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What’s The Difference Between Sales and Sales Operations?

The difference between Sales and Sales Operations is clearly confusing to those outside of the Sales profession but I suspect it is not entirely clear to a few of us here as well.  I can’t tell you how many times … Continue reading

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Are Your Sales Stages Effective?

It’s not often that a sales manager gets to design new sales pipeline stage definitions used by an organization.  It usually occurs in smaller organizations when a new sales leader is appointed and in larger organizations when a new sales … Continue reading

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CRM Adoption and Metrics, Chicken or Egg?

It is widely recognized that the next advancements in sales performance will be derived from better metrics leading to more timely coaching.  Many of the sales VPs I speak with acknowledge they need insightful funnel metrics to help run their … Continue reading

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You’re hired! A check list of things to consider next…

Walking into any new job, let alone a sales management job, can be overwhelming unless you have a plan.  There are a number 90 day plan for new manager templates available but these are by necessity generic in nature.  For those … Continue reading

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Choosing Effective Sales Metrics

One of the more important seminars at a recent Sales 2.0 Conference in San Francisco involved a panel of Sales Operations experts slated to discuss the best sales metrics to track.  The question of which metrics should be used for your organization … Continue reading

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