Partners in Excellence

MAY 25, 2024

And ARR can go up or down. Perhaps the product hasn’t been built or shipped, perhaps it was contracted to be delivered at a certain time. Perhaps the product hasn’t been built or shipped, perhaps it was contracted to be delivered at a certain time. For example, it’s often called backlog.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. But there are limitations to this.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 15, 2021

” We look at, how do we reduce onboarding time, how do we maximize productivity during that time? We redesign knowledge work, emulating the principles of the industrial assembly lines of the past. them passing the work to the next person in the knowledge worker assembly line. The problem is at the top!

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Highspot

JULY 31, 2020

Proactively thinking through how and why your sales organization is set up a certain way ensures that you are not only making strategic hiring decisions but that you’re putting your reps in position to thrive. Sales organization structure is important as it sets sellers up for success. The Assembly Line.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 12, 2023

So much of what our focus in “modern selling,” seems to be the adaptation of Lean Manufacturing techniques into selling. We’ve created “assembly lines” with specialized functions, passing our customers from one station to the next. One of the biggest areas of waste is the product itself.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 31, 2017

We design our organizations to be lean mean selling machines. Prospectors prospect, account managers account manage, product line specialists are expert in their product lines, and on and on… Each role is precisely defined, we have the metrics to by which we constantly measure performance.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It serves to free up time and remove barriers that lead to more efficient and higher-quality work. It sets the business up for its next venture, it helps pinpoint the exact business partners you should be working with, and if done correctly, can help to minimize problems further down the road. So how do you free up their time?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 21, 2017

We seem to be approaching or passing the tipping point where leading sales practitioners view successful selling as a disciplined, focused, engineered approach to engaging and creating value for customers. Stated differently, moving more toward selling as a science. We’ve focused more on the mechanics and less on the people.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 17, 2021

Second-stage startups are companies that have already established proof of concept, product-market fit, pricing strategy, and initial clientele to achieve their beginning growth goals. These are the people that helped them build something from the ground up, and they often let that emotional attachment get in the way of success.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve been selling for over 30 years, and it’s been a blast. Although it’s arguably more difficult to sell effectively in 2018, it’s easier for top performers to differentiate themselves. If you’re still cold calling prospects and think it’s a great way to generate new opportunities, stop selling now. Overselling the product.

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Salesforce

AUGUST 20, 2021

It means that we need to explore opportunities for ourselves and our teams to humanize the future of work to complement and even enhance AI, automation, and productivity. The best way to differentiate yourself is through your humanity and creativity, not your productivity. But that doesn’t mean we’re all out of a job.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

But the past couple of weeks, I’ve been in a bit of a dark place on the “state of selling.” Sadly, too many sales executives, too many clueless corporate executives; all supported by vendors and consultants trying to sell them something are in a mad rush in exactly the opposite direction.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But something has changed in selling. As I look at quotas and targets qualitatively, as I look at general sales production, I don’t see changes that are unexpected or abnormal. Yes, quotas go up, but we expect people to improve and become more productive. We are headed to the Zombie Apocalypse of selling.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I believe selling is a set of disciplined processes, many of which can be “engineered” to optimize our ability to engage the right customers/prospects, with the right conversations, at the right time. One begins to see images of assembly lines with customers on a conveyor belt moving from station to station.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 4, 2025

It’s your host, Scott Barker, and we really appreciate you lending us your eardrums for the [00:03:00] next 45 minutes or an hour or so, uh, we have a fantastic guest lined up, I am joined by Jessica Gilmartin, Jessica, welcome, Jessica Gilmartin: Thank you very much. Your go to market motion has to be driven by the product.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 18, 2017

The focus in much of our discussions on selling is about us–sales people. We see discussions focused on increasing specialization in sales–actually adaptations of the Toyota Production System. I sit through entire presentations on new trends in selling, where the word customer or buyer may never be mentioned.

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Hubspot

MAY 9, 2022

An effective team is rarely some undefined, "everyone for themself" chaos pit where reps are left up to their own devices when trying to collaborate. The Assembly Line — a model where reps work on designated responsibilities, specific to a certain pipeline stage. But competition can be fickle.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 6, 2017

This post continues on the foundation of Toyota Production System’s 4 P’s, by diving into the 14 principles. As you have already seen, the foundation is “the right process will product the right results.” They would build the wrong products–wasting resource and money on product that couldn’t be sold.

