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Sales Forecasting: Ten Practical Ideas for Improving Usefulness and Accuracy

21 July 2015

Sales forecasting yields insufficient insight to many sales leaders, yet few firms know where to start in building better forecasting practices. In this Sales Management Association web panel, three experts present a series of practical ideas for improving forecast accuracy and enhancing the insights it offers sales leadership.

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Research Brief: Benchmarking Sales Manager Activity

16 July 2015

Sales managers have an outsized-impact on sales force productivity. That impact is shaped by decisions sales managers make in allocating their time. We wondered, are organizations optimizing sales management’s time allocation decisions? The Sales Management Association undertook a research effort to answer that question in our recently-concluded sales manager activity...Read more

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After the Sale: How the Customer Experience Still Matters

13 July 2015

Top-performing sales professionals understand that securing a sale isnâ€™t the end goal. These professionals have a longer view of the customer experience and know that a sale is but a step in a much longer journey. For newer sales reps, or those in high-churn industries, it is easy to think...Read more

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Research Brief: Measuring Sales Manager Performance

8 July 2015

Sales managers crucially influence overall sales force performance. How do firms ensure managers are measured on the most impactful metrics? Results from our recent survey explores how firms define and measure the effectiveness of their first-line sales managers (FLSMs). Specifically, we examine: What tools and processes are used to define,...Read more

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Research Update: Benchmarking Sales Manager Activity

7 July 2015

Sales managers have an outsized-impact on sales force productivity. That impact is shaped by decisions sales managers make in allocating their time. We wondered, Are organizations optimizing sales management’s time allocation decisions? The Sales Management Association undertook a research effort to answer that question in our recently-concluded sales manager activity...Read more

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Talent Analytics: The Sales Leader’s New Competitive Edge

26 June 2015

Sales leaders are confronted by a continuing challenge -- low sales productivity. Too few reps are making quota (down from 63% to 58.2% according to CSO Insights) and it takes too long for new reps to become a productive member of the team (69% of reps take 7+ months to...Read more

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Reuniting Sales and Finance: The Real Power Couple

25 June 2015

Enterprise Performance Management was supposed to be for the Enterprise. What happened? Finance people are on a constantly moving hamster wheel of planning, closing, reporting, and analyzing data to ensure profitability and revenue goals are met. As soon as the month/quarter/year ends, the cycle starts once again. Although we've improved...Read more

Webcast

Change Happens: Make it Work For You

22 June 2015

Change happens. And in today's business environment, it happens more quickly than ever. With the globe connected by technology, world economies feel interlocked, the lines often blurred into one continuous operational environment. For sales organizations, managing change can sap the time and resources of everyone from management to the field...Read more

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