Mindtickle

JANUARY 8, 2017

Sales enablement is more complex for a distributed field sales team. To get you started, here are six points to consider as you’re developing your field enablement strategy. Regardless of your industry, accountability is key for field sales enablement. What type of sales do your reps need to do?

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Sales Enablement Strategy Scale 52

Highspot

MARCH 12, 2024

Enablement’s Position in Your GTM Engine Revenue enablement can report directly to the CRO or live under field sales, rev ops, and even marketing – but there’s one common denominator for enablement’s success: Your enablement leader must have a seat at the table with the other GTM leaders.

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Scale Engineering Maximizer Lead Rank 115

Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2014

Click here to Download a FREE eBook with Sales Management TIPS. Here are 5 ACTIONS Sales Managers Can Take: 1. Have your salespeople identify the accounts that represent the lowest hanging fruit, biggest opportunity and their largest customers. Many sales management experts advocate focusing on monitoring KPIs.

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Coaching Account eBook Sales Management 294

Steven Rosen

JUNE 2, 2017

Making Remote Coaching Work in Sales Organizations. Coaching is the number one sales management activity that drives sales performance. Sales managers that grow and develop their salespeople will grow their business. Sales coaching is both a skill and a process. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Coaching Skype Sales Coaching Sales Management 221

SBI Growth

JANUARY 24, 2013

Field Sales has seen a resource shift from outside to inside sales. Sales relies more than ever on marketing to engage the buyer early in the process. All this requires seamless coordination between sales and marketing leadership, field sales, and strategy. Field Sales.

Sales Qualified Lead 297

Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 297

Jonathan Farrington

APRIL 26, 2013

Agile Field Sales is an emerging paradigm made possible by the rapid expansion of capabilities in cloud and mobile technologies. Emerging tools that require little or no IT resources to implement and run, enable sales management to examine, assess and adapt their tactics in direct response to what they see going on in the field.

Field Sales 43

Field Sales Wireless Sales Qualified Lead Scale 43

Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

Faster sales cycles Traveling back and forth to a prospect’s office takes a lot of time, so sales cycles tend to be long in outside sales. When sales reps sell from an office, they can close deals faster and work on multiple opportunities concurrently. Lower cost per sale Any sale has costs.

Inside Sales 52

Inside Sales Face-to-face Hiring Outside Sales 52

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Take any trend?—?social,

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Key to the success of sales team communication at Lawson Products is always ensuring that sales management is aware of communication going to their teams. If it’s a change, requires action or will generate a lot of questions, we provide sales management with extra information or tools to respond appropriately.

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Face-to-face Automotive Webinar Metrics Conference 197

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

When assessing your team’s performance, sales activities offer crucial metrics. That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results.

Revenue 118

Revenue Proposal SalesForce Lead Rank 118

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Leverage Relationships In episode one, Bryan Tunick, a ZoomInfo sales manager, had to think quickly when a pretty fantastic deal nearly turned into a 90% discount. Take Every Opportunity Seriously The third episode features Chris Hays, COO and president at ZoomInfo. More importantly, Hays met his wife through the transaction.

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Discount Negotiation Up-Sell Intent 100

The Pipeline

JULY 22, 2013

In organizations with a large and blended team, inside, outside, pre-sale, post-sales, responsibilities, these parasales people have an opportunity to learn and evolve, gain needed experience and expertise while still contributing to the outcome. This highlights the need for a more planned and patient hiring approach.

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Hiring Licensing Health Care Sales Talent 267

The Brooks Group

JUNE 10, 2014

Perhaps the most common error made by organizations trying to fill sales management slots is the tendency to promote a strong sales performer into a sales management role. In some cases, the salesperson who is appointed to be sales manager is the last one standing after the smoke has cleared.

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Retention 40

SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2013

There are 10 best practices Sales VPs have taken to ensure this doesn’t happen. Below are five of the 10: Sales Manager/VP field sales rides : Participating with your sales reps on more field calls leads to increased revenue. Make the sales job fun. Play a game or have a contest.

Hiring 325

Hiring Top of Funnel How To Social Selling 325

SBI Growth

MARCH 28, 2013

Directly observe at least one sales team’s weekly meeting per month. Randomly select specific opportunities in the pipeline and inspect them. While in the field, discuss these opportunities with each rep. Within the Sales Ops Field Kit ( click here to download ), there are tools to support you.

Face-to-face 276

Face-to-face Quota Territories CRM 276

SBI

JULY 29, 2014

Darren: Perenso has created a cloud based Field Sales Solution that helps companies with reps on the road sell more products whilst saving them money. It’s an easy to use product that doesn’t require too much IT involvement, so the Sales Department can run the whole solution themselves if required.

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Up-Sell Closing Field Sales Revenue 135

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

It requires a process, a consistent sales methodology, and time. Plan to invest at least two to three years in a sales coaching program to get it off the ground. Coaching vs. Managing. Today's sales managers need to wear two hats – their manager hat and their coaching hat. Are they meeting expectations?

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Sales Coaching Research Coaching Sales Methodology 106

InsideSales.com

MARCH 15, 2020

Good sales leaders are those who can successfully manage a sales team and escalate them to great heights. Here are some sales team management tips to set your team up for success. RELATED: 3 Questions Data-Driven Sales Managers Must Answer. In this article: Build a Sales Team Based on Your Needs.

