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JANUARY 31, 2023

Help your sales reps meet their goals with a sales territory management strategy–plus how to make your plan more effective, and the best tools to manage it.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. Wing was able to lean on ZoomInfo’s Chorus conversation intelligence solution and its SalesOS platform to analyze successful deals and perform lightning-fast research on her new territory and team. Luckily for her, that era is over.

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LeadFuze

JULY 14, 2023

How to be a good sales manager is an inquiry that many professionals in the field often ponder. The role of a sales manager extends beyond just overseeing a team; it’s about fostering growth, driving performance, and achieving targets. A sales manager position, that’s your answer.

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Xactly

AUGUST 13, 2018

Let’s cut to the chase–if you’re not using data to drive your sales territory mapping, your territories might be hurting your sales performance more than they are helping it. Sales territory mapping software offers more benefits than sales managers may realize. Take Assessment.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

There has been lots written about the common mistake companies make in selecting new sales managers; specifically the habit of promoting some of their best sales people to the management ranks, whether they are suitable or not. The notion that the best managers are those who have done it is simply not right.

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Nutshell

MARCH 8, 2023

As a sales manager, you want to make sure your team has everything they need to succeed. Your resources are limited though, so how do you make the most of what you’ve got? The answer is resource management skills—a crucial but often overlooked skill in the sales manager’s toolkit.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Buyers are more self-directed and demand a different sales person. And this requires a different sales manager. CEOs that have terminated Sales VPs recently state performance is only part of the reason. The other is the inability to get consistent performance from sales managers. A’ player Sales Mgrs.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 31, 2021

As the head of sales it doesn’t matter if you are involved directly in the process, what matters, is that you have in place a top-notch sales selection system. Without a clear process, your sales managers will each adopt their own approach and ultimately achieve sub-optimal results. Time & Territory Management.

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Xactly

JUNE 18, 2018

Traditionally, manual processes, such as spreadsheets, have been the go-to planning tool, but they aren’t built for logic and can’t deliver valuable real-time insights. Capacity management. Optimizing Territory Design with Data Intelligence. In fact, research supports the impact of ineffective territory planning.

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Xactly

JUNE 13, 2018

Effective territory design is the basis of strategic sales planning. Balanced territories allow you to set fair quotas, which have a huge impact on your incentive compensation and success of your salesforce. Ultimately, if your sales territories aren’t optimized, you hinder sales reps’ motivation and performance.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“In my experience a lot of sales managers are keeping deals in their heads and they spend a lot of time discussing what they think is going to close and why. and free up time for managers to coach the reps on how to add more value in their territory for better outcomes.” Companies want “one throat to choke!”

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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 7, 2020

There are different types of sales managers you run into during your time in sales. You can learn something from most of them, but leadership being as tricky as it is, it’s often easier to point to how you get things wrong than it is to elucidate what makes one effective.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A post for Sales and HR Leaders to find root causes of Sales Manager (SM) vacancies. The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. Teams without effective sales managers lack morale and discipline. Weak sales strategy.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team. Every sales manager wants a team of ‘A’ players.

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Xactly

AUGUST 2, 2018

The sales territory is a geographical area that is managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by sales potential, history, geography, or a combination of the above. The objective is to make sure sales territories are balanced to help increase revenues. .

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SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. Managing At (Impossible) Scale.

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Closer's Coffee

JUNE 19, 2019

How to Choose the Right Sales Manager for Your Company. The sales manager is arguably the most critical person in the company. Hiring a leader for a sales organization is a decision that is more critical for a company. Many organizations “promote” their best seller to a sales management position.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2014

Now that productivity is defined, you need to identify the tools they need. Training Topics: Social prospecting: You need to teach them how to identify prospects on social media. Teach your new sales reps who these individuals are and what’s important to them. Sales process: Your organization has a unique sales process.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2022

First, congratulations, your first job as a sales manager is a huge step forward in your career. Now, don’t screw it up—you’ll get a lot of managers who will immediately congratulate you, shake your hand, smile then say, “What have you done for me lately?”. How did you get here? What happens when they don’t?

