Q&A with Andrew Friedenthal, CRM Market Analyst for Software Advice: Recently Andrew Friedenthal, CRM Analyst for the online reviews firm Software Advice, released a new report studying the ways in which a comprehensive sales force database can benefit your sales team and customers. We had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Friedenthal to learn more about what his research uncovered. 1) What is a sales database? The sales database is the heart of your sales force automation (SFA) system. This is where you'll store all the information about your clients, customers, leads and prospects. This information could include their…
New Tools, Better Sellers Salespeople constantly adopt new technologies to make sales more strategic and efficient. These technological developments disrupt the sales system and equip sales reps with more tools to best optimize their performance. Currently, modern sales technology continues to change every stage of the sales process and the way reps engage with customers. Yet, this isn’t a new concept. Here's an example: the invention of the telephone in 1876 along with an ancient manuscript, the phone book, created telemarketing, the most revolutionary sales process of the time. However, cold calling is now an outdated concept. Younger generations tend…
Sales territories are an effective way to divide up a company’s salesforce. Sales territory management enables sales reps and managers to better segment their customers and delegate responsibilities. If you’ve been assigned a territory, you’re probably a little apprehensive about your next steps. You now have an entire sector of customers to single-handedly maintain. Fortunately, there are many helpful tools and tricks out there that can assist you in better sales territory management. Sales territories may seem daunting at first, but with the right approach, they can actually simplify a sales rep’s life by grounding them to a structure.…
How Badger Maps Can Help Tackle Them Being an outside sales rep directly means that time is money and your salary is strictly intertwined with both prospecting and closed sales deals. There are some common challenges for Sales Reps. Spending countless hours in the car, finding a parking spot and navigating in unknown areas is the source of many a salesperson’s sorrows. Basically, it negatively affects your ability and capacity to sell effectively. Most sales representatives rely on Google Maps, MapPoint or other similar planners to create their daily routes and schedules, but too often these apps fail at…
Understanding the fundamentals of motivation will create remarkable transformations within you. To motivate yourself in sales depends more on the way you think about motivation than the results you deliver. Every sales rep experiences highs and lows in their career. It’s easy to let this discourage you and lose motivation. A lack of motivation is actually a lack of direction. How to Motivate Yourself In Sales: Start By Creating Your Vision The first step is creating a vision. A vision that is vivid, ambitious and easy to understand. An impulse, a drive, a motion towards a destination. Vision creates motivation. Create a picture…
Q&A with Andrew Friedenthal, CRM Market Analyst for Software Advice: Recently Andrew Friedenthal, CRM Analyst for the online reviews firm Software Advice, released a new report studying the ways in which a comprehensive sales force database can benefit your sales team and customers. We had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Friedenthal to learn more about what his research uncovered. 1) What is a sales database? The sales database is the heart of your sales force automation (SFA) system. This is where you'll store all the information about your clients, customers, leads and prospects. This information could include their…
New Tools, Better Sellers Salespeople constantly adopt new technologies to make sales more strategic and efficient. These technological developments disrupt the sales system and equip sales reps with more tools to best optimize their performance. Currently, modern sales technology continues to change every stage of the sales process and the way reps engage with customers. Yet, this isn’t a new concept. Here's an example: the invention of the telephone in 1876 along with an ancient manuscript, the phone book, created telemarketing, the most revolutionary sales process of the time. However, cold calling is now an outdated concept. Younger generations tend…
Sales territories are an effective way to divide up a company’s salesforce. Sales territory management enables sales reps and managers to better segment their customers and delegate responsibilities. If you’ve been assigned a territory, you’re probably a little apprehensive about your next steps. You now have an entire sector of customers to single-handedly maintain. Fortunately, there are many helpful tools and tricks out there that can assist you in better sales territory management. Sales territories may seem daunting at first, but with the right approach, they can actually simplify a sales rep’s life by grounding them to a structure.…
How Badger Maps Can Help Tackle Them Being an outside sales rep directly means that time is money and your salary is strictly intertwined with both prospecting and closed sales deals. There are some common challenges for Sales Reps. Spending countless hours in the car, finding a parking spot and navigating in unknown areas is the source of many a salesperson’s sorrows. Basically, it negatively affects your ability and capacity to sell effectively. Most sales representatives rely on Google Maps, MapPoint or other similar planners to create their daily routes and schedules, but too often these apps fail at…
Understanding the fundamentals of motivation will create remarkable transformations within you. To motivate yourself in sales depends more on the way you think about motivation than the results you deliver. Every sales rep experiences highs and lows in their career. It’s easy to let this discourage you and lose motivation. A lack of motivation is actually a lack of direction. How to Motivate Yourself In Sales: Start By Creating Your Vision The first step is creating a vision. A vision that is vivid, ambitious and easy to understand. An impulse, a drive, a motion towards a destination. Vision creates motivation. Create a picture…
