Gong.io

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While these are important sales KPIs, you’ll have to be more specific to create a SMART goal. For example, instead of saying that you want to bring in new clients or boost profit margins, you might say something like, “We’ll close more accounts with cold calls.” It helps you measure how effective your sales reps are at closing deals.

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Objections Examples Ideal Customer Profile Sales Management 62

The Brooks Group

JUNE 1, 2015

In order to maintain a healthy profit margin, you must reinforce the importance of value within your sales culture. Keep in mind these 6 tips for protecting profit margin: 1. Build a sales compensation plan that focuses on gross margin, not volume. Use them to your advantage.

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Margin Compensation Hiring Lead Rank 40

Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan.

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Compensation Examples Sales Management Incentives 87

Increase Sales

JULY 23, 2015

Sales managers face increased responsibility and accountability. Research continues to show sales teams do not meet sales goals while margins shrink due to the dynamics of market forces as well as government compliance. 1 – Sales to Earn or Close Time. 2 – Sales Conversion Ratio.

Sales Management 70

Sales Management Ideal Customer Profile Small Business Small Business 70

Allego

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How Brexit Has Impacted UK Sales Teams Since going into effect, Brexit has raised three areas of concern for UK sales teams: New Regulations to Navigate: With the UK stepping outside the EU’s regulatory framework, sales teams had to quickly adjust to new trade laws and customs, turning each sale into a journey through complex bureaucracy.

Strategy 62

Strategy Face-to-face Margin Revenue 62

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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Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank Forecasting 115

Xactly

JULY 5, 2018

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities unique to their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Your best sales rep is not necessarily the best leader.

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Compensation Sales Management Examples Commission 69

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2014

As with the prior articles, I get huge numbers of requests from sales manager to help Hack their jobs. “What are the short cuts?” ” “How do I manage my time better?” Having said that, here’s a few of my favorite hacks to sales management. I’ll stop here. No related posts.

Sales Management 93

Sales Management Hiring Top of Funnel Maximizer 93

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 1, 2023

“I just closed a deal with a 60 percent gross margin!” ” a new sales hire proudly told me early in my sales management career. What’s the net margin? The salesperson looked confused and asked, “Net margin, what’s the difference?” How many sales reps do you have?” “We

Margin 62

Margin Decision Maker ROI Hiring 62

Partners in Excellence

MAY 26, 2014

I’m not sure anyone looks forward to the Sales Management Review (sometimes these are called QBR’s, but there are other reviews). It’s unfortunate, because there’s a huge amount of value in the review process–both for sales people and managers.

Sales Management 90

Sales Management Forecasting Top of Funnel Sales Cycle 90

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For this company ‘someplace else’ had been growth, but at low margins, with chaos in the sales ranks, and a poorly installed CRM system…all because of a marketing plan that wasn’t a plan. Sales were up (marginally), but profits were suffering, their salespeople were not happy, and were leaving the company in spite of growth.

Margin 203

Margin Marketing Hiring Lead Rank 203

The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Time management is one of the most important priorities for a sales manager. The best sales managers know they need to be dedicating a significant amount of their time each week coaching their salespeople—but which group will bring in the best return on coaching investment? The Great Debate.

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Coaching Sales Management Quota Sales Talent 56

Sales Management Plus -- SMP

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Reviews can help identify opportunities to increase profitability, through cost savings or revenue growth. These could include sales volume, customer satisfaction scores, revenue, profit margins, operational efficiency, or inventory turnover. To review branch performance, a distribution company could follow these steps: 1.

Distribution 52

Distribution Lead Rank Lead Scoring Analysis 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Margin compression is a huge obstacle to overcome in a down economy. Consider switching up your compensation plan if you have a product with tightening margins or if margins need to be defended. One thing you can try is to comp your reps on profit margin instead of on revenue. This Is a Time of Opportunity.

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Hiring Salary Margin Compensation 103

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

They are outlined in James Jordan’s “Cracking the Sales Management Code: The Secrets to Measuring and Managing Sales Performance.” The following examples illustrate how the Checklist has helped teams execute their sales strategy. A telecom organization had 300 sales reps in the field. Tracking Activities.

Licensing 281

Licensing Margin Report Sales Operations 281

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Inclusive organizations report 28% higher revenue, 2x net income, and 30% better economic performance on profit margin. Sales leaders who did not invest in remote selling fell behind — 50% of this subgroup did not hit their sales targets this year. 51% of sales leaders rely on data to measure sales rep performance.

Sales Leadership 141

Sales Leadership Hiring Face-to-face Decision Maker 141

CommercialTribe

JUNE 23, 2020

With June nearly over and the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis behind us, sales management teams are focusing on building a plan to come out stronger on the other side. We recommend three main areas of focus for sales leaders: WHO they focus sales manager coaching effort against.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Sales Management Face-to-face 40

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I seldom hear career pathing discussions from sales leadership. Perhaps things like, we move SDRs into AE roles, possibly an account manager role. For a few, possibly sales management. Managers, if they coach, coach for day to day, quarter to quarter performance. Their margins tend to be the best.

Retention 103

Retention Engineering Coaching Face-to-face 103

Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

11 Actions Sales Management Must Take Now! Sound investment portfolio-management advice ranges from “hold firm with your existing stocks” to “take advantage of a great opportunity to buy at today’s basement prices”. Find out what is important to your sales team, and create rewards that will reinforce these.

