The Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2021

Sales like most tribes being a bit more civil than antelopes, prefers the 80/20 rule, over herd mentality. I have always been fascinated by how willing sales types are to accept the 80/20. Some years ago, I wrote a piece suggesting that we should elevate the tribe and go for 70/30. Herd mentality persists in both.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Craig shared all the exciting developments in sales and marketing tech; things are on fire. This led to the obvious question, given everything what is happening, why are 40% plus of B2B reps missing quota. Unlike many pundits who will cop out and talk about bad quotas and such. Tech as a means of helping the human make the shot.

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Fashion Quota Coaching Data 188

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The unprecedented year of tough business decisions and cutbacks have drastically impacted the sales industry and changed the way that sales representatives work. From virtual pitches to inconsistent data, sales professionals have had to become adept at navigating new day-to-day challenges. Fear of missing quota (FOMQ).

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Social Media Quota Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face 194

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. ” – Steve Rosen “If you don’t have a sales playbook, some type of methodology, I don’t even care how simple it is.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2021

While the calendar may not agree, Labor Day, from a sales standpoint, is the end of Summer. While this year is no different, there is greater anticipation in light of vaccine and people’s back to work attitude. Your routines should make do a better job of helping your clients achieve their objectives. By Tibor Shanto.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 18, 2024

It was, yet another, discussion on “sales math.” One gets the sense it’s par for the course in today’s sales world. One gets the sense it’s par for the course in today’s sales world. There was virtually no discussion on qualification and better execution of the sales process.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. How do sales leaders create and balance the core element of a fine-tunes prospecting machine?

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System Prospecting Quota Decision Maker 316

Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Spearheading a sales team is a multifaceted endeavor. Confidence Confidence in sales is a necessity.

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The Pipeline

JULY 6, 2021

Sales like life is cyclical in many ways, some cycles help others may present headwinds. This regularity leads to people developing habits in response, action – reaction. For example, it seems to make sense that summer is vacation time and people will be away. Questions make people think and thinking leads to change.

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Buying Cycle Pipeline Buyer Quota 282

The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2021

And the one thing in abundance in B2B sales, is talk, often just for the sake of talk, not communication. One thing people talk about are the attributes of successful salespeople, let’s make that a low bar, making quota. Curiosity is not a sales skill; curiosity is a way of life. Be Curious About Things You Don’t Know.

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SME Margin Video Quota 391

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 2, 2018

The odds might not be in your sales team’s favor … yet. I’ve interviewed many sales reps over the past two months, trying to better understand the challenges they face in today’s fast-paced, digital-first sales environment. A long sales cycle exacerbates the problem. That’s a real downer for sales reps.)

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Data Quota Trends Face-to-face 297

The Pipeline

JUNE 18, 2020

Urgency is always a battle cry at sales meetings, one on one or the team. Like many ostensibly unsolvable puzzles, the problem is not the solution, but the problem people think they are solving. The quarter-end is coming, and there are only two left behind it, “we need to get our ass in gear if we’re gonna hit quota.”

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Discount Quota Face-to-face Margin 297

The Pipeline

JUNE 22, 2021

Value is not always easy for salespeople to define, making it hard to leverage in sales conversations. At least, it should be. We have data and metrics for almost every element of a purchase or sale. As a sales professional, you don’t have to guess or abdicate your role to some “unknown” whims, to win deal.

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ROI Objections Vendor Quota 272

The Pipeline

JANUARY 25, 2022

You should be upgrading your base as often as your phone. There are several ways to slice this, but it needs to be surfaced in coaching and quota discussions more often. A focus on margins requires a different sales culture. But you should be just as obsessed with margin. By Tibor Shanto. Margin Of Error.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2020

Anything worth doing is worth doing right, and in sales, telephone prospecting is something worth doing and doing right. But facts don’t always support feelings, and a quota is more of a fact that a feeling. Telephone prospecting works, if it didn’t people wouldn’t be arguing about it. By Tibor Shanto. Let’s Look At The Facts.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2020

People aren’t boring, and I was inspired by the perspective of a bright, savvy millennial woman, who’s also a wife and mother—and a member of my multi-generational team. Also, I wish that if people wanted to focus on stereotypes, they’d focus more on the positive ones. Why entitlement may actually be a good thing. Good for them!