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Gong.io

APRIL 28, 2021

Our solution can save your reps 30% in admin time, so they’ll have more time to sell (really?), will sell more (really??), and will get your revenue up by 30% (really???). . a factory assembly line). Here’s what an overcomplicated value story with unreasonable value attribution looks like: . That’s all.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 3, 2021

Isn’t it ultra-satisfying to watch a perfectly automated factory assembly line? Salespeople create relationships, but it has traditionally been up to the customer success or account management team to nurture them. But even after they give the product a try, they’ll be tended to by the sales team to ensure the sale happens.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 5, 2023

I just listened to an outstanding webcast on the future of selling, conducted by four close friends. I am a student of their work, they are among the smartest thinkers about selling I’ve ever met. It seemed, unconsciously, the conversation around selling gravitates to SaaS selling.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Maybe you took a mental note on which player had the most properties, or who had the best buying and selling strategy. One way to get there is through something called "competitive benchmarking" — the process of looking externally to see how your business stacks up against your competitors and industry standards.

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Salesforce

MARCH 3, 2025

A Deal Desk is essentially an assembly line for sales, replacing the need for one person to switch between various types of tasks with a streamlined, repeatable process. Financial services and energy companies also depend on Deal Desks for complex product sales and long-term contracts, helping them meet legal and regulatory standards.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 29, 2016

It almost seems that we have an assembly line that we pass our customers along—we try to attract attention, building a relationship through our digital presence–web sites, blogs, other materials. ” That’s followed up with a conversation with a SDR/BDR.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Buy ‘em for 7 cents, sell ‘em for 10 cents. We would weigh one component on a scale, then weigh all the other components together, do a little math, and come up with a quantity. For the interview I showed up in a suit and had read as much as I could find on the website. John Pesec, CEO, Avtron Aerospace : My first seven jobs.

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Hubspot

MAY 29, 2014

Supply refers to how much a company is able to produce (products or services). Demand refers to the consumer need to acquire this particular product or service. Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter refers to five competitive forces that determine where your product or service will strategically fall in the market.

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SalesLoft

AUGUST 2, 2018

It could be an image of tiny robots completing sales tasks along an assembly line, or a computer spewing out countless emails day and night. Sales automation improves productivity by taking manual tasks and turning them into an easily repeatable and automated workflow. Spending even a few seconds on small tasks add up.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2017

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. They should never pick up the phone and make a prospecting call!” A terrific strategy for driving product line growth.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 30, 2023

It’s tantamount to my brushing the dust off that use by 12/2004 can and polishing it up. Those distinct models no longer represent the way customers buy and grow in the utilization of our products. Whether it’s specialization in how we move our customers through the “sales assembly line.”

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

If you’ve ever used a smart assistant on your phone to ask a question, a chatbot to check up on an order, or social media to browse your feed, you’ve benefited from AI. But they’re not stopping there; they’re also leveraging sales AI to boost their bottom line. And at the end of the day, you’re selling to a person.

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Salesforce

JULY 28, 2022

Any disruption to an assembly line or a delivery fleet can bring operations to a standstill, putting pressure on manufacturers to fix the issue as soon as possible. Watch this video, featuring Salesforce’s Andy Peebler, to learn how manufacturers can benefit from creating a parts business: Why sell parts online?

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

In this article, we provide insights on how to build a product sales organization structure that yields results. In the SaaS world, it is not enough for us to look at salespeople as individual contributors but rather as an entire team across departments such as marketing and product development. The Assembly Line.

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Highspot

MARCH 30, 2021

Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales – and ensure your team is set up for success. That’s because certain sales models are better suited to certain types of businesses, selling motions, or solutions. Always look for new ways to innovate on your product and surprise and delight your customers.

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Spiro Technologies

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Sell It podcast. On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, and selling products—and of course, having fun along the way. For the listeners, can you give them a little bit more insight into what you guys are up to? I’m happy to be here.

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Spiro Technologies

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. So we say go to aisle 15 and pick up three cans of beans or whatever slot it is, and get this item. Transcript. Adam Honig: Hello and welcome to Make it.

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Spiro Technologies

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Adam Honig: Hello and welcome to Make It, Move It, Sell It. On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving and selling products. In order to do that, we groove the drum, and we have wire rope that carries the ball up and down the platform. Transcript.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales — and ensure your team is set up for success. That’s because certain sales models are better suited to certain types of businesses, selling motions, or solutions. Always look for new ways to innovate on your product and surprise and delight your customers.

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