Sales automation software makes sales professionals more efficient by removing manual processes, fostering collaboration, and uncovering critical information to move the sales process forward and close deals faster. We’ve identified 11 sales automation tools designed to help small business owners enable their teams and enhance their sales process in a variety of ways. Top 11…
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13 Best Sales Enablement Tools 2020
Sales enablement is an umbrella term that describes a range of methods and tools that are used to increase the effectiveness of sales organizations and individual salespeople. We looked at a range of software tools that help streamline processes to develop a list of the best tools to help enable your sales team. Top 13…
How to Develop Sales Compensation Plans in 7 Steps
Developing a sales compensation plan involves figuring out what type of sales compensation will best motivate your team, establishing goals, setting your commission rate, and being clear on how you measure compensation and when sales reps will be paid. Creating an effective sales compensation plan helps you drive sales and reward your top-performing team members….
11 Great Sales Contest Ideas to Motivate Your Team
A sales contest leverages competition and rewards to motivate sales teams to achieve goals while incentivizing the effective sales habits you want your sales team to adopt. These might include making a certain number of cold calls or closing a certain percentage of deals. Regardless of your specific goals, we’ve included 11 sales contest ideas…
How to Build a Great Sales Culture in 10 Steps
A great sales culture is one where the environment and overall attitude is positive, transparent, and results-driven. Sales leaders build an excellent culture by making sure goals align with the overall company mission and its revenue targets while also promoting a sense of open communication, collaboration, healthy competition, and fun. Below are 10 steps you…
The Ultimate Guide to Sales Leadership in 2020
Sales leadership involves strategic decision-making and the ability to inspire and motivate team members. Sales leaders meet and exceed company revenues by leading their teams to achieve revenue goals. Sales leadership roles are a good fit for professionals capable of long-term vision planning and who have excellent mentoring and decision-making skills. What Is a Sales…
How to Run an Effective Sales Team Meeting in 7 Steps
A sales team meeting is led by the sales manager and brings together the people responsible for delivering your business’ sales objectives to review progress and priorities. Getting the format, frequency, and content of these meetings right can make the difference between achieving your sales revenue target or failing to deliver and putting your business…
Top 11 Sales Training Ideas: Resources for Sales Teams
There are many different types of salespeople who work in a range of industries across the world, and there’s no one magic secret to training them to do their best work and win the most customers. However, as a sales manager, it’s critical to invest in continual training and development for your sales team. This…
How to Hire a High-performing Sales Team in 9 Steps
Hiring a sales team can be a costly and time-consuming process for businesses. However, recruiting and hiring the best talent is critical to meeting your company’s goal and limiting turnover as much as possible. Fortunately, recruiting and training the right people doesn’t have to be complicated. We’ve created this guide with nine steps to help…
11 Best Sales Forecasting Tools & Software for 2020
Sales forecasting tools and software use various business data to help you project expected revenue. They are beneficial for sales teams because they help sales managers compare sales targets, achieved sales, and expected sales more accurately. Furthermore, many forecasting tools help automate the process, saving valuable time for your sales management team. 1. Pipedrive Cost:…
How to Become a Sales Manager in 9 Steps
Becoming a sales manager involves taking on additional responsibility for the performance of a sales team and is often a promotion after demonstrating consistent performance as a sales rep. Sales managers can be promoted internally or recruited, but in both cases, there are specific steps you should consider if this is a career path you…
15 Best Sales Management Tools 2020
Sales management tools are applications, programs, or software that provide business owners, managers, and supervisors tools such as reporting and dashboards to help them visualize team performance and identify areas for improvement. We reviewed dozens of applications and arranged this list of the 15 best sales management tools for helping sales team leaders be most…