Veloxy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Back in 2018, Salesforce discovered that sales reps were only spending 34% of their time selling (707 hours a year). Not surprisingly, only 42% of these sales reps expected to meet (not crush) quota. Should we be surprised that sales reps are less confident in meeting (not crushing) quota? Would you believe me?

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Iannarino

APRIL 18, 2023

These large clients have greater needs, spend more money, and meet with multiple sales organizations. These competitive sales scenarios are difficult to win, but they are game changers. Winning one enterprise-level deal can retire your quota for the year.

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 30, 2025

You Hit Quota You on track and right where you are supposed to be against your number You are in trouble You missed your number, are behind quota, and are feeling the pressure. It can also make life much easier if your sales plan and quota gets bigger in the back half of the year as many do. Quota isnt easy to achieve.

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Tibor Shanto

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. It relates directly to how goals, targets and quotas are set and hit. Setting sales goals where even a 70% level of achievement would be great. Hear me out.

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Iannarino

APRIL 17, 2023

When trying to close more deals and reach your quota, mistakes can be costly. Avoiding common pitfalls can help you improve your sales performance and allow you to achieve your sales goals. Some of these mistakes result from novel sales scenarios you have never experienced.

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SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2025

Dear SaaStr: What Are A Few Top Tips to Hiring The Right First VP of Sales? Hiring a great VP of Sales is one of the most critical decisions youll make as a founder. Heres how to approach it: Timing is Everything Dont hire a VP of Sales too early. Pre-Recruit and Take Your Time A great VP of Sales hire can take 6-12 months.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Dear SaaStr: How Many Opportunities Should a Sales Rep Handle? You sort of need to back into it based on your opportunity-to-closed deal ratio. And less than 10% just makes sales … start to get even harder. The post Dear SaaStr: How Many Opportunities Should a Sales Rep Handle? appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2024

When Marc Benioff started Salesforce, he codified the sales playbook. Then Mark Roberge , former Hubspot CRO, wrote The Sales Acceleration Formula with deep insights into quota structures. The biggest challenge to that outlook is an increase in the sales cycle. That elongated sales cycle created pipeline supply shocks.

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2023

But new business is a lot tougher than 12 months ago, let alone 24: Founder CEO Matthew Prince was refreshingly honest about what was happening in sales. “The top 15% of our sellers have achieved 129% of quota over the last four quarters.” Expansion sales cycles have lengthened 50%. Helpful to see this quantified.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 30, 2025

Yesterday, the CEO I spoke with said more than half of his salespeople were not hitting quota, and he also thought they were complacent. Its not unusual to hear about quota fails or complacency in these conversations, but on this particular call, I heard about both. Thats only a 7% difference from the group that doesnt hit quota.

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Sales Gravy

APRIL 24, 2025

Lets kill the myth: sales coaching isnt just for newbies or underperformers. If you're in sales, you need coaching. Sales is a performance sport. Sales coaching forces you to stop guessing and start fixing. Are you hesitating at the close? Soft closes? This isnt feel-good fluff. You need guidance.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sales Acceleration is the sales enablement strategy that simplifies and shortens sales cycles. It delivers results by using a mix of sales technology and a value-driven approach to selling. Sales Acceleration Software is being used to consolidate the sales technology stack. Start selling faster, easier.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

As a sales leader, your efforts directly impact the company’s stability and growth. However, with increasing competition combined with a limited budget and sales personnel, reaching your quotas can be challenging. However, it’s not due to a lack of effort by the sales team.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

Rather, let the results, numbers, and value do what most mere names cannot—close the deal! Bookmark Now: Cold Calling - Everything a Sales Person Needs to Know. We help sales teams turn unproductive churning into generative earning.” We help sales teams turn unproductive churning into generative earning. Don’t exaggerate.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sales great Zig Ziglar once wrote, “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” ” That’s the struggle of every team without clear sales targets: no clarity, no progress, no growth. See how it works What are sales targets? Why are sales targets important? But will they?

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Sales Pop!

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The rapid road to a closed sale is only through revenue intelligence. Revenue intelligence contains all that is required for your sales leadership to create accurate quotas and forecasts, and for your team’s pipeline management. Through actionable insights, sales cycles are shortened and win rates are increased.

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Tibor Shanto

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Because most salespeople are quota drive, they get distracted by close dates. They forget that there is no getting to closed without the journey. Let’s face it, they have been conditioned by the hundreds of bad sales calls they experienced before us. It is all a question of what you focus on. Getting From Now To Then.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

If you have a pile of files on your desk, a to-do list that is so long it must be scrolled to read, past-due proposals, and an empty pipeline, you are probably not very well organized, don’t manage your time very well, and likely behind on quota. Back to the sales leaders. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Want some help ?

