SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

He then performs ride-alongs with multiple sales representatives to observe the buyers in action. He validates his findings with quick 5-min calls to sales managers and reps. Brutus can then build a financial model to determine the most efficient and effective way to cover the marketplace and make the number in 2013.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

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. Interviewed VP of Sales, Product Leaders, and Sales Manager to understand what they were seeing in the market. Author: Joshua Meeks.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 11, 2013

The post Jeffrey Gitomer – Named one of the Top Sales & Marketing Influencers for 2013 appeared first on Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog. Sales Sales Management Success Jeffrey Gitomer Sales Training sales sales blog sales training sales training program top sales trainer'

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

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. At 34, Robert was younger than most of his counterparts. It was clear he deserved the job.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

One of the biggest problems a VP of Sales faces is prioritization. Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? This post is written for the VP of Sales trying to determine which sales productivity problem to prioritize and which ones to ignore. H ow to Sequence.

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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. It is your job to equip sales management with these figures. Won deals in half the time.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

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. Build specific competency and accountability based scorecards for Sales Leadership and Sales Reps. What about a “qualified lead?”

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

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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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 4, 2012

A post for Sales and HR leaders to ensure success of 2013’s Sales compensation plan. Fast forward to April of 2013. A Chief Sales Officer is meeting with Sales VPs and the VP of Sales Operations. They are trying to decide between keeping and scrapping the recently-implemented Sales Comp Plans.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 22, 2013

In particular, the front-line Sales Manager - a critical role responsible for marshaling a team of revenue makers. This post includes a downloadable Sales Leader Curriculum. This tool is perfect for HR Business Partners who serve the Sales function. It will help to prevent vacant Sales Management positions.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

The third of four regional stops to nail down 2013 budgets for the Sales EVP and the CFO. Then you have to design a plan that reps, managers, directors all follow to maximize the up-side. Execute the Plan – Build a consensus with Sales management on how they can execute on the plan. Make it Pay Off.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 17, 2012

Want to know what marketing leaders are going to do differently in 2013? Register HERE for our 6 th annual research project, Making the Number: How your Peers are Allocating People, Money & Time in 2013. In a recent survey conducted via LinkedIn, we asked marketing leaders around the globe what their focus will be in 2013.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2012

Sign up for our Make the Number Tour if you would like to see how your peers are allocating people, money and time in 2013. Over the last 12 months we: Surveyed over 10,000 sales representatives. Surveyed over 4,500 sales managers. Reviewed over 5,000 documents from with some the world’s best B2B sales organizations.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

HR can help the Sales leader to improve recruiting results and play a vital role in making the sales number in 2013. HR and Sales leaders often fail in the execution of convincing the top talent to make the career move. Making the sales number in 2013 depends on upgrading your sales talent.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Help the sales leader identify any reps that are at risk of leaving. This should actually be an ongoing task of the HR leader to have frequent discussions with Sales Directors and Sales Managers to keep pulse on which Reps may be at risk for leaving. Has any documented issues of “disconnect” with sales management.

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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? Are you thinking the same?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Congratulations, your organization is launching a new product in 2013! 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. Product A Sales projections / Total sales Projections for the year.

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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. Or at least a few of them.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2012

." - Jack Welch Are you questioning the ability of your sales leader to take your revenue performance to the next level? In your next board meeting, they will ask what you will do differently to make the number in 2013. To hire a top-performing sales leader, you have to remove legacy aspects of your recruiting strategy.

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SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2013

You have to make the rest of 2013 with the sales heads you have.” There are 10 best practices Sales VPs have taken to ensure this doesn’t happen. Below are five of the 10: Sales Manager/VP field sales rides : Participating with your sales reps on more field calls leads to increased revenue.

