Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This is the second in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Paul is the Director of Field Enablement at Groove , a leading sales engagement platform.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Xactly

JUNE 13, 2018

Effective territory design is the basis of strategic sales planning. Balanced territories allow you to set fair quotas, which have a huge impact on your incentive compensation and success of your salesforce. Ultimately, if your sales territories aren’t optimized, you hinder sales reps’ motivation and performance.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 31, 2021

Hiring Sales Stars . Whether you are starting a new sales force or hiring a new rep to fill a vacancy, the four principles of the STAR Process will help you select top sales performers. Without a clear process, your sales managers will each adopt their own approach and ultimately achieve sub-optimal results. R – Rigors.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2017

Are you a Front Line Sales Manager? Do you still have a personal territory with a quota for that territory? The job of a high performing sales person, an individual contributor requires focus and full time dedication. Likewise, the job of a front line sales manager requires focus and full-time dedication.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. Wing was able to lean on ZoomInfo’s Chorus conversation intelligence solution and its SalesOS platform to analyze successful deals and perform lightning-fast research on her new territory and team. Luckily for her, that era is over.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Sales and marketing teams have always sought to understand how target customers work internally. But as companies grow, how they work together can shift — and this difference can throw off your sales and marketing teams. This pivotal linkage data unlocks more sales opportunities. With over 1.2

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OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 27, 2016

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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Partners in Excellence

MAY 6, 2021

It would be unacceptable for them not to have territory plans, maximizing the growth within their territories. We invest millions in software tools to help do these things, we invest additional millions in training to do these things, we invest thousands of person hours in account and territory planning. So think about it.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience. Meeting people face-to-face was a valuable experience.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This blog addresses how sales reps can ensure their quota is realistic and attainable. Many sales reps are forced to accept a quota that is neither. Over 65% of Sales Goals are driven by Executive and Corporate expectations. If their projections are unrealistic, so are the sales reps’ quotas. Bottom-Up Quota Setting.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

Sales always has been, and always will be, about closing the deal. But, sales professionals cannot rely on cold calls and haphazard prospect visits if they want to meet their sales goals and make it into the top 10%. Sales Productivity Tools. HubSpot Sales Platform. Gamifier makes sales performance fun.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2019

The 2019 State of Technographics Report for B2B Sales Organizations [Infographic]. What started as a look into the popularity of technographic data eventually turned into a full-blown deep dive into when, how often, why, and how B2B sales reps use technographic data. The end result? Let’s get into it!

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 27, 2012

I learned to believe, “It’s my God-given right to 100% share of customer and 100% share of territory!” Many of you may reject this as being obnoxious–representing the worst thinking of a sales person. It forced me to be better as a sales person. Do I have 100% share of customer and territory?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 6, 2013

This post is for Sales and HR Leaders planning 2014 Sales Compensation. It provides a number of common Sales Compensation complaints. I also discuss some underlying causes of the complaints that may not be compensation-related. Something you’ll need to go with this post is the Sales Compensation Complaint Checker.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve been an SDR , an SDR director, and now run a sales team at a startup. Typically, SDRs work from one of two territory models: Static territories based on geography or vertical or business segment. Why the old models hurt your sales team’s attainment. Related: The Top KPIs for Sales and How to Choose Them.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Many companies run Presidents Club, STAR Club and Summit programs to reward and recognise their top sales performers. In building a Top Performers Program, sales management needs to decide what they want to reward. Many companies I work with tie their program to sales vs. objectives. What to do?

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. But, just as the first wave of agricultural society gave way to the second wave of industrial society, so too Learning Paths transitioned to more situational, Territory Plan-based learning and enablement. The Second Wave: Territory Plans.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 11, 2019

Author: David Bernard The organization of a sales team is always relevant no matter what size a business is, whether a start-up, an SME or a Fortune 500 company. This includes assessing the organization’s sales setup quarterly in order to make adjustments depending on employees’ skill sets and sales performance. The territory.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 25, 2012

42% is the average amount of time a sales person spends engaging with a customer. We all know improving selling time should increase sales. And what is the value I should receive by actually improving a sales person’s selling time in front of a customer? The rep’s territory potential starts to max out.

