The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Price is a ‘big’ subject for all in sales, right from those developing product, to marketing, all in the sales organisation, and as important as any, the customer. I think one reason is the message many sales leaders send their teams, and their peers in the revenue generation process.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Most sales teams are composed of three groups: The Superstars – These gifted few need little oversight or incentive. Sales Leader Prospecting Account Segmentation Sales Enablement Sales Manager Sales Manager Resources' If they don’t, you will miss the number. They are your A-players.

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Segment Incentive Incentives How To 267

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

Even the most driven sales teams require the right resources to effectively target prospects, nurture relationships, and close deals. Theres certainly no shortage of sales tools available to help your team master every step in the modern sales process. These represent the key software platforms for your sales team to evaluate.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 25, 2024

Rusty sales skills won’t win the gold. It’s the same for your sales team. If you want this to be a game-changing year, it’s up to the CRO to make skills-building and practice a requirement, an integral part of your culture, and a major component of your sales strategy. What sales lessons can we learn from them?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 6, 2013

This post is for Sales and HR Leaders planning 2014 Sales Compensation. It provides a number of common Sales Compensation complaints. Something you’ll need to go with this post is the Sales Compensation Complaint Checker. Something you’ll need to go with this post is the Sales Compensation Complaint Checker.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 28, 2014

Last week I was speaking with a VP of Sales of a well-known software company. George was not pleased with the performance of his sales team and was under intense pressure from the senior team to turn things around. Sales were off in 4 out of 5 regions and he felt that the sales team was just not motivated. By Steven A.

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Motivation Incentives Incentive Coaching 319

SBI Growth

JUNE 13, 2013

At SBI, we focus on one thing: helping Sales and Marketing leaders Make the Number. One of the frequent questions we get asked is: What separates world class sales organizations from the rest? Part 1: Sales Process. On the Process side, investments are commonly made in sales processes and CRM tools.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 31, 2025

Referral selling strategies are the key to consistent sales growth, but chances are, your team isnt leveraging them effectively. When your reps are introduced to prospects by a trusted connection, they no longer start the sales conversation as strangers. All sales calls are hot, hot, hot. Build it into your sales cadence.

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Referrals Scale GoldMine Pipeline 156

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 17, 2012

You need to improve your ability to accurately forecast so the VP of Sales can make the number. One way is to control the top of the sales funnel. How can Sales Operations control and improve the top of the sales funnel? Hold sales accountable by tracking how quickly sales reps respond to online-generated leads.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

You said you’ve built a lot of sales incentive programs as a manager, and, not to toot your own horn, but they have worked pretty darn well. With 20-plus years and more than 1,500 sales incentive programs under my belt, I’ve got some experience to share. Stop reps from coasting on their big accounts? it doesn’t.

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Incentives Incentive Lead Rank Lead Scoring 136

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The first monthly commission statements will soon be in your sales reps'' hands. This post is for Sales leaders and HR business partners. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. Erik Charles is the Principal Incentive Strategist at Xactly Corp. It answers a fundamental question.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2012

We all know that referrals are a highly effective way to grow your leads and prospect base, (yes, there is more than cold calling, and more than referrals), but at times reps and sales organizations place unnecessary limitations on their ability to fully leverage referrals. Failing this, all too often money is left on the table.

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Referrals Lead Scoring Lead Rank Territories 324

Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 8, 2021

How to Motivate Your Sales Team. Sales leaders agree that a highly motivated and engaged sales force drives greater performance. Many sales managers ask me how to ensure that they have a highly motivated and engaged team, and I usually ask them “WHY”? .” Tap into the WHY! External Factors.

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Motivation Commission Incentives Incentive 379

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

If you are like most CMOs, here’s the problem: You’re way ahead of Sales. The competencies required by Sales for Marketing to be successful are just not there. Does the CSO/VP of Sales even understand how Marketing works? Something needs to change for sales to benefit from your marketing programs. Sales people are simple.

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Referrals Incentives 312

SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

Resolutions are all about setting challenging goals and holding yourself accountable to achieve them. 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. POST-SALES SUPPORT. Lack of quality leads.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

Plagued by Sales Rep turnover? This post is to help discover the root cause of Sales Rep turnover. It is for HR Business Partners working with Sales Leaders. Here’s a sales rep turnover example. These also relate to Sales Rep turnover. Sales success is 50% talent and 50% performance conditions. Poor Hiring.

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Lead Nurturing Demand Generation 326

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Sales is no longer about dialing faster or pitching harder. Today, it all comes down to using smarter sales coaching techniques. Using AI sales tools can help teams level up by analyzing real sales conversations, identifying what works and what doesnt. Sales teams need every advantage they can get.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Sales Operations is responsible for creating that winning environment. 80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. The Sales Operations team moved to reorganize the group. Additional inside sellers were brought in to manage small, transactional accounts. Digging deeper into accounts gets a higher share of wallet.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Margin Face-to-face 293

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Incentives are natural motivators — and sometimes, some "natural motivation" is exactly what your salespeople need to perform to the best of their abilities. That's why several companies leverage something known as incentive compensation : the practice of offering financial rewards for professional excellence. Annual Incentives.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Steve describes the situation when he arrived: “The state of business was flat with same store sales declining and acquisitions keeping the operating line flat. Our margin increases were coming from cost cuts and vendor renegotiations rather than increased sales.”. We hired sales resources with the right skills and experience.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Interviewing for the VP of Sales requires a lot of preparation. Sometimes the VP of Sales position is a great new opportunity. Throughout the interview, the VP candidate should look for these three qualities: Performance Conditions : Does the current environment allow the Sales VP to be as effective as possible? are overwhelmed.

