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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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

There has been lots written about the common mistake companies make in selecting new sales managers; specifically the habit of promoting some of their best sales people to the management ranks, whether they are suitable or not. The notion that the best managers are those who have done it is simply not right.

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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. Use the Sales Manager Time Tracker.

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Sales Management Face-to-face Decision Maker Travel 310

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A post for Sales and HR Leaders to find root causes of Sales Manager (SM) vacancies. The Sales Manager position is the fulcrum between sales leadership strategy and sales force execution. Teams without effective sales managers lack morale and discipline. Weak sales strategy.

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Positioning Hiring Sales Management Compensation 292

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you know someone that runs a business with a sales team, or they lead the charge themselves, have them take a look at the areas below for ways they can increase their sales. Improving even one of these areas could take their sales to the next level. Sales process efficiency. Sales time sucks. Sales management.

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Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

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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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. What does great front-line sales management actually look like?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2017

For most organizations, the answer is to gain visibility into the activities of individual sales reps. If leaders can’t see what salespeople are doing, they can’t manage what their reps are doing. Nor can they make smart investments in improving sales capability. Management Matters. Management Matters.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 22, 2018

From sales force training and compensation to investments in sales processes and technology, organizations relentlessly seek to pull the right levers that will drive revenue growth and improve sales effectiveness. There is a direct and compelling link between frontline sales manager effectiveness and topline revenue performance.

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Sales Management Hiring Compensation Scale 218

Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Hiring is one of the most important activities that a sales manager conducts. If they make the right decision they will improve the performance of the territory and elevate the performance of the entire team. The easy answer for a busy manager is to hire the sales rep that comes with all the experience.

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Hiring Territories eBook Coaching 288

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

For HR leaders, a recent Harvard Business Review blog post provides a stark reminder of the difficult challenge of supporting Sales leaders in recruiting top talent. HR can help the Sales leader to improve recruiting results and play a vital role in making the sales number in 2013. Avoid a Myopic Focus. Top Performers’ Top 5.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 12, 2014

It’s every Sales Manager’s worst nightmare. The impact reverberates across the sales team. Your boss questions your ability to manage. Their Territory – Is their patch well-defined? If you place them in an impossible territory, you will lose them. The exit of an A-player is painful.

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Territories How To Compensation Lead Scoring 306

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Your sales leader is going to want to know your strategy for next year: How many heads will you need? How will you fill open territories? sales strategy Sales Leader planning Sales Manager Sales Manager Resources' Bottom line, you will be asked about your strategy to make next year’s number.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This blog addresses how sales reps can ensure their quota is realistic and attainable. Many sales reps are forced to accept a quota that is neither. Over 65% of Sales Goals are driven by Executive and Corporate expectations. If their projections are unrealistic, so are the sales reps’ quotas. Bottom-Up Quota Setting.

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Quota Ideal Customer Profile Territories Demographics 306

Steven Rosen

MAY 31, 2021

Hiring Sales Stars . Whether you are starting a new sales force or hiring a new rep to fill a vacancy, the four principles of the STAR Process will help you select top sales performers. Without a clear process, your sales managers will each adopt their own approach and ultimately achieve sub-optimal results.

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Hiring Territories Energy Sales 386

SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2013

Measuring sales turnover as a percentage can be misleading. Yet turnover is probably the most measured sales metric. HR, sales leaders, and Sales o ps all measure it. Many sales organizations are proud that they have a low turnover metric. Yet he has 3x the average territory potential in his patch.

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Territories Hiring Quota Sales Leadership 303

Steven Rosen

APRIL 15, 2021

Business acumen and business planning are becoming a much more necessary skill for sales reps and sales managers. The company’s business planning processes require sales reps to build annual business plans. The Head office should prepare any sales report or dashboard. Quarterly Business Reviews .

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Territories Quota Coaching Sales 336

SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Top sales leaders know how to communicate and roll out a sales plan. Get your sales managers involved early in the process. The sales management team needs to have a clear understanding of the new quota. The impact to the individual sellers and their territories. Sales can’t rely on marketing alone.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 27, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 3 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. Hire the right sales managers. This doesn’t happen by accident.

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Sales 2.0

JANUARY 14, 2025

George Santayana , American philosopher (1863-1952) Im working on a new sales project, and I need some quick wins. Sales history Ive been looking at some of the small healthcare accounts that my client serves. Sales history Ive been looking at some of the small healthcare accounts that my client serves. I will let you know.

