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5 Reasons You Don’t Want to be a Sales Manager

The Sales Hunter

It is time to get it out on the table and say once and for all that if you are a sales manager, you are in a dead-end position. If you are a salesperson and you want to be promoted to a sales manager position, it’s time to change your thinking. Sales managers manage processes. Guess what?

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Rant: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Spot a Goat in a Flock of Sheep

Pointclear

If the truth be known, the sales lead management process is complicated, multi-dimensional, and multi-departmental; with multi-software programs, and multi-managers who often don’t understand each other or don’t even like one another. Sales lead management done well has a huge return on investment.

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How to Build a Team of Top Sales Reps

SBI Growth

“How can we effectively improve the performance of our sales team?” In this post, you’ll hear about Jeanne, the HR business partner to sales at a software company. Today''s post includes insight on what can go wrong with sales performance. If you’re like Jeanne, this probably happens with your sales managers.

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Sales Enablement In a Remote Work Reality

Sales and Marketing Management

Some companies are creating work-from-home policies from scratch. These conditions can present challenges for sales organizations, where in-person meetings and events are typically part of “business as usual.” With internal meetings (training bootcamps, sales kick-offs, role play sessions, etc.), Habits will need to adjust.

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How Sales Teams Can Recruit & Retain College Grads in the Tight Labor Market

Sales and Marketing Management

Since it can cost one-third of an employee’s salary to find their replacement, it’s important that companies work to implement policies that help retain employees. Compensation and sales performance technology can create a channel for sales teams and HR managers to integrate personalization into the compensation experience.

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How to Design a Sales Manager Compensation Plan (With Examples)

Xactly

One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. Sales managers and their reporting reps will have responsibilities in their roles, which means your compensation plans should be tailored to different roles. Constructing Commissions in a Sales Manager Compensation Plan.

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New on the Sales Management Job? Here’s the Essential Technology

Pipeliner

A key factor in a sales manager’s approach is technology. Without the right technology, the sales manager isn’t going to even have the data to view, let alone interpret, and make decisions with. What does this mean for a sales manager newly on the job? Technology Guidelines. Accurate Answers.