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The Why Of It All  

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By Tibor Shanto. Despite advancements in tools, methodologies, and other attempts, sales as a profession continues to struggle. Quota attainment remains under 60%, closed forecasted deals aren’t much better. One has to ask what is being enabled by the new breed of soothsayers. A structured and enabled mess is still a mess. As with most things it is rarely about the what and the how, success is always about understanding why.

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There’s Real and Then There’s Pipeline Real

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By Tibor Shanto. Some people hide from prospecting in their pipelines; pretending the opportunities, individually or collectively, are more real than they are. It is easier to hide in the shadows than be definitive, both in measures and actions. With a 4:1 closing average, every time I close a deal, I must get four more to stay afloat. The more salespeople fudge that line, the harder they to work.

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“The Human Has To Make The Jump Shot”

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By Tibor Shanto. Friday, I hosted Craig Rosenberg, of Gartner , to The Breakfast For Champions. Craig always brings unique insights, opinions, and observations. Craig shared all the exciting developments in sales and marketing tech; things are on fire. Hyper growth, hyper possibilities, hyper excitement. This led to the obvious question, given everything what is happening, why are 40% plus of B2B reps missing quota.

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The Monday Morning Breakfast For Champions Podcast – Episode 55 – Jake Dunlap

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Subscribe today , and take the Breakfast on the go! Jake Dunlap – CEO of Skaled , and in that role, everyday Jake helps companies operationalize key aspects of their sales and marketing organization. As CEOs, Senior Execs, and Sales people, our world is changing so rapidly and keeping pace is extremely hard. Jake and Skaled, help with both strategic and tactical support through various phases of scaling and when larger organizations are looking to re-invent or stay relevant with their current ma

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The Best Plans Starts With You

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By Tibor Shanto. I’ve read several pieces offering suggestions that now is the time to develop the right plan for the year ahead. One can argue about the timing, some, me included, would say the planning should already have been done. January, or any first month of a fiscal year, should be used to hit the ground running, not planning. But if you’re going to plan, there is more to it than Territory or Account Planning.

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Yes – Fries Do Go With That Year-End

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By Tibor Shanto. This week’s post is short and sweet, think sweet potato fries. It’s a short week, leading to a short time to the end of the sales year, so I thought I would make this short and to the point. But, before you watch the video below, you might want to put George Clinton on in the background, specifically “ Do Fries Go With That Shake?

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The Monday Morning Breakfast For Champions Podcast – Episode 46 – Joel Stevenson

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Subscribe today , and take the Breakfast on the go! Joel Stevenson is the CEO of Yesware – a leader in sales productivity software. Prior to Yesware Joel was the GM and founder of Wayfair’s B2B division which he grew to several hundred million in revenue. He began his Wayfair career by leading the company’s home improvement products division, followed by his role as Managing Director of Wayfair UK, where he drove growth of the company’s international presence.

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