Tag Archive | "Sales Metrics"

Can a sales force automation tool help a company sell more?

May 21, 2010 No comments yet

Let’s face it sales force automation tools have been around for over 25 years now.  If asked how they are used most companies would reply they are a repository of all our intellectual property of business contacts, activities and customer information.   No question the industry has helped companies retain the knowledge base of contacts and [...]

The power of metrics in selling

December 29, 2009 No comments yet

I had the opportunity early in my sales career to be part of the Parametric Technology Corporation sales team.  For those of you who missed it, PTC went from $ 3 million in revenue to $ 800 million in 8 years and had 40% pre-tax operating margins.  That math extrapolates to a company that investors [...]