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Excuse My Typos – Just Busy Establishing Plausible Deniability

The Pipeline

I see this in all aspects of sales, those who just make ten calls to ten sequential names on a list, and call it prospecting; versus those who initiate contact and engagement with ten 10 prequalified, researched, planned and targeted viable potential buyers, using all the tools available to them, from traditional to social and everything between.

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Sell With the Confidence of Your CEO

Janek Performance Group

Transferring the knowledge and experience from senior leaders so the sales team can close at the highest possible rate is a riddle that needs to be solved. In this article, we will discuss how junior sales reps can sell like their CEO. When we talk with CEOs, we recognize their deep knowledge as a potent sales tool.

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Sales Compensation Planning for 2016

Your Sales Management Guru

Initially the first step in overall business planning is to have the management team determine what per cent ages of overall revenue will come from net new client’s vs existing clients by product/service or Practice area. Once that exercise is completed then all budgets, marketing plans and sales compensation planning can begin.

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Flipping The Pipeline Value Pyramid

Partners in Excellence

At it’s worst, sales people view it as a “Big Brother Is Watching Exercise.” ” Unfortunately, too many managers view it in the same way, reveling in the concept of being able to watch and micromanage. So what’s the WIIFM for sales people for strong pipeline metrics and high pipeline integrity?

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5 Sales Planning Questions You Should Ask

Xactly

Industry and company benchmarking tools can be a boon in this respect and start you off on the right path. . Revenue growth, gross margins, and sales costs as a percent of customer retention should be looked at in relation to the sales plan’s effectiveness. Do You Know What Makes a Good Sales Compensation Plan?

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Evaluating sales compensation processes to avoid automated chaos

OpenSymmetry

Getting into the swing of 2017, your company is ready to be liberated from the ancient tools handicapping your sales efforts to a mindbendingly slow pace. Take a fresh look at your sales compensation processes before considering the investment of a new tool. What are the things that have “always been done that way”?

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Why Sales Ethics Are Key to Navigating the Post-COVID Downturn

Chorus.ai

Money is scarcer than before, and consistent value is a primary consideration for your customers when deciding which tools and software to keep in their tech stack. Without sufficient coverage of the subject in sales training, your reps may not be aware of the boundaries of ethical behavior when it comes to selling.