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Creating a sales territory plan used to be a tedious and time-consuming process. But specialist territory mapping software for sales teams means it's now quick and easy. If you want to know more about sales territory planning keep reading. But if you're ready to get started, follow the links below and jump straight to our helpful four-step guide. Step 1: Analyze your market Step 2: Segment your customers Step 3: Conduct a SWOT analysis Step 4: Create your sales territory...

Sales territory management is a valuable lever in the hands of sales leadership and sales operations teams. It's about optimizing sales resources across geographical areas, which drives improved sales efficiency and sales performance. This year has been highly disruptive for businesses across all sectors of the economy. Sales leaders have had to embrace new ways of working. For example, according to McKinsey & Company, 90 per cent of sales teams have moved to selling through phone or video conference calls....

Sales territory alignment software uses data to match your sales territories to your available resources, helping to improve sales performance by up to 30%. Since they work in a competitive field with high stakes, sales professionals thrive in a challenging, but rewarding, environment. Still, in order for a sales rep to do their job well, their sales manager has to set them up for success. A key consideration for every sales leader should be sales territory optimization. That means effective...

Local lockdowns and social distancing requirements brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic have had a big impact on field sales teams. Meetings that once took place in person have shifted to phone and video conferencing. And while technology has been an essential crutch during these unprecedented times, it's no substitute for real-life, face-to-face conversations. The rapport you can build when you meet someone in person and the visual cues you pick up on during face-to-face meetings are hugely important factors...

As the manager of your company's sales team, it's your job to oversee efficiency, effectiveness and productivity. More than that, it's your responsibility to cultivate the best sales capabilities in your workforce, ensuring all customer and prospect expectations are met and exceeded. Improving your sales force productivity can be daunting. It can be a struggle to pinpoint where to begin. We're here to help, though, and have put together some actionable tips for you to elevate the skills and abilities...

Microsoft's spreadsheet tool, Excel, has been a business staple for more than three decades. According to the software giant, a resounding 1.2 billion people use Microsoft Office. And even if some Office users spend all of their time in Word or PowerPoint, conservative estimates still put the number of Excel users somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 million. A lot of sales teams rely heavily on Excel. Even if they have an enterprise CRM platform, internal team data and data...

PowerPoint is one of the most versatile and easy-to-use presentation platforms. From text, icons and images to flowcharts, videos and even heat maps, PowerPoint can help you communicate a concept, a process or a data set in a digestible and interesting way. PowerPoint is not the only presentation software on the market – perhaps you use Google Slides or Keynote – but it is the most popular. PowerPoint has racked up 500 million users across the globe, who collectively click...