Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Let’s explore the key success factors for manufacturers to maximize sales through indirect channels. To maximize sales through indirect channels, you must clearly define a value chain from distributors to your end-user. Also, you must consider if your indirect sellers experience more success in a certain territory or region.

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Allego

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this episode, sales strategists Ken and Nick Valla, co-founders of The Valla Group, discuss how their firm helps B2B sellers maximize performance. Learn why organizations must transform their training approach in a hybrid work environment , what sales leaders should do differently, and the key skills sellers need today.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There is training, enhancing their skills in engaging customers. We train people in how to use the tools, but provide them little understanding on “Why” the tools are important and how they help them improve their productivity. Look at typical pipeline, deal, prospecting, territory, account reviews.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For example, some of this time might be training–learning more about how to sell, developing business acumen, learning new tools to help us become more productive. We need people to think about their territories, their customers, their opportunities, their goals. Or sales planning at 14% of seller time.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 19, 2020

For example, as sales people, we may look at territory or account management, prospecting, managing opportunities through the buying cycle, call planning/meeting management, pipeline management/forecasting, administrative functions, time management, training/learning and so forth. How are you spending your time?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers in coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. Sales management training with no follow-up or reinforcement is just an event, nothing more, nothing less.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Mature lead routing models take multiple factors into account, like deal value, territory or geography, use case or specialization, or a combination of multiple factors by a lead scoring system. Lead Routing by Territory or Geography. Route only those with scores ready for sales to your sales team to not only maximize time and efforts.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

One of the managers on the call told this story, “I went to the university and got all sorts of training that was very powerful (he was getting a degree in computer science), the problem was, I had a lot of knowledge, but it didn’t help me much in doing my job. Tools, systems, processes, training are not enough.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

These cover things like comp/metrics, training, forecasts, hiring, sometimes even coaching. As sellers, we have to manage our territories and accounts. We have to find as many opportunities as we can within those territories/accounts. ” There are surveys asking for the one area sales managers should focus on.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Only 53% of sales organizations invest in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers in coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. Sales management training with no follow-up or reinforcement is just an event, nothing more, nothing less.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

Complicated commission plans or unwieldy territory rules and exceptions cause a half-baked sales team. They need to track their buyers and clients through social platforms or by aggregated content specific to their industry niche, geographic territory, or through named accounts. Train and coach frontline sales leaders.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2023

There are lots of great books (including Sales Manager Survival Guide), there are a lot of great training programs (including those we offer), but somehow managers continue to struggle in both finding the time to coach and coaching in high impact ways. Their own managers aren’t great role models, as coaches.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Only 53% of sales organizations are investing in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers on coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. Sales leaders acknowledge the positive impact of sales coaching. What can you do? Do nothing.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Get the sales team trained on how to sell socially. Are your territories designed to maximize time with customers and prospects? Evolve your perspective or suffer the consequences of missing the number next year.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2021

There are all sorts of things for us to think about: We can give them more responsibility and bigger territories. For example, we can move them into sales enablement, helping onboard or train sales people. We need to retain and develop these top performers, creating jobs where they are challenged and maximize their contribution.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I always balance my goals in all areas to maximize my growth both as a person and as a professional. If you think you’re broke or that your territory is poor or that you can’t do something, then you’ll find evidence to support your belief and you’ll act (or not act!) accordingly.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Only 53% of sales organizations are investing in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers on coaching. Using traditional classroom training does not create skill mastery. Sales leaders acknowledge the positive impact of sales coaching. What can you do? Do nothing.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

With training and coaching to support the development of critical sales skills, organizations can equip their sellers to close more and bigger deals, all while ensuring time with buyers is well-spent. Territory Management. An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. Essential Sales Skills Every Rep Should Have.

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Sales Result

JANUARY 22, 2020

Most sales people do a poor job of maximizing their territories, so don’t leave it all up to them. Finding new clients is essential to growing your business, so finding them must be a high priority. Market coverage models outline the strategy for how sales people can sell to as many good prospects as possible.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 29, 2020

Your job has transformed, it’s maximizing the performance of each person on your team. You do this may making sure they have the right skills, tools, systems, processes, and training to perform at the highest levels. Study, read, get some training ( Sales Manager Survival Guide is a great start).

