SaaStr

MAY 1, 2025

So Clari put together the data that I’ve known and so many of us have known for a long time in B2B sales, across 10,000,000 opportunities it analyzed: The best reps can closed 2x-9x more than “ordinary” reps. And the bottom reps often close close to nothing. All the rest still close 35% of your revenue.

Closing 79

Closing Up-sell B2B Start-ups 79

Veloxy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Let’s face it: if you’re still relying on old-school sales prospecting methods , you’re falling behind. Now, CEOs and Sales Executives need something sharper, faster, and more precise: AI for sales prospecting. At Veloxy, we believe AI is the game-changer every sales leader needs.

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Prospecting Technique Pipeline Sales 130

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This year, much like when I was growing up, the leaves turned in mid-October and had mostly fallen from the trees by the end of October. Which brings me to sales cycles. Do you know what actually determines the length of your sales cycle? Other than those two scenarios, long sales cycles are simply a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Objectives and Key Results 140

Objectives and Key Results Consult Sales Government 140

Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Regular trips to the supermarket can quickly add up, no matter how carefully you plan. Sales periods offer a prime opportunity to maximize your grocery budget, but without a clear strategy, they can just as easily lead to overspending. In this article, you’ll find practical tips to help you make the best out of supermarket sales.

Price 130

Price Sales Promote Up-sell 130

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2025

When I was in the hospital for a week in February, my discharge was delayed by two days because each time they asked me to walk up a flight of stairs, my blood pressure crashed. Good salespeople know that the key to a sales process that will result in a sale, is uncovering their prospects compelling reason to buy.

Hospitality 125

Hospitality Sales Prospecting Up-sell 125

Sales Gravy

MAY 1, 2025

Here's the brutal truth: Self-awareness is the ultimate sales skill. We obsess over skills like closing techniques, objection handling, and prospecting cadence. Sales Without Self-Awareness is a Wrecking Ball Lets get honest. Close a few deals, and suddenly you stop prepping, shortcut discovery, and assume you know the buyer.

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Objection handling Consult Sales Technique 87

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. Balancing Quality and Speed: Sales teams often struggle to balance quality with pipeline velocity.

Pipeline 98

Pipeline Launch Sales Up-sell 98

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? Inconsistent follow-ups? Soft closes? You need guidance.

Sports 98

Sports Referrals Sales Pipeline 98

SaaStr

MAY 1, 2025

Your first few sales reps have to be … different. "That early sales team … they have to be product gurus. Selling a $100/month product is very different from selling a $100,000/year solution. Do They Know How to Sell Without a Big Brand? And Have They Sold Somewhere Where Sales Is Hard?

Trust 106

Trust Sales Up-sell Price 106

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

I’m not talking about any close friends in sales here. But — there are a ton of folks I know that used to be great in sales. The other day someone who used to be an A+ sales leader emailed me about a position I’d introduced to him as a super hot start-up. But not anymore. But he used to be great.

Sell 116

Sell Sales Up-sell Start-ups 116

Iannarino

JULY 19, 2021

The Gist: The legacy approaches to the sales conversation have created a form of commoditization. For salespeople who want to be treated as partners, there is a new sales conversation that creates greater value. Here is the order in which sales conversations were (and mostly still are) conducted in legacy approaches to B2B sales.

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Conversion Clients Sales Presentation 334

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 14, 2025

Eric in Lewiston, Maine, asks how to use last years data to create and accurate sales plans and evaluate software tools (like CRMs and ZoomInfo) to make those goals happen. Sales planning is vitalwithout a roadmap, youre just hoping your revenue targets magically come to life. Success in sales is about balance across the entire funnel.

Appointment 98

Appointment Cross-sell CRM Pipeline 98

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 29, 2024

As you'll learn in this Monday Money podcast episode and article, these goals are essential to helping you maintain sales discipline throughout your sales year. Whether its a house, a new car, or building up your savings, to-have goals are about acquiring something that enhances your life. To-Do Goals These are experience goals.

Commission 98

Commission Sales Follow-up CRM 98

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 25, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, take a look back at the best insights from the year. These moments arent just memorable, theyre actionable advice that sales professionals can take into 2025 to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. Leading with empathy and emotional intelligence helps uncover the real problems you can solve.

Conversion 96

Conversion Pitch Sales Trust 96

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.

Product 130

Product CRM Price Objectives and Key Results 130

SaaStr

JANUARY 9, 2025

Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Successful SaaS Leaders Without Sales Teams? Many that are self-serve and SMB-focused can start off without a sales team … for a while. But almost none stay without a sales team … forever. Yes, Atlassian since well past its IPO had almost no direct sales team. Maybe on Day 0.

Cross-sell 111

Cross-sell Outside Sales Sales Up-sell 111

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Salesforce Adoption Pain Point #1 : Sales representatives report spending 66% of their day performing tedious, non-selling activity in Salesforce. This is a conundrum for most sales managers, as sales productivity is one of the common selling points of the Salesforce CRM platform. They’ll thank you for it.

Territory 342

Territory Represent Sales Lead generation 342

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In sales - especially in product knowledge training - were taught from day one how to pitch, how to present, and how to overcome objections. But too often we forget one of the most basic truths in sales: The more you listen, the more you learn. And the more you learn, the faster and easier it is to close a deal.

