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New Data: The Top 5 Unacceptable Sales Performance Findings

Understanding the Sales Force

Over the past 40 years I’ve found that excuse making is usually a cultural problem and until the company fixes that problem, and sales leaders no longer accept excuses of any kind, including rationalizations and justifications, sales training and coaching don’t improve performance. If you feel the same way, we can help.

Data 227
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10 Incentive Travel Facts You Can Put To Good Use

Sales and Marketing Management

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), a private not-for-profit foundation that focuses its initiatives on pragmatic research highlighting the premise and the power of incentive and motivational programs, issued a list of 10 incentive travel facts to commemorate Global Meetings Industry Day. 38 percent of all U.S.

Travel 205
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Think Your Team Does Referrals Well? Here’s Why You Might Be Wrong

No More Cold Calling

Reality: If you cant answer these questions with hard data, your team isnt doing referrals as well as you think: How many referrals did your team generate last quarter? Heres what it looks like: A Repeatable Process: Train your team to ask for referrals consistently and confidently. Myth #1: Our team already does referrals well.

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How To Maximize Your ROI At An Exhibition

MTD Sales Training

The value of face to face selling at exhibitions is well documented, so in these testing times, where we all have fewer customers with less money to spend, it is imperative that we plan ahead and train our stand personnel to work harder and smarter than our competitors. Give staff incentives to encourage activity and accuracy.

ROI 290
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How to Manage Affiliates Effectively

Nutshell

Affiliate management involves finding and managing partners, which promote your brand in exchange for commission or other incentives. Valuable Insights: Affiliate management offers customer behavior and preferences data. Thus, it helps one refine his marketing strategies as well as improve his product offerings.

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2 Ways to Turbocharge Your Sales Strategy

SBI Growth

If you formalize them into your sales process, training and measurement, revenue will grow. The two elements to formalize into your sales process, training and measurement are: Referral Sales. Reps aren’t trained to these activities and very few track success. Begin training based on your Expert Panel’s best practices.

Strategy 310
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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

Systems should be mobile friendly, allowing data to be entered while on the go. Incentive Programs. Does your comp plan incent behaviors that will get you to your number? Continually develop and train on new strategies. Every minute spent navigating a slow moving system is a minute lost. Hire slow and fire fast.

Hiring 293