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Sales leader diagnosing sales results
Sales Process

5 Sales Management Questions

Small and medium-sized businesses are often unsure how to diagnose their sales results whether performance is poor or they need to scale. Sales leaders in these companies might see a few pain points, yet are unable to understand how some issues are connected. Asking the following questions will help put the pieces together and provide a fuller picture with which to make these key decisions. #1. What is my current state? Take a healthcare practitioner approach here. Just like going to the doctor, what do your vital signs say across your key sales and business metrics? What does the revenue …

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Revenue Growth

Why Focus on Sales if They are Already Thriving?

There are plenty of times when it is necessary to evaluate your sales process and recalibrate – maybe sales are down, goals are not being reached, or the team is not working to its full potential. But what about when everything is going right, and you are struggling to even meet demand? What if you are asking yourself, “Why should we care about sales right now, when we have more business than we can produce?” This situation offers some rare opportunities. Customer Review Every company, for whatever reason, does business with customers that they probably shouldn’t. This is a great …

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Outsourced sales leader meeting with CEO of small business to discuss sales strategy and process.
Sales Consulting

Top Advantages (and Disadvantages) of Outsourcing Your Sales Function

In today’s ever-expanding “gig economy,” outsourcing entry-level tasks and job roles has become commonplace. But a growing number of organizations are exploring and adopting outsourcing for higher-level functions, too. Small to mid-sized sales organizations are increasingly outsourcing the sales function – from the sales rep role to executive sales management – and finding success with this new paradigm. What are some key reasons for sales outsourcing (and some reasons why a company might not want to)? Let’s take a look: Advantages of Outsourcing Your Sales Function While businesses have learned it can be lucrative to outsource frontline sales functions such …

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Sales Consulting

In Focus: The Rewards of Taking a Career “Risk”

Throughout your business career, you’ve learned that nearly every action you take or decision you make can carry risks as well as rewards. Often, especially in routine situations, you probably give these risks and rewards little thought. After all, experience has taught you to take the path of best practices and past successes. You do what worked before because, well, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” right? But what happens when you realize the old ways of doing things aren’t working as well anymore? What happens when the well-worn path of experience gets muddy and bogs you down? What …

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Turning over a new leaf – making a change, turning the page, starting a new chapter in life.
Sales Consulting

Time to Turn Over a New Leaf? Here Are Signs You Should Watch For

As the seasons change, we get some pretty obvious signs, don’t we? Flowers bloom, the sun burns with greater intensity, snow piles up. But perhaps the most obvious signal from Mother Nature that a change is coming is when the leaves turn from a persistent green to various shades of yellows, oranges, and reds. If only the signals were so clear when it was time to take a new career path, right? Actually, the signs that it’s time for a professional change might already be in front of you – if you are open to seeing them. Here are some …

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Fractional VP of Sales working with small business’s sales department to create and maintain a successful sales organization
Sales Consulting

Creating and Maintaining a Successful Sales Organization

When it comes to building a top-performing sales organization, it’s easy to say, “Surround yourself with the right people and the results will take care of themselves.” While it is true you’ll need competent, motivated performers working together to construct the foundations of sales success, there are other critical factors to nail down – sooner than later! So, what are some essential building blocks to include in your sales organization blueprint? Here are the cornerstones: Cornerstone #1: Understanding the Importance of a Sales Department While arguments can be made for the importance of every department in a business, the bottom …

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