Hubspot

MARCH 11, 2024

For the last six years, I’ve been an avid user and champion of using async video in my day-to-day as a seller — well before joining Loom to lead its Sales and Customer Success teams. I’ve seen the benefit of async video messages to close deals and build prospect relationships as both a quota-carrying seller and a sales team leader.

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Salesforce

JULY 6, 2023

As sales fanatics, we often ask ourselves: What makes top sellers the best at what they do? We wanted to know what sales book made the lightbulb go off above their head, along with their favorite passages and the takeaways that changed how they sell. Some of these titles aren’t even sales books. Let’s take a look. Get started 1.

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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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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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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2021

Deal size is $4k/yr and sales cycle ~25 days. Reps generally have to close 5x their OTE with bigger deals (i.e., their total comp is 20% of what they close). Reps generally have to close 5x their OTE with bigger deals (i.e., their total comp is 20% of what they close). Here, a $120k OTE times 4x = a $480k quota.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 31, 2021

This post isn’t just a list of personalized video tips —it’s a strategy for using video throughout the sales process. 10 videos to carry you to close. Some 40% of salespeople say prospecting is the hardest part of sales. Studies show that when people can see and hear you, you become more memorable.

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SalesPop

APRIL 23, 2021

Another important foundational aspect of account management—and sales itself—is the handling of quotas and forecasting. From my observation, only a few companies manage the problems for quotas and forecasting well. Someone will simply say, “We need to grow by 10 percent per year” and this is shoved in as a quota and forecast.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Measuring the right sales productivity metrics is crucial for any sales team looking to boost its performance. This guide unveils essential metrics such as lead response time, conversion rate, and quota attainment to help you understand where your team excels and where there’s room to grow.

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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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SaaStr

MAY 23, 2023

So leading growth stage VC Iconiq has published its latest and very detailed Definitive Guide to Sales Compensation here. Corners were cut in the boom times of 2021, but we are back to sane sales models. Renewals, if they are done by sales, are paid out at about 40% of an initial commission. Everyone should have a read.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. The problems with the SDR to sales handoff. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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Outreach

MAY 13, 2018

Just like most salespeople, I found my way into sales in an unconventional way. As a single mom of 3,- I was always “busy” but I realized that I had to manage my time and effort extremely efficiently to succeed in sales. Taking care of my kids AND closing deals are both top priorities and my calendar reflects this.

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SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2022

Dear SaaStr: What’s the Relationship Between OTE and Quota for a SaaS Salesperson? In most SaaS companies, a sales rep’s quota is in the end 3x-5x their OTE (i.e., Here’s why: A rep working on $3k-$10k deals often can close about $400k-$450k a year. salary + target bonus). But this doesn’t scale.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned sales manager or a frontline rep hustling for results, we get it – the struggle is real. 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?

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Iannarino

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

9 Questions B2B Sales Leaders Must Answer Why isn’t improving B2B sales effectiveness your most important initiative? Over the last two decades, many sales leaders have chased every shiny object that was put in front of them. It is impossible to identify anything more important than increasing sales win rates.

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Force Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Healthy sales pipelines and accurate forecasts are grounded in structured territory, account and opportunity planning processes. These processes provide sales managers with an unrestricted line of sight into their sales organizations.

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

But what I’ve seen anecdotally, BenchSights now has data on now: higher OTEs and OTE inflation is coupled with higher quotas. Put differently, while OTEs are up 10%-15% on average year-over-year … so are quotas. So AEs are having to close more to justify their higher OTEs. But So Have Quotas.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2021

Eighty percent of the prospecting sales force is under 25 years old. Sales teams, as a result, are conditioned toward a favorable user experience that utilizes minimalist designs to carry out actions in as few clicks as possible. Why should a sales process have people working harder, not smarter? Today’s sales processes.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The basic idea was to help folks who haven’t hired a VP or Director of Marketing hire the right one for a pre-Scale sales-driven SaaS company. Or sometimes an SAL commit (Sales Accepted Lead). Question #3: How should marketing and sales work together to hit this plan? Talk the VP of Sales he or she worked with.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2023

Dear SaaStr: How Long Do You Have as an SDR/BDR if You Aren’t Hitting your Quota? In my experience, no matter what anyone says, most sales professionals are given three chances : 3 sales cycles to ramp up for an AE. 3 quarters for enterprise / field reps (even if they close nothing the first 6 months).

