Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2020

Author: Tim Houlihan How important are end-of-month/quarter/year dates for sales revenues? Sales managers rely on these made-up deadlines to generate urgency and motivation. Incentive designers have come to know this from years of their own experiences and observations. On one level, they’re everything.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Few leading indicators are more predictive of a company’s future sales performance than its incentive compensation plans. While multiple factors influence the effectiveness of your sales incentive compensation plans, 5 tips stand out: 1. Creating incentive programs that work require balancing multiple design choices.

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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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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s hard out there for your average sales manager. Sales trends like ever-expanding buyer expectations, changing sales methodologies and nonstop transformation initiatives have coalesced to make their role more challenging than ever. Implement a Rigorous Hiring Process for Sales Managers and Leaders.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this article, we discuss how sales and marketing collaboration makes a difference and provide tips and tools for making this collaboration more efficient. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Enablement Content Enablement content sits at the crux of successful sales and marketing alignment.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Many companies are zeroing in on gross profit margin and other efficiency indicators as they seek to offset previous slowdowns in revenue growth. Recommended reading: 23 Quotes to Guide Your Sales Compensation Planning Process Compensation Transformation Tip #2: Emphasize customer retention and other expansion metrics.

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s a list of the best lead generation tools on the market today. These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. We’ve broken down the best lead generation tools into four distinct categories. 1) Outreach.io 1) Outreach.io

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you’ve worked in sales, revenue operations, or finance for any amount of time, I don’t have to tell you how important sales compensation is. You already know the right sales compensation plan can motivate your team, improve their performance, and boost overall job satisfaction. Successful Sales Compensation Programs.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

When you can pinpoint dips in productivity and identify the elements that contribute to slower workflows, you can make the changes needed to support your sales team. An improvement in productivity translates to more deals closed and more revenue for your business, which means productivity directly impacts your bottom line.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

When sales performance starts slipping, it’s a call to action for a sales operations strategy makeover. Read on for practical tips to supercharge your sales ops and turn obstacles into opportunities for revenue growth. Strengthen Leadership Skills Implement development programs for sales leaders.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 1, 2022

We do this through hiring the right people, training, giving them tools/processes/programs/systems to help them perform, providing the right support, eliminating barriers to their performance, and constantly coaching/developing them. We try to develop compensation plans that incent people to achieve those goals.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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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. It not only drives revenue growth but also helps in managing customer churn and acquisition costs effectively. But setting effective sales goals involves more than just choosing an arbitrary number.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Sales is the most important function with any company, and the sales manager plays a critical role within it. That said… The importance of your sales manager cannot be understated. The sales force drives the company’s revenue and it’s the sales manager’s job to drive the sales force.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 20, 2020

Why Sales Contests? Sales contests are a tried-and-true tool in most sales managers’ arsenals and for good reason. When you run a strategic, goal-oriented sales competition, you can strengthen sales skills, build sales culture, and drive revenue — all at the same time. Identify KPIs.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Wherever you find your company on the proverbial path to success, chances are you’ve had to tweak your sales commission structure to match the stage your business is in, and for the type of business you’re in, to keep sales reps motivated and continuing to generate revenue. Prioritize a positive sales culture.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Scott Barton , VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent. He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Join us for a great conversation about driving the right behaviors within your sales team. powered by Sounder.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at sales gamification, why it works, and what you can do to gamify your sales process and increase your revenue. Key takeaways Sales gamification can improve performance by drawing attention to specific metrics, sales targets, and KPIs. Let’s jump in!

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SBI

JULY 24, 2018

In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM. Sales reps do not love their CRM and see little value in it. IT HASN’T AUTOMATED THE SALES PROCESS, SO WHAT? A HISTORY LESSON.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Reflecting on this example, there are three notable hallmarks of a good incentive program : Simplicity Visibility/Transparency Appropriate Timing Let’s take a look at how each of these factors plays a crucial role in a successful incentive program: Simplicity “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The question is, how do sales leaders inspire daily enthusiasm and cultivate that into the sales culture? Sales contests are a great tool. Spiffs, incentives, or contests, whatever you call them–salespeople love them–when done right. In sales, managing the right behaviors solves most sales problems.

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Achieving revenue targets can be tricky, and it’s tempting to overlook training. 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.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 23, 2021

And you can provide team members with sales guidance, tips, and recommendations as needed. Invest in video conferencing software and other remote collaboration tools for your hybrid sales team. Teach team members how to use these tools, too. As a result, they can work together to drive sales. Provide Incentives.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We’ll take a closer look at some of the specific tasks the sales operations team handles later on. Why is sales operations (Sales Ops) important? Sales reps only have so many hours in a day. Yet, they often spend the bulk of their time on tasks that don’t drive revenue. It also drives efficiency for sales managers.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

When it comes to sales one of the most potent superpowers a sales manager can have is the ability to coach effectively. But why do we still think sales managers should be able to coach without any training or practice? Effective sales coaching changes topline revenue. CSO Insights.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

When it comes to sales one of the most potent superpowers a sales manager can have is the ability to coach effectively. But why do we still think sales managers should be able to coach without any training or practice? Effective sales coaching changes topline revenue. CSO Insights.

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Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

To help ensure you set your sales team up for success, here are six steps to setup a commission plan. Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. sales commission structures , bonus plans, pay mix, etc.)

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SBI

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

When you’re able to correlate readiness to revenue, you can optimize your readiness programs and revenue at the same time. Nancy Nardin, Smart Selling Tools. Sales Enablement. Where Do Great Sales Enablement Leaders Come From? Sales Incentives. More Brainshark Resources.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Increases sales capacity and productivity Sales coaching is integral to increasing your sales capacity (what your sales team is actually capable of achieving within a given period) and making quota consistently despite fluctuating headcount or market conditions. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

First, let’s consider the benefits of inside sales from the perspective of the company: Inside sales can be very cost-effective (no need to pay for flights, accommodations, fuel, mileage, etc.). Revenue and ROI tend to be more predictable from inside sales teams. Achieving sales quotas and targets. Image Source ).

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling. powered by Sounder.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Sales reps may share one common goal—closing deals—but managers need to understand different personalities, adapt to unique learning styles, and provide the tools each rep needs to hit (and ideally, exceed) their quotas. Yet, one thing remains the same: everyone wants the sale team to succeed.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this blog post, we’ve rounded up sales productivity stats from the leading research firms and vendors in the sales enablement space to put together stats bucked into a few different categories: customer experience; rep time management; sales managers; sales enablement; and technology usage.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2021

” Too often, the driving metric for sales performance is “the number,” quota, or the revenue goal. One group was, largely hitting their revenue targets. Most of their performance was driven by recurring revenue from existing customers. We have two sales people, sales person 1 and 2.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

We have all witnessed situations where an outstanding sales rep is “rewarded” with a promotion to sales management, leading to two compounding problems. Damage on the other members of the team who now lack a leader, this will manifest in either lower revenues or mass departures, sometimes both.

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