Iannarino

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Every improvement in win rates improves your sales force’s ability to reach their goals and increase their quota attainment. How much revenue generation from pipeline coverage do you generate from the lost deals that make up your pipeline coverage? Your pipeline should only include deals your team realistically might win.

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B2B Objectives and Key Results Pipeline Sales 216

Iannarino

APRIL 20, 2023

A senior leader was unhappy with his sales force because they consistently failed to meet their sales targets. Based on his math, he asked his team to create a sales pipeline that was 800 percent of their individual sales quotas.

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Quota Pipeline B2B Meeting 256

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

There are a lot of posts, some of them very thoughtful, about whether “Quota” is a reasonable measure of sales performance. I have to admit, I’m torn by this issue, but tend to think Quota is an important measure–though not the only measure. That becomes a goal, which is sometimes called a “quota.”

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Quota Pipeline Growth Drivers/motivators 88

A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Everyone sits around, thumbing through their smartphones, puts the call on mute and checks their Facebook page, or for the unlucky few who have to sit in the room for the entire event, pretend they’re engaged until it’s their turn to go through the pipeline. I’ll fix it after the meeting.”

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Pipeline Meeting Quota Closing 109

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This guide unveils essential metrics such as lead response time, conversion rate, and quota attainment to help you understand where your team excels and where there’s room to grow. Tracking these metrics can provide valuable insights into your sales operations and help you identify areas that need improvement in your sales pipeline.

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Product Quota Objectives and Key Results CRM 130

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Excellent pipeline visibility can make sales managers feel like superheroes. Being able to instantly tell executives the exact number and value of sales in your pipeline is like having spidey senses. But if you’re struggling to see clearly into your pipeline, you don’t need a superpower to help. You need pipeline reporting.

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Pipeline Sales Negotiate Quota 62

Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A dried-up sales pipeline is an unpleasant sight that most sales reps dread. Several sales managers and reps are aware of the buzzword “sales pipeline”. Sadly without a healthy pipeline achieving sales goals becomes a more challenging task. Gaining control over the sales pipeline can make goal attainment a stress-free process.

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Pipeline Negotiate Appointment Sales 143

RAIN Group

APRIL 27, 2022

It’s not enough to have a quota or even set goals for yourself—you need to know exactly what to do daily to accomplish your goals. Do you know what it’s going to take to reach your sales target?

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Meeting Pipeline Prospecting Quota 80

Gong.io

AUGUST 16, 2021

However: If pipeline coverage is low, this is exactly what you need. Next stop: Meetings booked. ” Stat #2: This cold call opener is 40% LESS likely to get you a meeting. Opening your cold call with “Did I catch you at a bad time” makes you 40% less likely to book a meeting. Let’s go. Now go book ’em.

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Cold Call Technique Quota Follow-up 118

Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2021

The application syncs to Google Calendar, allowing users to click the link in their calendar and enter a scheduled meeting in just three steps. That was three clicks to get into a business meeting. Less friction to source and control pipeline. These improvements allow teams to expand their pipeline faster.

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Quota Cold Call CRM Sales 121

SaaStr

MARCH 2, 2021

In SaaS companies in the very wide band from ~$1m to $40m ARR or so, the debate over Quarterly vs. Monthly Quotas comes up all the time. And it especially comes up when you hire your First VP of Sales, because odds are, he or she will want to move from Monthly to Quarterly Quotas. And often, see worse results. Not really.

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Quota Closing Pipeline Start-ups 111

Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 14, 2023

You could also be well behind your quota, struggling to stay motivated and worried about job security. We meet a couple of times each month to chat through all kinds of timely topics and on that day, we tackled strategies for motivating your team at year-end (something top of mind for everyone). It can also be the hardest.

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Quota Pipeline Drivers/motivators Negotiate 188

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The latest figures show that the majority of SDRs are missing quota , struggling. That we all know, especially since COVID that connect rates on the phone were down and email was being blown up and email responses and the efficacy of the channels to book meetings and those meetings to actually hold and convert to revenue is just declining.

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Commission Quota Assembly Line Sales 88

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The sales pipeline is the lifeblood of every sales team, providing a visual representation of where all opportunities stand in the sales process. A good sales pipeline can help sales reps move prospects along the sales cycle, from nascent opportunity to closed sale, forecasting more accurately as they go. a sales rep’s quota.

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Pipeline Referrals CRM Sales 52

Outreach

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In order to gain an accurate picture of progress and better manage performance, organizations need a sales pipeline. Here, we’ll take a deep dive into what a sales pipeline is, why it’s valuable, and how to build one that can make a real impact. What is a sales pipeline? A sales pipeline is not a sales funnel.

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Pipeline Negotiate Sales Contact 98

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2021

Or, too many directors have been hired and the founder is left scratching their head as to how they have so much talent on their team but nothing is happening with their sales pipeline. . The second pipeline hire should be a mid-level sales development representative (SDR). The SDRs will then use those materials to line up meetings.

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Pipeline Quota Represent Cross-sell 73

Gong.io

MARCH 30, 2018

You’ve established your sales process and you have a structure in place to help your team achieve quota attainment. One of the first signs of a sales process that works is the number warm leads entering your pipeline. At the end of the day, a good sales process will drive opportunities through the pipeline faster.

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Quota Cold Call Pipeline Follow-up 88

Salesmate

APRIL 9, 2021

Thanks to the marketing team, your sales pipeline is filled with enough deals to fulfill your quota. However, despite having a pipeline filled with deals, are you able to meet your sales quota? Many are stuck in the pipeline, and some slip through the crack. Why do deals get stuck in the sales pipeline?

