The Pipeline

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What’s In Your Pipeline?

The Pipeline

Many reps and managers look at opportunities independently of one another, but the pipeline is a collective of opportunities. Unfortunately, many salespeople see their pipeline as a holding tank for opportunities, rather than a means of driving to quota. What is in your pipeline should meet specific and defined criteria.

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There’s Real and Then There’s Pipeline Real

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Some people hide from prospecting in their pipelines; pretending the opportunities, individually or collectively, are more real than they are. When it comes to prospecting, there’s real, then there’s pipeline real. In order not to get a false sense of security from your pipeline, do the following stress test every week.

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Is Your Pipeline Taking A Summer Holiday?

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Sure, you may not close that big deal in the summer (although you might), there things you can do to drive pipeline success. So even as you head out on your vacation, I have to ask, is your pipeline a summer holiday? Which, unless you take steps to counter this, is probably the worst time for an anemic pipeline. Jump Start.

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There’s Real and Then There’s Pipeline Real – Part 2

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Last week I kicked off a two part look at questions you should be asking your pipeline. But the questions, posed to yourself, are about planning activities based on the state of your pipeline. So here we go with there is real and then there’s pipeline real, part 2. If it answers run. Professional Distance.

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Pipeline – Stand And Defend

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This has allowed the former group to act and speak about their pipeline with conviction backed by results, the subjective group, spends more time rationalizing the outcome than driving it. The post Pipeline – Stand And Defend appeared first on Renbor Sales Solutions Inc. Stats are good, but much more malleable than facts.

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Let’s Not Confuse Pipeline Trends with Individual Opportunities

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Let’s not confuse pipeline trends with individual opportunities. But these are indicators of secular trends in buying, not hard uniformity applied to your entire pipeline. However, many will take this very approach to their pipelines and deals. These models are great , in context, as indicators and validation.

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Does Your Pipeline Get a Paid Vacation?

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For example, when I ask some reps why they are not prospecting, I’ll get different excuse based on time of year and state of their pipeline. So, the question is: does your pipeline get a paid vacation? If you have a three-month sales cycle, you’ll only have September to add to your pipeline for this year.

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