The Pipeline

APRIL 20, 2021

Salespeople find it easy to apply one rule to most of their activities. Not long to hear the chorus of 80% prospect/20% seller. Sure, in a sales call, but not in a prospecting. That will take more than 20% talk time. The post More Than 20% Talk Time appeared first on TiborShanto.com. Vive la Différence.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 19, 2024

Dave: Thanks for the opportunity to speak, I’m sure I can have a great impact in driving growth in your sales organization. You know how important the “Rule of 40” is for our organizations, our “Rule of 40” number, based on 200% growth last year, is 50! Our sales cycle was about 15 months.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

If you find yourself with a CRM that is full of data but not easy for you to use to make actual sales and nurture relationships, consider some of the following ways to organize it. Usually sales pipelines live in the “opportunities” tab your CRM. It’s the 80/20 rule to the power of 2 or even the power of 3.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

From everything I’ve seen, if you want to outperform in sales in the long run, you need to build your own network of people that know, like and trust you. Use and “80/20 rule” when assigning priority to your contacts. As with so many things, 20% of the people in your list may bring you 80% of the value.

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Fashion Networking Facebook Follow-up 195

Julie Hanson

MAY 3, 2022

The 80/20 Rule for Better Virtual Communication . You know the old 80/20 rule in business? 80% of business comes from 20% of your customers? But did you know that there’s also an 80/20 rule for virtual communication? The 80/20 Rule and the Tip of the Iceberg .

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2013

Many in sales buy into, or more accurately, settle for the 80/20 rule, one example would be 20% of a company’s reps generating 80% of sales. You guessed it, the members of the 80% club. The 20% club is too busy being out and driving revenues. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 13, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Sales candidates, especially good ones, are exponentially more difficult to attract than they were just two years ago. Well, I found some sanity over the 80/20 rule in Perry Marshall''s new book, 80/20 Sales & Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 5, 2020

The Pareto Principle suggests that 80% of sales come from 20% of clients. Alternatively, 20% of what you do represents 80% of that activity’s outcome.

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Demand Generation Targets Account Strategy Relationals 122

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 4, 2018

In my previous blog article, I discussed the importance of looking at your sales production in terms of the 80/20 rule and flipping it so you can see the impact your bottom performers are having on your overall sales growth goal. If you have not already done so, click here to read the article.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 20, 2018

Salespeople love numbers, one of their favourite numbers is 80/20. As in “80 percent of support resources are consumed by the 20 percent delivering the lowest revenue; 80 percent of your revenues come from your 20 percent customers”; “the top 20 percent of reps, drive 80 percent of a company’s revenues.”

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Product Management University

JUNE 3, 2024

In my 20+ years as a trainer and consultant, here’s the result I’ve seen too many times when we create product plans and priorities that start with our own business objectives. Consider the ripple effect on our design & development teams, product marketing, sales, customer success teams and especially customers.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 4, 2019

Not a popular refrain among sales types, which may explain why nearly half of B2B reps will miss quota this year. In a world obsessed with ‘big,’ even more so than sales success, make it small may seem counter-intuitive. And so it is, but so is being a card-carrying member the 80% on the wrong side of the 80/20 rule.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 30, 2017

Awesome Sales Leaders. It would be great to understand what awesome sales leaders are doing to lead their team to succeed? As a sales leader, there are only so many levers you have at your disposal to impact team success. However, you know that where you put your emphasis can have a dramatic impact on sales outcomes.

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The Pipeline

MAY 22, 2013

In the past I have written about the propensity of sales leaders to accept and live with the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 rule. For example, 20% of your reps deliver 80% of your revenues, I know one team with 9 reps, where 2 sellers are responsible for 71% of the revenue.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 1, 2024

” And we are totally bewildered by things we see happening in sales. ” Somehow our technology stacks are a representation of our sophistication in our sales execution strategies. .” ” Somehow our technology stacks are a representation of our sophistication in our sales execution strategies.

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Revelation Lead Gen Scale Face-to-face 115

Grant Cardone

APRIL 5, 2019

The 80/20 Rule has been talked about by a number of people—I don’t know who first came up with the concept. But the 80/20 Rule basically says this: 80% of your success comes from just 20% of the things you do. 20% of your employees make 80% of your sales.

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Julie Hanson

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In 2023, the term “Rizz” catapulted into viral stardom all the way to being named “Top Word of the Year” by Oxford. Now, if you’re slightly over 23, you may be wondering what “Rizz” is. Where Did My Rizz Go? This may not surprise you, but there is a shocking lack of charisma in virtual meetings, presentations and video recordings. He is not alone.

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Energy Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 62

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

However, not everyone involved in sales breathlessly counts down the days till the end of November each year. While the final quarter of the year is boom time for consumer sales, it often marks a slower period for business-to-business enterprises. Here are some tips for hacking calendar management that can result in booming sales.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Author: Matt Kamp For B2B sales teams, referrals are worth their weight in gold. When customers or other companies refer people to you, your company is viewed as more trustworthy in front of those leads, and because of that trust, you can expect a faster – and more successful – sales cycle. That’s a huge jump. The secret?

