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Now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue MapPoint and Streets and Trips, many sales reps are looking for a replacement program. Fortunately, now there is Badger Maps, a sales mapping software that is superior to both MapPoint and Streets and Trips. Badger helps you sell 25% more, while driving 20% less. Badger Maps has the route optimization and customer mapping components that made MapPoint and Streets and Trips popular. However, Badger has many other features that the Microsoft products were lacking, making it the best Streets and Trips replacement.

As an outside sales representative, you know your career is not a walk in the park. Every day you face a good amount of rejection, long hours, and a constant fear of falling short of your quota. Not everyone is carved out for this type of job, as it takes certain personality traits and qualities. Not only do you have to close deals, but you also have to hustle through each long day of work. So, is outside sales representative the right job for you? One way to find out is by taking a personality test. Two different tests--the…

Badger Maps CEO, Steve Benson talks with Jim Obermayer, of SLMA Radio, about his thoughts on what is the number one mistake a sales manager can make. He goes over the importance of communication and the sharing of information and making use of feedback. Let’s get into this, the greatest, number one, worst of all time failure of sales management. Let’s get your opinion Steve. My job here on a day to day basis, I spend most of my time and energy running the sales and marketing teams. Those are the things that I spend the most time on. The thing…

Steve Benson, Badger's CEO, sat down with Brian Burns, host of "The Brutal Truth About Sales & Selling" podcast to discuss his journey from outside sales rep to CEO. What's your sales backround? I started at IBM and went through a year long sales training program. They partnered new reps with grizzled veterans for a year, so you could see how the professionals operate. It was a great experience. I feel like every new sales rep should get that kind of guidance because it's a daunting career, especially at the beginning. I mostly sold b2b services with IBM. My…