Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2018

Originally published on The Sales Management Association. Coaching is pivotal to maximizing sales potential. If you’ve been in a sales management position for any length of time, it’s not even news. Use coaching ability as part of their sales manager hiring criteria (+10%). By Mike Esterday.

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Spotio

JUNE 30, 2022

A territory sales manager is an individual contributor that executes the sales process for an organization in a defined geographic area (or territory). They’re required to develop effective sales strategies, meet territory sales quotas, and maintain excellent customer relationships.

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Spotio

AUGUST 4, 2024

Let’s be honest, managing a high-performance sales team is hard. Especially when you consider that 91% of sales reps missed their sales quotas last year. The average annual turnover rate for sales teams is a whopping 35%. No wonder upper management is always trying to raise sales quotas.

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Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2018

Originally published on The Sales Management Association. Coaching is pivotal to sales success. If you’ve been in a sales management position for any length of time, it’s not even news. In study after study, coaching is shown to play a key role in driving sales performance and revenue achievement.

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Spotio

JANUARY 15, 2023

In most verticals, competition is at an all-time high, and top sales organizations are looking to get the most value from their teams. Effective sales territory management ensures that each outside sales rep is focused on the activities that will have the most impact. What is Sales Territory Management?

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The Brooks Group

JULY 8, 2014

Today’s sales managers need to lead and coach their sales force instead of managing and directing the team. Unfortunately, when sales managers aren't coaching - because they don't know how - they tend to get caught up with blaming their reps for failures on the part of the sales team instead of looking at themselves.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 13, 2020

Sales Quota Achievement. Research consistently shows that more than half of sales representatives are expected to fall short of their quota each year. When salespeople fail to meet their sales goals, it’s the result of a series of unproductive actions occurring throughout the pipeline. Retaining Top Performers.

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Medical Device Success

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

If you are a medical device sales manager, are you getting the most out of your team? A Sales Plan is a good start. The Sales Plan should consist of the following: Four Month Sales Goal by Key Products: Product Category One Touch Cure-All. Monthly Sales Goal by Total Revenue per Month: September.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 13, 2014

We're constantly being asked by our clients about where sales managers should be spending their time. No matter what one’s position in life may be, whether it’s a CEO, Vice President of Sales, Regional Sales Manager, President of a country or the general of an army, there is one common characteristic.

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Spotio

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Field sales managers have a lot of responsibilities. They have to devise sales strategies, cut and assign territories, motivate their reps, analyze sales metrics, generate reports for company leadership teams… The list goes on and on. Rep satisfaction Finally, sales coaching platforms lead to rep satisfaction.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 11, 2018

Mid-year is a good time to take stock and assess where you are in your progress to goals as well as how you feel about your performance to date, your motivation and engagement levels, and the efficiency of your operations. Here are 3 action steps you can take to make sure you’re well positioned for the remainder of the year.

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 20, 2023

To foster that kind of excellence, leaders may set ambitious goals for their team members, offer them training or “stretch assignments” and tell them what they need to do to get to that next level. How Fear of Failure in Sales Impacts Success Particularly over the past few years, the sales role hasn’t been an easy one.

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MaBiCo

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Vacancy Management for Pharmaceuticals. Coping with sales force attrition and its effects is a major challenge for many pharmaceutical companies in Greece and in Europe. Even in the face of recession effective sales reps move from one company to another in hopes of a better salary, improved work environment and better prospects.

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Quantified

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why your top sales reps, the champions of your business, can make terrible managers. As the founder of RevDimensions, LLC a specialty consulting firm that helps SaaS companies grow and optimize their sales teams, Eric Nelson has seen this play out at companies repeatedly. And promoting them can have dire consequences.

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Spotio

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Since most sales reps already use a mobile phone or tablet to keep in touch with their manager and prospects, it’s easy to install mobile sales apps. Plus, managers have the latest data at their fingertips as real-time field updates keep the sales pipeline in sync with the office. What is a mobile sales tool?

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Step 1: Take Measure of the Sales Target. Before your rep can begin creating an effective business plan, they need to be comfortable with the sales target you've set for them. Then, meet individually with each salesperson to review their previous performance data, and present them with their new sales quotas. Conclusion.

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Spotio

OCTOBER 7, 2023

If you’re a sales manager, you must dedicate yourself to sales performance management. As we’ve discussed, sales performance management is “A data-driven approach to planning, managing, and analyzing your company’s sales performance.” And how are they all performing?

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Medical Device Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Their planning consisted of who is going, what instruments to ship, scheduling some sales training, hotel arrangements, etc. It did not include setting objectives and goals. Actually, some members of the team were reluctant to take a stand and set a sales goal. Overall sales of $XYZ,000. We changed that.

