Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dating back to 1977, my entire career was as a B2B sales rep or I was managing a B2B sales team. Ask a sales rep what they will close this month and, without some intensive research, they may be hard pressed to give you an answer. What are some of the general company benefits from a well managed CRM … Increased revenues.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

He shares insights on managing high-performing sales reps, emphasizing the need to understand their drivers and view their challenges as positive. Key Takeaways: Transitioning from a player-coach to a sales leader requires letting go of old muscle memory and embracing new behaviors and responsibilities.

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Force Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Healthy sales pipelines and accurate forecasts are grounded in structured territory, account and opportunity planning processes. These processes provide sales managers with an unrestricted line of sight into their sales organizations.

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Pipeline Tools Coaching Forecasting 106

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And that, somehow, leads me to sales performance. If they haven’t been exposed to professional selling methodologies and sales processes, and had those demonstrated to them via expert, unscripted role-plays, then they would have no clue that the presenting and proposing they have been doing is woefully inadequate.

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Outsourcing Services Territories Proposal Sales Methodology 201

The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

But one thing sales and RevOps leaders all have in common is that they collectively struggle to set realistic, motivating sales quotas. If quota setting is critical to forecasting, goal setting, and sales capacity planning , how is it that so many organizations still miss the mark? In fact, with only 24.3%

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

When assessing your team’s performance, sales activities offer crucial metrics. That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results. Determine key selling activities.

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Revenue Proposal SalesForce Lead Scoring 122

Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

This the fourth blog in a series of sales planning fundamentals being written by Xactly Chief Sales Officer Marc Gemassmer. So far, in my blog series on sales planning, we’ve looked at: Part one: Adopting the right sales planning approach. Part two: Evaluating sales rep ramp time and attrition. Download Guide.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This is the second in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Paul is the Director of Field Enablement at Groove , a leading sales engagement platform.

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SBI Growth

MAY 15, 2013

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

As you lean back in your chair, proud of your team’s sales accomplishments the prior year, It’s the beginning of a new year, you are looking at a map of the United States hanging on the wall of your office.

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Territories Sales Management Sales Analysis 159

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

” Let me explain myself, revenue is important. But it’s important to look at the composition of that revenue to understand not only how it meets your current goals/objectives, but how it positions your organization/company for future growth. Let’s also manage two sales people.

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Revenue Territories Face-to-face Quota 94

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Buyers are more self-directed and demand a different sales person. And this requires a different sales manager. CEOs that have terminated Sales VPs recently state performance is only part of the reason. The other is the inability to get consistent performance from sales managers. A’ player Sales Mgrs.

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Sales Management Lead Scoring Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile 300

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This month, Pipeliner is introducing an unparalleled sales forecasting approach: the Pipeliner Revenue Intelligence Loop! Companies need to realize today that competition is becoming so fierce because competitors are becoming better at predicting their gross revenue. Sales Management and Quotas. Forecasts.

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Pipeline Revenue Forecasting Quota 97

The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 28, 2021

Increasing sales productivity and performance is a top challenge for any sales leader. In conjunction, the 2020 Media Sales Report found that nearly 1 out of every 3 (31%) of salespeople spend 20-25% of their time in discovery meetings. One study even found that it surpasses the obstacles of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding.

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Hiring Revenue Maximizer Territories 90

Xactly

AUGUST 13, 2018

Let’s cut to the chase–if you’re not using data to drive your sales territory mapping, your territories might be hurting your sales performance more than they are helping it. Sales territory mapping software offers more benefits than sales managers may realize. Take Assessment.

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Xactly

AUGUST 2, 2018

The sales territory is a geographical area that is managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by sales potential, history, geography, or a combination of the above. The objective is to make sure sales territories are balanced to help increase revenues. .

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Territories Demographics Travel Distribution 68

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan An interesting article, Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers , by Xactly's CEO, Christopher Cabrera, was posted on Selling Power's 2/19/13 blog. This article lists the top 10 sales management competencies. So, what are the correct competencies? Selling skills!

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Hiring Sales Management Territories Analysis 243

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Most organizations believe that their most successful sales people will make great sales managers. A recent study showed that only 11% of organizations train their sales managers. If you are a new manager, you are asking, “What do I do now?”. Sales Manager Killers. Control Your Destiny.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. by Howard Brown, CEO of ringDNA.

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Sales Management Scale Top of Funnel Hiring 136

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Lead Rank Territories Lead Scoring Quota 97

SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team. POST-SALES SUPPORT. Lack of quality leads. Most don’t.

