Chief Sales Officer
Sales leaders face myriad pressures, but at the core is a singular imperative: Have a sound strategy for delivering repeatable, scalable sales growth. Read our insights to help build and communicate sales strategy, enhance sales productivity, and deliver consistent results.
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What 2020 Taught B2B Sales Leaders And Teams
In a year when bright spots were hard to come by, several valuable, hard-won lessons emerged for sales organizations that will serve them well in the years to come.
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The Six Components Of Effective Sales Compensation Plans
An effective sales compensation program keeps sales reps motivated and drives revenue goals. Learn about the six elements of an effective compensation program.
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Inspire Your Sales Force. Produce Results.
Build and maintain a sales incentive program that both drives revenue and motivates your sales force.
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Ist Ihr Vertrieb bereit, um jetzt das Beste aus sich herauszuholen?
Looking ahead to 2021, sales leaders mush shift from adapting to the “new normal” to proactively planning for the recovery and their “next normal.”
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Get Ready For The Subscription Business
Subscriptions link the value propositions of customer usage to outcomes. To achieve this business model, traditional product companies need to reinvent innovation cycles, product development approaches, sales and marketing tactics, and customer support functions. There are many obstacles to this transformation — but it’s doable. Three main observations when defining your strategy for driving subscription […]
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Predictions 2021: Grounded Sellers Fly In The Face Of Old Norms
COVID-19 has accelerated the digital next normal for B2B sales. What lies ahead? Read an overview of our 2021 B2B sales predictions.
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Sales Leaders: Four Ways To Set An Achievable Number For 2021
Sales leaders should set themselves and their teams up for a successful 2021 by negotiating a realistic and achievable annual quota.
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Podcast
The “Next Normal” For Sales Will Be Data-Driven
As sales leaders plan for 2021, leaning into data and insights will be key to success. Vice President and Research Director Mike Pregler explains why and dives into other action items for sales leaders in this week’s episode.
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Predictions 2021 Online Event
Dive deep into the dynamics that will generate obstacles and opportunities in 2021.
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B2B Chief Sales Officers: 2021 Planning Assumptions
Against a backdrop of continued uncertainty, B2B sales leaders must forge a clear path forward. Learn what success in the year ahead will require.
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Is Your Sales Organization Ready To Emerge Its Fittest Self?
Looking ahead to 2021, sales leaders mush shift from adapting to the “new normal” to proactively planning for the recovery and their “next normal.”
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Introducing Planning Assumptions 2021: Seizing Opportunity Amid Disruption
Amid unprecedented uncertainty lies vast opportunity for B2B leaders. Monica Behncke, Vice President, SiriusDecisions Research, explains in her introduction to Forrester’s SiriusDecisions 2021 Planning Assumptions.
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Prepare Your Organization’s Path Back to Growth at Summit EMEA
- The Forrester SiriusDecisions Summit EMEA virtual event will be held October 6–7
- This year’s event is an integrated and immersive virtual experience that brings together live presentations, discussion, and analyst meetups
- We preview some of the sales-related topics that will be covered at the 2020 Summit EMEA sessions
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The Forrester SiriusDecisions Summit Asia Pacific 2020: Learning What Sales Leaders in Asia Do to Win
Summit plenary sessions will include actionable insights about changing B2B buying habits and practical advice about how to create resilient sales plans to navigate turbulent times. Sales-specific track sessions will outline how to build a best-in-class outbound prospecting organization, how to select and implement a sales methodology, and how to adopt dynamic selling. technology
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Predictions 2021 Hub
Explore our blog posts, videos, guides, and other resources to understand the dynamics that will shape 2021.
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The Forrester SiriusDecisions Asia Pacific Summit 2020: Tackling Our New B2B Normal
- The new work-from-home norm has challenged us to create an innovative virtual APAC Summit in Singapore this September
- For the first time at our the event, we will have a series of track sessions dedicated to the priorities of sales leadership in addition to the usual track sessions aligned to the priorities of marketing leaders
- We have four Program of the Year winners, showcasing transformative marketing initiatives through a series of fireside chats with our SiriusDecisions analysts
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The Channel Sales Leader’s Challenge — No Planking, Ice Bucket, or Dancing Required!
- The Channel Sales Leader’s Challenge aims to promote awareness of the issues channel sales leaders face in 2020
- Channel partners present a complicating factor — execution in indirect sales is mostly influence vs. mostly control for direct sales
- The channel comp paradox frustrates channel sales leaders and is impossible to capture as a data point
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Use Science to Improve Sales Team Productivity and Build a “Seller-Friendly” Culture
A fundamental approach to solving sales productivity challenges is to understand where reps invest their most precious asset — their time — and to address sales rep efficiency. Understanding why reps are spending time on non-productive tasks, and then freeing up that time so they can spend more time selling is a data-driven approach.
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18 Ways Teleservices Teams Can Add Value When Calling Is Uncertain
- Businesses whose teleservices reps are working from home are having to evolve how they engage with prospects
- Teleservices teams should use remote working time to experiment with new approaches, connect buying groups in target accounts, improve product and tool knowledge, and polish their external appearance
- While marketing teams are adjusting programs and outreach plans, teleservices teams are focusing on documenting best practices, processes, and plans for next steps
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Why Not Both? How to Transform Your Buyer’s Journey While Increasing Revenue Efficiency
- Devoting effort to revamping the go-to-market playbook and transforming the buyer’s journey might initially seem like a strange choice in a time of tightened budgets
- At this year’s Summit, Phil Harrell explained why now is actually the perfect time to create a new and improved buyer’s journey
- Keep an eye on the LTV/CAC ratio to increase efficiency and create a buyer’s journey that accommodates the preferences of today’s buyers
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A Rose by Any Other Name: The Foundations of Business Development Excellence
- Sales leaders maniacally seek to increase core selling time
- Organizations must feed sellers real opportunities, not leads
- Size your teleprospecting group adequately and set realistic expectations about output
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A Sales Executive’s Perspective on Alignment: Outdated Stereotypes, Pipeline and Revenue Goals for Marketing
- Despite compelling evidence that tight sales and marketing alignment drives superior business results, executives struggle to drive alignment between their functions
Sales executives can drive alignment by updating outdated stereotypes about the other functions
Establishing pipeline and revenue contribution targets for marketing is critical; without agreement on goals, all alignment efforts are doomed to failure
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Getting and Keeping a Seat at the Table: What Channel Sales Leaders Need to Do Differently
- Channel sales leaders must sharpen their business acumen and align their actions with the company’s strategy to gain internal support
- Today’s buyers and solutions are changing, making it imperative to increase the rigor around recruitment and determine whether current partners are the right ones
- Channel sales leaders must become trusted advisors to other company leaders — e.g. by providing peers with the data and insights they need to succeed
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