Hiring 58

Hiring Top of Funnel Promotion Distribution 58

Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Compared to a traditional role-play conducted in person, virtual role-plays give reps the opportunity to take multiple passes at a scenario at their own pace, while also equipping them with concrete feedback that they can put into practice immediately. Top 8 sales role-play scenarios. Remote selling. Objection handling.

Negotiation 105

Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 105

SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

Early takeaways from the field: Sales Force Automation tool must be optimized – Salesforce.com adoption by reps and managers can be improved. Reps and managers need training on how to leverage its capabilities. Each must hire sales reps with a unique set of competencies. Key Activities.

Revenue 288

Revenue Hiring Face-to-face Social Media 288

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Take any trend?—?social,

Demand Generation Targets 120

Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2020

Each sales person, had about 1000 customers in their territories. They were so busy addressing the opportunities in their territory, they were “missing” the big deals. They assigned each field sales person to the 10-15 largest potential accounts in their territory, shifting all other accounts to inside sales or web sales.

Ideal Customer Profile 91

Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation Account 91

Gong.io

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Sales territory mapping is the process of defining the areas of your target market that sales reps are responsible for growing. While only some sales organizations create sales territories, there are plenty of reasons to do so. . In an ideal world, sales managers would assign each account to the most suitable rep.

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Territories Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Forecasting 62

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It helps determine realistic goals and provides data to help the team reach those goals, as well as what each sales rep needs to do individually to help reach them. In addition, information such as the company’s top customers and closed opportunities can be used when presenting to the board or executive team.

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Industry Data Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 98

Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

Their primary role is to drive sales by understanding the needs of clients, presenting products or services, negotiating contracts, and ensuring customer satisfaction. It represents the effectiveness of a sales team or individual in converting prospects into customers.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 52

Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2013

Over the next several months, I’ll be interviewing a number of Sales Operations and Sales Enablement executives. I believe these roles are critical in understanding and driving sales performance. Field sales managers focus on their teams.

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Sales Operations Field Sales Sales Enablement Maximizer 89

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2020

And as a sales manager, you want to do everything in your power to put your reps in that position. That's why mock calls — practice calls conducted by sales managers — are so crucial. A well-executed mock call is an excellent opportunity for you to get a better feel for your reps' strengths and weaknesses.

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Exercises Cold Calling Scale Discount 113

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

It’s sneakier than gender discrimination or racial prejudice of old, but just as damaging for careers, relationship-building opportunities, and account based sales teams. What moved me the most were the comments from immigrants and minorities, who wrote about how they experienced the same biases as women in sales.

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Cold Calling Loyalty Account Intent 266

Mindtickle

APRIL 22, 2022

The same can be said for sales. While training and coaching are key to getting them ready to sell, reps also need opportunities to practice what they’ve learned, risk free. That way, they can perfect their skills before going into the field — where there’s the risk of losing deals if things go south. Benefits to sales managers.

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Closing Exercises Pharmaceuticals Analysis 52

Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This article is written with field sales teams in mind. However, if you run an inside sales team exclusively, don’t despair, you may still find a nugget or two of helpful information as well. If your sellers think that every company or consumer out there is a right fit for your company, you are wasting money on field sales.

Revenue 52

Revenue Hiring PointClear Inside Sales 52

LevelEleven

JULY 10, 2018

For sales leaders, the end of Q2 offers a pleasant opportunity to look back and reflect on your team’s accomplishments over the past six months. To help get you started, LevelEleven created a comprehensive KPI report featuring the most prominent metrics being used by successful sales managers. Unique KPIs by Industry.

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Report Motivation Policies Study 48

SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

Incentive Compensation: Sales people are “coin-operated.” They thrive on opportunities to win rewards and prizes. Remoteness: Field sales people are spread across wide geographies. One sales manager at a leading B2B technology firm recently shared his experience: “I forced my team to enter everything into Salesforce.com.

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Hiring Case Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 326

LevelEleven

JULY 16, 2018

Sales Development. Sales development professionals, sometimes called SDRs, are typically non-quota carrying salespeople whose job is to set up qualified sales opportunities for the inside sales and field sales teams. Field Sales . Sales Acronyms & Terms.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 48

BrainShark

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Common, deep understandings of target buyers: A company’s alignment to the market opportunity is only possible if both the “marketing funnel” and the “sales cycle/pipeline” are tightly aligned to the buyer purchasing journey, which requires a deep understanding of buyers’ needs and their preferred purchasing journey.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Revenue Marketing 62

Allego

JULY 1, 2020

He’s a true sales enablement enthusiast who has a passion for systems that empower people. Allego: What are the biggest opportunities and challenges you see facing sales teams today? George : There are many opportunities and challenges specifically with remote sales teams. Watch the complete interview.

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Face-to-face Sales Enablement Video Call-back 62

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

She spent most of her career at Hewlett Packard Enterprise where she started off as an individual contributor, then moving into leadership, and ultimately running the inside sales organization at FireMon. We talk about lessons field sales can learn from inside sales and about how to manage a career and a family.

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Inside Sales Field Sales Policies Travel 102

SalesLoft

APRIL 9, 2020

Connect Rates, Reply Rates, Call Conversion Rates, Activities per Opportunity, No Show Rates, DQ Rates, Stage Conversion Rates, and Win Rates). Virtually all field sellers became inside sellers overnight. Inside sales managers can’t walk the aisles to listen in on their reps’ calls anymore. Everyone is working from home.

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Cold Calling Lead Rank Call-back Face-to-face 93