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With a transient workforce is there still team spirit?

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Gordon, Senior Vice President Sales, Rymax Marketing Services, Inc. Recently I was asked to attend a manufacturer’s sales meeting. The time and money that was spent on the meeting was being wasted as the meeting followed a predictable course. Rymax Marketing Services, Inc.

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5 Tips for Breaking the Monotony of the Annual Sales Meeting

The Brooks Group

The annual sales meeting is a crucial part of setting the tone for the upcoming year with your sales team. If you’re intentional about the planning of your annual sales meeting, your salespeople will be more engaged and will walk away prepared to hit their goals in the New Year. Get Input from Your Sales Team.

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How to Increase Sales by Transforming the Sales Structure, with Steve Niemiec, Episode #124

Vengreso

Steve Niemiec believes that there’s a lot more to it and that the sales structure companies utilize can dramatically impact sales growth across the board. Steve is the Senior Vice President of Sales for TechTarget where he helps bring the power of purchase intent-driven marketing and sales services to technology companies.

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Activating Your Virtual Sales Force: Inspire, Educate and Connect Your Sellers Remotely

Sales and Marketing Management

Now that most sellers are virtual, sales leaders should consider incorporating some of the following activities into their 2021 plans: Host engaging, inspirational speakers at all-hands meetings or virtual kickoffs. Show prerecorded videos during virtual sales meetings highlighting top performers and organizational successes.

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Do You Realize the Many Virtues Of Humanizing Your Brand?

Smooth Sale

No doubt, they would also accept that trying to be over-relatable, for example, by implementing a food analogy in an article about marketing, can come across as a little too overbearing. You can even celebrate them in your marketing material if they consent to being included, and you compensate them for that. Many will see through it.

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Why the Best Lead Generation Techniques Are Proactive

No More Cold Calling

They know how to prospect for sales, and it’s not sitting back and waiting for marketing to send them leads. Gartner puts it this way: Research shows that conversations that offer customers a new way to think about or improve their business … tend to be more effective at driving both retention and growth. That’s not selling.

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Mind Your Selling Gaps

Sales Management Plus -- SMP

Sales Activity Gap = # of opportunities closed by reps with the most activities – # of opportunities closed by reps with the least activities. Using SMP, you could create this analysis in less than five minutes before your next sales meeting. A lower retention rate could indicate problems with relationship management.