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank 40

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

We no longer have to do the heavy lifting in helping customers recognize the need to change, in helping them understand the issues they face and the opportunity to improve. We don’t have to help them manage their buying process, helping them align the various people involved and their agendas. This is a huge lost opportunity!

Revelation 106

Revelation Margin Discount Retention 106

Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Increase sales dollars per quote, and quote volume. Produce higher margins. Increase upsell and cross-sell opportunities. During this session, we will explore and provide insights around the ways manufacturers can: Reduce quote time. Reduce errors in quotes. Date: February 18. Time: 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

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Microsoft Margin Discount Twitter 118

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Working with PITA clients isn’t just an unpleasant experience; it’s an opportunity cost. Your profit margins will be squeezed. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' He would have been a PITA customer. Yes, a “pain in the ass.” ” Bad Customers Cost Big Bucks.

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Referrals Case Study Energy Margin 274

Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 1, 2021

News flash—part of the responsibility of every sales manager is to teach their salespeople how to help clients make decisions. If your sales team is not consistently generating referrals from clients and instead view it as a problem, then treat it as a coaching opportunity. Solution : Change your mindset.

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Referrals Scale Influencer Lead Rank 118

Sandler Training

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It’s the start of a new year, with new goals, new challenges, and new opportunities. Each sales team is unique. but every team leader in every industry is, we believe, likely to be interested in the answer to a critical question about the year 2020: What can we do to improve closing ratios and margins this year?

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Closing Strategy Margin Industry 87

Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Increase sales dollars per quote, and quote volume. Produce higher margins. Increase upsell and cross-sell opportunities. During this session, we will explore and provide insights around the ways manufacturers can: Reduce quote time. Reduce errors in quotes. Date: February 23, 2021. Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Microsoft 62

Microsoft Margin Discount Conference 62

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

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?

Forecasting 124

Forecasting Sales Forecasts Territories Sales Qualified Lead 124

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Sales managers are quite familiar with the conversations that drive organizational decisions about whether to pursue major deals or to pass on them. Sales reps advocating pursuits will say, “It’s a big deal”, “It’s right in our power swing” or other similar reasons. But what do these reasons really mean? Think about it.

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Enterprise Enterprise Margin 98

Igniting Sales Transformation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

For those women just starting out in sales or for those women who’ve not considered a career in selling, I started off by asking Mandy how she got started in a career in sales. Other questions we tackled: Being a woman of color in sales – have there been specific challenges that you’ve faced? What about the opportunities?

Sales Leadership 86

Sales Leadership Microsoft Margin Face-to-face 86

A Sales Guy

JULY 23, 2014

Each has its own business, margins and mix of products and services. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them.

Compensation 120

Compensation Margin Commission Salary 120

Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Each has its own business, margins and mix of products and services. Some pay commission based on sales, while others only pay on margin; still others blend both with incentives and special bonus plans. Your sales management team must understand your company’s overall goals and structure compensation to align with them.

Compensation 68

Compensation Margin Commission Salary 68

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 8, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I have been teaching and writing for years that buyer-focused selling, a consultative approach to sales, is the best approach for differentiating, adding and being the value, maintaining and increasing margins and winning a larger percentage of opportunities.

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Consultative Selling Margin Sports Sales Methodology 259

Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 24, 2011

The Importance of Sales Management in a Recovering Economy. We have met with Sales Leaders from around the world, lead workshops, presented keynotes and developed new long term relationships with our client base. I have also noticed an uptick in my own prospects and business opportunities. It’s been a great few weeks.

Sales Management 65

Sales Management Hiring Compensation Margin 65

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Yeah, I know many of you will say, “Well dugghhh, Dave, we know all about it and how important it is, after all, we’ve been selling for years… ” The reality, as I review pipelines, win/losses, deal strategies, the biggest challenges most people face is the opportunities aren’t really qualified. This is our ICP.

Ideal Customer Profile 68

Ideal Customer Profile BANT Pipeline Margin 68

The Pipeline

AUGUST 14, 2013

While their company is looking for an accurate forecast, one that will help them better run their business, understand potential order flow and resource requirement, protect margins, which in turn help make the product and your selling more competitive. They care less about contributing, than covering their ass.

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Scale Forecasting Call-back Account 293

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2013

Their appearances provided opportunities to coach current players. The real problem is that the CEO's, Presidents, Owners, Sales VP's, Sales Directors and Sales Managers to whom these veteran salespeople report are simply afraid of them. Then the formal sales process is introduced. Increase their income.

Face-to-face 208

Face-to-face Margin Coaching Proposal 208

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When I met the sales manager, I asked his opinion on enterprise accounts. He explained that before there was a sales team, the CEO sold the first 50 accounts himself. These were high margin and high profit accounts. If an inbound enterprise lead was submitted, the CEO handled it instead of his sales team.

Hiring 62

Hiring Enterprise Enterprise Scale 62

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 11, 2014

It''s an opportunity to take a major account from your biggest competitor. Don decides that, in order to prepare for this big opportunity, the team should have a pre-call meeting. Everyone selected for the team sale is there except Puig. How about the rest of the group that is aware of this opportunity? It''s a big lead.

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Hiring SME Margin Account 152