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What's Happening at the Top of your Sales Funnel?

SBI Growth

At a sales meeting, Manny the Manager posed this question to his team: “How is our average Opportunity Close Ratio 80%? Download the Top of Funnel Metrics for 2013. A friendly Sales Ops leader and I recently brainstormed an extensive list. The "Top of Funnel Metrics for 2013" is intended for sales leaders.

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One Easy Tool to Improve Sales Efficiency Now

SBI Growth

We’re nearly 60% through 2013. Product and service offerings have to evolve to meet changing demand. With no increased budget and only five months remaining in 2013, efficiency is needed. Brainstorm on the variables used and weights given to each. Time is running short for 2013. Just five months left.

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Surviving the Late Release of Your New Quota

SBI Growth

Last year you got your 2013 quota in mid-February. Brainstorm on how you are going to make this new number. Typically these are done in the sales meetings. This caused mass confusion, frustration and demotivation on your sales team. It was much higher than you planned. It resulted in a poor start in the first quarter.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

But coaches resist the temptation to tell.

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

He shares the story of how Twitter came into existence from a big picture brainstorming day with people from a podcasting company considering tough competition from Apple and having an idea for an SMS service. The strategy you create is never complete – it is finding a set of answers to basic powerful strategy questions”.

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Campaigns, thought leadership and project management – Early engagement, scoping and risk management

Red Star Kim

You can also promote discussion of “What good looks like” Entrepreneurship – Obtain ideas for new markets to target or gain insights to develop differentiated positioning or value propositions at structured brainstorms. Achieve early sense-checking and promote bold and innovative thinking.