Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Quota and OTE. Setting quota. If you want them to stop selling to poor fit customers, institute a clawback so they lose their commission if the customer churns or returns the product within a set window of time. Increase average contract length. Increase upsell/cross-sell rate. Absolute commission plan.

Commission 101

Commission Quota X-functional Non-Profits 101

Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

Percentage of revenue from existing customers (cross-selling, upselling, repeat orders, expanded contracts, etc.). Percentage of sales reps attaining 100% quota. Cost of selling as a percentage of revenue generated. Imagine one of your reps isn’t hitting her quota. Average contract value (ACV).

X-functional 101

X-functional Quota Cross-sell Contract 101

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.

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Pipeline Inside sales Cross-sell 130

Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

If your reps don’t meet their quota, you have a record of their activity — which means you can dig into the numbers to figure out why they’re behind and coach them accordingly. Once an SDR has secured a qualified lead, they tap an account executive (AE) to give demos, negotiate contracts, and drive the deal home. Future meetings.

Engineering 114

Engineering Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Pipeline 114

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

You’re not selling tools or closing contracts; you’re offering solutions and building partnerships. Account A business, customer, lead, or prospect a company engages with to sell products or services to. Annual contract value (ACV) The average annual revenue generated per customer contract.

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Pipeline Cross-sell SQL 52

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Wrapped around this is some notion of upsell/cross sell, “Can we expand the relationship with the current customer (individuals)?” There were some minor upgrades, some maintenance contracts, and other things I could sell — but none that would enable me to achieve my quota or goals for the account.

Territory 103

Territory Account management Cross-sell Retail 103

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 4, 2020

That’s what selling without a sales dashboard is like. This not only takes time away from selling, it can introduce a lot of opportunities for mistakes. Sales leaders can use a dashboard to understand the game their team is playing as they sell and identify where reps may need help or extra training. What is a Sales Dashboard?

Pipeline 135

Pipeline Cross-sell CRM Sales 135

Highspot

JANUARY 31, 2020

Sales excellence is defined as the consistent outperformance of key growth objectives, achieved by strategic, cross-functional initiatives. Percentage of sales reps attaining 100% quota. Percentage of time spent on selling activities. Time to quota attainment. How do you achieve sales excellence? What Is Sales Excellence?

Growth 98

Growth Quota Sales Contract 98

Hubspot

APRIL 4, 2019

If one of your goals is for 5% of monthly revenue to come from upsells or cross-sells , make this goal specific by identifying what types of clients you’ll target. In this case, your sales team must achieve that 5% upsell/cross-sell number by the end of the quarter. Upselling and cross-selling. Measurable.

Strategic planning 100

Strategic planning Strategize Referrals Cross-sell 100

Salesforce

JUNE 14, 2023

Let’s face it: Hard sells and flashy demos can be effective ways to close. Not only will this help you build trust, which makes it easier to sell , but it will open the door to long-term relationships that can lead to upsells and cross-sells. And that’s a very good thing for reps looking to beat quota.

Gaming 95

Gaming Cross-sell Referrals CRM 95

Hubspot

APRIL 2, 2018

Do you have any questions about the contract?". Contract questions. Never comment on a contract or proposal over email. Do you have any questions about the contract?”. Deals that happen entirely online are usually the opportunities that drag on for weeks or months -- and that’s not good for anyone’s quota.

Prospecting 101

Prospecting X-functional Contract Cross-sell 101

Hubspot

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This is where personal selling comes into play. Personal selling is the key to a well-balanced sales organization, and, in this guide, we’re going to explain why that’s the case. Personal selling is most commonly used for business-to-business (B2B) selling, although it’s also used in retail and trade selling, too.

Sell 98

Sell Cross-sell Negotiate Up-sell 98

Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

It leads your sales reps through various scenarios: how to prospect, when to sell what product or service, how to overcome common objections, what to negotiate for (and how ) to name a few. Best-selling author, Hal Elrod, once said: . Contracting. Contracting Process. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: . Forecasting.

