Field Sales

If you're still using spreadsheets to track your sales territories and performance, we have good news for you. You can reclaim your time through territory and performance mapping! Nortek Air Solutions started mapping and cut the time they spend preparing reports by a month every year. Putting a little initial effort into preparing your data and mapping your territories can help you achieve similar long-term results. But how does mapping help improve the efficiency of your reporting? We'll show you!...

Here's the scenario You're an experienced sales analyst. You analyze the field sales team performance using CRM reports, excel sheets, pivot tables, charts, and graphs. It takes a significant amount of time to convert raw data into meaningful findings with actionable outcomes. In spite of this, the Sales Director wants that information yesterday. You can’t get him the reports fast enough but they’re not quite answering the questions he’s asking. You need a new perspective on the data and your...

If you have read enough sales blogs you will have seen the term "do more for less" a million times as I have. But what does that really mean? In most cases, the blog will refer to areas such as motivation, sales processes, people management, keeping pipelines full etc. But most good sales managers are aware and on top of these things. Are there any methods you can implement today that will be both revenue effective and cost-effective? The Problem...

Is your field sales team in need of some additional resources? Have you been receiving customer complaints about the quality of service they're getting from your sales reps? Is your sales team starting to complain about the workload? You know you need to increase the number of field sales reps on your team to carry the workload efficiently. However, your opinion isn't likely to be enough for a recruitment drive to be signed off on by senior management. You need...

A struggling sales team can be a difficult challenge to turn around. This is especially true when, on the surface of things, you've given the team everything they need. They have an organized CRM to work off, proper financial incentives, the motivation required to perform, all the training they could want. What's going wrong? There are two important areas that are often overlooked yet can yield real results. One is optimized territory design, which can increase sales 2-7% without any...

Every salesperson has their own method in place for planning and setting up their week, or maybe your team has guidelines in place to help you get set up for the week. I'm not here to tell you to rip all that up and try "XYZ's Amazing New Sales Strategy", I just want to show you how the effective use of route mapping software can help you get through your day more efficiently, especially if you have a busy schedule...