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Why Your Sales Ops Plan for Next Year May Already Be Obsolete

SBI Growth

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Planning for new analytics software, Business Intelligence platform or new/upgraded CRM? Are your territories designed to maximize time with customers and prospects? If that covers most of your plan’s components, you better catch up.

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Evaluating Your Business Development Strategy

Janek Performance Group

Today, HubSpot research illustrates the changes that value social selling has brought. For example, 87% of sellers say social selling is effective. Plus, 59% of companies sell more from social media compared to previous years. Analyze trends over time and segment data by customer or territories.

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17 Sales Skills All Reps Need

BrainShark

Social Selling. Territory Management. Social Selling. Your salespeople don’t need to be experts on the latest social media trends. Reps should also understand what is and isn’t acceptable for engaging prospects on social media. Territory Management. Communication. Prospecting.

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Hiring a Sales Manager - External or Internal?

SBI Growth

a large software manufacturer. She currently works in a peer territory - not in the one needing an SM. Eddie is an SM from a large software company. Social vs. traditional sales approaches - if most Reps are using emerging social selling, the SM must be strong at this. She works for Rams, Inc. -

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

You must match selling capacity with market demand. Territory design, quotas and compensation plans. Steve is a VP of The Americas of a large enterprise software company. Steve is going to use social selling to solve this). Too few, you leave money on the table. Too many, you erode profitability. An Example.

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10 Prospecting Tactics to Boost Your Sales and Close More Deals

Crunchbase

Sales automation uses software, artificial intelligence or other digital tools to automate these tasks and make it easier for sales teams to focus on building relationships, nurturing leads and closing deals. When used correctly, social media can help you connect with potential prospects.

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10 Prospecting Tactics to Boost Your Sales and Close More Deals

Crunchbase

Sales automation uses software, artificial intelligence or other digital tools to automate these tasks and make it easier for sales teams to focus on building relationships, nurturing leads and closing deals. When used correctly, social media can help you connect with potential prospects.