Territory 118

Territory Objectives and Key Results Contract Price 118

Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2019

Picture this: You work for a cloud computing company that sells a cloud photo storage platform. Customers sign a contract for a yearly subscription and they pay a monthly fee to use the photo storage service. Expansion MRR is also known as an upgrade and can also result from an upsell or cross-sell.

Contract 97

Contract Cross-sell Commission Represent 97

Salesforce

MARCH 3, 2025

A Deal Desk is a cross-functional team that streamlines the closing of sales complex and non-standard deals, handling everything from quote to cash. This includes everything from securing approvals and ensuring every contract is compliant. This includes setting prices, drafting custom contracts, and keeping service delivery on track.

Legal 59

Legal Contract Finance Non-Profits 59

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Unlike a closing sales rep, SDRs don’t carry a traditional quota. AEs are held to quotas. How to know if this job is right for you: Being an AE is a natural next step once you’ve gotten some selling experience under your belt. It’s also harder to learn selling fundamentals when you’re operating solo or in a small team.

Territory 101

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 101

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This information will help you when coming up with the perfect sales pitch that will appeal to your prospect and sell the value of whatever product/ service you might offer. In this stage of the selling cycles, sales teams get to meet the client, either in person or through video conferencing apps or even email. Handling objections.

Sales 111

Sales Cross-sell Pipeline Negotiate 111

InsightSquared

JULY 1, 2021

Revenue operations is a methodology that drives cross-functional collaboration in order to close gaps in the customer experience and maximize revenue for the business. Guided Selling. The average dollar value of an annual contract. Average Annual Contract Value. Cross-Selling. Quota Attainment.

Cross-sell 62

Cross-sell Contract Objectives and Key Results Quota 62

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Inside sales (sometimes called remote sales or remote selling) is often the primary sales model for B2B, SaaS, tech, and certain high-ticket B2C sales teams. Inside sales reps sell from their office, in stark contrast to outside sales, where sales reps travel to visit clients and close deals on the road.

Inside sales 62

Inside sales Commission Outside Sales Quota 62

Veloxy

APRIL 11, 2023

It helps eCommerce companies personalize communications, upsell/cross-sell, and reduce cart abandonment rate. Let it be a moment when they ask prospects to sign a contract. However, in most cases, sales reps spend only 28% of their working time actually selling, with deal management and data entry taking the rest of their time.

Pipeline 130

Pipeline Sales CRM Price 130

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

But what is a sales pipeline and why is it so instrumental to selling success? If your forecast anticipates you’re going to miss your quota, you should double down on selling activities. If you sell a premium product, it might take several months to a year to build up a list of key contacts and accounts.

Pipeline 101

Pipeline Negotiate Sales Objectives and Key Results 101

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. If you live for weekend trout fishing trips you might slip it in there, but not at the expense of describing the products or services you are selling. It’s that simple.

Closing 62

Closing B2B Sell Referrals 62

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

How much revenue is generated by each product, product line, or service that you sell. cross-selling, upselling, repeat orders, expanded contracts, etc.). Percentage of Res Attaining 100% Quota. How many representatives on your team are attaining 100% of their quota. Revenue per Sale. Revenue by Product.

Territory 99

Territory CRM Sales Cross-sell 99

Hubspot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

If you decide you want to hit 110%, 120%, or 150% of your quota, commit to doing the necessary activities to reach that number. Review your year-to-date quota attainment to gauge where you stand today, and calculate the number of customers you have to sign to hit your goal based on your historical deal size and velocity. Set a goal.

Quota 85

Quota B2C Strategize Transportation 85

Martech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company had just made its full-year quota in the first half of the year and the champagne was flowing. Marketing must be constantly available to potential buyers when they become interested in your product — not necessarily when you want to sell it. This boosts cross-selling and upselling opportunities.

A/B testing 127

A/B testing Tradeshows Finance Cross-sell 127

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

Rather than having this erratic schedule around hitting sales targets, or hitting releases, that there’s a feeling that just quarter after quarter the company keeps shipping and selling. Some startups can do monthly quotas if they have an extremely quick sales cycle. To me, that’s what the cadence says. billion dollars.

