Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2014

I don’t care if you or your sales team is at 80% or 105% of budget. Click here to Download a FREE eBook with Sales Management TIPS. Here are 5 ACTIONS Sales Managers Can Take: 1. There may be room for additional sales and opportunities to capture more business. Get Out in the Field.

Coaching 294

Coaching eBook Account Sales Leadership 294

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2018

KPIs for Sales Managers. Sales Volume by Location. Sales managers -- and particularly field sales managers -- can often feel like they are trapped in a fog. Without a regular physical presence in the field, it’s difficult to keep tabs on their team and business operations.

Lead Rank 145

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Management Scale 145

The Pipeline

JULY 22, 2013

Seems some sales organizations are taking a page from other paraprofessional playbook, some effectively, others, maybe not. This has worked well in developing and maintaining the right talent, and the ability to identify skills in individuals who take a related path, such as field management, and complementary functions such as marketing.

Hiring 267

Hiring Licensing Health Care Sales Talent 267

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The folks over at Insight Squared recently posted this interview with me. It touched on sales management but there wasn''t enough time to do it justice. In the context of best practices, the sales management role is now 50% coaching. Are you serious?

Sales Leadership 210

Sales Leadership Hiring Education Coaching 210

SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2013

She is the new HR Business Partner to the Sales Organization. This advantage will give her a long tenure serving sales. HR and Sales leaders who need better collaboration must read this post. It includes a tool: a profile of the Sales leader (Hanna’s advantage!) Hanna first tried to understand what Sales thinks about HR.

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Hiring Compensation Commence Sales Talent 308

The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 2, 2019

> 4 Field Sales Best Practices of High-Performing Teams — CloserIQ. Though the lines are sometimes blurred, inside sales and outside sales are generally separate functions within an organization that require distinctly different skill sets. ROCKEFELLER. AROUND THE WEB -. >

Field Sales 88

Field Sales Face-to-face Outside Sales Inside Sales 88

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

On building a sales organization as sophisticated as contemporary B2B buyers …. Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. Today, we review.

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021?

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

SBI Growth

AUGUST 18, 2012

One of the fastest ways to accomplish this is for the HR director to partner with the SVP of Sales in solving Sales problems – which leads to improved revenue results. Helping the Sales Exec show improved results will certainly catch the eye of the CEO. Making the sales number. Developing sales leaders.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 257

Janek Performance Group

MAY 20, 2019

Although inside sales teams are becoming increasingly popular - to the point where most experts expect parity with field sales reps usage in the near future - outside sales is still a critical component of many organizations’ selling strategies. Ergo, the following best practices for managing field sales reps.

Field Sales 87

Field Sales Travel Outside Sales Inside Sales 87

SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2013

You have to make the rest of 2013 with the sales heads you have.” Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." In the guide you will learn: Make the number with the remaining sales people you have. Sales VPs consistently have hiring freezes placed on them.

Hiring 325

Hiring Top of Funnel How To Social Selling 325

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 5, 2011

With competition becoming fiercer, the economy sending fuel prices through the roof and buyers becoming more reluctant to telephone sales calls , more firms are choosing to employ their own in-house telesales staff to set appointments for the field sales teams. Commission on the Sale. However, I caution you.

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Compensation Commission How To Sales Qualified Lead 233

Repsly

JANUARY 23, 2018

By nature, great field sales reps are independent thinkers who are driven by an almost instinctive need to compete and win. These natural sales leaders make selling part of their life, and make much of their life about selling.

Field Sales 63

Field Sales Software Software Sales 63

Steven Rosen

JUNE 2, 2017

Making Remote Coaching Work in Sales Organizations. Coaching is the number one sales management activity that drives sales performance. Sales managers that grow and develop their salespeople will grow their business. Sales coaching is both a skill and a process. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Coaching Skype Sales Coaching Sales Management 221

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.

Cold Calling 266

Cold Calling Loyalty Account Intent 266

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams. Create a plan.

Face-to-face 197

Face-to-face Automotive Webinar Metrics Conference 197

SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

Without buy in from the field, no corporate driven initiative will succeed. The VP of Sales Operations was part of the decision-making team that brought us on board. The VP of Sales Ops identified 3 reasons he was personally invested in the Onboarding program. Sales Ops leaders often have to be the dissenting opinion.

Revenue 288

Revenue Hiring Face-to-face Social Media 288

SBI Growth

MARCH 28, 2013

Delivering initiatives that make a difference in the field is what matters. You and your sales ops team work hard to deliver for sales. Today’s post is about making your work stick by getting out into the field. Download the Sales Ops Field Kit Here. Think about the last big effort you drove for sales.

Face-to-face 276

Face-to-face Quota Territories Compensation 276

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 7, 2011

In the recent post, “How to Compensate A Telesales Staff To Set Appointments,” I explained some of the major problems that arise when you choose to compensate telesales representatives (TSRs) with commissions on closed sales. . Problems When Paying TSRs on Closed Sales. Average sale gross revenue = £3,000. Do the Math.

