Sales Management

New Tools, Better Sellers Salespeople constantly adopt new technologies to make sales more strategic and efficient. These technological developments disrupt the sales system and equip sales reps with more tools to best optimize their performance. Currently, modern sales technology continues to change every stage of the sales process and the way reps engage with customers.  Yet, this isn’t a new concept. Here's an example: the invention of the telephone in 1876 along with an ancient manuscript, the phone book, created telemarketing, the most revolutionary sales process of the time. However, cold calling is now an outdated concept. Younger generations tend…

Sales territories are an effective way to divide up a company’s salesforce. Sales territory management enables sales reps and managers to better segment their customers and delegate responsibilities. If you’ve been assigned a territory, you’re probably a little apprehensive about your next steps. You now have an entire sector of customers to single-handedly maintain. Fortunately, there are many helpful tools and tricks out there that can assist you in better sales territory management. Sales territories may seem daunting at first, but with the right approach, they can actually simplify a sales rep’s life by grounding them to a structure.…

Badger Maps CEO, Steve Benson talks with Jim Obermayer, of SLMA Radio, about his thoughts on what is the number one mistake a sales manager can make. He goes over the importance of communication and the sharing of information and making use of feedback. Let’s get into this, the greatest, number one, worst of all time failure of sales management. Let’s get your opinion Steve. My job here on a day to day basis, I spend most of my time and energy running the sales and marketing teams. Those are the things that I spend the most time on. The thing…

How Badger Maps Can Help Tackle Them Being an outside sales rep directly means that time is money and your salary is strictly intertwined with both prospecting and closed sales deals. There are some common challenges for Sales Reps.  Spending countless hours in the car, finding a parking spot and navigating in unknown areas is the source of many a salesperson’s sorrows. Basically, it negatively affects your ability and capacity to sell effectively. Most sales representatives rely on Google Maps, MapPoint or other similar planners to create their daily routes and schedules, but too often these apps fail at…