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The Problem with Problems and Pain

Iannarino

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. The manuscript is due to the publisher in three days: my contract calls for 65,000 words, a good length for the publisher based on what people will spend on a book.

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Why The Greatest Sales Teams Just Kill It On Dec 31. When Everyone Else Has Gone Home.

SaaStr

Great for sales reps looking to hit their quota. Because there’s no intrinsic reason for the customers to buy then. Let me list a few: Why do customers buy a ton of seats up front , when they could start with a few and buy more later? Why do customers buy so much on the last day of the month? But why are customers in on it?

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Why The Greatest Sales Teams Just Kill It On Dec 31. When Everyone Else Has Gone Home.

SaaStr

Great for sales reps looking to hit their quota. Because there’s no intrinsic reason for the customers to buy then. Let me list a few: Why do customers buy a ton of seats up front , when they could start with a few and buy more later? Why do customers buy so much on the last day of the month? But why are customers in on it?

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How to Sell Better: Lesson 6 – Use The CRM

A Sales Guy

If used correctly, the CRM is the by far the best tool you have to manage the entire sale, from contact to contract and therefore make you a better salesperson. You wouldn’t make quota unless you made the calls and set up the meetings. You aren’t using the CRM correctly. You’re approaching the CRM the wrong way.

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How to Design a Sales Comp Plan to Get You to $100M (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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?