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 8, 2024

These interventions typically emphasize sales tactics, activities and other techniques for hunkering down and finding new strategies of outreach to help the rep regain momentum. Unfortunately, managers and salespeople alike usually end up frustrated when the needle still won’t seem to budge.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 19, 2018

Managing a remote sales team used to be a situation faced only by sales leaders at large multinational corporations. Today, more and more sales managers and sales leaders are charged with leading geographically dispersed teams. Your Annual Sales Meeting is key for building team spirit and collaboration.)

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Integrity Solutions

MAY 13, 2021

No wonder sales managers are worried about whether they have the teams in place to recapture lost ground and take advantage of a rebounding economy. Trust, that building block of relationship sales, comes down to integrity. The buying process has gotten much more complex. Customer expectations are higher than ever.

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Medical Sales News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With hiring managers skimming through many resumes, using powerful words can bring your experience to life, quickly illustrate your skills and qualifications, and allow you to stand out from the pile of applicants. The following are a list of words from A to Z you can use in your medical sales resume. D: direct, directive.

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Quantified

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Most sales managers have a considerable number of tools at their disposal designed to help predict customer behavior, automate sales processes, and improve overall conversion rates. However, although nearly 93% of sales leaders believe sales coaching positively impacts performance, only 34.8%

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Integrity Solutions

MAY 24, 2023

Successful sales people know is about doing something for the customer – not to the customer. All the product knowledge, core selling skills, time and CRM management capabilities are far less impactful to the ultimate success of a salesperson than their core attitudes, beliefs, values and motivations.

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CloserIQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Forever-remote advantages for sales managers. Going forever-remote improves salespeople’s ability to make sales (by enhancing productivity). Mapping core processes turns routine operations into operational assets and allows more efficient analysis and management of sales pipelines for different salespeople.

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Integrity Solutions

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Once you understand your leadership style and its implications for how you manage and coach, you can take a much more strategic — and more effective — approach to creating the high-performing teams that will give your organization a distinct business advantage. Sales Coaches Build Strong Relationships.

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Spotio

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Designing sales territories has never been more important for door to door and field sales teams. Unfortunately, designing sales territories is a process that the majority of sales managers rush through. Done properly, a good amount of legwork goes into sales territory design.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Highly motivated sales reps who value their independence may fare well from creating their own plan for growth. Autonomous employees can sometimes outperform their own goals when given room to challenge themselves. Set challenging yet attainable sales goals. It’s common for sales training to be hit with some resistance.

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Quantified

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While sales leader and sales manager are often used interchangeably, management is not the same as leadership. However, most organizations consider leadership part of a sales manager’s role. Their objectives are to achieve sales goals.

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 8, 2024

These interventions typically emphasize sales tactics, activities and other techniques for hunkering down and finding new strategies of outreach to help the rep regain momentum. Unfortunately, managers and salespeople alike usually end up frustrated when the needle still won’t seem to budge.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Effective sales funnel management is a key tool in optimizing your sales team’s performance. A well-managed sales funnel will move prospects through the sales process faster, reduce unnecessary losses, and help your team win more deals. What is a Sales Funnel?

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CloserIQ

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

These sales books offer a full curriculum on enterprise, tackling everything from C-suite lingo to common objections: Read more > Career + Job Advice. 7 skills you’ll need to become a Sales Manager (Steli Efti of Close.io). ” Top Skills for a Sales Resume (Alison Doyle of The Balance Careers).

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Spotio

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Do you manage a field sales team ? If the answer is “yes,” you definitely need a sales route planner, also known as a sales route app. It’s pretty simple: sales route planning is the act of planning sales routes. This task is typically completed by sales management professionals.

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Spotio

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Workload is measured in time and effort required to adequately manage all accounts in a given territory. Tracking performance against value metrics you set for each territory and rep gives management understanding into territory performance overall. Does the territory route allow easy travel time management? Balanced workloads.

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Map My Customers

APRIL 14, 2022

Just because someone is fantastic at selling doesn’t mean they are a fantastic sales trainer. Some sales managers may not realize or possess the skills needed for effective sales team coaching. However, coaching is a critical component of a sales team’s success. What is Sales Coaching?

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Quantified

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Perhaps the most prestigious recognition in sales, awarded to top achievers who have met and often exceeded ambitious sales goals. Sadly, many reps aren’t getting much practice before an actual sales call, and according to one study, the typical salesperson receives about three days of sales training—ever.

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Spotio

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Tools are essential to this, and they’re worth the investment, research from Brainshark shows: “ More than 2/3 of companies that invested in sales learning and development technology realized a positive ROI.” On the flip side, companies that failed to invest in sales enablement technology saw a 12% drop in sales goal achievement.

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