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Thru the Candidate’s Eyes - Attracting Sales Talent

SBI Growth

Here’s what top producers have told us they look for: Territory with abundant opportunity. Take a look at each motivator: Abundant Territory Opportunity. Top producers demand a fair, equitable and coverable territory. A patchwork territory based on prior relationships raises a red flag. Top Performers’ Top 5. Hot product.

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8 KPIs Every Sales Manager Should Measure in 2018

Hubspot Sales

KPIs for Sales Managers. Sales Volume by Location. Sales managers -- and particularly field sales managers -- can often feel like they are trapped in a fog. This is the metric that managers most consistently monitor. New Leads/Opportunities. Client Acquisition Rates. Competitor Pricing.

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How to Fix a Sales Forecast Killer

Pointclear

Territory turnover for this new sales manager isn’t unusual, but the solution can be evasive, expensive and humbling. Experienced sales managers, however, know how to deal with it. He had 10 sales territories in his domestic North American sales force. So, What’s a Sales Manager to Do?

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Enhance Sales Momentum

Pointclear

For salespeople and sales managers, few understand the Prime Directive of Sales Management: Enhance Sales Momentum (Never Interrupt It). Sales momentum isn’t about sales skills. It’s measured as a product of its mass and velocity of your sales efforts. Territory Adjustments. See item 5.

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5 Sales Quota Setting Methodologies Proven to Generate Revenue

The Spiff Blog

Here’s why: the sales quota is a key variable in many of the equations that dictate core business functions. 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.

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Time to competency: the new essential metric in sales onboarding

BrainShark

Follow The Blueprint for Better Sales Onboarding to efficiently and effectively onboard your sales team to guarantee long-term results. What is time to competency in sales onboarding? Competency refers to the skills, knowledge, or processes that sales reps need to master to meet the expectations of their job” (source).

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Sales Compensation Planning: Everything to Consider in 2019

Xactly

The start of a new year comes with a new sales plan—and that means you must reassess your sales capacity needs , align and balance sales territories , and create a sales incentive plan that drives sales performance. Enter sales compensation planning. The Importance of Sales Compensation Planning.