Sales
Leadership, Sales
Sales Operations Manager 101
What is a Sales Operations Manager, really? Everyone seems to have a title in the sales industry, but the job description doesn’t always match. Whether you’re thinking about hiring a Sales...
Leadership, Sales
Running a virtual sales kickoff (SKO)
How can you ensure your reps feel connected, motivated and ready to attack a new offer or sales cycle? It’s all about a great sales kickoff. This annual summit is...
Leadership, Sales
Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: a complete guide
As of 2017, 5.7 million professional salespeople were marketing either remotely or face-to-face in the United States. Of those, about 52.8% worked in outside sales. The remaining 42.7% were dedicated...
Leadership, Sales
The tricks and treats of compensation plans
Over the past 3 months, I’ve met with over 50 sales leaders helping them build, fix, or refresh their compensation plans. Some of these VPs of Sales need a complete...
Sales
Sales podcasts we’re listening to in 2020
You can’t read a book while you drive to a client meeting. It’s just as hard to sit and stare at YouTube when you have 80 other things on your...
Leadership, Sales
Chief Sales Officer vs. Chief Revenue Officer, what’s the difference?
Chief Sales Officer and Chief Revenue Officer. They’re the two positions typically tasked with leading a sales organization. They take care of everything from helping to build a winning sales...
Sales
Sales commission draw explained
In 2017, more than half of sales reps missed their quotas. A career in sales is the opposite of stability. Commission-based compensation is exciting when things are going well. When you’re new...
Sales
What is incentive compensation?
Learning how to motivate your sales team is one of the most important things you can learn as a leader. Some employees respond to gentle encouragement, while others need more...
Sales
Quick tips: What does MBO stand for?
“Success” is a big word, but it’s also a vague one. It’s hard to figure out whether your sales team is meeting goals if you don’t have a way to...
Sales
Moving up: how to become a Sales Manager
There are a lot of ways to “make it” in sales. Some love to be totally hands on, sticking with customer-facing positions that include tons of daily interaction with a...
Sales
13 cold calling tips from sales experts
At QuotaPath, we firmly believe that the cold call is alive and well. In order to prove that out, we asked some top salespeople for their number one cold calling...
Leadership, Sales
Things you should do as a new Sales Manager
This is a guest post from Lily Youn Jaroszewski, Director of Sales at TeleVet. Interested in writing for us? Contact info@quotapath.com. Going from being an individual contributor to a sales...