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CRM Experts Talk SugarCon13 and More

Score More Sales

Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a panel where we discussed some of these things. Not enough employees with CRM seats – companies will selectively give certain individuals seats, such as all sales but no marketing, or inside sales but not outside sales (or vice versa). Increase Opportunities.

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5 Principles for Setting Expectations in Your Sales Organization

The Brooks Group

Resist the urge to simply hand new employees a book of company guidelines and performance expectations. Instead, work with your sales reps to establish short-term goals and long-terms goals together, using two-way communication. How many calls/outside sales meetings are they expected to make per week?

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Managers Don’t Know What Their People Are Doing

Keith Rosen

The question was: With respect to observation of outside sales teams, are there other tactics to accomplish this other than joining them on a sales call? or the geographical dispersion of their sales team (no time), observation is the most important activity for any manager to engage in consistently.

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How to Enable Your B2B Sales Team to Convert Inbound Leads

Sales Hacker

In this follow-up to our Organic B2B Inbound Marketing Playbook , I teamed up with Outbound View owner Blake Johnston to break down the best practices for coordinating marketing and sales to convert your sales qualified leads to warm opportunities (and eventually deals). Hire, Organize and Segment Your B2B Sales Team.

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Should Sales People Be On Quota?

Partners in Excellence

He said his sales people never had been on quota, they had certain guidelines on things they should be doing (activities) and some metrics associated with those activities. Do we have enough leads we can convert into qualified opportunities? Later in the day, I got an email from a GM for a division of a very large company.

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The Ultimate Guide to Channel Sales

Hubspot Sales

Do you need a partner with an outside sales team, an inside sales team, both, or neither? Process: Your partner’s sales process should be compatible with yours. Ideally, there’s a natural point in their sales or services process for introducing or upselling your product. The national average salary in the U.S.

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The July Edition of Top Sales Magazine is Published

Jonathan Farrington

Having a sales department policy is the foundation of success for any organization, no matter how big or small. Whether you have one or one hundred sales people, you need to have clearly defined guidelines and expectations. “Transforming Sales Professionals into Virtual Sales Teams” by Jason Dobbs.

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