Thanks to Hollywood, our traditional image of a salesperson is this “work hard, play hard” lone wolf, who singlehandedly wins a million-dollar deal and saves the day.
In reality, however, sales operations require a lot of teamwork behind the scenes. Especially now, as many teams are dispersed across multiple time zones and continents, communication and collaboration within your sales team are more crucial than ever.
Working remotely since day one, we at Reply have had our share of challenges with that. Which led us to adopt a bunch of practices and tools for remote sales reps.
Yet in some cases, work chats and collaboration features in your sales tools simply won’t cut it. A good old video call can make a difference, be it a one-on-one meeting or a team session. In this post, I’d like to share some of the essential sales team meetings here at Reply, along with our agenda templates you can copy.
5 essential sales meetings for an effective team
I’m not a big fan of lengthy discussions and meetings which could have been an email. But sometimes having regular check-ins with the rest of the team (or with each one of its members as a manager) is vital to your productivity and quota attainment.
Over the years, we’ve tried to eliminate unnecessary calls and make the most out of each sales meeting we’re having. Let’s talk about the top 5 regular sales team meetings you should have and what to discuss during them.