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?
Zoominfo
MAY 17, 2018
Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Needless to say, this paints a less-than-promising picture of sales forecast accuracy.
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Partners in Excellence
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Too often, I hear the lament, “I don’t have the time to coach!” Endless forecast and pipeline discussions–usually between managers and not with people. The universal response to anemic pipelines is, “They need to do more prospecting!” And they have less time to coach.
Hubspot Sales
JANUARY 10, 2024
But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?” Similarly, if a sales manager is only spending 30 minutes a month coaching each of their reps, it’s unreasonable to think that manager is going to improve rep performance. Today, let’s review the best pipeline coaching strategies.
Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 24, 2017
In industry speak, this is called forecasting, and most reps fail at it because they don’t trust the pipeline their CRM presents. The data they used to figure out their forecast isn’t accurate–and reps know it. In speaking with dozens of sales leaders, they all confirm forecasting today is more about gut, than it is about data.
Revegy
JANUARY 8, 2021
Forecasting is a must for any sales organization. When projecting 2021 revenue growth, you need to ensure your sales team’s forecast is accurate to ensure the company is budgeting properly. That’s why we put together a few tips to help you with your annual forecasting. What is forecasting? You can’t escape it.
DiscoverOrg Sales
MAY 27, 2016
Months beyond the vision phase, we are now in execution mode and fully committed to building a coaching culture — both for Customer Success and Sales — that instills the good habits needed to realize that vision. Coaching is absolutely clutch. Coaching at the Call Level. Just-in-time coaching, in other words.
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