Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As much as we obsess on winning, hitting our goals, earning commissions; we are actually pretty bad at it. Winning is so fundamental to the culture of selling, yet we are really bad at it! Maybe, I’m a little old school, but one of the most important sales metrics for me has been our win rates!

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Your company’s sales managers only have a select number of sales reps to work with, and those reps only have a limited amount of time to close deals. A good sales pipeline management strategy is essential because every potential opportunity uses up your most valuable resource — time.

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SalesLoft

MAY 13, 2024

We found that when sales reps and buyers discuss timing and objections early on in a deal cycle, those deals tend to accelerate to the next stage faster and are more likely to move to closed won. Salesloft’s data science team recently gathered insights from over 2,000 meeting recordings and transcripts associated with more than 1,200 deals.

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Mereo

MARCH 14, 2024

Most of us like to talk about winning, especially in sales. In a recent SaaS Metrics Benchmark Report , companies shared a median win rate of 25-30%. Most salespeople are losing about 75% of qualified sales opportunities. Low win rates mean missed quotas, inaccurate forecasts and hard-to-achieve revenue plans.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Of the many sales metrics that businesses track, none is scrutinized more closely than the prized win rate. When a company has clearly defined win rate criteria, calculates its win rate frequently, and takes insight-based action to improve win rate, it is setting itself up to turn a higher percentage of prospects into customers.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2022

I wrote, Win/Loss Analysis–Are You Learning As Much As You Should? As I mentioned in that article, I continue to be amazed by how casually we treat win rates and how little we understand what causes us to win and lose. When I ask sales managers and people for this data, they don’t track it.

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Force Management

APRIL 29, 2021

Our April episodes cover sales fundamentals that reps can implement right now to improve win rates and margins. Review each episode below, and encourage your sales reps and managers to listen in. Review each episode below, and encourage your sales reps and managers to listen in.

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Force Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Whether you've recently launched a sales initiative or are simply looking for ways to support your sales team as the quarter progresses, one thing is certain — you've got numbers to hit. After all, great selling is great selling.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We recently sat down with Adam Whiddon, Sales Enablement Trainer at Paytronix to learn more about his plans to boost sales performance in 2024 and beyond. On deals that leveraged Digital Sales Rooms and had visits, Paytronix saw their win rate double and an average of 12% stage-by-stage conversion rate.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The old adage, “people love to buy, but hate to be sold” is rephrased from the seller side to “salespeople love to win, but hate to lose.” ” Sales management might say “I want to help salespeople win, but win the right business.” The short answer: discipline. read more'

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 12, 2022

Every year, we see decreases in % of sales people making their goals. As I start peeling back the numbers, reinforced by data from the research firms, I start seeing win rates at 20% or less! We’re winning fewer than 5 deals we qualify! Why aren’t we seeking to drive much higher win rates?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2021

Selling in the face of sales objections can be tough. We analyzed 224K+ sales calls spread over 2 million minutes to uncover the truth about the impact of the most common sales objections on deal outcomes. Are sales objections just a mind game? I know just how tough sales can be. “No Don’t get me wrong.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

analyzing how often Directors and Executives are involved in the sales process. Scott pulled the research from Chorus, which reported that over five weeks (~May-June 2020), 88% more directors have been joining calls and 72% more executives are joining sales calls on the sell side. What is the “ham and egg” method?

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Highspot

JANUARY 10, 2020

In their recent Sales Enablement Analytics Report, Sales Enablement Pro echoed a similar sentiment. The report found that organizations that established and tracked enablement metrics achieved higher win rates and ROI. Take, for instance, sales proficiency metrics. Tracking Proficiency Metrics.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I get into a lot of conversations with sales people and leaders about winning business. Win rates are too low, I ask people what they think they need to do to increase the win rate. Both of these are qualification issues, and the fastest way to improve sales performance is to disqualify more viciously.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 25, 2013

The software company’s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. If the sales team was getting better, why did they keep missing quota? If the sales team was getting better, why did they keep missing quota? The Sales team hadn’t vastly improved. Sales used to know when they’d been eliminated.

