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Hiring a Sales Manager - External or Internal?

SBI Growth

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends.

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Top 10 Problems with Channel Sales - Don't be Held Hostage

Understanding the Sales Force

Ignored in all of these articles are those clients and companies that sell through channels. The channels are many, and include stocking distributors, brokers, retailers, VARs, agencies, partners, resellers, rep firms and more. Channel sales is quite different. This is more like traditional B2B sales.

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Taking sales to the next level

Sales 2.0

In recent times sales reps have switched to email prospecting logically reasoning that the increased volume of messaging from email will generate more leads, unfortunately, email conversion rates have dropped below 0.1% as this channel has become saturated. Sales management. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed.

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Prevent ‘A’ Player Turnover

SBI Growth

Here’s an example: Top Territory Todd: Todd has exceeded quota the past 5 years. Yet he has 3x the average territory potential in his patch. His boss does not want to split his territory. Because of this, Todd isn’t extremely competent on relevant sales skills. But place him in an equal territory and watch him flounder.

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Thru the Candidate’s Eyes - Attracting Sales Talent

SBI Growth

Here’s what top producers have told us they look for: Territory with abundant opportunity. Take a look at each motivator: Abundant Territory Opportunity. Top producers demand a fair, equitable and coverable territory. A patchwork territory based on prior relationships raises a red flag. Top Performers’ Top 5. Hot product.

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The Many Different Selling Roles and How They Differ - Part 1

Understanding the Sales Force

We can name them: Account Executive, Territory Manager, Business Development Rep, Sales Development Rep, Account Manager, Key Account Manager, National Account Manager, Channel Manager, Application Engineer, Sales Consultant, Inside Sales, Outside Sales, and more.

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HR Saves Sales From the End of the World

SBI Growth

It’s especially for HR leaders to increase their Sales recruiting channels. This post will show how to use LinkedIn for some free sales recruiting sources. Since the world didn’t end, you still need to recruit Sales personnel. Q1 of 2013 is a busy time to refill empty Sales territories.

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