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Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Any IT tools that can free up a few minutes or a few hours for folks will be greatly appreciated. For sales pros, this is more than nice—it’s liberating. Consider how we evaluate job performance. Organized my contact files and updated my rolodex (I know, dinosaur sales epoch). IT tools can pick up some of the slack.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2023

Why is it important in sales management? CRM Functions to Speed Up the Sales Process 5. Footnotes In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective sales management involves more than just charm and persuasion. Now, let’s look at how this is possible in the rest of the blog. What is a CRM?

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In this guide, I have covered every aspect that is required for building a solid sales commission structure. Moreover, you’ll be getting access to our sales commission calculator tool in this article, so stay tuned. What is sales commission? What are the types of sales commissions? Sales commission calculator tool.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. Live video conferencing tools can only take you so far. Virtual sales teams also need the ability to access key information while they’re on the go, share best practices, and learn as they go from subject matter experts. Technology: Ease of Access.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Barry Trailer from Sales Mastery Advisors highlights a goldmine of opportunity: diving deep into repeat and referral sales. Believe it or not, expanding within your existing customer base can yield better returns than braving new territories. 18:23] Slow progress in implementing artificial intelligence for sales. [20:08]

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SBI Growth

JULY 26, 2013

Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." In the predictor tool, you will also learn: Why short-term financial returns can be deceiving. In the predictor tool, you will also learn: Why short-term financial returns can be deceiving. Failure here.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 14, 2019

Sales managers influence what salespeople sell, where they sell, who they sell to and even how they sell. These factors make the sales manager role one of the most influential and demanding jobs in any company engaged in complex B2B sales. How many direct reports do sales managers have in your company?

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Highspot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In fact, a reported 69% of sellers who exceed annual quota consider their sales managers as being “above average” at their jobs. But here’s the problem: A good candidate for sales management is hard to find. Why is there a knowledge gap for sales leaders? sales guidance. performance KPI tracking.

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Vengreso

MARCH 30, 2022

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is arguably one of the most powerful social selling tools available – but most teams are underutilizing it. We are seeing only about 20-30% adoption, on average, in our clients, and even many of the power users are not maximizing the incredible potential LinkedIn Sales Navigator offers. and beyond.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2017

Sales managers are critical to the success of their sales reps. While sales managers are charged with ensuring reps meet their numbers, how they meet their numbers is not as simple as it once was. Yet businesses often under-invest in their sales managers. Can your sales reps wait that long?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2017

Sales managers are critical to the success of their sales reps. While sales managers are charged with ensuring reps meet their numbers, how they meet their numbers is not as simple as it once was. Yet businesses often under-invest in their sales managers. Can your sales reps wait that long?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It’s every Sales Manager’s struggle. You’ve had an open territory for some time. So how do you get your new rep to produce quicker? Most sales managers do not identify the key metric for onboarding success. A sales manager should define a set of onboarding activities that drive the right selling behavior.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 2, 2019

If you locate your prospects in high concentration in a territory, then cold canvassing will work well. We get down on how to execute the tactic in the next section. How to execute a cold canvassing campaign: 5 simple steps. Travel costs - Does your territory require traveling by air or commuting by their cars?

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Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

A sales playbook serves as a guide or a model for capturing best practices for each and every potential sales situation. It leads your sales reps through various scenarios: how to prospect, when to sell what product or service, how to overcome common objections, what to negotiate for (and how ) to name a few.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 6, 2021

And if it's not functioning as well as you'd like it to, how can you improve it? The concept that underlies all those points is known as sales effectiveness. The way that sales effectiveness is measured can vary by company or sales organization depending on which sales metrics are the most important to them.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Help the sales leader identify any reps that are at risk of leaving. This should actually be an ongoing task of the HR leader to have frequent discussions with Sales Directors and Sales Managers to keep pulse on which Reps may be at risk for leaving. Has any documented issues of “disconnect” with sales management.

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Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. Data is the most important and useful tool for any part of a strategic sales plan. Optimize Your Sales Plan. Gather as Much Data as Possible.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

My last blog discussed how to Make it Rain in Q4 and close the year strong. This blog addresses how sales reps can ensure their quota is realistic and attainable. How to Determine if your Quota is Realistic. Don’t worry if you aren’t sure how to get started. Today I have shifted the focus to next year.

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