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Membrain

APRIL 17, 2022

Every year, we see decreases in % of sales people making their goals. We struggle to hit our goals, make our numbers. At the same time, our solution to try to make our numbers is driving increases in volumes and velocity.

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The Sales Readiness Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Improving win rates is a priority for sales organizations because too much time and energy are spent on opportunities that fail to close.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. If you’ve been in sales for longer than 30 seconds, you’re probably been told, You have to get to the decision maker! Sales leaders in every one-on-one? Here’s how selling to—or neglecting—DMs affects your win rates.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan One of the findings in the most recent Sales Performance Optimization Study , from CSO Insights, revealed that the win rate for deals has reached an all-time low. Is sales process having an impact? Does that surprise you? Does this represent a change in buyer behavior?

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John Barrows

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Ingram hosts “Proven Sales Tactics to Help You Increase Your Win Rates up to 25%” SPONSORED BY PROLIFIQ.AI appeared first on JB Sales. The post WEBINAR: Morgan J.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Isn't it awesome when you learn about new tricks your computer, phone or software can do that you weren't previously aware of? I've been using a number of new widgets on the home screen of my iPhone 13 and I love how quickly I can get or enter information!

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 28, 2023

Recent sales management research shows that the best sales managers – those whose teams achieve targets, have higher win rates, and get premium pricing – are 52% more likely to excel at planning and analyzing how sellers should manage their territories.

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Sales Readiness Group

MARCH 18, 2021

Managing your team’s sales pipeline is both an art and a science – and that’s why it’s one of the most challenging aspects of sales management. At the heart of this challenge are differing perspectives as to what constitutes a healthy pipeline.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 5, 2018

No matter which industry you’re in, sales evaluations play a major part in your company’s success. Here are seven best practices you can apply to increase competitive win rates for your company. Here are seven best practices you can apply to increase competitive win rates for your company.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 27, 2022

Aligning your marketing and sales teams is crucial, as companies with aligned teams are 67% more efficient at closing deals and achieve up to 38% higher win rates in sales. The post How to Align Your Email Messaging With Sales Conversations appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 19, 2016

In sales, when we talk about targets, most people immediately think about revenue and profit targets, and sometimes product units and/or shipment targets. Of course I have the usual baseball analogy, which I'll skip along with the target analogies for Golf, Basketball, Soccer, Football and Hockey.

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John Barrows

MARCH 23, 2021

The post WEBINAR: John Barrows and James Buckley host “How to Increase Win Rates When Selling to Decision Makers” [Coming Soon!] appeared first on JB Sales.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 9, 2020

Periodically, we do deep research on what drives winning. A couple of years ago, I revealed some of the research in, “In Examining 27,357 Wins, 95% Of Sales People Did This One Thing.” I win deals when I wear my blue suits. To be fair, I also win deals when I wear my grey suits. All I can think is WTF?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Another “baseball is to sales” analogy shouldn’t surprise readers because I’ve already published more than 100 different articles over the past 19 years showing how selling is just like baseball. Quotas, pricing, margins, forecasts, conversions, quotes, close rates, meetings booked, average sale and more.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 16, 2023

Sales needs to start using win-loss data to improve seller performance. Learn how to obtain win-loss data from your buyers and use it to identify coaching opportunities for each of your sellers. According to buyers, 53% of lost deals were winnable if the sellers had done something differently.

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SalesHood

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

With the sales enablement market maturing there's a growing focus on proving value, quantifying impact, and yielding the outcome and sales win rate we expect. Even though companies heavily focus on win rate, the reality of current sales performance is outcomes are still far below expectations.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Just 47 percent of forecasted opportunities resulted in wins, identical to 2017, while losses of forecast deals increased to 32 percent. While the win rates for sellers considered an “approved vendor” was just 40 percent, that number leapt to 60 percent for those considered a “trusted partner.”. Perspective. Ask your customers.

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Membrain

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Year after year, study after study, the data confirms that a buyer aligned sales strategy improves win rates, quota attainment, and overall sales performance. Our client Analitek doubled their win rates.

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