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QYMATIX

MARCH 31, 2025

may be thousands of years old, but it gets to the heart of what sales managers need to pay attention to today. You manage between 5,000 and 10,000 customers, juggle anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 items, and are constantly under pressure: margins are thin, the product portfolio is complex, and the competition never sleeps.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. The review presents findings from SBI’s market research in 2013. Bottom-Up Quota Setting: Validating quota from a Sales Rep & Sales Management perspective. These include Territory Vacancy Rate and Talent Level (sales rep).

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Last year you got your 2013 quota in mid-February. This caused mass confusion, frustration and demotivation on your sales team. Do you have enough sales people to cover the new quota? Set up a planning session with your sales managers immediately. How many actual opportunities by sales person is that?

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SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

Dave was promoted to be Acme’s VP of Sales for the Americas. He did it as a District Sales Manager. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. In the first 6 months he: Did monthly pipeline reviews with every sales manager. The EVP of WW Sales was disappointed.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 16, 2013

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? Sales management and sales leadership is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Make more cold calls?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 12, 2013

Related Stories Jeffrey Gitomer | Live in Orlando See Jeffrey Gitomer LIVE in Greeneville, TN | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Jeffrey Gitomer – Named one of the Top Sales & Marketing Influencers for 2013.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

You’re completing 2013 and building your marketing strategy for 2014. Maybe you are supporting sales with a CRM implementation, linking your marketing collateral into each phase. Stop kidding yourself when you say you involved the sales team. Asking a couple of sales reps does not constitute understanding the buyer.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 22, 2012

If you aren’t able to answer YES to all 3 questions then sign up today for our Q3 Tour Research: How your Peers are allocating People, Time and Money in 2013. His tool on measuring sales management impact can help you figure out where you stand. Question 3: Are you making your number? Where do You Stand?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

I was lucky enough to be introduced to a sales team’s top performer for 2013. Julie’s Sales Operations leader thought I could learn a lot from her. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. Half way through the year, she was 90% to goal.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

And, it speeds sales productivity, which is the ultimately the name of the performance management game. A February 2013 report by Aberdeen Research validates the impact of gamification. One sales manager at a leading B2B technology firm recently shared his experience: “I forced my team to enter everything into Salesforce.com.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

It gets great reviews from C-Level executives, marketers and even sales managers. But how does Content Marketing help the Sales Rep? Today’s post outlines the benefits of Content Marketing from the Sales Rep’s perspective. I had a recent conversation with a Sales Rep named Seth. This is the Problem.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Here is their success story and an invitation to learn more best practices from SBI's “ Make the Number 2013 Tour.”. As the strategic HR partner to multiple sales leaders, Steve is responsible for recruiting and retaining top talent. Last week I talked with two Steves who faced this challenge and developed a sustainable solution.

Decision-making 122

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2013

Modified the sales compensation and quotas. Revised sales territories. Shifted around Sales Managers. Gather input from your sales force. You can get this tool along with many others by registering for the SBI Making the 2013 Number tour. She''s tweaked the hiring profile.

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Zendesk

JANUARY 24, 2022

When you’re writing a sales resume, it’s important to feature your most applicable skills for that particular job. These skills will vary depending on the position, so make sure you understand what hiring managers might want in a candidate. But you need proper sales experience before applying for a sales manager role.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Have the Sales Managers train the reps. Have L&D sit in the back of the room and get your manager up on stage. We have helped hundreds of companies with sales process and adoption. Register for our 2013 Making the Number session. Pilot the new process. Work through any bugs. Find out what is good-or bad.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 22, 2012

This post will show how to use LinkedIn for some free sales recruiting sources. Since the world didn’t end, you still need to recruit Sales personnel. Q1 of 2013 is a busy time to refill empty Sales territories. Sales leaders want replacement Reps FAST. Not all Sales teams have followed this advice, however.

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QYMATIX

APRIL 18, 2024

This means a total of around 400 sales outlets throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland and neighbouring countries and a total turnover of over 4.5 CALCULATE NOW THE ROI OF QYMATIX PREDICTIVE SALES SOFTWARE About Qymatix Solutions GmbH Qymatix is your autopilot for B2B sales. billion euros.

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