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How Your Location Impacts Sales Success

Heavy Hitter

This study group was segmented into four geographic regions resembling a typical sales organization as shown below. West region :  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In which region of the country were salespeople most successful last year?

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Cassie is an operating partner at Primary Venture Partners, where she works closely with Primary’s portfolio companies to help them build, scale and optimize their go-to-market efforts. You’ll learn a lot if you listen closely. Rachael holds a BA from Indiana University. Cassie Young. Be curious. Don’t give up.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with SocialChorus, Trello, Gremlin, Terminal, Guild Education, Gitlab, and Pleo — November 15, 2019

SaaStr

I get a ton of founders ask me how they should think about remote work, whether they need to be close to customers, close to clients? What technologies are popular in that city or that region? Support the technology community in Indianapolis, Indiana, where we’re based. All these questions centered around location.

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It’s Not the Wild West: 12 Tactics to Make Your Price Negotiations Smooth and Successful

Salesforce

There’s no better feeling than closing a deal after a tough price negotiation. Ask open and closed-ended questions Open-ended questions require salespeople to actively listen to prospects, while closed-ended questions force prospects to answer — succinctly. Everyone is smiles, satisfied with the deal.

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How to Supercharge Your Sales Velocity for Quicker Wins

Salesforce

(More on how these fit together below.) ( Back to top ) Why it’s important to track sales velocity Monitoring your sales velocity helps you accurately track the time it takes for your team to close deals. To find your deal value, divide your generated revenue by the number of deals closed. 1/4 = 0.25

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The Secret of Successful Account-Based Selling? Going After the Big Fish

Salesforce

Account-based selling (ABS) is a sales approach that prioritizes building relationships with high-value account holders so you can quickly close big deals. Other benefits include: Higher conversion rates: ABS can help you land larger clients and close better deals. Watch the demo What is account-based selling?

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How Much Will Your Reps Make? Everything You Need to Know About On-Target Earnings (OTE)

Salesforce

It offers just enough incentive for support staff — like those in finance or service — to go that extra mile and close deals when possible. Variable compensation is pay that’s added to an employee’s base salary, dependent on their sales activities, including deals closed. What is variable compensation?