Sales Management

Multi-Stop Route Optimization for B2B Sales: A Manager's Guide to Optimizing Sales Routes
Multi-Stop Route Optimization for B2B Sales: A Manager's Guide to Optimizing Sales Routes Stop me if you've heard this one before… your best rep's pitch meeting went over, so now they’re late to their next meeting and stuck in traffic, watching a $50,000 deal slip away. Why? They planned their route the way they navigate to brunch - by casually using their phone’s default routing app. Here's the uncomfortable truth: most field sales teams bleed money via bad routing. How? They treat optimized routes with multiple stops like an inconsequential option, not a competitive advantage. Sales route optimization separates quota-crushers from quota-missers. When they nail their routing, your reps will fit more…
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How to Sell to Doctors: 3 Modern Fundamentals + Bonus Interview Insights
How to Sell to Doctors: 3 Modern Fundamentals + Bonus Interview Insights Every industry and persona is different, but understanding how to sell to doctors takes particular nuance. When your target market - doctors, nurse practitioners, and PAs - put patient care first, success hinges on blending medical expertise with current digital realities: Like telehealth use in over 40% of visits and AI being adopted by healthcare orgs at 2.2x the rate of the rest of the economy.  This guide, drawn from interviews with a primary care physician (who sees at least five reps a week!), a pharma specialist, an orthopedic device pro, and an animal health sales rep, distills timeless…
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Sales Territory Alignment: The What, Why, and How of Aligning Your Territories
Sales Territory Alignment: The What, Why, and How of Aligning Your Territories Wolf Cola, a regional beverage company, has been performing consistent and fair sales territory alignment for years - a lead comes in, that lead goes to Rep A. The next time a lead comes in, it is given to Rep B. The next lead goes to Rep C, and so on and so forth in a round-robin leads distribution process, safely logged in the related spreadsheet.  Frank’s Fluids, a rival beverage company, also feel that they have a good handle on sales territory planning - they have four sales reps, each covering one of the four quadrants of the…
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B2B Sales: A Complete Guide to Understanding the What, Why, & How of Business-to-Business Selling
B2B Sales: A Complete Guide to Understanding the What, Why, & How of Business-to-Business Selling Question: Besides their status as the largest companies in their respective industries, what do Caterpillar, Microsoft, and Staples have in common?  Caterpillar manufactures countless types of industrial heavy machinery, Microsoft is famous for its suite of tech-focused solutions, and Staples provides a myriad of office supply essentials. So where is the similarity?  Answer: Each of these business giants have achieved their massive success by selling their products to other businesses - they are B2B sales masters. Whether you're a startup looking to scale or an established enterprise looking for new avenues of revenue, understanding the ins-and-outs of B2B sales can…
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