on the commission vs. bonus debate here ), improved staffing, or well-designed territories. Data can and should be used to optimize sales territories and compensation plans to ensure fair, balanced territories and proper quota assignment.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here’s what we’re going to cover: Salesforce objects. Data Governance & Salesforce Objects. Whether your selling model is transactional, self-service, enterprise, or a combination of these, you will need to set up some objects in Salesforce that support the sales and eventual retention strategies of your business.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Developing that skill, however, proves difficult because many organizations can’t evaluate themselves objectively. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. There was no Sales Territory Design in place. To correctly diagnose the problem, your organization has to take an objective viewpoint.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Prospecting Attention Deficit Disorder: How to Avoid the Shiny Object Syndrome. All of these results-focused activities and all of your seemingly unlimited energies are directed at a highly targeted end-goal: generating the maximum amount of revenue from your territory. It is aptly referred to as the Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Many companies I work with tie their program to sales vs. objectives. For this to work effectively, quotas need to be set fairly against both large and small territories. Management needs to be able to understand opportunities and challenges in each territory when quota setting. The example I described above is a 50/50 split.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Typically, SDRs work from one of two territory models: Static territories based on geography or vertical or business segment. Conversely, in the territory model, you miss out on revenue because some reps have far more accounts than they can ever work. Related: How to Set the Right Goals For Sales Reps (With Examples).

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2016

For example, my company, Objective Management Group (OMG) , is universally hated by an entire vertical! If you are in territory sales, is there a competitor salesperson gunning for you? Allow me to provide a few examples and then I'll share how to deal with the hate. Have you taken business away from anyone?

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 20, 2018

Here are a few tips: Divide your territory in a way that makes sense. One of the first steps to effective territory management is to have a concrete view of current customers, potential customers, competitors’ activity, and the location of all of these. Some examples are: ‘Friends’ within the customer/prospect.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

These functions include territory management, goal setting, capacity modeling, forecasting, sales performance improvement, seller experience, and countless other exercises that set a business up for success– or failure. In fact, optimizing territory design can increase sales by 2 to 7% each year ( source ).

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SBI Growth

APRIL 21, 2013

Listed below are three examples of pseudo top-performers, and how to determine if your “A” Player is one. 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. The Turf Bully. The Resource Pig.

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Pipeliner

JULY 23, 2022

The more critical and complex type of navigation is developing the skill for exploring unknown territory. Navigation is also made more complex if the route to reach the objective is not known or not clear—it’s common today to have a destination with many ways to achieve it, none of them necessarily ideal.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

So whether you’re expanding into new territory, prepping for next year’s round of new hires, or deploying marketing campaigns, following these B2B tips and tricks will help your B2B efforts during the holiday season. Smooth Out the Sales Process by Mastering Objections. “I Read more: Overcoming Sales Objections.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

For example, if a sales rep earns a 15% commission for each deal they close, and are projected to close $100,000 in sales for the quarter, then your finance team will anticipate an allocation of $15,000 in commission payroll for that rep. Communicate objectives to your team and get their buy-in.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

For example, McKinsey’s Future of B2B sales: The big reframe lists the following: More hybrid sales roles with a focus on business development in outperforming organizations Customer preference, including remote human interactions or digital self-service These changes can determine your approach, resource allocation, and competitiveness.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Is my talent aligned to accomplish this objective? Are they in the right territories? 1) Create a specific scorecard to determine which players on your team make the cut: Assess Competencies – Do your sales team members hold the attributes required to reach the 2014 performance objectives? Has my team evolved with the new buyer?

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 2, 2020

Many decades ago, the theory about how to close deals faster was to use a trial close, followed by increasing pressure, regardless of your prospective client’s objections (which were unresolved concerns). Here is an example. The Lost Art of Closing shows you how to proactively lead your customer and close your sales.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Total compensation, benefits, company financials and market position, for example. You’ve had average results recently because your territory is a real dog. Here’s what you should find out: Sales Territory Design : Are both existing customers and prospects considered when territory structures are built?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

So, let’s dive into how Salesforce Sync helps enable sales reps by supporting the foundation of any sales process: Territory Management. ZoomInfo Salesforce Sync for Territory Management When sales and marketing teams traditionally pull lists, they’re still missing important data that’s relevant only to their organization.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 30, 2012

Always keep in mind that a price objection is not about price; it is about value. What follows is a clear example of the process. So, Steve, we are looking at £200 per territory for three territories or £600 per month. I’ll give you 25% for three territory sales that I know I will make. Hold your price. #2:

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I’m going to use a financial goal as an example but recognize that this method applies to the success of reaching ANY goal. For example, when I ask people what their financial goal is, they tell me, “Earn more money than I made last year.”. Here’s what to do: Secret #1: The first step is to be absolutely precise on the desired goal.

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