Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Create sales plans that save reps time and maximize sales impact Get your targets, budget, and headcount aligned with just a few clicks so you can sell more efficiently. These targets are used to guide the quota-setting, territory mapping , and sales team strategies. Is additional product or sales training needed before teams can sell?

Quota 116

Quota Territory Pipeline Sales 116

Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

In order for your car to run efficiently, you need every part of your engine firing on all cylinders. Everyone on your team must meet their specific goals in order for your engine to operate efficiently. Every part of your revenue engine serves a specific purpose, but each part supports the whole. Where your problem areas lie.

Engineering 114

Engineering Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Pipeline 114

SaaStr

JANUARY 29, 2021

They are often a bit shocked at how many people they are going to need to hire as they cross $10m ARR. Because SaaS requires so many functions beyond engineering, especially if it’s sales-driven … outbound, SDRs, inbound, field sales, marketing, customer success, support, more complex product management, etc.

Cross-sell 139

Cross-sell Quota Engineering Finance 139

SaaStr

JULY 4, 2019

I’m the SVP of sales for WP Engine. Then fast forward to WP Engine. I’ve been with WP Engine for the last five-and-a-half years. One of the things that I do at WP Engine I’ve always done is I overembellish that. When you talk to people at WP Engine and you say what do you enjoy most?

Engineering 86

Engineering Quota Growth Sales 86

Sales Hacker

APRIL 16, 2020

As a result, all selling approaches that focus on selling a product or taking an order will fail. Sales enablement is a cross-functional discipline for driving your desired sales results. In fact, the impact on win rates and quota attainment impact was significant — research in 2018 and 2019 confirmed this trend.

Objectives and Key Results 131

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Quota Sales 131

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As a sales professional, it’s normal to feel challenged to hit quota, let alone exceed it. To solve this common challenge, sales managers have started to place an extra emphasis on hitting quota faster by means of high velocity sales. Like a race car engine, every stage of your sales process has to be fine tuned over and over again.

Cross-sell 130

Cross-sell Sales Quota Contact 130

SaaStr

JANUARY 31, 2022

It was a critical metric for us because when I started we were at -15% quota capacity. Now we’re at 15+% quota capacity. I encourage my sales reps to get to a quota of 70-80% on one-rate deals. That’s why you need to implement: Cross-departmental participation and commitment. Cross-team resolution of issues.

Territory 98

Territory Cross-sell Quota Networking 98

Veloxy

AUGUST 17, 2022

However, the right “stack” of Salesforce automation tools can really help you accelerate revenue and crush quota. When you can access Salesforce from anywhere on any device, you can automate and eliminate up to 95%, or 1,200 hours, of non-selling activity. The Top 7 Best Salesforce Automation Tools. source of image. source of image.

Appointment 147

Appointment Territory Cross-sell Contract 147

Veloxy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

For you the sales manager, this means forging better working relationships with salespeople and enhancing their ability to hit quotas consistently. This turns a sales rep who spends too much time on non-selling activity into a trusted advisor that spends the majority of their time on customer engagement. How is AI Changing Sales?

Sales 223

Sales Non-Profits CRM Pipeline 223

Veloxy

AUGUST 31, 2023

Know your product Whereas inside sales reps need to speak intelligently about their products, outside sales reps also need to know how best to use their products, their industrial applications, and in some cases the products’ intricate engineering. This especially applies to CRM and managing customer data, and quota attainment.

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Pipeline Inside sales Cross-sell 130

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Sales Engineer. 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. But account managers also look for upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

Territory 101

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 101

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Go-to-Market matters because sales and marketing spend remain the biggest proportion of SaaS spend, so honing in on that spend to build an engine and drive growth is paramount. Am I hiring someone who hasn’t had the top job but has had quota responsibility at a larger company? Cross-selling requires a more diverse product suite.

Go To Market 109

Go To Market GTM Cross-sell Growth 109

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Our job as sales professionals becomes aligning our selling process with the customer’s buying process, moving through the process in a disciplined manner. In crass sales terms, growing our share through cross sell and upsell. I think there is a different view of the buying cycle, one that is more “squishy.”

Cross-sell 110

Cross-sell Represent Account management Quota 110

Openview

APRIL 11, 2018

So much of what they do, particularly fundraising, is selling. But if you scale this function with intention, a sales org will enrich your company’s existing culture, help you build better product, and sell it too. . They care about more than quotas. Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on the Intercom blog here.

Product 100

Product Negotiate Quota Cross-sell 100

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Including — the top mistakes founders make again and again as they cross $10m ARR. It all goes down when you hire a VP of Sales that doesn’t really sell themselves, a VP of Eng that doesn’t really commit code themselves, a VP of Marketing that doesn’t really do demand gen or ABM themselves. Here they are.

Cross-sell 125

Cross-sell Niche Start-ups Engineering 125

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

Rather than the CEO running around telling the engineers exactly what to build, you now have product managers. 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. I learned this operating myself.

Finance 117

Finance X-functional Launch Objectives and Key Results 117

Sales Hacker

MARCH 17, 2021

Strict sales volume does go a long way in achieving long-term revenue growth, but processes and cross-department alignment are what allow sales volumes to scale in the first place. Companies that make it through the first stage of revenue growth have begun to establish bits and pieces of the revenue engine. The problem?

Growth 114

Growth Assembly Line Cross-sell Engineering 114

Hubspot

AUGUST 10, 2020

For some reps, attaining their quota each month means they’re crushing it. For others, they accept nothing less than 120% of quota before they cut themselves some slack. For those who typically sell face-to-face, this could present unique communication challenges. What exactly are you selling, and how much do you know about it?

