The Pipeline

JUNE 5, 2013

Ever wonder why some companies can generate as much revenues with less sales people than others with more? I think it has to do with the hoarder mentality that permeates sales thinking. “The The more territory, the more accounts I get, the better I will do”.

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Territories Top of Funnel Account Funnel 303

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Lead Rank Territories Lead Scoring Quota 97

Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. One group particularly prolific is sales professionals. Sales leaders, trainers, and consultants regularly post articles that they distribute via their LinkedIn newsletter. Top 18 LinkedIn Newsletters for Sales Leaders. Published weekly.

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LinkedIn Hiring Sales Leadership B2B 118

The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2012

Last week I was working with a group, we were looking at more effective prospecting, when we got around to discussing referrals, I got back some familiar comments. The specific comment was that the rep was reluctant to ask prospects/clients for referrals “because what if the person or company they refer are out of my territory?”

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Referrals Lead Rank Lead Scoring Territories 324

SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2013

Measuring sales turnover as a percentage can be misleading. Yet turnover is probably the most measured sales metric. HR, sales leaders, and Sales o ps all measure it. Many sales organizations are proud that they have a low turnover metric. Yet he has 3x the average territory potential in his patch.

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Territories Hiring Quota Sales Leadership 303

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Need to improve your sales team’s results? That’s the advice from a recent Harvard Business Review article that concluded, women are the future of B2B sales. If you are skeptical, ask yourself this: Which do you think is more likely to have a positive impact on your sales results next year — more women on your sales team or less?

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Hiring Travel Promotion Sales Leadership 118

Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2023

Sales teams are under immense pressure as businesses navigate economic uncertainty and mounting customer expectations. They must do more with less and move quickly to close deals at a time when the B2B sales cycle has slowed. A few years ago, sales teams could rely on inbound leads to meet their quotas. The result?

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Sales Cycle Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 98

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. February 2008.

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Pipeline Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 216

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. Prospecting.

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Webinar Metrics Pipeline Strategy Prospecting 193

The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Last week I talked about prospecting, why some like it when most don’t, rejection, and managing them.

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Pipeline Prospecting Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 222

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2014

SPS — Sales Prevention Syndrome — is the great killer of salespeople. Hesitation to call customers and especially to call prospects. ” A desire to spend too much time preparing to make sales calls as an excuse to not actually have to call. You think your sales manager is stupid.

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Cold Calling Territories Consultative Selling Motivation 226

The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Cold Calling 216

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Real Estate 100

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The sales organization is into the final run for the year. How has Sales Operations done this year? Did you directly enable the sales organization to close more business? Did you help keep sales expenses in check? With focus, Sales Ops leaders can positively impact sales revenue and costs.

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Top of Funnel Territories Scale Segment 296

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

One common perk of a career in sales is the ability to earn more based on your own hard work and selling success. With salary, commission, bonuses, and other incentives, sales professionals often have options and feel in control of the compensation they receive, which can be great for motivation and fulfillment.

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Compensation Salary Commission Margin 118

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. They say you can’t shrink your way to success, but perhaps there are situations in sales where you can. Shrink Your Way To Success.

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Pipeline Territories Harvest Cold Calling 212

The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , e-mail , execution. Go ahead, do it, its good for you and your sales!

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter B2B 286

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Talking Long-Term – Acting Short-Term – Sales eXchange – 109. Last week I wrote about the follies of having a shorter sales cycle , beyond the points highlighted, I think it raises another trend in sales these days. December 2007.

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ACT Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring 244

Lessonly

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

And then it hit me: There are some lessons I learned from our 15 Practice First guests that tie directly to the role of practice in sales careers. The bottom line is this: Practice in sales—from mastering demos to becoming active listeners to navigating negotiations—is what makes the best teams close bigger and better deals together.

