CEO at Peak Sales Recruiting
Before Peak, Eliot spent more than 20 years building and leading companies, where he took the lead in recruiting and managing high performance sales teams. He co-founded Ventrada Systems (mobile applications) and GlobalX (e-commerce software). He was also Vice President of Sales for PointShot Wireless. Eliot received his B. Comm. from Carleton University and has been honored as a Top 40 Under 40 Award winner. He co-authored Sales Recruiting 2.0, How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast and provides regular insights on sales team management and hiring on the Peak Sales Recruiting Blog.
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - May 22, 2009
I received an email about marketing in a downturn, from inmedia, a PR firm focused on the high tech sector. The article is about marketing tactics, but there is some good advice in here about selling tactics: 10 tips for marketing in a downturn 4. If you have channel or other partners, consider pooling budgets
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - May 10, 2009
Selling Power Interview with Dave Stein discussing approaches to sales training. His company, ES Research, helps sales management and corporate training organizations evaluate, select and implement sales training and productivity improvement programs. Some interesting notes from the interview: US companies spend $4B per year on sales training only 20% of companies measure the effectiveness of
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - May 6, 2009
Our friend Brian Jeffrey, President of Salesforce Assessments, recently sent out this articles on hiring superior sales people and we thought you would be interested in reading it as well. ================ Nobody deliberately sets out to hire salespeople who can’t or won’t perform. But it happens, and it happens more than you might expect.
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - April 28, 2009
Tuesday, I presented at Engage Selling’s third annual Powerhouse Sales Event and shared insights into building a winning sales team. Great turnout, sales managers from many sectors and some good questions from the audience. Here is a link to my presentation. –)) Build a Sales Team that Delivers relpost-thumb-wrapper Related posts Focus 360 Builds-First U.S.
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - April 14, 2009
A lot more than you think. With so many reps currently below target, we thought we would show a quick and dirty calculation on what a bad sales hire costs. Let us assume we are speaking of an intermediate to senior position (depending on the company) with a base salary of $100,000 and a quota