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Commission How To Compensation Salary 227

HeavyHitter Sales

MAY 25, 2017

A sales mentor’s sales intuition has been honed by many years of customer calls; therefore, their judgment is respected and advice highly sought after. However, in a typical sales organization, role modeling occurs very informally and irregularly. Your sales manager can make your life enjoyable, tolerable or miserable.

Sales Management 74

Sales Management Field Sales Inside Sales Research 74

Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2018

In the pre-Internet age, field sales was the primary means by which sales reps not only gained new accounts, but the venue through which customers gained most of their information about products and services.

Field Sales 54

Field Sales Outside Sales Account Sales 54

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In Business Services companies, Operations executives usually have more power than Sales executives. Operations leaders often have a disproportionate amount of influence over Sales functions. Sales executives, by contrast, are often viewed as wanting to take foolish risks. Ops says Sales doesn't understand the business.

Influencer 282

Influencer Strategy Policies Lead Gen 282

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, what caused pain points at the end of the program: reps changing territories mid-program, sales that were booked but not invoiced, clients who made verbal commitments but didn’t sign contracts, field sales managers that vouched for sales that didn’t get logged into the system on time, etc.?

Incentives 201

Incentives Incentive Quota Territories 201

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2014

They had traditionally, had a large field sales organization. Sales people were just overworked, stretched very thin. The needs for recruiting and bringing more sales people on board were skyrocketing. The top management team was asking me what to do. Inside sales would never work for us.”

Inside Sales 118

Inside Sales Face-to-face Field Sales Channels 118

MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Sales incentive contents can be a positive force to help motivate your sales people to new levels of productivity and loyalty. Alternatively, poorly constructed or inequitable sales challenges can result in anti-productive activity, resentment and rebellion. Beat the Boss. Lead By Example.

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Motivation Infusion Construction Incentives 120

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Sales Enablement needs of field reps are far more complex than that of inside sales teams. Inside teams are in close proximity to their managers and mentors. Field reps, more often than not, are left to their own devices to ensure their readiness to close a deal. Knowledge baselining and message calibration.

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Sales Enablement Inside Sales Coaching 52

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sales Enablement needs of field reps are far more complex than that of inside sales teams. Inside teams are in close proximity to their managers and mentors. Field reps, more often than not, are left to their own devices to ensure their readiness to close a deal. Knowledge baselining and message calibration.

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Sales Enablement Inside Sales Coaching 52

Repsly

JULY 17, 2018

As a sales manager, you’re always looking for areas where your team can boost performance. With all of the activities that you and your reps do in a given day, how can you iterate and adapt your process to get the best results?

Field Sales 63

Field Sales Sales Management Sales 63

Partners in Excellence

MAY 20, 2013

Over the next several months, I’ll be interviewing a number of Sales Operations and Sales Enablement executives. I believe these roles are critical in understanding and driving sales performance. Field sales managers focus on their teams. His customers are the sales people, managers, and teams.

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Sales Operations Field Sales Sales Enablement Maximizer 104

SBI

JULY 29, 2014

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Darren: Perenso has created a cloud based Field Sales Solution that helps companies with reps on the road sell more products whilst saving them money.

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Up-Sell Closing Field Sales Revenue 135

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The best sales teams don’t just sell — they keep customers happy and drive serious upsell, cross-sell, and expansion revenue. They do this by first identifying and focusing on the sales motions that are best for their product, team, and customer. Inside sales. Inside sales. Low-touch sales. No-touch sales.

Top of Funnel 132

Top of Funnel Examples Lead Rank ActiveConversion 132

The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

"“Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.". > 13 Ways to Manage a Quota-Crushing Field Sales Team – Spotio. Looking to build an efficient, high-performing field sales team? There’s no “right way” to make a sale. Mike Puglia. AROUND THE WEB -. > >>> READ MORE.

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Quota Inbound Field Sales Sales Cycle 101

Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I often hear from our customers how challenging it is to manage distributed field sales teams. While every sales rep will learn their baseline knowledge and have their message calibrated when they are onboarded, there is still a need to constantly keep them primed on multiple topics. Knowledge Baselining.

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Hiring Distribution Sales Enablement 52

Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I often hear from our customers how challenging it is to manage distributed field sales teams. While every sales rep will learn their baseline knowledge and have their message calibrated when they are onboarded, there is still a need to constantly keep them primed on multiple topics. Knowledge Baselining.

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Hiring Distribution Sales Enablement 52

Mindtickle

JANUARY 9, 2017

Sales enablement is more complex for a distributed field sales team. To get you started, here are six points to consider as you’re developing your field enablement strategy. What is the role of sales enablement and management in your organization? What type of sales do your reps need to do?

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Sales Enablement Strategy Scale 52

Mindtickle

JANUARY 8, 2017

Sales enablement is more complex for a distributed field sales team. To get you started, here are six points to consider as you’re developing your field enablement strategy. What is the role of sales enablement and management in your organization? What type of sales do your reps need to do?

Field Sales 52

Field Sales Sales Enablement Strategy Scale 52

Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world is causing a massive shift in the medical device sales industry. The days of relying solely on face-to-face sales meetings are over. Digital selling is the game, and you must have a strategy that ensures your team succeeds in medical device digital sales. Not to worry, though.

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Strategy Face-to-face Buyer Lead Rank 62