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CRM Experts Talk SugarCon13 and More

Score More Sales

Not enough employees with CRM seats – companies will selectively give certain individuals seats, such as all sales but no marketing, or inside sales but not outside sales (or vice versa). Lack of leadership support for adoption – success of CRM must tie in with sales methodology and process.

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How to Build a B2B Sales Team Structure

Zoominfo

Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. But one of the most important parts of training sales professionals is teaching the same sales methodology. One of the best ways to burn out sales reps is inconsistent (or nonexistent) training.

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How to turn an outside sales rep into an inside sales rep

Close.io

Nevertheless, this saying has become widely used in the world of sales to defend the old-school art of outside sales. As technology has evolved, the way sales teams operate has evolved as well. Even still, there’s a common belief that it’s impossible to transition your sales team from outside sales to inside sales.

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Sales Compensation Best Practices

Engage Selling

For example, if your salespeople are assigned to geographic territories, be sure to develop and communicate clear guidelines on how they can sell to accounts that cut across territories, and how they’ll be rewarded for those sales. The more complex the compensation plan, the easier it is to misunderstand or manipulate.

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How to Build a B2B Sales Team Structure

Zoominfo

Inadequate training or onboarding processes Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. But one of the most important parts of training sales professionals is teaching the same sales methodology.

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Managers Don’t Know What Their People Are Doing

Keith Rosen

The question was: With respect to observation of outside sales teams, are there other tactics to accomplish this other than joining them on a sales call? or the geographical dispersion of their sales team (no time), observation is the most important activity for any manager to engage in consistently.

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The Ultimate Guide to Channel Sales

Hubspot Sales

Do you need a partner with an outside sales team, an inside sales team, both, or neither? Process: Your partner’s sales process should be compatible with yours. Ideally, there’s a natural point in their sales or services process for introducing or upselling your product.

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