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Is Sales a Solo Activity or a Team Sport?

The Sales Hunter

Success DOES love company and that’s why I believe sales is a team sport! Early in my career, my territory consisted of 1/3 of the state of Oregon. The size of the territory was bigger than territory in 4 other states I covered driving my company-supplied Buick. Sales is a team sport. It’s boring!

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4 Sales Ops Lessons from the NFL

SBI Growth

Overall strategy, go-to-market model and product suite are essential. Territories : The field of play. Are territories designed to maximize growth balanced with efficiency? Are you holding back performance based on territory design and assignment? Assign the highest potential territories to your best reps.

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Shared Mediocrity – Sales eXchange 178 – A Question To Sales Leaders

The Pipeline

Sports have trade deadlines, sales organizations have trade season, usually at the start of the year, just after bonuses are paid. You see this in almost every industry, employees, specifically sales people, move from one market player to another. Unlike sports, there is no free agency where top players can go to the highest bidder.

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3 Lessons I Learned About Sales from My Trip to South Africa

Shari Levitin

I’m not a sports nut, so I don’t know if this is true, but I do believe in a similar philosophy: everything you need to know in life can be learned from immersing yourself in nature. It’s easy to put off sending emails, cold calling and stalking new territories, but like the leopard, this is the lifeblood of your business.

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Enhance Sales Momentum

Pointclear

Momentum in sales and sports is a strange phenomenon. In sports, all sorts of issues are blamed when teams suddenly stop winning. Territory Adjustments. Salespeople expect there may be territory adjustments at the beginning of a year. An example is transferring one rep to fill another open or new territory.

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Trade Deadline Sales Style

The Pipeline

Most major sports have significant dates through the year when it comes to proactively developing the team, building a roster that will help you win now and into the future. Which means it is a great time for “the right talent” to go out and market themselves, demonstrate how they can fit in now and into future growth plans.

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The power of incentive programs lies in their structure

Sales and Marketing Management

Changes in territories or assignments notwithstanding, reps who have been in their territories for longer than a year would welcome the chance to compete against themselves. The (BIG) bad news about a minimum qualifier is that it may exclude certain territories or reps. It’s easy to measure.