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SaaStr

MAY 24, 2025

Top 10 Strategies Toasts CRO Uses to Crush Sales Quotas So a little while ago Toasts CRO Jonathan Vassil joined Sam Blond on SaaStr CRO Confidential on how Toast built one of the strongest but toughest rocketship in sales: a lower gross margin, lower ACV ($10k), sales-led SMB sales motion. Field-Based Sales Model.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 8, 2021

Less than half of salespeople reach their quota and more than half of buyers don’t change, evidence that what we’re doing isn’t working. Writing the book has caused me to recognize a critical insight about B2B sales , or more accurately, about B2B buying. No more pushy sales tactics. A Circular Argument.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 16, 2025

If you missed my March 14 article on Sales Cringe – my first in over a month – that will explain why we had the time to rewatch “24.” Regardless of company size, the Owner, President or CEO must SHOW their commitment to sales training to demonstrate the critical nature of the training to all participants.

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Closing Bigger

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Sales Leadership Podcast Summary with Mike Curliss, President of Sales at Maximizer, and Shane Gibson Keynote Sales Speaker and CEO of Professional Sales Academy. The debate between sales leadership and sales management has been ongoing for decades. Sales leaders , on the other hand, are visionaries.

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Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

If there’s one universal truth that resonates throughout every single company, it’s that cash is king for your sales team. Inside and outside sales reps are not only paid on commission, hefty bonuses and kickbacks also motivate them to work even harder. Which seems to keep their sales beaks wet and on top of their game every day. .

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It forced reps to close 13% more locations per sales rep. In essence, increasing quotas 13%. At least for now: Sales continues to grow at an epic 29% at $1.5 And quit if you increase quotas? It did what it had to with its sales team. So what did it do? And it shrunk territories -27%. And what happened?

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sales teams today spend 70% of their workday on non-selling activities a massive roadblock to hitting quotas. In my experience, the biggest culprits behind this inefficiency are bloated, disconnected sales tech stacks with poor training and low user adoption. Double Sales Productivity in only 1 Minute. Lets dive in.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2023

When I read my feeds or listen to a lot of “experts,” the focus is always on hitting our quotas, maxing our commissions, achieving our goals. Listening to sales executives, the focus is, constantly, making your numbers. ” With this mindset, customers become obstacles standing in the way of hitting quota.

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RingDNA

MARCH 26, 2025

LinkedIn is no longer a nice to have in 2025, whether you’re a CEO shaping your company’s vision, a COO optimizing processes, or an SDR hustling to hit quota. We strongly recommend that if you’re seriously interested in using LinkedIn as a sales tool, that you invest in one of the premium packages. It’s that simple.

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Tibor Shanto

JULY 7, 2021

Want to split a room of salespeople, just ask if “sales is a numbers game or not?” Full disclosure, I came from the sales is a numbers game camp. But there is no escaping the fact that while sale may not be a numbers game, your numbers have to add up. The debate has raged on for years with few converts. Behind The Numbers.

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SaaStr

MARCH 29, 2025

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Best Ways to Transition From The Founder-Led Sales Stage? Transitioning from founder-led sales to a commissioned sales team is one of the most criticaland trickysteps in scaling a SaaS business. You Never Get to Leave Sales. This is non-negotiableeven if you hate sales. Be specific.

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Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 14, 2023

This guest post was written by Alex Cook , Manager, Enterprise Sales at Klue. Year-end can be the most exciting time in sales. You could also be well behind your quota, struggling to stay motivated and worried about job security. It can also be the hardest. Managing Through Adversity. Why are targets what they are?

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SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2025

Dear SaaStr: How Long Should You Give a New Sales Rep? sales cycles. Sales is tough. And while sales is pretty similar in SaaS at a given price point / ACV, different products are still different to sell.A They may not immediately hit quota (few do). But they find a way to close something relatively early.

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Tibor Shanto

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Unfortunately, many salespeople see their pipeline as a holding tank for opportunities, rather than a means of driving to quota. Pipeline reviews involve flows and paths to success, quota. I have shared my views on time , it is the currency of sales, time and pipelines are finite. And time to quota. Pay To Play.

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SaaStr

APRIL 13, 2022

Dear SaaStr: How Many Deals Can a Sales Rep Close Per Month? A successful but not top 5% sales rep in SaaS typically can close: 20–50 deals a month if $0.5k-$2k ACV , i.e., very transactional 1–2 call close. transactional, but not 1–2 call close). They’d have to close 25 deals a month to hit their OTE.

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Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2025

According to a 2023 survey of over 450 sales leaders, 91% of their teams missed quota that year. And even with revenue up in 2024 , reps are still struggling to meet their sales goals. Getting stuck on YTD sales. Projecting a sales cycle ahead of time gives sellers a better chance of making their numbers.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Achieving commitment towards sales goals and success is crucial for cultivating a successful sales team. It requires a concentrated effort and the growth of each team member. It's important to note that It’s not whatever it takes as long as it’s comfortable or as long as it’s not too difficult.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 9, 2024

You’ve invested in Salesforce , hoping to streamline your sales process, improve customer relationships, and more. Why Salesforce Adoption Fails Your sales team should dedicate themselves to changing the way they work. Streamline your implementation to focus on what matters most to your sales process. Why does this happen?

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RingDNA

APRIL 11, 2025

The ability to track sales metrics and KPIs is the closest thing that sales leaders get to having a crystal ball. But beyond merely revealing insight into reps’ performance, tracking the right sales KPIs is critical to assessing they overall health of your sales pipeline. But whether you decide to use Revenue.io

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