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“All Sales Problems Are Pipeline Problems….”

Partners in Excellence

“All sales problems are pipeline problems, and all pipeline problems are prospecting problems…… ” I was having a conversation with a really smart person. But I’m uncomfortable with this, I wish diagnosing sales performance issues could be that easy.

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Sales Tips: Quantity vs. Quality in Sales Pipelines

Customer Centric Selling

Sales Tips: Quantity vs. Quality and Making Sales Numbers. At the start of my sales career my manager set targets for me for how many calls per week to make, how many proposals per month to issue, the number of cold prospecting calls that should be made each week, etc. As a sales manager I noticed something curious….

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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8 Essential Elements of Virtual Sales Training

Allego

Sales productivity has never been more important, yet sales teams today face tougher obstacles than ever as the current crisis makes most in-person interactions impossible. Almost 90 percent of sales have moved to a remote model since the pandemic began, according to McKinsey. Managing Virtual Teams in a Changing World.

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Flipping The Pipeline Value Pyramid

Partners in Excellence

Pipeline reviews and reporting are constant sources of contention between management and sales people. Most often the value of this activity is portrayed as the inverted triangle in this diagram. Managers are getting all the value! At it’s worst, sales people view it as a “Big Brother Is Watching Exercise.”

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10 Key to Prospecting Success

The Sales Hunter

Here’s a simple fact: you can’t close a sale until you have someone to sell to. There’s nothing worse than having “prospects” in your pipeline just taking up your time but never becoming your customers. Yes, I know that is the exact opposite of what many sales managers say. Sales Motivation Blog.

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How to Improve Sales Performance: 6 Metrics to Track

Allego

Today’s sales managers face tremendous pressure to achieve ambitious targets. Now more than ever, you need to up your game to increase sales performance. But choosing which sales metrics to measure can be tough. 6 Sales Performance Metrics to Track. Sales Lead Quality. Sales Call Quality.