A Sales Guy

JANUARY 2, 2012

The beginning of the year in sales always starts with a number. Sales leadership spends a lot of time going through plans, setting quota, preparing for Q1, looking at the pipeline, etc. How much of the strategy focuses on marketing and collateral support? Like a go to market strategy, critical analysis is paramount.

Sales Leadership 105

Sales Leadership Sales Marketing Strategy Pipeline 105

A Sales Guy

MAY 7, 2013

As much as the sales team needs to be accountable to sales leadership, sales leadership must be held accountable to the sales organization. Sales leaders need to do their own quarterly sales state of the union or business review for the sales team. They expect it will be GOOD.

Sales 128

Sales Sales Leadership B2B Sales Process 128

A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Each of these pillars represents the critical parts of sales and are the only focused areas sales leadership controls that can move the number. Strategy: What’s the go to market strategy? Has the strategy taken into consideration the market opportunities and the competitive challenges? Is it working?

Sales 114

Sales Revenue Sales Leadership Sales Process 114