Remove 2014 Remove Sales Remove Sales Management
article thumbnail

A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. You know you need to begin planning for 2014 now. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough?

article thumbnail

How Realistic is your 2014 Sales Quota?

SBI Growth

This blog addresses how sales reps can ensure their quota is realistic and attainable. Many sales reps are forced to accept a quota that is neither. Over 65% of Sales Goals are driven by Executive and Corporate expectations. If their projections are unrealistic, so are the sales reps’ quotas. Bottom-Up Quota Setting.

Quota 306
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CMO: Are you going to have a job in 2014

SBI Growth

You’re completing 2013 and building your marketing strategy for 2014. Maybe you are supporting sales with a CRM implementation, linking your marketing collateral into each phase. Poorly executing one of these major initiatives will cost you your job in 2014. Sales enablement tools can’t get a cursory review.

Eloqua 316
article thumbnail

The Monumental Effort Required to Grow Sales in 2014

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Regular readers know I''m a baseball guy, but that doesn''t mean I ignore football. When you look ahead to 2014 sales, are you using the same assumptions as always? What if your average sale or account drops? What if your sales cycle extends by 2 months? 51 points.to

article thumbnail

7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.

article thumbnail

5 Ways Every Sales Manager Can Be More Successful

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2014-06-27. Author: Rob Eleveld, Vice President of Sales, WhitePages PRO. Teaser: Nobody said sales management was going to be easy. Nobody said sales management was going to be easy. But there are some ways to increase your odds of being successful. read more'

article thumbnail

The Sales Manager New Year’s Resolution: 3 Do’s & 3 Don'ts

SBI Growth

In this post I want to recommend three ideas to raise your game in 2014. Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Every sales manager is time starved. POST-SALES SUPPORT.