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Sales cliche: Top sales pros could sell ice to eskimos. Sales reality: Today’s top sellers know their jobs aren’t about tricking buyers into a sale. Your job isn’t to use closing techniques, it’s to lead. Here are 8 sales closing questions that are 0% closing gimmicks and 100% effective.

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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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SaaStr

MARCH 2, 2021

In SaaS companies in the very wide band from ~$1m to $40m ARR or so, the debate over Quarterly vs. Monthly Quotas comes up all the time. And it especially comes up when you hire your First VP of Sales, because odds are, he or she will want to move from Monthly to Quarterly Quotas. And often, see worse results. Not really.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2020

If a salesperson hit quota at their last job, they’re much more likely to hit quota at your organization, right? According to statistics from our sales professional user base here at RepVue , only 46.7% of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. And it’s even fewer in software sales organizations.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Discover how mastering virtual sales strategies can elevate customer interactions, even in complex sales cycles. Virtual selling is a technology-driven approach to sales. Unlike traditional face-to-face interactions, sales reps use digital tools to engage with customers remotely. What Is Virtual Selling?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2021

I asked Aasif Osmany to share his learnings as a top-performing SMB VP of Sales, below. While at Gorgias, I expected to leave with as much knowledge to earn me an honorary bachelor’s in sales. 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.

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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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Salesmate

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Another quarter ends with the same disappointing sales results. It is undoubtedly disheartening when you fail to achieve your sales quota at the end of the month or quarter, isn’t it? Like these players, even you’ll have to play the game of sales differently by trying various hacks and strategies. Clement Stone.

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Gong.io

MARCH 19, 2020

New sales model? Sales team temporarily grounded? Here’s what you – aka sales professionals – need to know to make the switch. . It’s the ultimate test to becoming a world-class inside sales rep. . It’s the ultimate test to becoming a world-class inside sales rep. . Close your note-taking app. Career shift?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 16, 2022

With the recent economic downturn, it’s been challenging for many organizations to hit quotas. And the burden of closing the rest of this year’s deals and boosting pipeline for next year is probably weighing heavy. . Leslie Venetz – Founder of Sales Team Builder LLC. Tactics to close deals as the year comes to a close.

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Xant

APRIL 23, 2021

Sales organizations are struggling to align their objectives and quotas with their strategy. While organizations continue to grow, sales attainment is slipping. Our own research shows that SDR quota attainment has fallen 6.6% Our research found that when it comes to sales types, quota attainment remains fairly consistent.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Even with late stage VC capital much harder to get now, and the IPO markets still frozen, I see many folks on my LinkedIn feed saying Sales and Customer Success are underpaid. Well, for most of time, about 10% of the “profit” on a deal has done to sales, and about 5% of renewals have gone to customer success.

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The 5% Institute

JUNE 8, 2023

Are you looking for a sales position (or have an interview booked in), and want to learn how to close a sales interview? In the competitive world of sales , acing an interview is crucial to securing your dream job. Preparing for the Interview To excel in a sales interview, preparation is key.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 12, 2020

Two out of three sales reps are more concerned about their paycheck than catching the coronavirus, according to a recent survey that we conducted. Survey the sales landscape in your organization. What’s happening with various accounts and in your sales funnel? Are new deals being delayed? Identify the Affected Roles or Channels.

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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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PandaDoc

JANUARY 29, 2024

Hopefully, the start of the new year has you super jazzed about what your sales organization will achieve in 2024. We know we’re excited about the potential our sales team has at PandaDoc. A sales team is the powerhouse behind any thriving software company. Achievable quotas also encourage healthy competition within the team.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

But now that countless sales professionals are forced to make the transition for the first time, many face an entirely new set of challenges. There probably isn’t a more directly impacted area than the field sales rep. Key Challenges in Remote Sales: Connecting with prospects and coworkers. Delivering a great online demo.

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