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Are Sales and Sales Management Candidates Getting Worse?

Understanding the Sales Force

There is more free content on sales and selling than anyone could have imagined. There are categories of sales tools and CRM applications where none existed a few years ago. With all that, shouldn''t the quality of sales, sales management and sales leadership candidates be on the rise? Yes, it should.

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Gamification: The Secret to Accelerate Onboarding

SBI Growth

The 4 primary characteristics that make it an accelerant to onboarding include: Competitive Environment: Top sales people are highly competitive. Incentive Compensation: Sales people are “coin-operated.” Remoteness: Field sales people are spread across wide geographies. Bonus Points: CRM Adoption.

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How Big Data Can Help the Sales Leader

SBI Growth

It will answer two key questions their sales leader wants to know: What is the probability of this individual deal closing? Too often we see CRM systems completely misused by Sales Organizations. This creates a huge headache for every sales manager. One sales leader we know named Phil took a different approach.

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10 Best Sales Analytics Software Tools: Turning Data into Revenue

Zoominfo

These tools offer visibility into every stage of the sales pipeline, helping teams track performance, identify opportunities, and refine their approach. By visualizing data through intuitive dashboards and providing predictive insights, sales analytics software transforms how businesses approach sales management.

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Message to Management: The No-Cost Way to Improve Your Sales Team … NOW!

No More Cold Calling

The best way to motivate your sales reps is to believe in them. Sales managers can wreck a sales career or launch it. They can motivate reps who seem hopeless or derail the efforts of rising sales stars. Rene Zamora, a sales management thought leader and this month’s guest blogger, has a unique perspective.

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New Product? Don’t Forget to Update the Sales Compensation Plan

SBI Growth

As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. Modifying sales reports and dashboards to enable sales managers to track new product sales. How do we drive change?

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An S.O.S. From Sales Ops to Company Leadership

SBI Growth

Enable Sales Ops to pay well for their positions. Link some incentive to making the revenue goal. Your sales ops team needs the right data. Shut-down that whining Sales Director that keeps complaining about some worthless, one-off report. Give Sales Ops the “air cover” they need to deliver lasting impact.

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