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Sales Enablement Software Software Sales Leadership 42

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Sales operations teams were once the unsung heroes of the sales organization. A recent Salesforce report found that 82% of sales professionals feel “sales ops plays a critical role in growing the business.” Furthermore, 82% feel sales ops is becoming more strategic. What is sales operations (Sales Ops)?

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Sales Operations Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Forecasting 52

Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Building out a sales organization has historically been an incremental process: Scale in a linear fashion by hiring one salesperson at a time. However, relying solely on employing full-time sales workers may soon become a restrictive and potentially detrimental model. More than one-third of global sales involve salespeople.

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Trends Hiring Scale Compensation 105

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. December 2007.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile 243

Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 2, 2012

Sales Leadership: Gaining Insight and Accountability. Most sales leaders have a lot of confidence-which is good, but many have never experienced what many CEO’s have, that is an insights and help from other CEO’s. Sales Management Board of Advisors. What can you do to improve on these two critical blind spots?

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Sales Leadership Account Face-to-face Groups 67

The Pipeline

AUGUST 21, 2013

I hope we can all agree that in sales, manager are better leading from the front than behind the desk. The major cause continues to be that managers come from the ranks of the best sales people on the team. In essence these reps are good leaders precisely because they are great sales people. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sports Promotion 317

BrainShark

AUGUST 7, 2022

Even worse, these inefficiencies have been accepted by sales organizations as “the way we’ve always done it.” By identifying sources of waste and taking steps to plug the holes, sales teams can improve overall results. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what sales leaders do with inflated pipeline-to-quota ratios. Except for one.

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System Revenue Top of Funnel Quota 62

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 223

Sales Result

JANUARY 29, 2016

A common mistake made by sales leadership is not including segmentation in their territory planning process and overall sales strategy.

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Segment Strategy Territories Intent 40

Vengreso

DECEMBER 2, 2020

A sales plan or sales strategy can be the difference between an organization merely surviving, or a company exceeding all sales objectives. With so many ups and downs this year, as well as company pivots and new long-term strategies, sales planning is more important than ever before for success. What is a Sales Plan ?

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Hiring Segment 120

The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Senior Personitis – Sales eXchange – 90. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales eXchange , execution. there is still a condition that plagues sales, causing grief and lost revenues to companies across the planet. December 2007. medicine 2.0,

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Pipeline Twitter Hiring Territories 220

The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Win The Sale Without Compromising on Price. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , Price , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. All sales aren’t created equal. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 212

The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Compelling Opening Statements – Sales eXchange – 111. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , EDGE Sales Process , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. Sales eXchange , Tibor Shanto.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 255

SalesforLife

JUNE 27, 2019

If you read our blog, you know that account executives are responsible for building TAM maps for their particular geographic territory. By building your TAM, you’re not just randomly reaching out to prospects – you’re using a strategic approach to segment accounts that you want to have at your event by gauging interest levels.

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Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Trade Show 95

Sales Hacker Training

JUNE 17, 2020

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. 6 Key Fit Factors When Hiring for Sales. How does the candidate’s sales methodology align with the vision of sales leadership?

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Quota Hiring Cold Calling Sales Methodology 123

The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , execution. Start by downloading our new book: Sales & Consequences. EDGE Sales Process.

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Influencer Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 222

Partners in Excellence

JULY 18, 2019

The reason I want you to walk through this is to help you think about what I think is the biggest challenge facing sales leaders in maximizing the performance of their organizations: Talent. As regular readers know, each sales person we hire is a multimillion dollar investment. The sales person’s territory is open for 3 months.

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Hiring Territories Buying Cycle Sales 76

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Have You Read The Sales Book About? Sales eXchange – 121. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Why not adopt that within sales organizations.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Real Estate 253

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, you’ll learn some positions you can consider in SaaS sales, expert tips for getting into the industry, and how to succeed in your first sales role. Table of Contents Is SaaS sales a good career? SaaS Sales Positions How to Get into SaaS Sales How to Succeed in SaaS Sales Is SaaS sales a good career?

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Hiring Salary How To Ideal Customer Profile 102