Up-sell 48

Up-sell Sell Pitch Trust 48

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.

Product 246

Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Sales Gravy

MARCH 30, 2025

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. Its not unusual to work hard to close so many deals at the end of the quarter that you start off in a weak position at the beginning of the quarter. Quota isnt easy to achieve. Youve kept your promise.

Quota 102

Quota Pipeline Sales Up-sell 102

Veloxy

JUNE 24, 2021

Crafting a killer sales pitch? If you don’t, your audience will pick up on it and won’t trust or value what you’re saying. If you can master facial expressions, eyebrow gestures, leg activity and torso/arms behavior, you’re well on your way to a successful sale. Use These Body Techniques to Sell More. Facial Expressions.

Cross-sell 287

Cross-sell Technique Pitch Contact 287

Sales Pop!

MARCH 17, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

Cross-sell 238

Cross-sell Technique Sales Pipeline 238

Salesforce

AUGUST 6, 2024

After years of steady sales and profit growth, the 2,300-employee company has hit a rough patch. Sell more, and faster, with AI With interested buyers lined up, now it’s up to the sales team to close deals. Learn how your sales reps can automate their processes with AI Second, AI speeds up data analysis.

Real Estate 128

Real Estate Non-Profits Click Through Rate CRM 128

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2025

Dear SaaStr: What Should I Do in a Sales Audit? A sales audit should be comprehensive and focus on identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities across your sales process. Sales Process Efficiency : Analyze how well your sales process is working. Are customers satisfied with the sales process?

Cross-sell 75

Cross-sell Pipeline Legal Contract 75

Salesforce

DECEMBER 19, 2024

But when you treat every loss as a failure, youre missing out on a chance to build a more motivated, productive, and effective sales team. Make your enablement about results, not effort Close your revenue gaps and get more out of every rep with Sales Programs delivered in your CRM.

Territory 97

Territory E-commerce Sales Drivers/motivators 97

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.

Cold Call 358

Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

Sales Pop!

MAY 26, 2023

Sales enablement is a process that helps businesses equip their sales teams with the resources, tools, and information they need to improve their performance and close more deals. In today’s competitive market, sales enablement has become an essential strategy for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition.

Objectives and Key Results 241

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Sales Strategize 241

Veloxy

AUGUST 10, 2021

AI and machine learning have given wings to digital sales and marketing techniques. Not only does this make them more effective, it also boosts the chance of sales conversion. Research already shows that over 40% of sales and marketing teams wholly recognize the importance of AI. How to Improve Sales Processes with AI.

Process 328

Process Sales Technique Pipeline 328

Hubspot

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Getting anything over the finish line as the holidays approach is a struggle in any facet of life, and sales is no exception. The end of Q4 is one of the — if not the — most stressful, frustrating stretches of any sales professional's year. Q4 Sales Strategies 1. Incentivize performance with contests and rewards.

Sales 69

Sales Closing Strategize Prospecting 69

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Many sales teams find themselves juggling multiple tools, each promising to be the silver bullet for sales success. Yet, instead of streamlining operations, this often leads to confusion, inefficiencies, and a longer sales cycle. Let’s start on this journey to simplify, consolidate, and elevate your sales process.

Sales 289

Sales Strategize Gaming Up-sell 289

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Open ended sales questions are a crucial aspect of the sales process. This leads to higher levels of trust and rapport, and ultimately more closed deals. Additionally, we’ll cover some of the common mistakes to avoid when asking open ended sales questions. What are open ended sales questions?

Objectives and Key Results 246

Objectives and Key Results Sales Objection handling Follow-up 246

Martech

JULY 25, 2024

This approach assumed that targeting a CEO, CFO or CMO would likely result in a sale. Each member may have up to 15 interactions with each vendor under evaluation. The bigger buyer group — the influencers of the sale — do a lot of the work, and sometimes, the person signing the checks is only interested in doing just that.

B2B 132

B2B Legal CRM Lead generation 132

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.

CRM 262

CRM Quota Sales Pipeline 262

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

The pandemic has contributed a lot to sales transformation. For most companies, selling virtually has become the new norm. And although some have taken to virtual selling like a fish to water, more and more businesses are struggling to adjust. So, how can we work on fixing a lot of these virtual selling challenges?

Sell 317

Sell Education CRM Up-sell 317

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We’ve been reworking and implementing a revised selling/buying process. I don’t need no stinkin’ process, f**k off… ” (OK, I made the last one up, but I have encountered a lot of sellers thinking this.) But then they ignore it, pushing people, “Just do more, build pipeline, close more deals!”

Process 84

Process Sales Up-sell Pipeline 84

Sales Pop!

AUGUST 20, 2021

The sales process in B2B is not self-sufficient. In addition to the sales team’s efforts, certain tools are also required to achieve the main goal. These can be a unique selling proposition, recommendations, business launch questions, success stories, demonstrations, and presentations. SaaS B2B Sales.

Inside sales 246

Inside sales B2B CRM Price 246

Iannarino

MARCH 2, 2023

This sales strategy has been part of B2B sales processes and is practiced by sales reps in many sales organizations. This strategy is still effective, as recognizing the prospective buyer's pain points allows for a good and effective sales conversation.

B2B 286

B2B Contact Clients Entertainment 286