The Center for Sales Strategy Blog

Almost 60% of all businesses lack strong leadership, causing a ripple effect that leads to 37% of workers leaving their jobs. Those who stay are less likely to be motivated or productive.

For these reasons, your employees need effective business leaders who encourage continuous and stable growth in the workplace. Leaders can accomplish this by constantly evaluating their team, acknowledging their strengths, and investing in ongoing development and support.

The summer months can be challenging for salespeople, as many potential clients may be taking vacations or shifting their focus to 2024.

However, with the right strategies in place, salespeople can overcome the summer sales slump and keep their numbers up. Let’s explore the top five ways for salespeople to stay productive and successful during the summer months.

Productivity refers to moving the sales cycle forward, improving application numbers, and increasing booked volume. Productivity measures how well you're able to meet the goals and objectives of your company, regardless of whether these are short-term or long-term goals.

On a day-to-day basis, if you write out a to-do list at the start of the day and are able to cross off most or all of the items by the end of the day, then you can consider it productive.

On a bigger scale, if you're able to meet the goals and objectives you have established for your company, then you're seeing productivity. Increasing productivity means that you will come closer to your goals. Remember, some people are more natural at this than others based on their talents.

You waste time! A lot of time. And so do I.

It's an epidemic in the world today. One of the biggest challenges that organizations and salespeople face is the lack of productivity while feeling like they work all of the time.

One global pandemic, multiple lockdowns, and never-ending strains have reshaped the world — the way we live, the way we socialize, and the way business is done. COVID-19 was indeed the biggest disruption to work as well as life in decades.

Productivity prior to the pandemic was a well-defined metric across companies. Some measured productivity by time, some by deliverables, some by revenue, and most by a combination of the three.

Every company strives to maximize its sales as much as possible. To do that you need to have a strong and competent sales team and a smooth sales process.

Given the current state of the economic and financial landscape, companies are also looking for ways to cut costs. For this reason, optimizing the sales process has become even more important.

When doing so, you have to consider two major aspects. Will you do it internally or externally? If you’ve chosen the former, then continue reading.

More sales equal more revenue, more business opportunities, and more motivation. Thus, streamlining your sales team’s work is the backbone of expanding your company.

How can you do that?

This article discusses 19 time-saving strategies and tools that help sales teams focus on reaching out to the right customers who convert quickly.