SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the ever-evolving sales landscape , understanding what drives success can often seem like deciphering an enigma. However, if we look closely, patterns begin to emerge that delineate the attributes of successful sellers. To discern these traits, SBI studied 100 frontline sellers, managers, and SDRs.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 27, 2015

Teaser: The greatest value of tracking sales velocity is the focus on “length of sales cycle.” The greatest value of tracking sales velocity is the focus on “length of sales cycle. The greatest value of tracking sales velocity is the focus on “length of sales cycle.”

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

There are ways to speed up your sales process, many—if not most—are unhealthy. There are ways you can create velocity in your sales results. While velocity is important, it isn’t most important. You lose velocity when you create an opportunity in the future that you might have created sooner.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

Do you manage a sales team or an organization that has a sales team? If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. Simply put, small tweaks have an outsized impact in sales. That way, your sales team is starting with an advantage.

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Women Sales Pros

APRIL 12, 2019

Simply stated the 48-Hour Rule stipulates that to maintain sales momentum you need to consider the correct follow-up or action within 48 hours after interest has been established. A Case in Point When I was a Sales VP one of my sellers set up a meeting for me with his executive sponsor at one of his largest accounts.

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Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Jeb Blount and Izabella Bray (ClearSlide) discuss how to engage prospects and accelerate sales pipeline velocity with powerful messaging. Jeb Blount and Izabella Bray (ClearSlide) discuss how to engage prospects and accelerate sales pipeline velocity with powerful messaging.

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Corporate Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

High-velocity sales conversations require a distinct set of persuasive selling techniques that facilitate faster, more favorable buying decisions. The post Create Urgency and Action in High Velocity Sales Using Decision Science appeared first on Corporate Visions.

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Engage Selling

MAY 31, 2019

??????????????????Sales velocity is incredibly important because it is the measure of revenue that you bring in per person each day. It’s a great indication of the future success or the gap you are creating based on a variety of key … Read More »

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This week’s Weekly Briefing featured data on the state of sales cycles and sales velocity in this new normal. Jim Benton was joined by Dan Wardle , VP of Revenue at Vidyard , to discuss the insights behind the data, and what sales cycles and velocity look like on the ground. The Weekly Briefing. So, we took a look.

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Aviso

JULY 24, 2020

As part of our ongoing interview series with industry experts, we recently had the opportunity to speak with Randall Runk, a highly experienced Strategy, Sales, and Operations executive. The post Conversation with Randall Runk: Fixing Information Distortion with AI to Increase Sales Velocity appeared first on Aviso.

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Platinum Rules for Success

DECEMBER 27, 2017

So this week on Platinum Rules for Success, we look back at our 2015 conference with a very special video presentation of sales speaker Jim Cathcart ‘s keynote “Increase Your Sales Velocity” Jim explains that successful sales is predicated on goal-setting, focus and momentum. Learn more!

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Engage Selling

JUNE 29, 2019

So far in this series—which looks at four adjustments you can make to improve your sales velocity — each activity has involved both a planning and execution stage. (As a reminder, your sales velocity measures your average daily sales … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JUNE 15, 2019

So far in this series on sales velocity—which is all about understanding how fast you and your team are making sales and earning revenue—we’ve talked about what you need to do more of. More opportunities earned, for instance, means a … Read More »

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Sales velocity measures the expected output you would get from a sales rep or team in a given period of time.

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Engage Selling

JUNE 1, 2019

In this series, we’re looking at sales velocity: measuring how fast your team is making sales and earning revenue. The reason it’s one of your most important metrics—and predictors—of success is that it gives you the flexibility to make adjustments … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JULY 13, 2019

Sales velocity is a powerful metric that every sales leader must know inside out. While it measures how fast you’re making sales and earning revenue, it gives you something even more valuable. You gain an understanding of the relationship between … Read More »

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 4, 2024

When Sales isn’t bringing in the numbers you’re hoping for, what is the first potential solution that comes to mind? Increase Sales headcount? Or do you take a closer look at Sales productivity and try to figure out how to raise the overall effectiveness of each Sales rep?

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SBI

MAY 29, 2019

High-Velocity Field Sales with Multi-Objective Route Optimization. Managing a field sales team that visits customers at appropriate intervals, doesn’t cost too much, and actually meets revenue and customer satisfaction goals, is a high art! Let’s face it.