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Quota Penetration Incentives Incentive 310

The Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2013

Let’s start by imagining your only sales goal is to get reps to bring in revenue. And that only the sales rep interacts with the customer. If you’re a career sales person you’ve probably seen deals signed with off-target customers just to meet the quarter. But now we use a referral sales approach. It’s easy to understand.

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Commission Compensation Decision Maker Face-to-face 314

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. 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? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. This is flawed.

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Compensation Social Media Incentives Incentive 325

Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

Sales isn’t the same as it used to be. And with this change in technology, advancements in sales methodologies have also taken place. Similarly, many other practices in sales have changed with the changing world around. One such practice is that of providing sales incentives to the salespeople.

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Incentives Incentive Compensation Motivation 105

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 5, 2020

Author: Leeatt Rothschild Sales managers are racing to hit their 2020 goals, which are likely higher than last year’s. It’s no secret that by setting effective sales incentives and pay structures you can dramatically increase your team’s success rate. Giving bonuses based on sales achievements is the standard for most companies.

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Incentives Incentive Commission How To 204

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Women in sales have everything they need to succeed. It’s sneakier than gender discrimination or racial prejudice of old, but just as damaging for careers, relationship-building opportunities, and account based sales teams. The first is Sue, a successful field sales manager in a tech company. Comments were prolific.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

It’s also the ultimate sales advantage. Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. The problem is with typical sales metrics. Put a referral system in place, with training, metrics, and accountability for results. Forget about incentives. We all know why.

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Referrals System Cold Calling Social Media 289

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Everyone who works in sales dreams about achieving President’s Club status. Each sales person’s motivation is unique, and while the financial incentives motivate many, a President’s Club award that comes with recognition and a unique prize also provides motivation. I preserve that as a right for the account executive team.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2025

Lead Routing : Handled in isolation through static rules, without accounting for real-time data accuracy or evolving team structures. This incomplete record enters your CRM, triggers misleading lead scores, routes to the wrong sales team, and ultimately creates a disjointed customer experience. Heres how to start making that shift: 1.

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System Enterprise Enterprise Data 130

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 26, 2014

Sales leaders agree that a highly motivated and engaged sales force drives greater performance. So one would naturally ask the question “how do I motivate and engage my sales force?” Many sales managers ask me how to ensure that they have a highly motivated and engaged team. By Steven A. Tap into the WHY!

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Motivation Commission Incentives Incentive 288

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2017

By all accounts, Wiggins, a fourth-year pro, has world-class talent, but has yet to put a complete game together. Sales is competition. Bill Bartlett, author of “The Sales Coach’s Playbook: Breaking the Performance Code,” went even further, expressing his disdain for short-term incentives. Van Gundy didn’t pause.

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Motivation Coaching Hiring Incentives 225

Lead411

DECEMBER 19, 2024

10 Tips for Closing B2B Deals Before Year-End: Last-Minute Strategies and Incentives Tips for Closing B2B Deals Before Year-End: Last-Minute Strategies and Incentives As the year winds down, sales teams often face the challenge of closing deals before the clock strikes midnight on December 31.

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Ideal Customer Profile Incentives Incentive B2B 40

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 9, 2014

I, like many in my profession have a unique perch when it comes to looking at sales. How organizations deal with this is often the difference between great sales companies, and a bunch of also-rans. You know what they said, lack of sales, “and the pipeline is weak going into Q4.” Sales Skills Sales Training Tibor Shanto'

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Government Face-to-face Incentives Incentive 296

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

You need to close a few of the big ones in the late stages of your sales process to hit your number this year. Early stage sales activity won’t get you to the number. Neither will your efforts to move deals from stage 1 to stage 2 in the sales process. The deals you care about are the ones in latter half of the sales cycle.

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Closing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 303

Crunchbase

APRIL 6, 2023

During the past two years, sales professionals have faced budget and hiring freezes along with multiple bouts of layoffs across industries — especially in tech. It’s less than ideal that the average sales turnover rate is 35%, compared to a 13% average turnover rate for all other roles. Why the disparity?

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Incentives Incentive Hiring Top of Funnel 98

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A common question I am often asked about sales is what are the characteristics or attributes of successful salespeople. In sales, your mindset is highly correlated to an individual’s willingness (at times ability) to be accountable for their actions and results. By Tibor Shanto. Correlations.

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Coaching Lead Rank Incentives Incentive 247

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2020

Sales teams are a particularly unique case as their compensation is likely to be highly leveraged and more sensitive to changes in the marketplace. What happens to the sales force and their commission-based structure? Is top sales talent at risk of leaving if they can’t earn commissions? . Model Costs Accurately.

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Motivation Compensation Commission Incentives 194