Sales Management

Three Steps for a Successful Sales Trip
Three Steps for a Successful Sales Trip A week of hectic travel leaves you tired and frustrated.  Here are three steps to get organized and ensure success on your next sales trip: 1. Plan Ahead In order to get ahead of the competition, you need to be efficient.  By creating optimal routes and sticking to them, you'll steer clear of stressful situations during the week.  Cutting your driving by 20% means crushing your quota while everyone else is still on the road.  And since you can store your routes in an iCal, Outlook, or Google calendar, you'll know exactly what's on tap every day of the trip. 2. Track your Progress You shouldn't count…
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The Best Sales Methodologies for your Team
The Best Sales Methodologies for your Team Sales Methodology Training gives your sales team a repeatable process to find and close business. It's the backbone of your sales process, focusing on call preparation, improving sales effectiveness, finding high-quality leads, and managing customer relationships. The best sales methodologies support all of your sales efforts, resulting in bigger deals more often.The strategy behind your approach is just as important as the actual interaction with your customer. Sales methodology training creates an environment for the customer and the salesperson that facilitates the sales and decision-making process. Here are the best sales methodologies for getting and closing deals. Best Sales Methodologies There…
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How to Organize Your Customers into Sales Stages
How to Organize Your Customers into Sales Stages What if we told you that there's a way to increase your sales, save time, and become more efficient in the field. It involves taking advantage of your sales cycle by keeping track of who wants to buy and when. That advantage is Badger Maps, which makes your time in the field as efficient as possible by organizing it around the people who matter - your customers. Organizing your customers by which stage in the sales process they're at will supercharge your sales cycle. Successful companies understand the power of striking at the right stage of the buyer's decision-making…
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Get the Best Sales Territory Maps
Get the Best Sales Territory Maps 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…
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Expand Your Business With Independent Sales Reps
Expand Your Business With Independent Sales Reps 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…
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