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Territory Managers: A Look at Their Role, Skills, and Compensation

Hubspot Sales

They have to have a presence in various regions, and the managers tasked with making sure the sales efforts in those locations are carried out effectively are known as territory managers. There's no definitive standard for what a territory should look like or how much ground it should cover.

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(2:56) “The Importance of Setting Learning Goals for Sales Leaders”

Steven Rosen

In this 2:56 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the need for sales managers to go beyond setting sales goals and to define learning goals for their teams. They share how organizations can align learning goals with sales goals and invest in training and resources to support their salespeople.

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Marketing hacks to make you a sales management guru

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: TIM HOULIHAN Sales managers are a rare breed. Most organizations employ one sales manager for every six to 10 sales reps. Making it to the sales management ranks indicates you occupy a spot that roughly 90% of your peers have not. So can sales managers. Congratulations.

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The Sales Manager New Year’s Resolution: 3 Do’s & 3 Don'ts

SBI Growth

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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The Territory Optimization Revolution

OpenSymmetry

A critical element that is relatively new is territory optimization and we will examine the case for this in this article. The territory optimization and alignment element of salesforce effectiveness is vital for three reasons. Finally, deployment of an automated solution generates improved sales performance.

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A map that might save your sales job

Sales 2.0

Congrats you have a brand-new “greenfield” sales territory! Of course, with all these social media networks out there now it’s not six degrees any more. My suggestion when you’re dropped into the desert (sorry “greenfield territory”) look for some of those 22,500 people that are willing to help you. Let me translate.

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How the Right Sales Team Structure Can Maximize Revenue Performance [VIDEO]

The Center for Sales Strategy

In conjunction, the 2020 Media Sales Report found that nearly 1 out of every 3 (31%) of salespeople spend 20-25% of their time in discovery meetings. Sales managers try various things to hit their targets: hiring more reps, reassigning territories, changing compensation plans… and more.

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