The day-to-day goal of a salesperson is to find new leads, improve the relationships with potential prospects, and close deals. Having a well established sales territory is vital to achieve those goals. If you want to get the best sales territory maps, you need to take into consideration what is your target customer group, where are they located, what is their relevance, and how can you approach them more effectively. The drawbacks of not building out sales territory maps correctly are: Not having balanced territories across reps, which can lead to over-servicing or under-servicing the sales territory. Inefficient coverage…
by Guest Blogger Jeffrey Simon An Independent Sales Rep or Rep Agency gives an excellent channel for increasing sales. Especially for startups or companies who cannot afford to develop their own in-house sales force, the independent rep, also known as a manufacturer’s rep, can be a winner and drive your business to the next level. Advantages of Independent Sales Reps Some of the reasons why you might want to consider using Independent Sales Reps: Entrepreneurs: an independent rep is a business person who brings high motivation. Their compensation depends directly on their results; thus they are extremely “results-oriented” and really…
Sales leads generation software is a program designed to find leads, sales representatives and organizations who express interest in the goods/services that are being advertised. This sales productivity software markets vendor's products and services to potential clients. It is one “middleman” that is anything but average! There are numerous sales leads software products on the market, but each has distinct differences that can sometimes make it difficult to choose which one is the right fit: RainKing RainKing is an intelligence software company focused on sales prospecting by organizing both vendors and sales leads so their customers can find exactly what they’re looking for.…
“Rather than sitting at a trade show table for hours on end, or sitting up a display in hopes that targeted consumers will complete a form, you can have leads generated and sent to you using the technology of the Internet.” –Laura Lake, About.com Sales lead generation is the creation of interest or inquiry into services or products of a business. Leads could be generated for the purposes of list building or for sales. The usefulness of a lead is determined by its ‘quality’. Quality is usually determined by the propensity of the inquirer to take the next action…
Most outside salespeople wake up in the morning with only a rough idea of how to make best use of their day. They have several customers they would like to visit, and perhaps some others along the way they do not know about, but may not have a good schedule planned out. This shortcoming ending up in either backtracking or simply running out of time. The fundamental lack of sales route planning leads to missed customer visits and lost opportunities. This problem has long been studied by mathematicians who know it as the “traveling salesman” problem. The problem calls…
The day-to-day goal of a salesperson is to find new leads, improve the relationships with potential prospects, and close deals. Having a well established sales territory is vital to achieve those goals. If you want to get the best sales territory maps, you need to take into consideration what is your target customer group, where are they located, what is their relevance, and how can you approach them more effectively. The drawbacks of not building out sales territory maps correctly are: Not having balanced territories across reps, which can lead to over-servicing or under-servicing the sales territory. Inefficient coverage…
by Guest Blogger Jeffrey Simon An Independent Sales Rep or Rep Agency gives an excellent channel for increasing sales. Especially for startups or companies who cannot afford to develop their own in-house sales force, the independent rep, also known as a manufacturer’s rep, can be a winner and drive your business to the next level. Advantages of Independent Sales Reps Some of the reasons why you might want to consider using Independent Sales Reps: Entrepreneurs: an independent rep is a business person who brings high motivation. Their compensation depends directly on their results; thus they are extremely “results-oriented” and really…
Sales leads generation software is a program designed to find leads, sales representatives and organizations who express interest in the goods/services that are being advertised. This sales productivity software markets vendor's products and services to potential clients. It is one “middleman” that is anything but average! There are numerous sales leads software products on the market, but each has distinct differences that can sometimes make it difficult to choose which one is the right fit: RainKing RainKing is an intelligence software company focused on sales prospecting by organizing both vendors and sales leads so their customers can find exactly what they’re looking for.…
“Rather than sitting at a trade show table for hours on end, or sitting up a display in hopes that targeted consumers will complete a form, you can have leads generated and sent to you using the technology of the Internet.” –Laura Lake, About.com Sales lead generation is the creation of interest or inquiry into services or products of a business. Leads could be generated for the purposes of list building or for sales. The usefulness of a lead is determined by its ‘quality’. Quality is usually determined by the propensity of the inquirer to take the next action…
Most outside salespeople wake up in the morning with only a rough idea of how to make best use of their day. They have several customers they would like to visit, and perhaps some others along the way they do not know about, but may not have a good schedule planned out. This shortcoming ending up in either backtracking or simply running out of time. The fundamental lack of sales route planning leads to missed customer visits and lost opportunities. This problem has long been studied by mathematicians who know it as the “traveling salesman” problem. The problem calls…
