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		<title>Dirkjan at 19:50, 27 August 2020</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Market &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Hunting&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Market &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;hunting is about increasing the market share in the targeted markets. The sales function is crucial to this. Quote from [[Sales force design for strategic advantage|Sales force design for strategic advantage]] on this:&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The sales force typically is the most empowered organization in a company. Usually working alone and unsupervised, salespeople are trusted with the company&amp;#039;s most important asset - it&amp;#039;s customers. The most important connection the customer has with a company could be the salesperson; for many customers, the sales person *is* the company. A sales force is a powerful force. There is not a single sales force anywhere that could not seriously hurt its company&amp;#039;s performance. Likewise, there is not a sales force anywhere that could not significantly improve its company&amp;#039;s position.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Five elements determine the success of a sales force:&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;# What is the quality of the information the sales force has at its disposal?&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;# What is the competitive strategy deployed by the company within the market?&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;# How well is the company equipped to recruit good sales representatives and how does the company train its sales force?&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;# What are the motivation and compensation systems used by the company?&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;# How does the company monitor the performance of its sales representatives?&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In making business plans it is important to calculate how much sales capacity is required. For this it is important to keep metrics such as: the expected # sales calls to acquire a new customer and the success rates of sales effort.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In determining the plan on ho to approach the customers , a so called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;go-to-market&amp;#039;&amp;#039; strategy it is important to meet the customers where they do want to do do business. A [[Go-To-Market map|Go-To-Market map]] helps revealing major issues for a company. Companies could consider [[Channel partnering|Channel partnering]] to go to market and remain conservative with respect to [[Overestimating impact of online channels|Overestimating impact of online channels]].&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Dirkjan</name></author>
		
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		<title>Dirkjan: Replaced content with &quot;Market Hunting Category:marketing  Category:M11  Category:M11-S1 - Reading - Marketing Strategy and Organization - Chapter 5 - A Concept of the future  Categ...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Replaced content with &amp;quot;Market Hunting &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Category:Marketing&quot; title=&quot;Category:Marketing&quot;&gt;Category:marketing&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Category:M11&quot; title=&quot;Category:M11&quot;&gt;Category:M11&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Category:M11-S1_-_Reading_-_Marketing_Strategy_and_Organization_-_Chapter_5_-_A_Concept_of_the_future&quot; title=&quot;Category:M11-S1 - Reading - Marketing Strategy and Organization - Chapter 5 - A Concept of the future&quot;&gt;Category:M11-S1 - Reading - Marketing Strategy and Organization - Chapter 5 - A Concept of the future&lt;/a&gt;  Categ...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In making business plans it is important to calculate how much sales capacity is required. For this it is important to keep metrics such as: the expected # sales calls to acquire a new customer and the success rates of sales effort.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In determining the plan on ho to approach the customers , a so called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;go-to-market&amp;#039;&amp;#039; strategy it is important to meet the customers where they do want to do do business. A [[Go-To-Market map|Go-To-Market map]] helps revealing major issues for a company. Companies could consider [[Channel partnering|Channel partnering]] to go to market and remain conservative with respect to [[Overestimating impact of online channels|Overestimating impact of online channels]].&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Dirkjan</name></author>
		
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		<title>Dirkjan: Created page with &quot;Market hunting is about increasing the market share in the targeted markets. The sales function is crucial to this. Quote from Sales force design for strategic advantage|Sal...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2020-08-25T07:53:56Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Market hunting is about increasing the market share in the targeted markets. The sales function is crucial to this. Quote from Sales force design for strategic advantage|Sal...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Market hunting is about increasing the market share in the targeted markets. The sales function is crucial to this. Quote from [[Sales force design for strategic advantage|Sales force design for strategic advantage]] on this:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The sales force typically is the most empowered organization in a company. Usually working alone and unsupervised, salespeople are trusted with the company&amp;#039;s most important asset - it&amp;#039;s customers. The most important connection the customer has with a company could be the salesperson; for many customers, the sales person *is* the company. A sales force is a powerful force. There is not a single sales force anywhere that could not seriously hurt its company&amp;#039;s performance. Likewise, there is not a sales force anywhere that could not significantly improve its company&amp;#039;s position.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Five elements determine the success of a sales force:&lt;br /&gt;
# What is the quality of the information the sales force has at its disposal?&lt;br /&gt;
# What is the competitive strategy deployed by the company within the market?&lt;br /&gt;
# How well is the company equipped to recruit good sales representatives and how does the company train its sales force?&lt;br /&gt;
# What are the motivation and compensation systems used by the company?&lt;br /&gt;
# How does the company monitor the performance of its sales representatives?&lt;br /&gt;
In making business plans it is important to calculate how much sales capacity is required. For this it is important to keep metrics such as: the expected # sales calls to acquire a new customer and the success rates of sales effort.&lt;br /&gt;
In determining the plan on ho to approach the customers , a so called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;go-to-market&amp;#039;&amp;#039; strategy it is important to meet the customers where they do want to do do business. A [[Go-To-Market map|Go-To-Market map]] helps revealing major issues for a company. Companies could consider [[Channel partnering|Channel partnering]] to go to market and remain conservative with respect to [[Overestimating impact of online channels|Overestimating impact of online channels]].&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Dirkjan</name></author>
		
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