Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 3, 2024

Dennis Connelly, Derek Baer and I were sharing our experiences coaching salespeople, sales managers and sales leaders, and comparing those who were and weren’t coachable. When it comes to coaching up salespeople, there are many conditions that must be met. It wasn’t personal.

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Pipeliner

MAY 9, 2023

In business, a successful sales team can make all the difference. Creating high-performing sales reps means supplying them with everything they require to reach their objectives, from motivation and professional growth. Building a successful sales team requires the right talent, strategy, and leadership.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Believe it or not, the new year is right around the corner– and that means it’s time to plan your sales compensation strategy for 2024. But, in this era of constantly shifting market conditions, it can be difficult to know what changes will best set your sales organization on the path towards success. Don’t worry, we’re here to help!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Being well-prepared and truly understanding how to get your people, your operations and your sales back and running at full bore will be essential for survival. As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt?— are aligned in a post-coronavirus world.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

Organizations are doing their best to navigate this new landscape of layoffs, remote working, canceled events, slowing sales and demand slumps. Being well-prepared and truly understanding how to get your people, your operations and your sales back and running at full bore will be essential for survival. That’s the bad news.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

What is a Sales Objection? When we think about objections, the first word that comes to mind is no. An objection can be expressed in a number of ways but it all boils down to when you’re not able to satisfy what they want. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Who have more than 10 employees.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building. The strategy ensures reps are well-prepared to meet and exceed sales targets.

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Xactly

MAY 16, 2018

The sales compensation planning process can be complex, and unfortunately, sometimes a headache. Luckily, with the right tools, sales operations can reduce the stress and time it takes to design, test, and implement a new compensation plan, and they can work to maintain and tweak the plan throughout the year.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 4, 2024

Now is a better time than ever for your sales team to align their goals, motivations, and strategies for the upcoming year (and beyond). With a sales kickoff (SKO). But with the guidance of David Nour, CEO of Nour Group , we will prepare you to have the most effective sales kickoffs. And one of the best ways to do this?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Sales operations teams frequently encounter hurdles such as juggling too many tasks, outdated procedures, insufficient data management, and communication breakdowns. When sales performance starts slipping, it’s a call to action for a sales operations strategy makeover. As a result, data silos emerge.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 27, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 3 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. Hire the right sales managers. Establish a Company Way for sales management.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How well can you explain (or defend) the way your company compensates sales employees? In today’s world, where pay transparency and compensation fairness are increasingly in the spotlight, sales employees and high-quality job candidates want to know more than just “how” your sales reps are paid. Let’s get into it!

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Effective sales management is the core of any successful business. Read on as we break down why strong sales management matters, along with proven strategies to achieve it. It involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the sales activities within an organization to achieve its revenue targets and close deals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2017

Although this means greater market reach, many partners lack the resources or incentive structure to report back timely and precise information. As a result, sales executives often have zero visibility into channel partner activity beyond vague reports tallying quarterly sales sums. Align Strategies to Unlock Opportunities.

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LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. But setting effective sales goals involves more than just choosing an arbitrary number. Additionally, we will discuss the SMART methodology for setting specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound objectives.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

AI and machine learning are often used interchangeably, typically because the delineation between the two can’t exactly be summed up in a few sentences. Now, let’s say that one week after purchasing the sleep tool, you turn it on and receive the following message: “I’ve analyzed your sleep patterns over the past seven nights.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

These are the things they know work best for them in each sales situation. Maybe, it’s that joke about sales reps and online dating. Or that popular story about nailing the ace and gaining the sale. Unfortunately, many sales reps also make their share of missteps. Expect objections. If no one objects, no one cares.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A common question I am often asked about sales is what are the characteristics or attributes of successful salespeople. In sales, your mindset is highly correlated to an individual’s willingness (at times ability) to be accountable for their actions and results. By Tibor Shanto. Correlations. Commitment Is Fueled By Results.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). ” ( source ).

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 8, 2018

B2C companies that harness this trend of reaching ad-skeptical consumers are beefing up their coffers big time, so why are some B2B companies not following suit? News flash: Every organization is made up of people, people who put a lot of trust in social media. Do you offer an incentive that “moves the needle?”

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

Why share this story at the beginning of an article about using Salesforce to calculate sales commission? How To Calculate Commission In Salesforce If you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you already have your instance of Salesforce set up. The invention of spreadsheets was a huge step toward commission automation.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan There are more sales experts, self-professed and otherwise, than ever before. There is more free content on sales and selling than anyone could have imagined. There are categories of sales tools and CRM applications where none existed a few years ago.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2018

Author: Bob Junke Recently, I had the honor of being asked by the Sales Enablement Society (SES) to offer my definition of sales enablement as an alternative to the one the SES Definition Working Group came up with. My definition follows, along with the reasons for it and application of it. I hope you find it beneficial.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many sales professionals often don’t receive the crucial tools needed for success right away. This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. While you’re at it, assess your other sales team members.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 26, 2022

Salespeople make sales calls. But the best sellers know each sales call is an opportunity. For most sellers, sales is a process-oriented profession. However, the best outcomes begin with the best process, and the best sales calls start with a plan. As part of discovery, sales calls follow prospecting.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gamification took the sales industry by storm in the latter half of the previous decade — and with good reason. Research has shown that there are huge benefits to gamifying your sales process, including better worker productivity and retention when it comes to learning new things. Let’s jump in! People love to play games.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales contests are a great way to get your reps hustling and keep their heads in the game. But if you’re only leveraging them for short-term results, you’re majorly underestimating the heavy lifting they can do for your team, your sales org, and ultimately, your bottom line. Why Sales Contests? Get specific. Engage the team.

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The Spiff Blog

MAY 18, 2023

For decades, perhaps longer, organizations of all sizes have struggled to effectively manage sales commission. In today’s blog post, we’re going to get to the bottom of this phenomenon and answer the following questions: Why has sales commission been such a persistent problem?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2012

This post will help you test a redesigned sales compensation plan to ensure cultural fit. Plus, you’ll find advice on compatibility with other sales effectiveness drivers. Let’s suppose HR is fully engaged for redesign of a 2013 Sales Compensation plan. But wait – this new incentive compensation plan could flop.

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LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

Understanding how to motivate your sales team is crucial for any business aiming to increase market share and achieve its sales goals. A motivated sales team can drive revenue, foster customer relationships, and contribute significantly towards the company’s mission. But what motivates sales teams?

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 24, 2024

In B2B sales, autonomy, creativity, and adaptability are essential for success. Therefore, micromanaging your sales team can have detrimental effects on morale, productivity, and outcomes. In research cited by the Center for Sales Strategy , 69% of workers considered changing jobs because of micromanagement.

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Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

What inspires you to be the best sales representative in your company? In this episode of the TSE podcast, host Donald Kelly speaks with Travis Ashby, a seasoned sales professional, on the deeper desires of salespeople beyond monetary incentives. Is it to take a vacation to Hawaii? I don't know.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 Why Sales Performance Management Matters.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 10, 2022

One of the worst things you can do for a sales call is go into it unprepared. Preparing for a sales call beforehand will get you there. This article will discuss 14 tips for setting yourself up for a successful sales call. Sales is one of the most stressful career options. Identify Sales Call Boundaries.

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