Sales Force of a company is often called the ’face of the company’ because they are the ones who actually face customers on the behalf of their business. And in terms of an insurance company‚ the sales force would be considered an important aspect of the business. Therefore‚ the need of effectively managing the insurance sales force also rises in importance. Effectively evaluating the performance of the sales force is necessary to figure out the loopholes in the performance and to devise ways to
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reader his own personal insights on how to effectively motivate a salesforce. The article states that‚ "Traditionally‚ sales managers have relied primarily on commission to motivate their sales force. Unfortunately‚ a compensation structure based solely on commission does not address separate motivational factors and therefore‚ commission alone will not motivate your sales force to peak performance." As discussed in class‚ there are other factors more important to employees rather then solely commission
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Jefferson Pilot: Growing the Sales Force Discussion Questions 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a career sales force versus an independent sales force? A career sales force that the company hires‚ trains‚ supervises‚ and compensates likely will be more loyal than an independent sales force. As the case notes‚ these career salespeople sell only JPF policies. They also learn and contribute to establishing and maintaining the organization’s “culture.” They learn how things work
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Introduction. Sales Force Automation is a technique of using software to automate the business tasks of sales‚ including order processing‚ contact management‚ information sharing‚ inventory monitoring and control‚ order tracking‚ customer management‚ sales forecast analysis and employee performance evaluation(Thomas‚ M.S & Michael‚ S.M 1996). This revolution that is sweeping through society is changing the nature of selling. For last 150 years‚ traditional selling process bases on the two ways communications
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No sales person in an organization is an island. The concept of team selling has become the trend in today ’s business environment because it is successful. Team selling utilizes each sales person ’s strengths‚ enhances one ’s contribution‚ increases productivity and reduces turnover. Success in sales happens as the result of planning and effective execution. Careful coordination o f many resources are required on the selling side and the customer ’s side throughout the sales process. The goal of
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Advantage and Disadvantage of Sales Force Automation. SFA is one of the applications of information technology to support the process in sale functions (Buttle. 2006). Managers and salespeople were require to use SFA technology in marketing actions such as use computer and telecommunication technology in their sale or promotion actions (Morgan et al. 2001). Some organizations believe the SFA means adding fax machines‚ automate the sales process by prepare the salesperson with a laptop‚ cell phones
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Building a Sales Force Digital Think’s Business * Provided Web-based‚ self paced training with built in interactive sessions. * Ease of access through internet and company’s intranet. * Offered coursed on computer programming‚ internet literacy and desktop publishing. * Was known for its high-quality‚ in-depth courses. * 3 sources of revenue: * Catalog Business * Customized training courses for companies * Website Sales * Website sales was a direct
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CASE IBM : Restructuring The Sales Force In 1993‚ IBM’s Board of Directors decided the time was right for dramatic action. The once proud company had seen its sales fall from almost $69 billion in 1990 to $64‚5 billion in 1992. In the same period‚ profits plunged from $5‚9 billion to a loss of $4‚96 billion. In April 1993‚ the Board hired Louis V. Gerstner‚ Jr. to serve as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and to turn the company around. Just three months into the job‚ Gerstner announced
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Introduction Managing sales is not difficult while a company is small. However‚ when sales start to grow‚ it is very hard to manage enlarged sales workflow as effectively as before. It is because the increasing number of sales tasks‚ the number of regions‚ customers and products. It is taxing for salespersons to handle sales grows without a special system for planning‚ tracking‚ analysing‚ reporting‚ and controlling all aspects of sales activity‚ projects and tasks. Therefore‚ various sales management systems
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sickened consist of support of more staff if there events affecting the team. Managers and employees can make other adjustments to turnover such as severance pay or unemployment provides a diverse work environment‚ decision-making tools such as force field analysis. "Strategic planning seeks to accomplish several goals‚ including establishing or revisiting long-term vision‚ values‚ and mission
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