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Excuses Don’t Count: December Referral Selling Insights

Pipeliner

Only a little more than half of account based sales reps made quota in 2016, according to CSO Insights. By including a referral program in your account based sales development plan, you can guarantee only qualified leads, increase conversions, decrease prospecting time, and attract new, profitable clients.

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Is Failure an Option for Your Account Based Selling Teams?

No More Cold Calling

CSO Insights’ 2017 Best Practices Study revealed that quota attainment—averaged across all geographies, industries, and company sizes—dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. Maybe they can even get referrals from those lost prospects. Referrals are not a panacea. Why Does Any of This Matter?

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[URGENT] You’ve Got ONE WEEK to Get This Book for 99 Cents

No More Cold Calling

One week from today—April 14, 2016—marks the 10-year anniversary of my first book, No More Cold Calling ™. Actually, it should have read “The Breakthrough Referral System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust,” but I didn’t catch the omission in time. Referrals are our competitive advantage.

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Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016

Customer Centric Selling

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. If I had to guess, I bet you are doing the same exact thing! After completing this one-day Work Session, students will: Learn how to develop and execute a Prospecting and Business Development Plan that will help them build their pipeline to optimum strength and achieve 2016 quota.

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Master the Art of Knowing Who to Call and How to Ask with Tito Bohrt

Sales Hacker

But, we can’t help but notice the increased interest in referrals as more and more companies realize that word of mouth is the path to growth. Until 2016, I had already passed the mark where my net worth was above the threshold where I could invest. So our net revenue retention for current customers is 160%.’

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The 6 Best Cold Emails Ever Sent – And Why They Worked

Sales Hacker

Scenario : Back in August 2016, I had just turned 25. Here’s what I did in each: Subject line and first paragraph: Summary of the email – Leave aside for a moment the fact that I forgot to finish my sentence – your referral program software*. The “Unorthodox Application” Email That Landed a Job.

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How to Really Heat Up Your Referral Sales Strategies

No More Cold Calling

Referral selling not working for your team? Think you can just tell sales reps to go ask for referrals? Your Referral Sales Strategies Are Missing Something. Referrals don’t just happen, at least not at scale. Why do you need disciplined referral sales strategies ? The Business Case for a Referral Program.

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