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Putting Customer Segmentation To Work In The Field

SBI Growth

Many marketing purists focus on the mechanics of segmentation work. Take the following steps with any segmentation work: Educate Sales Management along the way – Show them how the segmentation was done in layman’s terms. What’s available in the market? What geographies are under-penetrated? Tell everyone.

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Top 5 Sales Rep Behaviors to Change in 2013 – with HR’s Help

SBI Growth

Sales can’t do the job alone. Sales needs Marketing to generate demand , educate leads, and supply qualified opportunities. Sales can then do what they should be doing, which is selling, not prospecting. Reps must be able to social map an organization they are trying to penetrate. How can HR help Sales with this?

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Micromanage Me, Please

The Pipeline

I asked what expectations are set either in terms of activities, pipeline coverage, or territory contact/coverage/penetration. When I asked about how the team was coached, the typical, “we talk every day, they call me when they have issues with a deal, and we meet once a month as a team to talk about the market.”

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5-Step Plan to Penetrate the Market in 90 Days (In Any Industry)

Sales Hacker

If you only had 90 days to penetrate the market and produce sales, what would you do? While you could come up with a complicated plan that won’t deliver results for half a year or more, you can get better results, faster, by implementing a DRIP Marketing Plan. DRIP: The Secret to Reliably Penetrate the Market.

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New Product? Don’t Forget to Update the Sales Compensation Plan

SBI Growth

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. Focus on new product sales.

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Top 20 Sales & Marketing Vendors to Follow on Twitter @Dreamforce ’14

SBI

More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On’s streamlined user interface puts first-rate marketing tools at your fingertips, making campaigns and programs easier and faster.

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Support Your Sales Team: A Guide for Managers

Zoominfo

Every sales manager wants their team to be successful– but sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Sales reps face a number of obstacles that can keep them from their goals and it’s your job as their manager to help them overcome these challenges. Facilitate better sales and marketing alignment.