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Collateral Account Territories Segment 195

Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Many companies run Presidents Club, STAR Club and Summit programs to reward and recognise their top sales performers. In building a Top Performers Program, sales management needs to decide what they want to reward. Many companies I work with tie their program to sales vs. objectives. What to do?

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Territories Quota Comparison Incentives 304

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Most sales teams win fewer than half their “games,” and while defense can’t be blamed, pitching can! Unlike the Red Sox, most sales teams have too much pitching (demos and presentations)! As of this writing, they have assessed 106 sales and sales management candidates.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Compensation 352

Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Sales Eagles Soar Turkeys to Get Consumed. If you are chasing your 2015 sales numbers, you need to return from this holiday weekend highly energetic, focused and ready to sprint to the finish line. When I was running a sales force , I was equally focused on finishing the year off and starting the next year even stronger.

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Consumer Analysis Territories Account 374

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Over 42% of all Sales Managers don’t make their yearly number. A VP of Sales first thought is to terminate those Sales Managers. Who needs a Sales Manager if they can’t make their number?”. You need to ask yourself: How are you measuring your sales managers? Said his former manager.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota 308

MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 18, 2018

This could involve seeing their territory sales improve, helping a new product through its launch or possibly farming an account for new business. For some, though, it would be seen as real progress if they were to be promoted to a management position. Have they got the acumen to become a manager? Managing Director.

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Sales Management Salary Promotion Cold Calling 192

SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Not all “A” Player sales reps were meant to be managers. If you’ve been in sales long enough, you’ve seen this mistake unfold. The newly promoted manager repeats behavior that made him successful as a rep. He neglects his skill development and sales initiatives. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region.

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Construction Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation 334

Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement.

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Coaching Sales Management Sales Coaching Account 177

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My VP of Sales wants me to research trends in inside sales and conduct account segmentation. The sales managers are yelling for updated dashboards and territories. Oh, and Marketing wants to discuss sales enablement improvements. Alex is the VP of Sales Operations at a large technology company.

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Sales Operations Compensation Territories Segment 303

Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2013

Effective Quarterly Business Reviews Drive Sales Performance. Both business acumen and business planning are becoming a much more integral skill for sales reps and sales managers. Company’s business planning processes require sales reps to build annual business plans. Keep the Process Simple.

How To 281

How To Territories Quota Coaching 281

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 6, 2018

Hi, this is my fifth video on Sales Strategies to Crush Your Sales Numbers, I call it Develop a Coaching Culture. . In the last four video/blogs, I covered: Sales Strategy #1: Upgrading the skills of your front-line sales managers because you have a multiplier effect when their skills get better.

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Coaching Strategy Video Course 307

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

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2012

Are your sales resources properly aligned with growth opportunity ? The Sales Leader is about to receive the 2013 Revenue Number. He will rely on you, the Head of Sales Operations, for sales strategy advice. Are you confident the sales team’s people, money and time are accurately allocated for the upcoming year?

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SBI Growth

APRIL 9, 2013

Sales Leaders may want to look for some help outside of Sales. This post discusses what Sales might want in an HR Business Partner. The downloadable tool includes a profile of a highly successful HR business partner to sales. The downloadable tool includes a profile of a highly successful HR business partner to sales.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Territories Trends 297

Steven Rosen

JUNE 25, 2013

Whether you are starting a new sales force or hiring a new rep to fill a vacancy, the four principles of the STAR Process will help you select top sales performers. As the head of sales it doesn’t matter if you are involved directly in the process, what matters, is that you have in place a top-notch sales selection system.

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Hiring Territories eBook Energy 309

SBI Growth

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet many front-line sales managers are slow to respond. Because speed requires more time and effort from a sales manager. The average sales manager will avoid these requirements. This post will explore ideas sales managers can implement to increase their speed. Acquire new capabilities.

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Quota Promotion Social Media Territories 308

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2021

This might not be all that mind-blowing to point out, but not all sales orgs are comfortably confined to their companies' corporate headquarters — operating under a group of managers that can come together to share stories over lunch every day. What does a territory sales manager do?

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Territories Compensation Trade Show Salary 116

Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2022

Sales Manager Coaching. Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Coaching improves sales rep engagement.

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Coaching Sales Management Sales Coaching Account 156