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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. My answer: sales training initiatives. Sales training has grown in importance in the past decade.

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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Sales rep: Cash! Sales manager: Sounds good. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps. Are incentives obsolete? I’ve got bills to pay! Don’t do it.

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The 5 Essential To-Dos for Every Inside Sales Leader

SBI

Tweet AA-ISP Inside Sales Summit. Four hundred Inside Sales leaders attended the 2-day American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) Summit last week in Dallas. The Summit is the only conference dedicated exclusively to Inside Sales Leadership. Evening out with my gal pals.

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

You may need to increase the size of inside sales. Phase 3 - Sales Force Design - How many reps and what type? You need to add vertical specialists because your group struggled with the new product. Change the compensation plan to incent new logo growth by adding an accelerator. Sales training.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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What is Gamification?

LevelEleven

This can be useful for many facets of the business world, such as inside sales, call centers, and marketing teams. Have you run a sales contest? Game-Based Learning & Training. Unlike other methods, gamification-based training is a form of active learning. Relatedness through group interaction or teaming.

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The Dangers of Average Sales Skills

Janek Performance Group

Some sales organizations likely would exceed their blown sales budget in the first quarter. A SaaS technology provider with a ten person inside sales team had an average closing rate of 30 percent. The company considered this sales rep their superstar and felt lucky to have him. Don’t attend sales training.