SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2021

We worked in a small office above a smog shop on 4th Street, had a handful of customers, and 100k in ARR closed by our CEO. Together, we developed sales pitches, built out a robust sales process in just a couple of weeks. Your sales process should not be a closed box with little insights. . Annual Quota / 12 = Monthly Quota.

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Closing E-commerce Customers Quota 104

Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. What is Sales Closing and Why Is It Important How Does the Sales Closing Process Work? Sales closing is persuading a potential customer to say ‘yes’ to your offer.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

One; sales is no longer just about high pressure, ‘won’t take no for an answer’ pitches. Today, it’s more of a different dynamic where sales reps listen, empathize, and even kill pitches early if they sense the prospect isn’t interested. It’s not about closing every single deal all the time.

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Inside sales Pipeline Quota Cold Call 130

Highspot

JUNE 6, 2023

In the boardroom, it’s about the percentage of your reps that are attaining quota. And from an efficiency perspective, it’s all about how sellers apply their talent, tools, resources, and processes without putting in endless hours to meet targets and sales quotas. That’s when you know they are working productively.

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Closing Product Objectives and Key Results Quota 52

A Sales Guy

AUGUST 11, 2012

Why not have a teaching quota? If there were a teaching quota, sales people would have to know more about the market, the industry, and the trends. If there were a teaching quota, sales people would have to know more about the market, the industry, and the trends. It there were a teaching quota there would be less pitching.

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Quota Pitch Education Sell 110

Salesmate

JUNE 12, 2020

Well, you might have been taught by sales managers in your induction program that closing sales deals is an art and it is really simple. You have to be prepared, show up for your sales meetings, leave a mark on your prospects, navigate through their objections, pitch your proposal, and follow-up! Seems so simple right?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Quotas, pricing, margins, forecasts, conversions, quotes, close rates, meetings booked, average sale and more. How to pitch to that hitter, how to get this hitter out, what to expect from this pitcher, what pitch he likes to throw when he’s ahead in the count, the strength and accuracy of the outfield arms, etc.

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Pitch Sports Quota Price 77

Gong.io

MARCH 19, 2020

However, unlike in-person demos, remote meetings offer fewer cues to determine whether your pitch is landing. Here’s how top reps beat the distraction-barrier and capture their prospect’s attention from slide one to close: First , break your demo up into clear, 9-minute chapters. Close your note-taking app. Same words.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

By setting achievable quotas, you can bring more positivity and motivation to your team. Achievable quotas also encourage healthy competition within the team. For example, you could offer a cash bonus or gift card of their choice for every deal closed above a certain threshold.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Virtual selling shifts this time back to where it counts: engaging with customers and closing deals. Fiserv utilizes Highspot to suggest content like talking points, templates, sales scripts, and pitches tailored to a buyer’s profile and stage. It’s about doing more selling and less traveling. Request a demo today.

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Veloxy

APRIL 28, 2021

It also helps companies close rates, boost lead volume as well as the overall sales performance. Along with a few ideas on how the tech can help them hit and exceed their quotas. This artificial intelligence assisted process increases sales since your follow up closing ratios tend to improve. What are AI Sales Assistants?

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Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

Rather, let the results, numbers, and value do what most mere names cannot—close the deal! In fact, three years ago I helped a similar sized telecom company close $120,000 worth of new deals last year. They haven’t missed quota since I first called them. They haven’t missed quota since I first called them.

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Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

PandaDoc

AUGUST 17, 2020

When you are a part of a sales team, your main priority is closing deals faster and meeting your monthly quotas. However, you have to be fully prepared before you can close a deal through a sales meeting. Keep reading as we discuss the benefits of video meetings when it comes to closing deals.

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Closing Contract Negotiate Price 105

Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2019

A successful close is the end goal that every sales team guns for. But despite a focus on closing sales, it remains one of the biggest issues for teams. A report published by CSO Insights shows a steady decline in the percentage of sales reps attaining quota — from 63% to 53% over a 5-year period. Image Source. We all know this.

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Closing Pitch Sales Quota 110

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes having up-to-date info about what they’re selling and being equipped with technology that aids their sales pitches. The Consequences of Not Having an Enablement Strategy for Field Reps When not properly supported, field sales teams face several challenges that make it really hard to close deals.

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 9, 2024

You'll learn the significance of how understanding personality styles will elevate your sales skills, help you build deeper relationships, and improve your closing ratio. It's not always about the product or the pitch. Now, imagine you're pitching to someone who loves details, and you go in all guns blazing with big-picture talk.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Most salespeople expect to miss their quota every single year. But hitting quota every year doesn’t always equate to a perfect sales enablement strategy for a few reasons. First , quota is set too low to accommodate for sales process inefficiencies. This is why sales reps experience high turnover and workplace stress.

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Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2021

Introduction Opening Lead Qualification Closing the Sale. Introduction Opening Lead Qualification Closing the Sale. While you will inevitably stray from your script to personalize your pitch for each customer, having a script gives you the structure and guidance that will propel you to success. Close the Sale.

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Membrain

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

When you look at these things we use to describe “salesmanship,” none of it is meaningful to the buyers – the people we have to engage to meet our quotas, achieve our goals, and earn our commissions. Amazingly, the more we do this, the more easily we achieve our goals of hitting quotas, beating competition, earning our commission.

