Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We measure a lot of stuff in sales. We have all sorts of pipeline metrics, activity metrics, prospecting metrics, account, territory, retention, renewal, mix, margin, and endless other metrics. Let’s imagine we have two sales people with very similar territories. Jim’s a terrible sales person.

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Churn Marketing Qualified Lead Territories Pipeline 107

The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

In these times of shrinking margins and diminishing returns, Mark’s insights will change the way you think about discounting, price, negotiating, and, above all, the all-important concept of value. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 212

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2020

They're not particularly inclined to uncover needs, but if the prospect knows what they want, the shopkeeper can find it for them. They’re more comfortable working in inside sales than others on this list, and they can often be found in retail sales or inbound telemarketing. Shopkeepers are best suited for inside sales.

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Telemarketing Engineering Top of Funnel Territories 131

Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

But, just as the first wave of agricultural society gave way to the second wave of industrial society, so too Learning Paths transitioned to more situational, Territory Plan-based learning and enablement. The Second Wave: Territory Plans. Proposal and Deal Closing – Find the reps with “constipated pipelines.”

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Territories Top of Funnel 52

Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 10, 2014

Second, monthly the Sales Manager must discuss with each salesperson as to their actual performance vs the plan. What prospecting and activity goals are important to manage. What revenue/margin goals that need a focus. What account or territory intelligence and relationship building is important.

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Margin Territories Sales Forecasts Forecasting 78

Xactly

AUGUST 30, 2018

Download the "2018 Sales Compensation Administration Best Practices Executive Guide," for incentive compensation trends, best practices, and tips to drive the right sales behaviors to kickoff your sales compensation planning. So what can sales managers do to help their teams meet quota?

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Enterprise Enterprise Top of Funnel Compensation 40

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2019

As people struggle to make their numbers or to maintain their pipeline/activity metrics, they tend to cast a wider net, losing focus on the Ideal Customers, pursuing marginal cases. As in (1), these opportunities are low probability, but consume lots of sales time. Hyperfocus on your ICP. Keep a disciplined review cadence.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 27, 2020

I’m talking about things like over-promising resources to clients to get them to sign, or working clients outside of one’s territory. What are the core processes you want your team to follow (prospecting, deal execution, rules of engagement, etc.) I’m not referring to anything illegal. Don’t Force It.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Margin 84

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

You could call 50 prospects and get nothing from it - just going through the motions. You can use Predictive Intelligence to suss out whom you should prospect next with your auto-dialer featuring local presence (area codes for the area) and optimal time of day. WIGS (Wildly Important Goals). Sad state of affairs!

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Distribution 86

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 13, 2020

With Sales Performance Insights a sales leader or sales representative can see, at a glance, how various leading and lagging indicators have been combined so far for a sales unit, for reps as compared with other reps, and for territories as compared with others. Subjective value would be a leading indicator.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 98

The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

As with all things worth doing in sales, there is some work involved, despite what some soothsayers will tell you, there is no silver bullet in sales. Much easier to show value to a customer than to a prospect. As a sales person you should be able to take what you know from existing clients, and apply them to new prospects.

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Pipeline Twitter Lead Rank Lead Scoring 237

Salesmate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I’ve got a sales commission calculator tool for you next. Gross margin commission structure. The gross margin commission structure is more specific, as it also considers the expenses incurred. The companies that implement this structure want to increase and retain their profit margin. Authorization. Documentation process.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 15, 2018

You could call 50 prospects and get nothing from it – just going through the motions. You can use Predictive Intelligence to suss out whom you should prospect next with your auto-dialer featuring local presence (area codes for the area) and optimal time of day. ” – W. Edwards Deming. – Peter F.

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Top of Funnel Distribution Call-back Lead Rank 64

The Pipeline

APRIL 8, 2011

Similarly in the market world, you have to entice a clientele base by promoting heavily without really striving for a high profit margin. Promote sales, throw out freebies, offer free shipping for certain orders. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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Pipeline Meeting Webinar Metrics Strategy 216

Jonathan Farrington

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Today’s post is all about defending margin, and so I apologize for any embarrassment the title may have caused – and I also apologize to anyone anticipating some mild titillation: In fact the only embarrassment I may cause you today, is if you recognize yourself in any of the scenarios!

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Margin Negotiation Discount Policies 44

Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Good persona building will make prospecting and turning those prospects into qualified leads much easier. By the end of a successful persona build, you should have a very clear picture of your ideal customer(s): their ages, lifestyle attributes, territories, and pain points. Step 1: Find your data.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Strategy Buyer Persona 113

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 12, 2017

an AE probably can’t close 200 deals a month, and prospecting vs closing is a zero sum game) to get to an individual target then add them all up. This is where things can get out of hand fast, and I’d generally urge sales ops and leaders to think carefully before implementing any additional financial incentives.

