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Operationalize Personas to Meet Your 2013 Goals

SBI Growth

Hey, Sales Operations leaders. Do you want to increase sales and meet your 2013 goals? Encourage sales and marketing to build personas and build a plan to operationalize them immediately. Sales is frustrated because of a lack of proficiency in using the persona. 4 Keys to Making the Persona Project Successful.

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Make Sales Data Meaningful in 2013 by Spending Time in the Field

SBI Growth

Sales Operations Leaders aren’t making data meaningful today. In fact, when asking Sales Operations Leaders what qualitative data they had gathered, here are their responses: Conducted internal win/loss debrief on large opportunities. Look for how the customer is engaging with the sales rep.

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Power, Politics, and Benchmarking Influence Strategy in 2013

SBI Growth

He had only been VP of Sales for 6 months. He rose from junior sales associate to become his division’s top rep. Then, as sales manager, he turned around a struggling team. In Robert’s company, Sales VPs reported to the CSO. If this story sounds familiar, here’s how you can make a difference. Get “Sales v.

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3 Places Sales Leaders Should Look if You Missed the Number in 2012

SBI Growth

But you can excel in 2013 because of your shortcomings in 2012. And with these answers come chances for improvement in 2013. Talent Assessment of Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. It’s easy to make talent decisions based more on gut reaction than facts. The VP-Sales and the VP-Marketing own this area jointly.

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Putting Customer Segmentation To Work In The Field

SBI Growth

Today’s post is the first of three directed to Sales Operations leaders. Resource allocation is critical to success for sales. Customer/prospect segmentation is a key first step in making wise allocation decisions. The third of four regional stops to nail down 2013 budgets for the Sales EVP and the CFO.

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Moneyball: Sales Performance by the Numbers

SBI Growth

66% of Sales Reps believe that increasing the time invested by sales managers would help to increase their sales. Don’t wait for your manager to come to you. You’re at a point in the year where you are discussing 2013. Your manager obviously wants you to succeed and hit these numbers.

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How to Make the Number with Less People

SBI Growth

You have to make the rest of 2013 with the sales heads you have.” Now you must make the number with less than a full team. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Make the sales job fun. But what you do about it is not.