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Pipeline Quota CRM Follow-up 98

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What Is a Sales Pipeline ? A sales pipeline is a visual representation of your sales process. Salespeople and their managers rely on the sales pipeline to prioritize accounts, keep deals moving, and forecast revenue. . Companies typically visualize their pipeline using different stages. Sales Pipeline vs. Sales Funnel.

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Pipeline Sales Lead generation CRM 52

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! Matt: Welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio. Check them out.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell Cross-sell 115

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 29, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! Well, welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Pipeline Sales Gaming Up-sell 119

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Today, sellers have quotas and perhaps a few goals, but I run across few organizations that have formal performance planning processes. When I ask executives about it, the respond, “They have their quotas, that’s all we care about!!!” After all, achieving quota is a historical goal.

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Quota Teamwork CRM Pipeline 111

Gong.io

APRIL 2, 2021

Even if you only master one of these pipeline-building techniques and you’ll end the month with more meetings booked (and close the quarter on the right side of quota). makes you 40% less likely to book a meeting. Much meetings. The longer the call, the greater your odds of getting the meeting. It’s common.

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Technique Meeting Prospecting Cold Call 124

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more control and visibility you have into your sales pipeline, the more revenue you’ll bring in. In fact, HubSpot Research found a positive relationship between the number of opportunities in your pipeline per month and revenue achievement. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management.

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Pipeline Negotiate Objectives and Key Results Sales 101

Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

However, with increasing competition combined with a limited budget and sales personnel, reaching your quotas can be challenging. From there, create a lead generation strategy and build a sales pipeline. Eliminate Unnecessary Meetings According to data, big companies lose up to $100 million annually due to unnecessary meetings.

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Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Membrain

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

When you look at these things we use to describe “salesmanship,” none of it is meaningful to the buyers – the people we have to engage to meet our quotas, achieve our goals, and earn our commissions. Amazingly, the more we do this, the more easily we achieve our goals of hitting quotas, beating competition, earning our commission.

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Commission Quota Negotiate Pitch 125

Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Most sales leaders I meet make this simple mistake when setting quota. They set individual sales quotas to equal their exact sales budget! Setting your quotas to hit your budget will always lead to under performance because you have not compensated for the under performers and new hires.

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Quota Pipeline Drivers/motivators Sales 78

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2019

But a part of the discussion was really intriguing and brought out how badly we understand pipeline’s and our numbers. It shows how blind managers and sales people are in understanding their numbers, what drives business, and what drives their pipeline. All of a sudden the dynamics of my pipeline change.

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Pipeline Quota Gaming Start-ups 90

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If you’re just winging it through your sales pipeline process without a steady stream of leads – and an understanding of how to move them through each stage – you’re leaving money on the table. But how do you create a sales pipeline that boosts revenue and makes a meaningful impact? What is a sales pipeline?

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Pipeline Referrals Quota Sales 99

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 7, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! Matt: Welcome, everybody, to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell B2B 98

Gong.io

MAY 12, 2021

The human brain unconsciously makes our perception of reality meet our desires and expectations. . But depending on your CRM for pipeline visibility and revenue forecasting is problematic. . Their reps are trained, want to please management, and are eager to make quota ($$$). A recent article by Vox tests our perceptions.

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Pipeline CRM Quota Closing 71

VanillaSoft

OCTOBER 27, 2021

To perform consistently, pretend you’re the CEO of your own pipeline and put as much effort into growing your ‘company’ as you do into closing deals. You’re not just meeting someone else’s goals — you’re building something, too. It’s time to step into a CEO mindset, jump off that transaction treadmill, and pick up your pipeline.

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Pipeline Real Estate Process Finance 75

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Listen Now Navigating the Sales Pipeline: Expert Advice Expert advice from sales pipeline podcasts can demystify the daunting task of pipeline navigation. Sales Pipeline Radio, hosted by Matt Heinz, our sales pipeline radio host, stands out for its in-depth discussions with a plethora of B2B sales and marketing experts.

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Gaming Sell GTM Technique 233

Sales Hacker

MAY 3, 2019

Sadly, many salespeople feel like they’re facing off to Dirty Harry every time they have a Pipeline Review. I recently met with the VP of Sales of a large, publicly traded company who told me that nobody gets fired for missing quota in their company. Instead, they get fired for failing to forecast quota. But they need to move.

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Pipeline Objectives and Key Results Closing Quota 98

Gong.io

MARCH 30, 2018

You’ve established your sales process and you have a structure in place to help your team achieve quota attainment. One of the first signs of a sales process that works is the number warm leads entering your pipeline. At the end of the day, a good sales process will drive opportunities through the pipeline faster.

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Quota Cold Call Pipeline Follow-up 48

A Sales Guy

JULY 24, 2012

Ok, I’m coming back to the quota discussion. My last post about quota focused on the importance of quota aligning with business objectives and business strategy. RULE 1: Quota MUST BE perceived as attainable. When quotas are not perceived as achievable, sales people just give up and don’t even try.

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Quota Commission Territory Government 113

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s one of the only roles where not meeting your quota will put you at risk of losing your job. Commission calculated on exceeding quota Combines a base salary with additional commission earned only on sales exceeding a set quota. Set achievable quotas Find the balance between challenging and attainable.

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Commission Territory Quota Drivers/motivators 104