SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Operations leaders often have a disproportionate amount of influence over Sales functions. In these organizations, Ops controls most of the employees, expenses, and data. Sales executives, by contrast, are often viewed as wanting to take foolish risks. Ops says Sales doesn't understand the business. He was a rising star.

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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. Organization talent and people is often an emotionally charged area. Those that cannot, move out of the organization today.

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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

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

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

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. Organizing and scheduling product training sessions.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

The third of four regional stops to nail down 2013 budgets for the Sales EVP and the CFO. How do you balance this all and make the right decisions for the organization? Then you have to design a plan that reps, managers, directors all follow to maximize the up-side. Heading into 2013, use this information to set quotas.

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Janek Performance Group: Account Planning

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It’s putting their needs ahead of the sale to form long-term relationships. Altify notes account planning has increased from 36 percent of companies in 2013 to 50 percent today. However, according to Gartner , 51 percent of sales leaders agree account management channels fall short. This includes personnel.

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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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Insightly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Then, Insightly came along in 2013 and learned from the debuts of each. The platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed to manage sales, marketing, customer service, and more. In 2015, HubSpot added a CRM component. Insightly’s user interface is intuitive, making it easy for teams to get started quickly.

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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. If you are a service organization, you may not have a hot product to offer. Hot product.

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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

MARCH 20, 2018

Flash forward to the present, and the number of companies with dedicated sales enablement functions has more than tripled since 2013, reports CSO Insights. Thousands of people now have sales enablement in their titles on LinkedIn, and technology solutions have been born specifically to support the enablement function.

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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. They understand how to qualify a lead and convert it to a sales opportunity.

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Showpad

APRIL 11, 2019

A mere 10 years ago, it was rare to find someone with “sales enablement” in their job title. Research from CSO Insights found that in 2018, 61% of organizations had a dedicated sales enablement person, program, or function, compared to 19.3% Companies investing in sales enablement are seeing impressive results.

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Showpad

APRIL 11, 2019

A mere 10 years ago, it was rare to find someone with “sales enablement” in their job title. Research from CSO Insights found that in 2018, 61% of organizations had a dedicated sales enablement person, program, or function, compared to 19.3% Companies investing in sales enablement are seeing impressive results.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

The time may be right for your organization to leverage this trend. Find out if gamification fits your sales onboarding needs. Download the free “ Sales Onboarding Gamification Checklist ” and jump-start your program today. The Game: A Great Match for Sales? Gamification doesn’t have the same impact on every organization.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2012

“For me, Sales has been a challenging group. Among all organizations I support, Sales is the most resistant. Sales leaders do not want interference from HR. I have seen this with many sales leaders. Next, learn more about HR from a Sales perspective. Interview some sales managers.

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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. By upgrading the team, you have improved his organization. His tool on measuring sales management impact can help you figure out where you stand.

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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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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. Success in any organization is 50% talent and 50% performance conditions. Beyond Hiring.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2013

Modified the sales compensation and quotas. Revised sales territories. Shifted around Sales Managers. Agile - Agile cultures look to get results quickly through fast changes – changes that may not be perfect, but cause tangible, positive effects in alignment with the organization''s appetite for change.

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SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. By the end of 2013 there will be 2.3 This, from Josiane Chriqui Feigon’s new book The Smart Sales Manager: The Ultimate Playbook for Building and Running a High-Performance Inside Sales Team. Playbook is an apt description for The Smart Sales Manager.

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QYMATIX

JULY 13, 2021

If a B2B company can afford the time it takes to develop an integral BI solution for sales, then building it might not be a bad idea. Some organic-grown systems are still used decades after first implemented merely because at the time the company could afford the time it took to develop it. Download the free eBook now. Provost, F.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. He and his associates from Kurlan & Associates discuss sales and management tactics on YouTube. Companies spent approximately $2.2B

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SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Next week, Sales Dot Two Inc., will host the Sales & Marketing 2.0 The focus is purported to be on the benefits of big data for B2B sales organizations with an emphasis on social technologies. Challenge Your Company to Think Differently about Sales Enablement. Sales Management. Buying Experience.

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SBI

JANUARY 13, 2015

This week I interview Adam Hollander, CEO of Fantasy Sales Team. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Adam: FantasySalesTeam helps sales managers run more engaging and higher performing sales contests with their reps. Most traditional sales contests have three problems.

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Tenfold

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The same survey says that the executives observe a lack in the quality of their sales data. A 2013 study by business services company Experian has found that 91 percent of businesses suffer from data errors. Lately, however, middle management has taken the rein. Sales Data, Big Data and Forecasting.

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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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