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No More Quotas, No More Commission: Sales Without SDRs

Sales Hacker

The second aspect of the predictive revenue model is the sales assembly line or seller specialization or sales handoffs , primarily the AE/CSM split. Those two aspects, prospecting/SDRs and the sales assembly line are the two key aspects that I challenge. Why prospecting sits apart from sales [6:59].

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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

This has a number of advantages, skill levels don’t need to be as high, we can leverage role specialization more effectively (creating sales assembly lines with customer widgets passing through each station), and we can effectively leverage all the traditional selling skills.

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Expecting Our People To Think For Themselves

Partners in Excellence

To put customers on an assembly line where they are touched by an SDR, moved to an account manager, moved to a demo-er, moved to the next step and the next and the next…until the customer makes a decision. Their goal is to instrument and design every word that comes out of the mouths of their people.

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Optimizing Part Of The Selling Function, Sub-Optimizing The Whole

Partners in Excellence

I read an article in which the position was put forth, “Inside sales does not have the responsibility for creating pipeline, only the responsibility for selling. But for a moment, I managed to contain myself. As I got into the article, the question was posed, “Who is responsible for developing pipeline?”

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Sales Organization Structures for Success: Models, Tips, and Best Practices

Highspot

There are three main models for sales teams: the assembly line, the pod, and the island. The Assembly Line. In the assembly line model, also known as the hunter-farmer model, sales teams are organized based on each individual’s job title. What Are the Types of Sales Organizations? Customer Size.