Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

You said you’ve built a lot of sales incentive programs as a manager, and, not to toot your own horn, but they have worked pretty darn well. With 20-plus years and more than 1,500 sales incentive programs under my belt, I’ve got some experience to share. The more reps, supervisors, managers, etc.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

Simply sending an email announcement of your next incentive to make the reps aware of the program will not maximize results. Effective incentives are more than awareness. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results. Sales managers are wise to use incentives to improve their results.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

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. Onboarding Goals Brought into Harmony.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

Salesforce research brief, Trends in Customer Trust, says fostering trust is the new business imperative. Martin’s research on buyers and the mistakes salespeople make. The problem is with typical sales metrics. I always advise clients against offering incentives for referral business. Forget about incentives.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

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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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 13, 2014

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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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 5, 2020

Author: Leeatt Rothschild Sales managers are racing to hit their 2020 goals, which are likely higher than last year’s. It’s no secret that by setting effective sales incentives and pay structures you can dramatically increase your team’s success rate. Treat your sales team. The takeaway here? 18 percent lower.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2020

Sales managers rely on these made-up deadlines to generate urgency and motivation. In research conducted by Wharton Business School Professor Katherine Milkman, she and her colleagues discovered that new habits are more effective anytime you have a fresh start. However we frame them, the undeniable truth is they matter.

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Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

Similarly, many other practices in sales have changed with the changing world around. One such practice is that of providing sales incentives to the salespeople. What are sales incentives? Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.” – Nikita Khrushchev . Split incentives .

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SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

According to Gallup research , the top five predictors of turnover (in general) are: 1. The immediate manager. Connection to the organization or to senior management. Dig in to these questions to be sure: Process issues: Do recruiter incentives include speed to fill or low vacancy metrics? So what’s the problem?

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Sales rep: Cash! Sales manager: Sounds good. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps. Are incentives obsolete? Don’t do it.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. To have a sales strategy you can execute, it must follow a structured path. Sign up for SBI''s free onsite research session here. By doing so, you will receive: A copy of a Sales Strategy Blueprint. Sales training.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 20, 2012

I was traveling south on Montgomery Road today and NOT thinking about sales, sales management or coaching sales. I started to think that maybe this group was doing some research project about human behavior and the reluctance or willingness to accept something from strangers - even when it is free and seemingly harmless.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

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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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Here are three dangers in assuming that could cost you opportunities and minimize your sales effectiveness. Message to Management]: Top Earners Deserve More of Your Time The sales manager announces the top performers of the year. This is how it’s always worked in most sales organizations. Learn more.) Learn more.).

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Harvard Business Review finally published a relevant article that I agreed with! Much too frequently, their articles on selling are written by out-of-touch researchers with little field experience and lots of theories.

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Xactly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Few leading indicators are more predictive of a company’s future sales performance than its incentive compensation plans. While multiple factors influence the effectiveness of your sales incentive compensation plans, 5 tips stand out: 1. Creating incentive programs that work require balancing multiple design choices.

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eGrabber

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In todays fast-paced world, boosting sales performance and closing deals quickly are more important than ever. Sales leaders, sales managers, and sales professionals must work smart and act fast. In 2025, the key is to use smart tools like sales automation and track real sales data.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2021

Smart, strategic incentives that reward employees for achieving their goals is a great way to keep employees engaged, motivated, and willing to rally behind each other to succeed. This kind of incentive motivated individual reps to outperform their colleagues to get a grand prize that was well worth the effort they put in.

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Openview

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

When that transition is from an individual contributor to manager, that adjustment can be even more jarring. We all know the typical story with sales managers – they were a top performing salesperson, had ambitions to move up in their career, and then a position opens up and they are managing a group of salespeople.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In the business environment, extensive research show that goal-setting elevates work performance by at least 10% to 25%. Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals.

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Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Digital selling is the game, and you must have a strategy that ensures your team succeeds in medical device digital sales. In fact, research from McKinsey & Company shows that 80% of B2B buyers now prefer virtual engagements over in-person interactions. Developing digital selling skills, processes, and incentives.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I’ve summarized interviews with three successful women in tech sales, and share why and how they outsell their peers. The first is Sue, a successful field sales manager in a tech company. But she brought a unique capability to technology sales: domain expertise as an end user. The Not-So Technical Sue.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2021

Smart, strategic incentives that reward employees for achieving their goals is a great way to keep employees engaged and willing to rally behind each other to succeed. This kind of incentive motivated individual reps to outperform their colleagues to get a grand prize that was well worth the effort they put in. Enter the sales spiff.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2020

Author: Tim Houlihan Sales managers need to produce results every month and every quarter, yet they know they can’t do the same things in the same way they have always done it. A savvy sales manager is always on the lookout for new practices, new tools, new ideas to deliver additional motivation and focus to the team.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 21, 2018

In the business environment, extensive research show that goal-setting elevates work performance by at least 10% to 25%. Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals.

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Think sales has changed a lot? But while technology may power sales research, people still power the close. . The #1 Sales Management Problem You Can Fix. But those methods will only treat the symptoms, not the real sales management problem: a lack of proper planning. B2C incentives work like magic.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

What we’re about to say is going to contradict every point we’ve made thus far—but hear us out: Stress can be beneficial for sales people. There’s no way around it, stress drives activity and sales managers know this. Start small, and expand your incentive program as you learn and grow. So how do you do this correctly?

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

” There are surveys asking for the one area sales managers should focus on. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Of all the essentials for a sales manager—and our research has turned up dozens—the first and foremost of these is the sales manager’s very own mindset. With it, the sales manager is capable of changing or worsening their team and their performance. The Big Sales Manager Complaint.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

I would add another disconnect that prevents sales training from achieving a positive return on investment is a lack of alignment between the organization’s strategies, structure, processes/operations, incentives and people. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 25, 2011

Sales management to small business owners continue to explore how to increase sales force productivity from the use of the carrot stick to actual incentives. Winning sales teams win because of the united and combined attributes or talents of all team members. Credit www.sxc.hu. However this was not the case.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 3, 2013

In others, the product concept was backed by poorly developed market research. As our conversation wandered to the topic of product launches, Jerry noted “too frequently in B2B sales situations only 5% to 15% of the incentive opportunity is allocated to payment for new products sales. Think about it. Summary.

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Xactly

MAY 10, 2018

Historically, sales performance incentives have been focused on individual recognition. Plans like individual sales quotas are designed to reward, recognize, and help retain high achievers, as well as motivate the average and below average performers to go above and beyond. Pros & Cons: What the Research Says.

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Xactly

JANUARY 3, 2019

Industry and planning-specific statistics also help guide sales planning and incentive compensation. We did some research and compiled some valuable sales stats that are important for all salespeople to be aware of. 2018 Sales Comp Administration Survey ). When used properly, statistics should tell a story.

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