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Advice for Sales Managers
Stop managing your sales reps solely around revenue. It’s never going to work. Business results like revenue cannot be managed. They are out of our control. If we could manage revenue, then we’d all be hitting 100% percent of quota all the time. According to research, what is in your control are the inputs that...
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Sales KPIs come in all different shapes and sizes. And they can be expressed in an infinite number of ways: market coverage, sales team capability, product focus, financial status, market share, customer focus and on and on. KPIs need to be specific not only to sales role, but also vertical and go-to-market strategy. Our Sales...
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In the age of ubiquitous technology, no other productivity investment improves rep performance better than sales coaching. That’s according to research by the Sales Executive Council. And it makes sense. Vantage Point Performance Partner Jason Jordan explains that anything learned by salespeople during a day of offsite training sits in their head until needed. Coaching...
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This is the first in a four-part series about activity-based selling. Check back in a week to read part two. The old school sales manager is extinct. Or he will be soon. Why? Because that guy only managed his team around results – revenue, wins, deals closed, new logos, whichever term your sales team prefers....
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Good news, sales leaders! The percentage of women in sales has increased from 36 percent to 39 percent over the last ten years. Here’s the bad news: In the past decade, the number of women in sales has only risen 3 percent. “Especially in B2B sales, it’s a very male-focused world,” Score More Sales founder...
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Think of old-school sales leaders: People in suits shouting at the sales team, laser-focused only on what’s closing this month and racking up plenty of frequent flyer miles and steak dinners. (Are you picturing Alec Baldwin, yet?)   That style of leadership revolves around one metric: results. Closed won, sales, MRR, new logo, revenue –...
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