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Managing a Mobile Sales Team

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What is So Atypical About a Mobile Sales Team?

Unlike other members of your organization, your salesforce may always be on the move.

If your salesforce spends a lot of time in the office, filling out reports and getting an update of projects or products, it can cost your company dearly.

Instead, your sales force should be meeting prospective customers, while also being able to smoothly coordinate with the office.

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Challenges in Managing a Sales Team

Coordinating with the team to receive regular reports and also updating them about new offerings

Keeping the motivation levels high

Relationship building

Creating a unified company culture

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Essentials of Managing a Sales Team that is On the Go

The Leadership Should:

Recognize and understand the challenges and consciously try to overcome them

Set up reliable communication systems

Allocate time to communicate with the salesforce on a regular basis

Plan for training sessions

Define sales strategies and break them into concrete tasks and targets

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Essentials of Managing a Sales Team that is On the Go

The system to manage the salesforce should:

Ensure the policies and processes are simple and streamlined

Clearly define practices and processes

Integrate technology into existing systems

Clearly define objectives

Defined tasks, roles, responsibilities and expectations

Provide support for queries

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Leverage Technology to Manage the Sales Team

Timely access to critical customer information

Access to real-time sales information

Continuous access to the latest company presentations, product specs, sales figures, inventory reports, product presentations, etc

Ability to quickly input sales data and updates of a prospective customer

Easy access to contracts and other documents

Technology has come a long way in providing more effective and efficient ways to manage a sales team that is always on the move:

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Additional Advantages of Using Technology to Manage the Sales Team

Shortens the sales cycle

Improves customer experience

Increases sales

Boosts retention of sales personnel

Helps to build a cohesive team

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Why Choose a Mobile Application to Manage Your Sales Team?

For your salesforce, a smartphone has a number of advantages over a laptop:

Cheaper device

Easier for your salesforce to carry around

Lower boot time (probably already switched on)

Takes up less space at the customer’s location

Longer battery life

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Mobile App to Effectively Manage a Mobile Sales Team

The essentials of a mobile app to effectively manage a mobile salesforce are:

Powerful and comprehensive tools to streamline communication

User friendly, with an intuitive workflow

High level of data integrity and accountability

Real-time reporting and consolidation points

Interactive reporting to company executives

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High-Quality Mobile App toBoost the Productivity of Your Sales Team

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