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A New Way to Compensate Sales Teams

Harvard Business Review

Although the business environment is completely different than it was 20 years ago, the way most companies structure sales quotas and compensation has not evolved to keep up. To effectively compensate your sales team, follow these five steps. They should then identify what is actually driving growth.

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Integrating Digital Tools into Every Stage of Your Sales Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Digital tools powered by relevant data can help to generate customer insights, better allocate sales resources, facilitate channel interactions, and improve brand value. But, like any tool, digital systems are only as good as their users.

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How AI Can Help Sales Teams Craft More Personalized Pitches

Harvard Business Review

In the past, hours of leg work and research were required to create relevant and resonant sales interactions. Modern sales platforms have the potential to help the average seller get to expert-level preparedness, in a fraction of the time, increasing their relevance and credibility with buyers.

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New Technology Is Overwhelming Sales Teams

Harvard Business Review

Technology has long been used to boost seller productivity, but sales leaders are telling us that efficiency gains have become slower and more expensive. Sales organizations’ tendency to run most tasks through the sales rep requires an increasing number of complex systems to support.

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Using Sprints to Boost Your Sales Team’s Performance

Harvard Business Review

As sales teams are stretched thin and face change initiatives and strategy shifts, using the sprints made popular by agile can help them focus on priorities that will drive results. At the heart of this is a cadence of structured, weekly meetings between the manager and the salesperson.

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6 Tips on How Human Resource Leaders Can Boost Sales Team Performance

Vantage Circle

Sales professionals' skills and productivity strongly impact an organization's ROI and reputation. So, hiring the right resources and managing sales talent is crucial to winning and retaining customers, thereby building a successful business model. Tip 1: Understand the Different Sales Roles. What's more?

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Stop Losing Sales to Customer Indecision

Harvard Business Review

A playbook to help sales reps nudge customers off the fence.

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