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Advice for Sales Managers
[Cameron is a Customer Success Manager at LevelEleven] When we talk with customers about running successful sales contests, one of the first things we say is: “Don’t overcomplicate it!” Sounds easy, right? Not always. It can be very tempting to want to motivate everything that’s important to making sales, as opposed to keying in on what...
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I’ve spent this week at the ExactTarget Connections Conference in Indianapolis, and it’s been quite an event! They’ve announced some strong products and shared powerful stories about how companies are using Salesforce + ExactTarget Marketing Cloud to grow faster and connect better with customers. While I haven’t heard the actual phrase “sales and marketing alignment” thrown around...
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A typical sales contest usually lasts about a month, maybe a quarter for a longer one. And while these longer contests are important to drive your team to hit or exceed their numbers, due to the length, team members can become disengaged or lack motivation as the contest wears on. This is especially true if the contest leader is so...
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[Bob Marsh is the Founder & CEO of LevelEleven]  According to research from sales expert CSO Insights, salespeople spend only 37% of their time actually selling and interacting with customers. While that number seems alarming, it makes sense when you consider their other tasks – pre-call planning, account research, prospecting to secure meetings, training, internal meetings...
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[LevelEleven is all about optimizing performance with motivation, competition, collaboration and recognition, which is partially why we’re really pumped up for football season! Today, enjoy the third of 3 football-related sales optimization articles.] Challenger, Gray & Christmas’ study on the business cost of fantasy football has been getting a lot of press lately.  It estimates that the...
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[LevelEleven is all about optimizing performance with motivation, competition, collaboration and recognition, which is partially why we’re really pumped up for football season! Today, enjoy the second of 3 football-related sales optimization articles — and keep an eye out for the others!] Sales has reminded me of the game of football for quite some time. After all, it’s...
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