Fifteen questions you must be able to answer as a sales manager without hesitating
Sales Management in B2B is an ever-evolving discipline. The job has been rapidly changing over the past decade, and there is no stop in sight. New technologies emerge, Millennials hit the workspace and markets get disrupted.
Dynamic markets are nothing new. Technology, tools and analytics for B2B sales have invariably been moving forward during the past years. A new generation of sales representatives starts the job profession with different skills and expectations. Sales leaders need to answer what value can each new technology provide to their B2B sales organisation.
What type of B2B sales will still exist in 50 years?
Will sales jobs still exist in fifty years from now? Will robots take over all sales jobs? How will artificial intelligence redefine sales management? What long-term influence does digitisation have on B2B sales?
To discuss the future of sales, let's first present how companies made Business-to-Business sales 50 years ago and how it works today. Let’s then peep inside the crystal ball to see what sales (and marketing) can look like in the future.
Why KPI’s Are Important to Your Sales Growth
Business success is usually measured in Key Performance Indicators (KPI): quantifiable evidence used to determine how well the sales goals are being met or will be met in the future.
Selecting the right set of key performance indicators is critical to the success of any sales organisation, in particular, those organisations aiming at future sales growth.
However, two main risks arise in the assessment of how well a B2B sales team is performing. First, B2B sales organisations tend to risk overloading their teams with too many KPIs, dashboards, and non-actionable data. Measuring an excess of performance indicators reduces the impact of each KPI, leads to confusion and lack of focus.
Predictive Sales Analytics Software | Qymatix Predictive Sales New Release
With the valuable input from partners and customers, Qymatix has released an improved version of its predictive sales analytics product.
The new version of the SaaS brings together extensive research in the field of predictive sales analytics and front-end usability. Sales leaders in Business-to-Business will benefit with an easy-to-use and easy to understand self-service predictive sales analytics software. Users do not need their IT department to perform advanced sales analytics and will no longer suffer “spreadsheet misery” during sales reporting.
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