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s here, the biggest sales quarter of the year. The very moment deal-seekers everywhere shoot their shot, turn prospects into buyers, and score buzzer-beating slam dunks that accelerate the business to record-breaking sales. Sales professionals who are doing their best work in Q4 are executing their sales processes to perfection.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 4, 2023

I think, “Why do we revel in achieving our quotas and scaling goals, when we could be doing so much more?” Too often, however, we could/should be doing much better. Imagine what more could be produced if more of our people performed better. How should we be coaching them? We are underperforming the potential.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When it comes to hitting sales quotas, scaling companies, and retaining top sales talent – all of these areas often fall back on one thing: leadership. Prior to The Predictive Index, Matt founded Covocative – a next-generation sales development platform and served as the Vice President of Professional Services at Gomez, Inc. –

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Infusion Scale Quota Trends 101

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2024

While each company’s winning revenue strategy may differ, success is predictable only when sales, operations, and enablement teams synchronize efforts on two critical levers: performance and time. The majority of your team should spend the majority of their time selling with proven tactics that surpass quotas.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

There are a lot of people out there who might be especially nervous about hitting your sales quota after the shifts that COVID-19 has brought into the climate. Some of you might have been nervous about hitting your quota. Busting Quota. The same is true in the sales world. . Action 1: Joint listening .

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2023

Quota attainment. If you’re new to sales (or don’t have an economics degree), decoding the sales compensation plan on offer can make your head spin. There are 3 key questions you must ask your hiring manager or recruiter when offered a sales role to maximize your earnings and career potential. Variable OTE.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 22, 2021

Marketing and sales team alignment is the mythical holy grail for most companies. To boost marketing and sales cooperation , many companies use SLA agreements. So is it possible to create a marketing and sales SLA that actually works? How to form a marketing and sales SLA that works. Sounds familiar?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Often, we involve more people–we need differing points of view, differing expertise to address these challenges. Making the “right” decision is more difficult because more people are involved. I often ask people who have just closed a deal, “What did they buy it for?”

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Crunchbase

JUNE 17, 2022

Your sales team drives your company’s revenue with its lead generation efforts. However, sales teams tend to have high turnover rates ( 34% on average ). A sales compensation plan is more than just commissions—it’s the total package. 4 things to include in a sales compensation plan. Commissions.

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Sales Hacker Training

JUNE 17, 2020

If a salesperson hit quota at their last job, they’re much more likely to hit quota at your organization, right? According to statistics from our sales professional user base here at RepVue , only 46.7% of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. And it’s even fewer in software sales organizations.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 23, 2021

Another important foundational aspect of account management—and sales itself—is the handling of quotas and forecasting. From my observation, only a few companies manage the problems for quotas and forecasting well. Someone will simply say, “We need to grow by 10 percent per year” and this is shoved in as a quota and forecast.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 3, 2020

It’s becoming increasingly complicated to measure sales performance–particularly in complex B2B sales. We are used to setting quotas and measuring our progress against those quotas. ” Particularly, when many people contribute and we need to credit different people. Who gets credit?

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2021

We’ve talked in the past about the sales leader’s role in conquering the complex sale. But as the world adjusted to the pandemic and more sales teams began working remotely, managing complex sales became even more challenging. Managing complex #sales can be difficult, especially when working remote. Tweet This!

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Vengreso

JULY 19, 2022

From missed quotas to high customer churn , to even lower conversion rates – sales teams have their work cut out for them in this hypercompetitive post-pandemic landscape. This is why, now more than ever, the role of the sales leader cannot be ignored. What Can Sales Leaders Do To Stimulate Revenue Growth?

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Buyer Persona Quota Buyer Churn 116

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2022

It's a rough time for people whose job revolves around connecting. If you notice these trends with your own business, continue reading to learn the best tips for increasing sales in the summer. How to Bounce Back From a Summer Slump, According to Sales Leaders. Prospects are on vacation. Calls go unanswered. Updated summary?

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to setting quotas. But one thing sales and RevOps leaders all have in common is that they collectively struggle to set realistic, motivating sales quotas. Today we’re going to take a deeper look at the impact quota setting has on your business. In fact, with only 24.3%

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

In business, it’s often assumed that a person who excels as a sales rep will also be successful as a sales manager. As such, top sales reps are often promoted to sales managers and left to find their way into their new roles. Even the most seasoned sales reps need proper training to be effective sales managers.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Scott Barton , VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent. He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Join us for a great conversation about driving the right behaviors within your sales team. powered by Sounder.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And if so, what does it look like to sales professionals? In this post, we're going to discuss what it means to quiet quit in sales, what it looks like, and what sales managers can do when they think it's happening in their teams. Sales rely on won deals. Am I providing adequate training and support to the team?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 6, 2023

We know when what we do isn’t working as well as it should, we should change, instead we just pump up the volume. We know we must create value, yet customer increasingly see no value in working with a sales person. Given that history, why would anyone ever pair the words, “sales” and “innovation?”

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Pipeliner

JUNE 1, 2020

There are a lot of people out there who might be especially nervous about hitting your quota after the shifts that COVID-19 has brought into the climate. Some of you might have been nervous about hitting your quota before the pandemic hit, and are even more nervous about it now. The importance of one on one coaching.

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