Finance 114

Finance X-functional Launch Objectives and Key Results 114

Salesmate

JUNE 4, 2021

A sales incentive is a reward/compensation (cash or non-cash) that’s given to a salesperson for performing up to a level, mainly for selling a particular amount of goods or services. For example, let’s say you are selling a “product.” Let’s say your company sells a SaaS product that rolls out new features now and then.

Drivers/motivators 105

Drivers/motivators Objectives and Key Results Teamwork Sales 105

SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sell to more existing customers. It’s one thing to bring the customer over the line and sell for the first time. Your selling team will 3x, and sales will become codified. When scaling from founder-led sales to another person selling the product, customers become more demanding. Early sellers are meeting quotas.

Cross-sell 67

Cross-sell Customers GTM A/B testing 67

Hubspot

AUGUST 25, 2022

When a sales slump hits and your quota is on the line, the first thing you want to do is jump on the phones and contact every prospect and lead you know. They’re under contract with another vendor. The goal, of course, isn’t to sell them anything, but to see how things are going and if there’s anything you can do to help.

Cold Call 88

Cold Call Drivers/motivators Pitch Sales 88

Sales Hacker

APRIL 2, 2018

While an earlier post talked about automating the sales process with bots , this article shows you how you can take control of your sales data, documentation process, and contracts to get started with sales automation. The result is that your team spends more time on mission-critical activities and actual selling. Who doesn’t?

Process 59

Process Contract Legal CRM 59

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Below is a view of how a CRM dashboard displays deal forecasts, sales pipeline, and deals closed against quota for a given month. A CRM tracks quota attainment and activity metrics such as emails sent, calls made, meetings booked, opportunities created, and deals closed. 5 Benefits of CRMs Customer data management. Sales reporting.

CRM 78

CRM Contact Contract Objectives and Key Results 78

Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

Modern sales ops professionals play a vital role in the success of a sales organization by staying ahead of problems and enabling the sales team to focus on selling. Automating any possible selling or non-selling tasks. Contract lifecycle management. Aligning, evaluating, and integrating all tech stack tools.

Non-Profits 75

Non-Profits CRM Territory Cross-sell 75

Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

Sales ops is responsible for supporting and enabling sales reps to sell efficiently and effectively. Sales operations teams bring a system of selling and structure to a sales organization. Here are a few sales operation metrics you might have seen before: Quota achievement. Average win rate. Average sales cycle duration.

Territory 68

Territory Objectives and Key Results Finance Cross-sell 68

SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

I’ll start because I’m living this right now, and where we’re contract value. Michaela Lehr: So mine says to learn ballpark contract value and figure out the pricing that the market can bear. Either work or not work. Sanj Sanampudi: Great. You’re doing something that is brand new. So Michaela?

Territory 56

Territory Cross-sell Contract Drivers/motivators 56

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Redefine how you manage your customer relationships Relationship selling is more efficient than traditional sales approaches, and CRM helps highlight that objective: building and enhancing relationships. Our solution lets you whip up and send proposals and contracts in minutes. The relationship usually ends with or without a sale.

CRM 52

CRM Gaming Contract Objectives and Key Results 52

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Get AI-driven insights that help you boost revenue Sell smarter with a revenue intelligence platform built into Sales Cloud. Revenue intelligence is a data-driven way to sell. For sellers, that means guidance at every stage of the deal — who to reach out to, what to say, and what to sell.

Pipeline 59

Pipeline Cross-sell Finance Electricity 59

Gong.io

JULY 21, 2021

Once you’ve moved your org beyond ‘ What is revenue operations ”, they’ll know that it’s more than hosting a few cross-functional meetings. . This team is all about creating cross-functional partnerships. Is your goal selling to more customers? Boosting annual contract values? So what does a Revenue Ops team look like?

Growth 62

Growth GTM Cross-sell Pipeline 62