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Sales Management Face-to-face Decision Maker Travel 310

Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sales organizations face a paradox: although many continue to increase hiring, attrition is on the rise, according to our 2018-2019 Sales Performance Report , creating a major pain point. Poor hiring practices prove costly to sales organizations in many ways. How Sales Organizations Can Improve Hiring Decisions.

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Hiring Sales Management SAP Sales Talent 97

Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2024

Navigating the Challenges of Managing Top Performers In this 4:58 video, Brandon Nye discusses the challenges of transitioning from a player-coach to a leader and the importance of letting go of old muscle memory. Emotional intelligence and maturity are crucial for sales managers to lead and communicate with diverse teams effectively.

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Video Face-to-face Coaching Sales Management 156

Xactly

JULY 18, 2018

In order to manage your sales performance, you need effective sales territory mapping. Sales territory design must be a thoughtful process that involves data and a balancing act to ensure every sales rep has adequate sales potential within their territory. Download Guide.

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Gong.io

MARCH 30, 2020

How do you build a healthy sales culture? Why is it important to create balanced sales territories? On a recent episode of the Reveal podcast, we connected with Michelle Benfer, VP Sales at HubSpot, for answers to these and other questions that are top of mind for revenue leaders. Building a Healthy Sales Culture.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In this 2:56 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the need for sales managers to go beyond setting sales goals and to define learning goals for their teams. They share how organizations can align learning goals with sales goals and invest in training and resources to support their salespeople.

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Social Media Sales Goal Territories Lead Scoring 156

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

As you lean back in your chair, proud of your team’s sales accomplishments the prior year, It’s the beginning of a new year, you are looking at a map of the United States hanging on the wall of your office.

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Territories Strategy Sales Analysis 136

InsideSales.com

JULY 3, 2020

For a Sales Representative, climbing the corporate ladder begins with a promotion to Sales Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to be recognized by senior management and develop your career options. Below we have outlined 6 of the pitfalls and benefits of a good Sales Manager. How Sales Manager Succeed.

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Sales Management Ideal Customer Profile Territories Promotion 58

Xactly

JUNE 13, 2018

Effective territory design is the basis of strategic sales planning. Balanced territories allow you to set fair quotas, which have a huge impact on your incentive compensation and success of your salesforce. Ultimately, if your sales territories aren’t optimized, you hinder sales reps’ motivation and performance.

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Force Management

MAY 11, 2022

Ensure your sales team is spending their time building a pipeline of high-value accounts. Support your sales managers and reps in developing a result-driven plan that focuses them on pursuing these high-value opportunities. Align your team around a consistent sales planning mindset. A salesperson’s time is valuable.

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Territories Pipeline Account Resources 121

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2017

Are you a Front Line Sales Manager? Do you still have a personal territory with a quota for that territory? Unfortunately, too many managers are in this position–it’s untenable. The job of a high performing sales person, an individual contributor requires focus and full time dedication.

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Territories Hiring Quota Sales Management 48

Janek Performance Group

JULY 12, 2018

You’ve just been awarded a sales territory by your sales leadership team. Now it’s up to you to properly nurture and grow that area to drive sales.

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Territories Maximizer Sales Leadership Revenue 59

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Things like, using the sales process, maintaining high quality/healthy pipelines, leveraging the tools and technologies we put in place, coaching/developing our people, and on and on. With another group, they were shifting roles and responsibilities of the field sales people. The examples are rampant. But many refused to change.

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Territories Pipeline Account Quota 102

Xactly

JULY 12, 2018

Your sales territories are geographical areas managed by a sales rep or sales team. A territory can be defined by several factors, but most commonly, territories are mapped based on sales potential, sales history, geography, or a combination of factors. Download Guide.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

The VP of Sales Operations was part of the decision-making team that brought us on board. The VP of Sales Ops identified 3 reasons he was personally invested in the Onboarding program. “We We are NOT capturing the revenue we should as fast as we should.” Sales Ops leaders often have to be the dissenting opinion.

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Revenue Hiring Face-to-face Social Media 288

Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

The job of a sales manager is to provide a succeeding environment for salespeople. Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. But he was not able to provide me with a viable territory.

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 94

Xactly

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

When it comes to sales compensation planning, you can never start prepping too early, right? One of the most important things to consider when designing plans are the different roles on your sales team. In this piece, we’ll take a top down approach and start by designing a sales manager compensation plan.

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