The activity-based selling movement draws a lot of attention to sales activities. Modern sales leaders determine sales strategies, metrics and even coaching based on their team’s key selling behaviors. But a sales strategy that focuses so heavily on activities begs the question: Should sales reps be compensated for sales activities? The idea likely seems comical...Read More
Sales incentives can be tricky business. You want to reward your sales reps for their tremendous work, but you also don’t want to ruin your CFO’s day by going over budget. The good news is that studies show recognizing someone’s accomplishments is a better motivator than a reward with high monetary value. So your sales...Read More
306 sales management metrics. That’s the number of data points “Cracking the Sales Management Code” authors Jason Jordan and Michelle Vazzana studied when they partnered with the Sales Education Foundation to survey its corporate constituents. The researchers asked sales leaders to provide the most important key performance indicators they used to drive performance in their...Read More
Your top performers aren’t successful because they have a magic closing technique or some special relationships. They aren’t privy to a secret sales strategy that eludes the rest of your team. And they may not even work that many more hours than their peers. What your top reps do is perform the right selling activities...Read More
Your first enterprise customer is a big deal. Not only will you learn about the complexity involved in selling to a large enterprise, but it could create momentum that puts your company on a new trajectory. That’s no reason to shy away from the task ahead. Everybody is trying to sell into the large sizzly...Read More
Sales motivation may not be as simple as you think. Many organizations rely on traditional punishment-and-reward systems to motivate reps. But in his book “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,” author Daniel Pink explains that more powerful forms of sales motivation can come from intrinsic sources. He points to multitudes of research that...Read More
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