A Card & A Pen-My Lifetime Franchise…

For those who have worked for me over the years (a lot of salespeople) this will not be news. I am definitely “Old School” when it comes to some sales fundamentals. It’s like Madden football, you can’t escape the need for great blocking and tackling no matter how many trick plays you have in the [...]

A Card & A Pen-My Lifetime Franchise…2018-04-11T07:22:04+00:00

Territories Assigned by Account Size (Part III of a IV-part series)

The current trend among technology companies (and others) is to assign accounts based on company size. While definition of size varies across the market, the three categories generally defined are: SMB (small, medium businesses) Mid-Market Enterprise Gartner defines SMBs by the number of employees and annual revenue they have. The attribute used most often is [...]

Territories Assigned by Account Size (Part III of a IV-part series)2017-11-02T04:51:36+00:00

Geographic vs Open Territories-(Part II of a IV Part Series)

Most of my professional life has revolved around well-defined geographic territories, defined by state borders or sometimes down to the local zip code levels. When you are developing a sales strategy, why is this a good thing compared to other territory management strategies? Some benefits: Efficiencies of time/travel expenses Clear accountability Concentration of effort Long [...]

Geographic vs Open Territories-(Part II of a IV Part Series)2018-04-11T07:22:04+00:00

Sales Territories-What Works Best? (Part 1 of a 4 part series…)

Since the beginning of time, man (or woman) have fought over boundaries defining, their farm, their country and yes, even their sales territory. Gangs kill over turf and so do nation states. Drug wars are all about territory with millions at stake, so we can see that territories defined has universal value. In this series [...]

Sales Territories-What Works Best? (Part 1 of a 4 part series…)2018-04-11T07:22:04+00:00