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7 June 2018

Commercial Partnerships Underwriting. The Sales Management Association’s underwriters provide financial, content, or media support to our global community of sales leadership and support professionals. Underwriters benefit from the ability to co-create content with the Sales Management Association, present to the membership through web based and in person events, and through...Read more

Our Audience

7 June 2018

Our Membership The Sales Management Association’s audience includes two basic types of professionals: sales managers, and sales effectiveness managers. Sales managers include managers at all levels, from senior-most to first line managers with direct report salespeople. Sales effectiveness professionals include a variety of functional titles, including sales operations, sales enablement,...Read more

Submissions

7 June 2018

Speaker and Content Submissions The Sales Management Association welcomes contributions from anyone. A commercial relationship with the association is not required to have content submission or speaking proposal considered. We accept contributions for any of the following: Sales Management Matters blog submissions. Sales Management Matters treats a wide range of...Read more
This research explores management practices related to territory design and optimization. It identifies how organizations assign salesperson responsibilities for prospects, customers, and geographies. The research quantifies management’s satisfaction with current approaches, emerging trends in territory planning, and best practice approaches for optimizing salesperson assignments. This PowerPoint presentation includes all analyses,...Read more
This research explores coaching practices in sales organizations. It identifies how organizations define sales coaching, and what activities and outcomes they assign to coaching initiatives. The research quantifies the prevalence and frequency of coaching activities, and management views of coaching’s importance to sales organization success. Lastly, the research identifies key...Read more
As a thank you to research participants, we provide complimentary Associate membership. Associate membership offers access to the past six months’ resources on our site, free access to many of our growing list of management courses, discounted registration to in-person events, and a lower cost upgrade path to full membership...Read more
The high stakes environment of the sales industry is the reason a lot of people choose to pursue a career in sales. As any salesperson will tell you, there’s nothing quite like the buzz of successfully closing a sale. Working in sales can be a hugely fulfilling and rewarding career,...Read more

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