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Drift

MAY 15, 2019

It doesn’t matter if you’re a start-up or a B2B corporate powerhouse—you probably have sales goals to meet, deals in progress, and target accounts your reps are dying to lock down. To do this, you’ll need to increase your sales velocity. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, sales velocity is a.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2020

When will sales leadership wake up? They still measure the number of dials and emails sent in a day, when the return on these sales activities is dismal. Then they launch into their tried-and-true (and oh-so-boring) sales pitch. It’s not the reps’ fault; it’s what sales leadership expects from them.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Sales velocity measures the expected output you would get from a sales rep or team in a given period of time. .

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SugarCRM

MARCH 9, 2021

The ability to track, report, and influence the sales and marketing funnel is what sets apart proficient sales and marketing organizations from those with a strategy built on hope. That’s when sales velocity becomes your best friend. What is Sales Velocity? The average length of the sales cycle.

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Cincom Smart Selling

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Sales cycles can drag on forever. Getting to YES is great, but sometimes even getting to NO can be preferable … Continue reading "Six Ways to Reduce Time-to-Quote and Increase Sales Cycle Velocity". The post Six Ways to Reduce Time-to-Quote and Increase Sales Cycle Velocity appeared first on Cincom Blog.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2018

One of the most enlightening and personal sales operations exercises that any rep can do is to build their own sales velocity equation. In fact, even before sellers join a company, it can be extremely helpful to ask your prospective employer about the current sales velocity of their organization.

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Close

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

High Velocity Sales can help you get a more streamlined solution for your inside sales team while speeding up the entire sales process. Here are four best practices that will help you get the most out of it.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

We spend a lot of time seeking to increase pipeline velocity, compressing sales cycles, and focusing on sales velocity. In our quest for increasing sales velocity (or sales acceleration) we become separated from our customers. We are constantly driven to move faster. The first is change itself.

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Revegy

APRIL 22, 2024

In an era where the velocity of change in the sales sector outpaces nearly every other aspect of business, the imperative for a trust-driven, dynamic approach to sales enablement is crucial.

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Revegy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Compared to its finance, marketing, and logistics counterparts, sales has traditionally been a laggard regarding digital technologies, and for good reason.

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Costello

JUNE 4, 2018

Sales enablement leaders have a tough job. Not only do they have the responsibility of onboarding each new sales professional—regardless of their role in the broader sales organization—but they also have to juggle research, competitive analysis, new product or service offering education, quarterly product updates, and more.

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SugarCRM

AUGUST 22, 2018

I know what you’re probably thinking: What is Sales Velocity in the first place? Sales and marketing professionals have always sought to bring order to the complex world of marketing and relationship selling. A common mistake, however, is to look at interdependent sales and marketing metrics in isolation.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As more technology gets added to the sales tech stack, more reports are needed to keep track. If you’ve ever felt more like a data scientist than a sales leader, the sales KPIs we list below will help you streamline your reporting, save you time and keep you focused on what matters most, winning new business. Conversion Ratios.

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Force Management

MARCH 16, 2023

For the modern sales organization, certain technologies are universal in the age of Sales 2.0. We rely on CRMs and continuous learning platforms to increase the efficiency of our sales force and drive organizational outcomes. One high-impact area where leaders are choosing to invest is manager enablement.

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Engage Selling

MAY 18, 2019

Imagine you’re driving your car on a highway. Nearly everything in the vehicle seems to be in working order except for the speedometer. You don’t know how fast or how slow you’re moving. All you can do is make a … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JULY 29, 2016

The majority of sales leaders and salespeople measure pipeline velocity the wrong way. Want to drastically increase sales in your organization? Pick up your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom. Learn the right way to measure it.

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LeveragePoint

JUNE 17, 2020

Sales velocity is an increasingly popular method for measuring overall B2B sales performance and pipeline health. your sales velocity. You need to compare it relative to other sales velocity figures across groups and over time. If your sales velocity is going down, that’s bad.

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Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Far too many sales organizations focus only on the internal KPIs (the things that drive your performance): sales velocity, sales process, your funnel, your pipeline, the number of calls you make, the number of conversions you make, your closing ratio, … Read More » The post Look Outside Your Sales Organization | Sales Strategies first appeared (..)

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