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Case Study: How a Company Hurt its Business with a Change in the Comp Plan

SBI Growth

This is a story of how a bad comp plan can ruin a sales force. In 2011, P&O Cruise lines cut is commission rate from 12% to 5%. The CEO was upset with the rampant discounting used by his sales team. The sales force revolted and sales plummeted. Sales people have a voice.

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Walk the Flight Line: Get Dirty With Your Troops | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Have you ever spent a day with your channel partners and joined them on a few sales calls?

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Stage Fright: Don't Let It Kill Your Presentation | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. It is a perfectly normal feeling, and a form of energy that can be channeled to your benefit.

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Your 2012 Sales Plan

Your Sales Management Guru

Your 2012 Sales Plan. It’s a little late to begin planning your 2012 Sales Plan, but in a conversation last week with a reader of this blog, I realized there maybe others who have not formalized their 2012 plan. offerings in 2011? capability in 2011? Sales Goals. 3.1.7 Sales Organization.

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Frugalnomics – Why the IT spending growth forecasts from Gartner are wrong again!

The ROI Guy

Highly empowered – privately controlling the decision making process with ever more competition for each deal and more discounting, b. Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. Click here to learn more. #2

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Frugalnomics in Effect - Gartner predicts low IT spending growth for 2016

The ROI Guy

Financial justification is the new language of IT selling, where CFOs are more involved through all stages of the purchase decision, and procurement is there to demand a discount if you lead with product and price vs. value. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments.

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Gartner says 2013 will be a Better Year for IT Spending Growth?

The ROI Guy

So will Gartner’s rosier IT spending growth predictions ring true into the New Year, or will the figures again be discounted as the year progresses? As a result, IT Sales and Marketing will again be tasked to deliver incremental revenue regardless of challenging market conditions and despite the historically low spending growth.