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The Sales Manager's Guide to Strategic Planning

Hubspot Sales

If sales is a journey, your strategic plan is the roadmap you'll provide your team to help them reach their destination. It is one of the most important activities you will ever do as a sales manager because, without it, your sales team will have no direction and no instruction manual to follow in order to achieve their targets.

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Return on sales in B2B Wholesale – What is it and how to increase it?

QYMATIX

In B2B wholesale distribution, sales managers and executives must increase their return on sales (ROS) to remain competitive and profitable. With the rise of e-commerce and other technological advances, wholesalers must find new ways to optimise their operations and maximise their profits. For those, there is hope.

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IMPACT Over the Years

Brooks Group

The company had shown no profit for five consecutive years. Management now had one year to break even, and two years to turn a profit, otherwise the company would be shut down. The sales team attended IMPACT training with their management team, and reassessed their strategic positioning and value proposition.

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21 Free Courses for Key Account Managers to Boost Your Skills Now

Account Manager Tips

Related courses: Customer Relationship Management. Understand relationship management strategies and best practices to win and retain profitable customers. Strategic Account Management. Sales People think that key account management is more like farming than hunting. Related courses: Enterprise Selling.

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Unlock Apply: The 4th Key Fundamental of IMPACT Selling®

Brooks Group

I know this ties in deeply with the Probe step, but the strength of your value formula (your ability to apply a solution) is directly proportional to the quality and quantity of the questions you ask. Most people have value propositions that involve saving or making their customer money. Building out your value formula.

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SMB sales playbook — tips, tools, and strategy to increase your wins

PandaDoc

Business owners, conversely, are quite busy and possibly impatient, so your offer should quickly engage them by demonstrating your value proposition through demos and other sales material. Let’s continue with specific actions SMB sales managers should take to do just that.

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Tips for Building a Highly Effective Sales Training Program

Brooks Group

Your sales professionals may have the same job titles as teams at other companies —account executive, business development rep, sales manager—but have a diverse set of professional and personal experiences. The best sales training and development programs are tailored to the unique needs of your organization and sales force.