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Reflections on 2013: Social Proof, Quota Killers, Failing CRM, and Recommendations

SBI

Why Your Focus on Quota is Killing Revenue Growth (Silver medal winner for best Sales Blog Post of 2013). Most organizations live and die by quota. Quotas are derived from financial projections which are created and necessary for companies to operate. We rely on quotas as a method for measuring sales rep performance.

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How to create a coaching culture in your organization

BrainShark

CSO Insights reported that sales coaching has had the greatest impact on win rates and quota attainment over the span of five years. You’d be surprised as to the depth of dialogue that naturally occurs during this, including feedback that’s not only constructive but also encouraging. You must practice your presentation.

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How “Sales-speak” Limits Us

Partners in Excellence

Sales is no different, we have our own vocabulary, terms like prospecting, qualifying, objection handling, pipeline, funnel, discovery, closing, quota. We prospect, qualify, discover, propose, close, handle objections, etc. We also have endless acronyms, ARR, CLV, ABC, and so forth.

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What is a sales pipeline and how to build it?

Apptivo

It makes us wonder how they handle the pressure of delivering numbers in prospecting, evaluating leads. How then do they juggle with competing priorities, to reach quotas & targets. With correct tools that provide full visibility of their sales pipeline it is easy to identify prospects that have the most probability to convert.

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Creating the Right Agenda for Data-Backed Quarterly Business Reviews

Openview

In order to host QBRs that are viewed as invaluable, it all comes down to preparation and constructing just the right agenda that packs quantitative and qualitative data points into a succinct time period. Quota attainment and quota coverage. Quota attainment and quota coverage. Average deal size.

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7 Highly Effective LinkedIn Summary Templates for Sales Reps

Hubspot Sales

Imagine you’re a prospect, and you stumble across my profile. The most successful reps know that sales isn’t about them — it’s about the prospect. Here's the template: [One- to two-sentence description of common prospect problem.]. To create an immediate rapport with your prospects, show them what makes you tick.

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How to Create a Winning Business Development Strategy: The Beginner’s Guide

DocSend

Having a well-constructed business development strategy is one of the strongest safeguards you can have for your business. They are determined to make their quota, even if that means working nights and weekends. Of those calls, emails, meetings, and demos, how many proposals are they sending? How many deals are in the pipeline?