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Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This ultimately allows for better sales, territory, and compensation planning; thus, a stronger sales organization as a whole. . The amount of time it takes your reps to get up and running is a reflection of their training. First and foremost you need the right amount of sales reps to cover territories and close deals.

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The Pipeline

JULY 9, 2015

One example is territory optimization, and not just in the traditional sense, but by matching types of buyers with types of sellers. With the right analysis, you can take this to a level of alignment that could more than likely allow you to run leaner, making up for additional costs that have led to traditional territory make ups.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 16, 2020

Training and enablement that’s inflexible and event-based won’t be of much help when you need to respond to an urgent situation right away. Research shows these different situations call for dramatically different messaging, content, and skills training. Enabling the Deficit Learner. One-size-fits-all messaging won’t cut it today.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

High-revenue growth companies are seeing the payoff; 54% of high-performing companies are using sales coaching more than in the past, and 60% use sales coaching as an integrated part of a sales training program. learning professionals responsible for sales training, uncovered that coaching is a long-term investment, but there is a payoff.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

High-performing sales teams are twice as likely to provide ongoing training to reps than low performing teams. A sales performance management plan adds structure and accountability to your training process. Sales territory optimization - The ability to support strategic territory mapping and efficiency. Image Source: SAP.

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

What To Do When Co-Workers Try To Steal Your Deals Most salespeople respect boundaries and defined territories but human nature can get the best of people and lines are crossed. Understand the rules Make sure you know your company’s policy when it comes to pursuing opportunities and working in the boundaries of your territory.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 12, 2020

Our account/territory planning processes help us maximize our growth and the results within the accounts/territory. Training programs help us learn new skills and capabilities to execute. Sales enablement, marketing, and others provide programs and tools that help us grow execute effectively.

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BrainShark

MAY 31, 2023

Using a more holistic or arbitrary metric such as time to competency naturally compensates for variables across organizations such as territory, products, and customer base (enterprise vs. mid-market,etc.). There will be a trial and error period before you can establish standard benchmarks for time to competency at your company.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Those reps were covering an extensive territory and large customer base. If the team does not have a strategy for maximizing pay, they will thrash. Continually develop and train on new strategies. Resource Allocation. An electronics manufacturer was seeing declining revenue per head. 80% of its sales team was outside sales reps.

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Highspot

AUGUST 2, 2022

To truly maximize revenue, the sales team requires a style of management that uses collaboration, analysis, and a proactive approach. Sales performance management ensures that a sales team has a good grasp on what works, what doesn’t, and how they can best maximize leads to sales. ROI on sales enablement and training.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Territory Definition. Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide.

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Showpad

MAY 7, 2020

Even worse, the content they get from marketing doesn’t match the messaging used in assets from the product team or the information drilled into them during training, so they confuse your buyers and end up creating their own content, wasting several hours per week. First, sales enablement is about a lot more than technology.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 3, 2013

Reps need to know who in their territory wants to hear about the new widget. Prioritize and maximize return on sales effort. Often a new widget comes out and reps are trained solely on the bells and whistles of the new product. Often a new product comes out targeting a subset of your customer & prospect base.

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 13, 2012

These sales reps are looking to maximize the productivity of their territory. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection. Technorati Tags: sales best practices , sales strategy , sales training , sales training articles , sales training blogs.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Sales Territories and Distribution Channels Definition of sales territories and distribution channels. Sales Training and Development Plans for training and developing the sales team. This dual emphasis on structure and training ensures the sales team is well-organized and equipped to navigate challenges.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Sales Territories and Distribution Channels Definition of sales territories and distribution channels. Sales Training and Development Plans for training and developing the sales team. This dual emphasis on structure and training ensures the sales team is well-organized and equipped to navigate challenges.

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The Bridge Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Option 3: Reduce the quit rate There are entire books and mountains of posts written on this topic but excluding company culture, compensation plans, inbound leads, territory splits and 50 factors that could influence your attrition rate, I'll focus on one. Some training and skill development and some performance.

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