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The Pipeline

JULY 13, 2012

A few weeks back I posted about how good sales people are prone to Attention deficit disorder (ADD) , well it turns there is another popular condition that many sales professionals suffer in silence, namely hoarding. The second area where you see strong evidence of hoarding is in their approach to territories.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Smart sales managers rely on good data to make decisions about successes and failures in their territory. How were the incentive-related communications received? Measure what works best in your culture, in your competitive environment and in your territories. Matching Incentive to Your Corporate Culture.

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Zoominfo

JULY 6, 2021

We all know Tom: the sales guy trying to sell you something you don’t really need on a Tuesday afternoon. Tom is pitching to you because his office is based a few blocks away from your house and your street happens to fall within his territory. The Old World vs. New World of Sales. The Rise of Inside Sales.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The sales organization is into the final run for the year. How has Sales Operations done this year? Did you directly enable the sales organization to close more business? Did you help keep sales expenses in check? With focus, Sales Ops leaders can positively impact sales revenue and costs.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 4, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Selling Power Blog published a new article of mine, The Top 10 Steps Salespeople Can Take to Improve. While persistence has always been important in sales, we are in uncharted territory. Most of the focus on persistence is related to contacting new prospects.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 25, 2020

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had hundreds of calls and emails from sales managers struggling to figure things out. I have thought a lot about how I can best help sales managers step up their game in these difficult times. Related Posts: Get Smart, Do Good! I’ve marked it down to $0.99.

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InsideSales.com

MAY 13, 2021

of sales reps that operated as outside sales reps went from working in the Delta lounge to working in their home offices. Sales teams navigated unexpected changes to their processes and motions and are still learning how to adapt today. The true risk for sales leaders is believing they have it all figured out.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I just had an outstanding discussion with a very bright sales enablement team. Some of the sales people were eating up the programs–but they were the consistent top performers. I think many sales enablement programs may face the same challenge. Having said that, not all the responsibility lies with sales enablement.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 24, 2019

Compensation is an important factor in attracting and retaining employees, especially in sales. Imagine if almost half of your sales team left the company because of a poorly designed compensation plan. Luckily, I've compiled some resources for you to determine the best sales commission structure for your sales team or yourself.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 29, 2023

Related: Everything You Need to Know About Being an Account Executive (2023) There were a few things that I did that turned out to be the biggest pillars of my AE foundation… and a few things that I wish I did that would have given me a longer runway to fly. Related: Need to Find Leads? If so, study the recordings thoroughly.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Sometimes, I think selling, and all the things sales people must do to be successful, is something like a jigsaw puzzle. Overlaid on this is the endless administrivia, CRM updates, dealing with all the latest sales enablement or marketing programs that are supposed to be helpful.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We tend to focus on the pieces/parts of what we do, the responsibilities of our organization, for example marketing, SDRs/Inside Sales, AEs, Account Managers, Sales Engineering, Sales Ops, Sales Enablement. Today, I want to focus on Sales Management. Related Posts: Do You Have The Pieces-Parts Or A Working System?

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Many sales professionals often don’t receive the crucial tools needed for success right away. This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. While you’re at it, assess your other sales team members.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Smart sales managers rely on good data to make decisions about successes and failures in their territory. How were the incentive-related communications received? Measure what works best in your culture, in your competitive environment and in your territories. Matching Incentive to Your Corporate Culture.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2022

Like most sales teams I’ve been on, you’d find the Navy SEAL adage to be true: Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. We can slow down to orient everything about our deal cycles to find the sales signals that make them sticky. Related reading: Your Sales Cycle is (Probably) Too Long. What’s a sales signal?

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 26, 2013

Welcome to Sales Management TV. I am Steven Rosen author of 52 Sales Management Tips and executive sales coach. You have a vacant territory and you have narrowed your search down to two candidates. He has some sales experience but will require some work. I am sure you can relate.

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Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Setting an overall sales goal for a company is relatively easy. The leadership team decides how much growth is needed in real dollars as a percentage over last year’s sale. Will be new sales to existing clients? . Will be new sales to new clients? . What were our sales last year? . How much: . Who sold it? .

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