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Referrals Company Scale Case Study 177

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The 80/20 rule may be a rule, but your numbers can be killed if you lose 1 or 2 sales people from the 20% side of the equation.). Reasons to Stay – If you have only 2 or 3 people keeping your sales numbers healthy, what are their reasons to stay? 7 Keys to a More Productive Sales Team.

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Hiring Sales Management Conference eBook 168

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

There are many ways to get more from your sales force. Sales VPs constantly have ideas on new initiatives to implement. In his 10 years with SFDC, Jared has sold and worked in sales enablement. His background lends great insight in helping sales VPs think about field adoption. Sales cycles are getting longer.

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Webinar Metrics Face-to-face Social Media Forecasting 202

Mindtickle

APRIL 12, 2022

You’re likely familiar with the “80/20” selling philosophy, or the belief that 20% of reps make 80% of total sales for your organization. In other words, sales leaders pin their hopes on the top-performing salespeople to drive the most revenue. Excellence is not a skill. Excellence is not a skill.

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Ideal Customer Profile How To Up-Sell Engineering 52

SBI Growth

JANUARY 31, 2014

Big deals in B2B companies can account for as much as 50-80% of annual sales. Why doesn’t a typical marketing budget/focus apply the 80-20 rule? Download the Targeting Analysis Tool and start focusing on what really matters to the sales team. Pull together your marketing and sales operations teams.

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Ideal Customer Profile Analysis Campaigns Social Selling 275

Women Sales Pros

MAY 10, 2019

When it comes to mastering the art of sales, sometimes it can be more important to understand what not to do when trying to get the sale. Sales is one business where you cannot fake success. Your numbers, your goals and your bottom line results will always reveal your sales skills or lack there of!

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Guarantee Social Media Sales Up-Sell 108

Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 4, 2018

I read an article the other day, well it wasn’t an article, it was a bit of banter on LinkedIn, and a question was posed as to why only 20% of salespeople make quota. And for a couple of reasons: 1. Because they were from sales leaders and. Answers as to why only 20% met budget included (word for word): Bad quotas.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 12, 2015

Some of your sales people are selling as expected… and some of them are not. If we buy into the theories of Italian economist, Pareto, then we buy into the concept/ idea that 80 percent of the wealth is owned/managed/held by 20% of the people. Let’s deal with the question posed earlier because it is very important to do so.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 1, 2013

41% of b2b sales organizations missed the Q1 revenue target. CEOs and sales leaders don't know why big deals push. CEOs and sales leaders don't know why big deals push. We publish an un-gated sales and marketing best practice daily. A few additional thoughts: 41% of B2B sales forces missed Q1. They don't know.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 20, 2017

Sales like many other crafts, vocations, or professions, continues to evolve, or should. Now the third F, the one you give to one of the F’s above, is not what you may think, after all we run a family friend sales professional development outfit, it in fact stands for Focus. And there is no shortage of talk in sales).

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Fashion Cold Calling Call-back Follow-up 189

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It’s the 80/20 “rule.” For example, 20% of our sales people produce 80% of the results. Much of the “data” suggests this is conservative, that far few sales people produce a larger percentage of the results. We need to carefully examine that 20%. Do the math.

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Revenue Relationals Data Examples 70

Product Management University

MARCH 24, 2021

Sales wants your product strategy aligned to its pipeline. If your target markets are clearly defined and you understand what’s driving those organizations from the top down, your product portfolio strategy should energize sales, marketing, customer success, engineering and executives (80/20 rule in play).

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2013

One of the biggest obstacles sellers have to overcome are the expectations of buyers shaped by their experiences with other sales people and companies they have encountered before you. In light of the 80/20 rule, this is a big hurdle to clear. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There are two sides to every sale. And with limited hours in the day, sales reps must focus their time and energy on those that are most likely to convert. Sales and marketing then qualify accounts based on how they measure up to this ICP. Sales leaders are busy, with a to-do list a mile long. On one side is the buyer.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Coaching Education 97

Product Management University

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In most B2B organizations, it’s more the exception than the rule that customer success managers inherit accounts where they’re in a position to play offense because the customer is thrilled with your products. Let’s dream for just a minute. That’s the beauty of a portfolio management approach that begins in product management.

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KO Advantage Group

JULY 8, 2018

It’s well-known as the 80/20 Rule. The Italian economist, Wilfredo Pareto, brought about his observation of the distribution of wealth in his country to the 80/20 ratio: 80% of Italy’s wealth was owned by 20% of the people. If you see all my videos, you know that I usually shoot in a studio.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 5, 2021

In this interview, Tom shares how the partnership between marketing and sales made all the difference in rolling out a new digit al sales strategy. . “If I’ve worked myself into a marketing job, but 80% of my career has been in sales, account management, and creating marketing programming and other services to support sales teams. .

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Conversion Top of Funnel Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile 98

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Many of my clients and prospects tell me that the 4th quarter is when they take time to discuss sales plans (goals) and business plans with their sales people. The process isn''t really a process; it''s the presenting of a pre-determined sales goal for each producer. Most sales people really are not motivated by the process.

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