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Commission Quota Negotiate Pitch 127

Gong.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

TL;DR: We cull through millions and millions of data points to generate powerful, actionable insights to help salespeople be more efficient and close more deals. (PS: And when done correctly, it leads to a 5%+ increase in close rates. Q4 is a make-or-break quarter, and you need every advantage to hit stride (and quota).

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The trick to closing more deals — and stacking the deck in your favor — is finding the balance between art and science of language in sales. Let’s look at some examples of pitches I’ve used to promote my business. Ask yourself, which is a stronger sales pitch ? “I If they’re behind on quota, you can use that to create urgency.

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Closing Pitch Trust Contract 89

Gong.io

MARCH 27, 2018

In order to reach quota attainment, each and every sales team needs to follow a sales process , implement structure around goals , and monitor their performance. Every sales team has a sales process, but does it actually enable them to reach quota attainment? Or, what if you’ve hired a bunch of new reps? Hitting the Gong.

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Gong.io

MARCH 27, 2018

In order to reach quota attainment, each and every sales team needs to follow a sales process , implement structure around goals , and monitor their performance. Every sales team has a sales process, but does it actually enable them to reach quota attainment? Or, what if you’ve hired a bunch of new reps? Hitting the Gong.

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Quota Process Appointment Cold Call 48

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

These folks didn’t stand out just because they’re a bunch of smooth talkin’, wise crackin’, quota-crushin’ sales reps. But PandaDoc’s salespeople are able to consistently meet and beat quotas quarter after quarter, which continues to impress me as to how they do it. Pitch Tactic #1 – Be brutally honest from the get-go.

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Cerebral Selling

OCTOBER 30, 2022

But customers, wary of our motivations and intentions, keep those insights closely guarded. Consider these two pitches for a buyer struggling with lead and revenue generation for their business: A: “Our proprietary platform uses AI and machine learning to find the highest quality leads to help boost your revenue.”

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Quota Intrinsic Sales Negotiate 213

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Let’s dig into it and see how selling like a psycho(therapist) can help you counsel opportunities to close with these 3 sales psychology techniques. “The effective therapist salesperson is flexible and will adjust therapy the pitch if resistance to the treatment offer is apparent or the client is not making adequate progress.”

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Veloxy

JUNE 8, 2022

The pipeline shows how many deals salespeople are expected to close in a given week, month or year as well as how close a particular rep is to hitting their sales quota. But since your conversion rate from leads to sales is 10%, then you can expect to close only $100,000 worth of new business. 2: Automation.

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Salesforce

APRIL 7, 2022

When it comes to closing a deal, it pays to look at your pipeline as half empty. A healthy dose of pessimism in sales can help you avoid “Happy Ears” syndrome, where the desire to believe a deal will close can keep reps from hearing client objections or identifying roadblocks. Most opportunities don’t close. watch now.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 31, 2023

Aim for the moon with targets and quotas In the words of the famous Michelangelo, the greater danger doesn’t lie in aiming too high and falling short. If you’ve been meeting quota attainment for the past few months in a row, then you’re clearly underplaying your real potential. However, salespeople tend to miss the bigger picture.

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Outside Sales Pipeline Inside sales Cross-sell 130

Veloxy

JUNE 17, 2021

Sure, you might have quotas and deadlines that show accomplishment, but what exactly is the rate of your efforts? To effectively calculate your conversion rate , divide the amount of closed deals by the total number of customers or prospects you’ve interacted with. Here are a few tips to speed up your close-time.

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Eliminate Your Competition

JUNE 29, 2021

Salespeople are often told to “pitch” their products and services. If you want to increase your success rate at closing deals with prospects, try incorporating curiosity into your conversation by asking open-ended questions. This is ineffective because it leaves the prospect feeling like they were manipulated and ignored.

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Quota Prospecting Pitch Technique 78

Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2023

I was closing deals and making money. I had structured a very systematized sales journey and I knew exactly how to get a prospect from stage 1 to stage closed. If I took 40 new calls in a month, I’d close 4+ deals and hit my quota. The value of doing something meaningful superseded the value of closing a deal.

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Sell Commission Pitch Quota 93

Gong.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

TL;DR: We cull through millions and millions of data points to generate powerful, actionable insights to help salespeople be more efficient and close more deals. (PS: And when done correctly, it leads to a 5%+ increase in close rates. Q4 is a make-or-break quarter, and you need every advantage to hit stride (and quota).

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Pitch Negotiate Price Trust 62

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

The distance between top performers and everyone else has never been wider, and most sellers aren’t hitting quota at many organizations. Closing top candidates. These four practices will help you close top candidates by showing you have a well-organized company. Having a strong pipeline of candidates. But that’s not enough.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 10, 2014

Recently, a number of people have asked me my thoughts on closing skills. I think they are asking me about the 8-12-15… techniques to close. I’ve never been much of a fan of these—do I use the assumptive close, the puppy dog close, …? Yes, we have to Always Be Closing.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” Based on the conversations I have with sellers and my social feeds, people seem to think salesmanship has to do with the following: Hitting quota, making commission. Pitching products/solutions. Negotiating to close. Beating the competition. Prospecting, getting meetings. Persuading people to buy our products.

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Commission Quota Negotiate Pitch 68

Salesmate

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Moreover, you also need to follow a specific framework when you’re closing any deal. So, they don’t get sufficient time to actually focus on closing the deal. In this article, I have shared how you can close sales like a pro and excel at your task. What is sales closing and why is it important? Table of contents.

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