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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. My answer: sales training initiatives. Sales training has grown in importance in the past decade.

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6 Marketing Strategies for B2B Customer Retention

Sales and Marketing Management

To promote customer retention and strengthen your B2B marketing scheme, we’ve assembled this list of six key strategies you can use. In every B2B industry, the quality of customer service is closely connected to customer retention. Adding more incentives erases any second thoughts when contemplating defection.

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Is Your Sales Rep Compensation Plan Pushing You Up or Out?

SBI Growth

When sales reps think about their compensation, the first thing they ask is “How can I make more?” Great companies attract and retain "A" level sales performers. The best sales comp plans effectively motivate and retain "A" player reps, push "B" reps toward better results and weed out the "C" players.

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10-Point Inspection for Top Sales Performance

SBI Growth

The first monthly commission statements will soon be in your sales reps'' hands. This post is for Sales leaders and HR business partners. Read on to understand the mechanics of effective sales compensation. Erik Charles is the Principal Incentive Strategist at Xactly Corp. It answers a fundamental question.

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Is Your Sales Compensation Driving the Right Behaviors?

SBI Growth

It's a critical time of year for sales compensation. Starting now, sales leaders and HR business partners are getting the first direct feedback. Here are just a few: Direction - Sales reps may be focused on the wrong activities. Retention - Top performers who are failing to achieve their expected income are at risk.

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. This is flawed.

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No Product Differentiation? No Problem. A CEO Who Found Another Way to Grow

SBI Growth

Steve describes the situation when he arrived: “The state of business was flat with same store sales declining and acquisitions keeping the operating line flat. Our margin increases were coming from cost cuts and vendor renegotiations rather than increased sales.”. Delivering customer satisfaction drives policy retention for carriers.

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