Digital Selling and Sales Training Journal

 Sales performance indicators help everyone, from salespeople to sales managers, direct their energy on the right sales activities. We know that successful selling is a function focusing on the right activities. This means that if you want to measure your team’s performance, you need to start by tracking their daily activities. Also, sales performance indicators need to be measured for effective decision-making. Selecting the right performance indicators for the sales team allows managers, trainers, and leadership to see in real time where any salesperson needs to improve performance. When sales leadership focuses on optimizing these metrics, results improve. We know that selling today is a constantly evolving landscape; salespeople and sales leaders must remain agile to stay ahead in a noisy business environment. To stay competitive, every business needs to understand, engage, and serve customers effectively. What’s more, as customer needs are constantly shifting, modern salespeop...

This sales leadership article looks at how global teams can improve sales performance. An article on Harvard Business Review stated that to circumvent poor revenue performance, sales forces have to collaborate with each other and pursue new customer opportunities. One thing to note at the moment is how sales have been negatively impacted by digitally-savvy consumers and shrinking markets. A report on successful global teams posted on LHH reveals that in 8 out of 10 sectors, global companies observed how aggregate sales are growing slower than their domestic peers. Global teams are struggling amidst complex supply chains and larger and more diverse workforces. As such, a critical examination of your company becomes imperative. To start, ask yourself if the right workers are in the right jobs. If not, determine whether a talent or skills gap exists across your employees. This information will help you address the issues within your global tea...

Sales Performance Improvement : A Sales Performance Improvement plan can deliver higher sales results and prepare the sales teams for the next phase of expected sales growth. Sales Performance Improvement programs should be constructed in a way to better manage and channel the sales team to deliver higher levels of sales performance.In fact sales teams that go through a sales performance improvementprogram outperform sales teams in companies that don’t. What is Sales Performance Improvement? Sales Performance Improvement or SPI forms part of the business sales strategy to guide sales people in improving their ability to sell. It focuses on educating and motivating the sales team to take ownership of their own goals, and to achieve these goals by following a set of sales effectiveness guidelines. Sales Performance Improvement should not be confused with sales training or incentives. Sales training and incentives that drive the correct sales behaviors and outcomes are imp...