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Compensation Hiring Incentives Incentive 79

The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The purchasing power of large organizations (the arm breakers) will mean that salespeople need to be equipped with the right skills to engage the most important prospects and develop the existing large customer base. Develop sales play books to help salespeople on how to accelerate their sales results. Target Wisely.

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B2B Strategy Margin Negotiation 59

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2019

Percentage of sales reps attaining 100% quota. Revenue by territory. Activity Sales Metrics. These sales metrics show what salespeople are doing on a daily basis. Activity metrics are “manageable,” meaning sales managers can directly influence them. Lead Generation Sales Metrics. Call-backs.

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Cost per Acquisition Lead Rank Churn Webinar Metrics 130

Cincom Smart Selling

AUGUST 10, 2016

The point is, reacting to a single data set can draw you into a false conclusion about the sales strategy, pricing, customer satisfaction or any other factor within the selling process. Especially True in the World of Sales Management within the Sales Process. I was just thrilled to be entrusted with a virgin territory.

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Sales Process Sales Enablement Territories Sales Cycle 54

Chorus.ai

MARCH 13, 2020

Unless you are working with a very small product array or are perhaps onboarding a new sales rep, the basic model can be a little too basic. For example: Assume your rep’s prospecting remains the same, and they’re not having to change who they’re targeting. It’s best applied across an entire sales department or dedicated team.

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Quota Penetration Buyer Persona Sales Qualified Lead 65

Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2014

I like to look at 4 categories of metrics: Business Management, Strategic/Customer/Territory, Operational, Personal Development. Here’s a quick overview: Business Management Metrics : These are some of the more traditional goals and measures, Revenue, Orders, Growth, Gross Margin, Customer Satisfaction.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Territories Margin 95

LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is the length of the sales cycle? Who are you selling to, C-level prospects, vendor managers, or small, one-man shops? Commission rates will change as profit margin levels increase. These types of plans will usually be based on invoice, product, or monthly averages of profit margins generated. Balanced Plan.

Compensation 52

Compensation Hiring Incentives Incentive 52

Close.io

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

They get the big-picture view of what's happening and articulate that into sales plans, content, and processes for the sales team to execute on. Sales operations is the team that plans and organizes rep operations, territory planning, lead generation, sales analytics, and more. Audit your current sales content.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Hiring Face-to-face 85

Pipeliner

AUGUST 24, 2018

Salespeople need to fund themselves from the value they create rather than from the margins that the product or service delivers. For any sales person to prosper in their career they need to move beyond being good at building relationships to also embrace the holy trinity of sales mastery: Lead with insight as a domain expert.

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Sales Enablement Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 60

Showpad

JUNE 22, 2020

The global pandemic that forced most of us to work from home, to engage prospects and customers entirely remotely, has amplified the need to get digital transformation right. And this is where sales enablement comes into play. . Always be aware that sales coaching is often misinterpreted.

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Engineering Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Coaching 96

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This caused shifts in priorities, resources, and so forth, all increasing their operational costs, reducing their net margins. Prospecting may be 20%, qualifying 40, discovery 60, proposing 80, closing 90. None of these represent a buyer propensity to buy, they represent our progress in through the sales process.

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Forecasting Pipeline Analytics Analysis 68

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The 6sense account engagement platform uncovers and analyzes buyer intent at scale, identifying prospects who are in the market for your solution and providing salespeople like you with the insight to create highly relevant messaging, generate more opportunities, increase deal size, and get into opportunities before your competition with 6sense.

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Revenue Scale Compensation Webinar Metrics 73

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The other 4 are going to miss by a wide margin. I don’t have time to help them, but they need help and they aren’t getting it from management.” Coaching them on deal strategies, calls, prospecting, account/territory plans, weekly time blocking, pipelines. ” I wish I were making this story up.

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Analysis Coaching Report Maximizer 48

Close.io

JANUARY 7, 2020

If a company sells products or services with different profit margins, then this quota could also be based on the gross revenue generated from the performance of a sales organization. However, it incentivizes your sales staff to sell items with higher profit margins. Method 3: Top management downward.

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Quota Meeting Forecasting Lead Rank 92

Close.io

AUGUST 7, 2019

Excerpt: “Professional sellers who think like owners of their territories take more accountability for their outcomes and success, no matter what’s going on around them. In doing so, they usually create higher value for their clients, higher margins for their organization, and maximize their commission checks. Sales Gravy.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Call-back Follow-up 108