Cross-sell 100

Cross-sell Sales Negotiate Contact 100

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2021

Many founders are design, product, or engineering-focused and have never hired for sales, marketing, or revenue operations. Once they do, the founder can attend meetings and use their passion and intel of the product to sell. . A Quota-Carrying Sales Representative. To be clear, SDRs are not salespeople.

Pipeline 98

Pipeline Quota Represent Cross-sell 98

Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2015

Marketing talks about their performance, sales, customer success, product management, engineering, development, finance, manufacturing, HR… Each has metrics and can go through pages and pages of data showing their performance. All of this because we aren’t aligned–cross functionally and vertically within our organizations.

Launch 99

Launch Manufacturing Cross-sell Finance 99

SaaStr

JULY 3, 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. We had to learn how to do sales and sales marketing and compete in heads up battles against other companies selling similar products.

Finance 106

Finance Launch Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 106

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

This process means SDRs typically aren't held to traditional quotas but to the number of calls they make or qualified leads they gather. Nearly half of their time is spent selling remotely (i.e. Sales Engineer. Sales engineers have a unique combination of technical engineer skills and business acumen.

Commission 95

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 95

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Every smart engineer today is inspired by AI, so give your team the freedom to dream up how AI could improve your product. Ideally, you take founder-led sales to two reps that can hit quota. When you have two reps, you have the beginning of an engine, and someone with sales experience can replicate it. That’s very telling.

Cross-sell 113

Cross-sell Lead generation Growth Quota 113

Highspot

JANUARY 31, 2020

Sales excellence is defined as the consistent outperformance of key growth objectives, achieved by strategic, cross-functional initiatives. These initiatives are key inputs of your revenue engine: your training, tools, enablement, and culture. Percentage of sales reps attaining 100% quota. Time to quota attainment.

Growth 98

Growth Quota Sales Contract 98

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

Deel solved this by scaling the revenue operations team in conjunction to support sales, design quotas, and go-to-market strategies, and leverage data to identify the best strategies. To tap into this revenue potential, Deel grew the account management team so managers could reach out to clients, share products, upsell, and cross-sell.

Cross-sell 109

Cross-sell Account management Clients Growth 109

Sales Hacker

APRIL 16, 2020

As a result, all selling approaches that focus on selling a product or taking an order will fail. Sales enablement is a cross-functional discipline for driving your desired sales results. In fact, the impact on win rates and quota attainment impact was significant — research in 2018 and 2019 confirmed this trend.

Growth 82

Growth Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Quota 82

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

and cross your fingers that you sat in on the “right” calls. The goal of prospecting is to sell the meeting. Instead, focus on selling the meeting. #2 Note: The 11-14 recommendation does not hold when selling into the C-Suite. If you are selling to the C-Suite, you are going to want to watch this webinar. #7

Cold Call 118

Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Cross-sell 118

Hubspot

APRIL 2, 2018

I’ve CC’d our lead engineer to speak to your concerns.”. 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. I’ve CC’d our lead engineer to speak to your concerns.”. This ensures you never sell your company or your prospect short.

Prospecting 101

Prospecting X-functional Contract Cross-sell 101

Salesmate

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Also, with the statistics of 60% of people using multiple search engines to find a particular website, the use of CRM has increased even further to get more data on their target audience. Create upsell and cross-sell opportunities. When you sell a service to your customers, they also look forward to getting something more later.

CRM 128

CRM Service Finance Customer Relationship Management 128

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2021

This week’s show is called “ The Evolution of Successful Social Selling ” and our guest is Jamie Shanks , CEO @ Sales for Life and Pipeline Signals. Sort of when lots of people say that they were the godfather of social selling, you were there at the start. You can even ask Alexa! I’m giving you that credit.

Pipeline 122

Pipeline Sales Up-sell Cross-sell 122

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amy Appleyard is an experienced, strategic sales leader with demonstrated success in overseeing cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience, drive sales and increase retention in both Distribution as well as SaaS-based sales organizations. Joanne Black is one of the leading authorities in referral selling.

Inside sales 111

Inside sales Sales Cross-sell Consult 111

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Report scheduling, enhanced scripts, the Rule Engine, and Shopping Campaign Refresher automation. It offers time-saving alerts, workflow tools, and a cross-platform reporting dashboard. Cross-channel customer service communication. Zendesk Sell. Reply and address cross-channel messages. WordStream. Ubersuggest.

Lead generation 124

Lead generation Price Campaign Contact 124

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 70

Cross-sell Customers GTM A/B testing 70

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 124

A/B testing Tradeshows Finance Cross-sell 124

Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Sales is the engine that powers your company. Some head-spinning facts about this disconnect include: As of 2020, companies had an average quota attainment rate of below 30%. Some head-spinning facts about this disconnect include: As of 2020, companies had an average quota attainment rate of below 30%. Training turnover rates.

Quota 75

Quota Construction Sales Pitch 75

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Suddenly, your business has gone from a single salesperson to a team of hundreds, each of whom has a different approach to selling — and not all of them right for your business. Businesses use sales methodologies to codify their selling techniques and empower sellers to consistently achieve quota. Transactional Selling.

Cross-sell 85

Cross-sell Sales Consult Education 85

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: . What happens if a company has franchises that cross into multiple territories? Who is the lead?

Territory 118

Territory Objectives and Key Results Contract Price 118