Resources

In any given year, a proposal manager can be responsible for impacting tens to hundreds of millions in business via sales proposals. But what makes a good proposal? What does great look like? RFP responses and unsolicited sales proposals are critical elements in driving business, yet often are considered administrative...Read more

Less than effective sales compensation programs suffer from poor design decisions. Powerful and aligned sales compensation plans subscribe to a set of market tested building codes. Use these best-of-breed principles to build effective sales compensation plans that are simple, easily to understand and reward the right results. Join Kevin Gray,...Read more

The best performing companies know that it's buyers who now control the B-to-B sales process. That's why it's more important than ever for companies to craft personalize buyer journeys using a mix of prospect data, reliable information sources and meaningful interaction with the right decision-makers and influencers. The result is...Read more

Upgrading the sales force? Your first stop should be first-line sales managers. No single role in the firm has a bigger impact on sales performance. Join us for an expert web panel exploring how firms are meeting manager development challenges. Panelists will also address audience-submitted questions. Drawing from our recent...Read more

Talent, compensation, CRM, enablement- there are many priorities competing for the attention of today's sales leader. Join us to take a look at 13 key dimensions of a sales ecosystem, and how to prioritize when they all seem important to a successful sales transformation. Our customers are changing the way...Read more

Join us for our latest research insights on assessing sales tools. Over the past two decades, technology-driven innovation has profoundly changed selling and sales organizations. PCs and smart mobile devices are now essential selling tools; CRM platforms are virtually ubiquitous; and new applications appear daily to help automate, enhance, or...Read more

Sales operations functions serve a vital, strategic role in sales organizations – as change agents. Increasingly, sales organizations must restructure deployment models, rethink selling roles and messages, and wring greater efficiency out of existing resources. Sales operations departments are uniquely positioned to drive these efforts. But supporting strategic sales changes...Read more

Many sales forces grew large and successful with a hands-off approach -- one that might have included hiring good salespeople, putting them on commission plans, handing them a phone book and turning them loose. If they were good, they made lots of money. If not, they starved themselves out of...Read more