Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2020

Lately, there have been a lot of “Aha, we’ve discovered the secret” posts and eBooks on Product Led Growth and the role of sales people. We have seen it in mobile devices, PCs, financial services, every segment of software, design tools, analytics, consumer products, food/food service, social platforms, and on and on and on.

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Veloxy

JUNE 8, 2022

The pipeline shows how many deals salespeople are expected to close in a given week, month or year as well as how close a particular rep is to hitting their sales quota. So if you can save on time spent doing repetitive tasks, then your reps will be able to focus on a singular goal of selling and closing deals more effectively.

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Sales Pop!

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Their role extends beyond closing deals ; it involves the delicate art of cross-selling and up-selling to existing accounts. Working with the Existing Customer: A strategic farmer analyzes specific accounts, identifying opportunities to expand product or service lines within them.

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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.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2024

These new product capabilities, along with advances in automated document personalization, digital sales rooms, Salesforce and Microsoft integrations, and more come at an important milestone. The Fall release introduces the Initiative Scorecard, an actionable dashboard that ties enablement activity to business outcomes.

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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. What is Sales AI?

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 11, 2022

It seems too much of the “practice” in selling is practice in doing that which we know to be ineffective. Related Posts: We Have It All Wrong When We Think About Sales Training 10,000 Hours To Mastery -- Or A Good Start Mastery In Sales Do You Really Want To Sell? The Importance Of "Cross Training" For Sales.

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Highspot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Sales reps often juggle multiple demandsmeeting quotas, showcasing product value, and forming authentic customer connectionswhich require a healthy mix of soft and hard skills. In other words, hard skills guide what sales reps sell, and soft skills determine how they sell to prospects. Did you know?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 25, 2025

acquisition and later scaling Cartas revenue from $20M to $450M, Jeff has seen every kind of market cycle, product pivot, and team evolution. They orchestrate deals, bringing in execs, solution engineers, and cross-functional allies. Sales, marketing, and CS aligned to serve them , not just quota math. Theyre timeless.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 19, 2021

They do all of this by equipping your sales organization with the insights, data, culture, tools, and knowledge it needs to sell better. . The Sales Enablement team watches two KIPs for every rep: how quickly they land their first sale and how fast they hit quota. And are there better strategies for selling to larger buyers?

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Percentage of sales team hitting quota. 1) Percentage of sales team hitting quota. Quota attainment, or the percentage of salespeople meeting or exceeding quota, tells you whether your quotas are too high or low. As a rule of thumb, your quotas are likely unrealistic if less than 60% are hitting.

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PandaDoc

MAY 22, 2025

When sales enablement and sales operations work together, youre bound to smooth out your sales process, boost productivity, and drive consistent revenue growth, which is the ultimate goal. Sales enablement is all about providing sales teams with the content, tools, training, and support they need to sell effectively.

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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. CRM adoption and doubling selling time are the most popular starting points for our clients.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Lean on enablement to spearhead this process, as they can successfully break down cross-functional silos and enhance productivity, allowing you to unlock the impact of your strategic initiatives and drive more predictable growth. TIP: Define and centralize the plan for your go-to-market initiatives with Highspot Initiatives.

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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 upsell/cross-sell rate. Drive sales for specific product. When to pay commission.

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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. Here’s a mentality that top-tier outside sales gurus have.

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Martech

JANUARY 5, 2024

In my last article, I explained four things you must do to win a prospect’s trust before you ever mention your product or service. Personalized follow-ups based on the prospect’s previous interactions with content or product pages allow for a more nuanced approach. As with previous phases, this one is not about hard selling.

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Salesforce

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Below, we give you everything you need to know about sales KPIs that ensure a healthy, productive, and growing business. Competitor Saul’s Dolls, on the other hand, has mapped out a clear path to revenue growth that includes target KPIs for lead generation, quota attainment, and customer retention. Typically measured yearly.

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Salesforce

DECEMBER 8, 2022

That’s underscored in our latest State of Sales report, which found that 72% of sales professionals don’t expect to hit their annual quota. The good news: sellers are finding ways forward by maximizing efficiency, cutting costs, and boosting sales rep productivity. Reps are bogged down with too much manual work.

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Hubspot

MARCH 7, 2018

Upsell/Cross-Sell Rates. The best way for field managers to gain visibility into their team’s activity is to collect and measure both team and product performance through KPIs. Who’s reaching their quota? Is quota too high? Upsell/Cross-Sell Rates. KPIs for Sales Managers. New Leads/Opportunities.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding how to set sales quotas is a critical aspect of managing and driving a successful sales team. A well-structured quota system not only motivates your reps but also aligns their efforts with your company’s overall objectives.

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Salesmate

MARCH 23, 2021

Bottlenecks may arise when your team chases the wrong customers, or neglect the right ones at the right time, delays in-process activities, and letting go of upselling and cross-selling opportunities once the sale has been completed. Manual labor is nothing but a distraction from selling for your team. Cut down on manual work .

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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.

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Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Quota Sales 130

Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2022

He has so much sales and management knowledge he could write a book on it — and, in fact, he’s written seven, including “Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing.” Sales is cross-disciplinary. In the past, it was enough for sellers to simply meet or exceed their quotas.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 21, 2022

It seems everything in my feed is dominated by “SaaS Selling.” It seems everything I read is about “SaaS selling.” It seems that everything new about selling, everything about sales performance really focuses on SaaS selling. ” Is there selling life outside SaaS. Why is this important?

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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.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 17, 2022

Salesforce automation tools go a long way in helping you improve the productivity and efficiency of your sales team. However, the right “stack” of Salesforce automation tools can really help you accelerate revenue and crush quota. I love finding the latest and greatest Salesforce Automation tools on the AppExchange. source of image.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Should we be surprised when only 42% of salespeople expect to meet (not exceed) quota ? Yet, how it can shape selling for your company can be revolutionary for you. Or look at a product to buy and then Amazon helps you find more related options? What is a salesperson to do? How to Use Predictive Sales Analytics to Drive Sales.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 19, 2022

It’s based on an outdated way of thinking that selling is an art – perfected only by a select few. Revenue leaders who accept this notion often cross their fingers during the hiring process, hoping they’re lucky enough to find the rare “unicorn seller” with those innate, unteachable skills that translate to quota attainment.

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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.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A great product, while necessary, isn’t sufficient to build a market leader and eventually a public company. Companies that win a market are just as good at Go-to-Market as they are at building great products. But to develop a GTM strategy, you must have Product Market Fit. Without it, you don’t have a business.

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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?

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Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

Revenue by product or product line. 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.

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Hubspot

MARCH 19, 2018

The Challenge: Selling today requires more resources. Sharing relevant content, advising prospect on how new features will benefit their business, and finding ways to differentiate their product/service in the marketplace are first steps in maintaining product value in the prospect’s eyes. We’ve got a few ideas.

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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. Product Knowledge. Willingness to Learn. Customer Service.

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Salesforce

JANUARY 3, 2022

As our recent Sales Summit revealed, the old ways of selling — aggressive quotas, in-person sales calls, nagging pipeline reviews — just don’t work anymore. Aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive, not just hit their sales quota. Learn more: “Diversity Sells”. It’s time to #ThinkOutsidetheQuota.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 24, 2023

But, strip away all the nuanced strategy and tech, and sales remains simple: Identify a need and show how your product or solution meets that need while delivering positive economic impact. That’s the heart of value selling. What you’ll learn: What is value selling? Why is value selling important?

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