Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 13, 2019

Sales is no different, we have our own vocabulary, terms like prospecting, qualifying, objection handling, pipeline, funnel, discovery, closing, quota. Along with those, we develop tools that help us with those things, for example, objection handling techniques, closing techniques, qualifying techniques, and so forth.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 14, 2022

Prospecting seems to be the driving issue right now. I’ve seen numerous discussions around, “our people aren’t doing the prospecting needed to fill their pipelines, but if we compensate them on their prospecting efforts, we can incent them to do the work… ” Huughh????

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

There’s a common idea that salespeople are only judged on their quota. Say you’re looking for an Account Executive to carry a $1 million annual quota. More and more people in sales are finding that rigorous follow-ups, a solid pitch, and great objection handling skills just aren’t cutting it anymore (at least not on their own).

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Salesforce

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Using the right sales terms can make your prospect feel secure instead of defensive, as if they’re investing in an answer rather than being pressured into a decision. Account A business, customer, lead, or prospect a company engages with to sell products or services to. A uthority: Who at the company makes buying decisions?

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

SDRs play a vital role in building business, managing inbound inquiries, booking meetings, qualifying leads, and prospecting. The sales role involves closing deals and meeting sales objectives through effective communication and understanding prospect and customer needs. Objection handling assessment 3.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you’re good at engaging with people, it’s worth investing in your own skills to see if you can level up and start hitting (or crushing) your quota. When I’m working with salespeople who aren’t achieving their quotas, they are often looking for a “cheat code” to getting better at their job. . Have a strong, predictable process.

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Quota Objectives and Key Results Sales Prospecting 95

Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

If you think a morning-fresh, bright-eyed prospect is your best bet, guess again. Afternoon calls have fewer no-shows and prospects stay on the call longer: Mornings? Your prospect is 30% more likely to show up for a call at 4 PM than one at 8 AM. Look at how long prospects talks on successful (3.5 Know when they are?

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Cold Call Objection handling Pitch Sales 103

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. Objection handling. Your buyers will appreciate you… and so will your quota. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: .

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Territory Objectives and Key Results Contract Price 118

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

1 Sales Skills for Prospecting: The ideal talk-to-listen ratio. But the top sales reps are great at prospecting. Sound advice… but NOT for prospecting calls. The talk-to-listen ratio for successful prospecting calls is higher than unsuccessful ones. The goal of prospecting is to sell the meeting. It’s tough.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Cross-sell 118

CloserIQ

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Today’s sales enablement tools can help measure just about anything, from lead-to-customer conversion rate, sales funnel leakage, average deal size and what percentage of your sales team is hitting their quota. This includes those who are good at cold calling, objection-handling, closing and cross-selling. Actionable takeaways.

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Objectives and Key Results Objection handling Cold Call Cross-sell 98

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 11, 2018

These activities commonly include: Prospecting. Demos, objection handling, closing. They are committed to meeting target metrics such as the required volume of prospecting activity they need to perform daily — even when their pipeline is already humming or when they have just closed a major deal. Lead generation.

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Cold Call Objection handling Technique Pipeline 107

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Sometimes called the “Copier Warrior,” Dale built a name for himself by prospecting with ultra-creative 1-1 videos, crumpled up pieces of paper, and a sword. Of course you do, but it’s not easy — prospects go silent, they don’t like your prices, you’re spread too thin, or you don’t have enough support.

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Gaming Objectives and Key Results Sales Up-sell 126

Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2019

When you're on an exploratory call , you want to be prepared for every question, objection, or circumstance a prospect throws your way. Getting comfortable breaking up with prospects. Challenging prospects on why they're stuck. Overcoming common objections. of reps meet quota. Improve prospecting skills.

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Outreach

APRIL 9, 2019

The outbound sales process generally adheres to the following sequence: Prospecting Research Connecting Needs Assessment Presentation/Proposal Follow Up Negotiation/Objection Handling Closing In outbound sales, sellers initiate the relationship and drive interactions with target B2B buyers. B2B Inbound Sales Process.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 27, 2022

Much like an ICP documents the key qualities of a good-fit prospect, an IRP defines the top competencies a seller must have to be successful in the field. For example, if a rep has strong discovery and objection handling skills, they’re more likely to be successful than those who struggle in this area.

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Objectives and Key Results Objection handling GTM Quota 118

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Everyday we are deluged with tips, techniques, hacks, and tricks to improve our ability to prospect, sell, win, achieve quotas. It helps in prospecting–reaching those customers who don’t respond. Many people have found it very helpful in objection handling, particularly the price objection.

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Objection handling Technique Sales Up-sell 94

Hubspot

AUGUST 6, 2019

Train reps on how your company handles prospecting. How does your company prospect? When they can troubleshoot basic issues -- like asking prospects to mute their microphones if an echo arises during a presentation -- they’re one step closer to being ready for a live call. Practice negotiating and common object handling.

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Negotiate Territory CRM Objection handling 101

criteria for success

MARCH 11, 2020

Handling objections at the close is a common hurdle salespeople must overcome when finalizing a deal. These delays are usually related to the prospect still needing to get buy-in either from stakeholders and/or decision makers. Objections are Opportunities. Handling Objections. The Art of Powerful Responses.

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Closing Objectives and Key Results Objection handling Cross-sell 69

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Whether it’s about your quota attainment, daily/weekly call goals, pipeline or whatever, you can’t coach the numbers. How better to develop questioning, probing, objection handling, competitive selling, presentation, persuasion, closing, and any number of skills than by using specific deals as the platform for coaching?

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 3, 2019

So if you think about the core pillars of what makes a great set of sales skills, you’ve got things like discovery, you’ve got things like prospecting, and objection handling, and presenting and negotiation. Yeah, you know what I first read my early objection was, but sales is not linear, right?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Prospecting. Sales prospecting is to find qualified leads that are close to being ready to buy the advertised business or service. Companies start prospecting by formulating an Ideal Customer Profile. So not only do sales reps prospect for new customers, but they also qualify them. Handling objections.

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Sales Cross-sell Pipeline Negotiate 111

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Laying out the ground rules for activity levels and explaining their quota targets in detail will help your teams prepare a game plan on how they want to hit these goals. According to research conducted by the Aberdeen Group, “Playbook users report 15% more sales reps achieving annual quota, compared to non-adopters.”.

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Sales Gaming Quota Objection handling 110

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Depending on their role within the team, inside sales reps engage in research, prospecting, email and social media outreach, cold calling, lead nurturing, qualification, demonstration, and negotiation conversations. An inside BDR (Business Development Representative), for instance, focuses on prospecting and pre-qualifying outbound leads.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Hyper-targeted prospecting: AI is a personal research assistant who never sleeps. It’s man and machine, working in harmony to close more deals and smash quotas out of the park. It’s man and machine, working in harmony to close more deals and smash quotas out of the park. And it happens a lot.

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Objectives and Key Results Pitch Cold Call Sales 92

SBI

APRIL 19, 2018

While doing this, it’s important to be clear about two things: training objectives and the quotas they’ll have to hit once they’re trained. So, once you’ve set clear training and quota targets, follow up with outstanding training. And keep repeating this until your reps are going above and beyond quota attainment.

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Quota Objection handling Sales Price 55

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You spend days, weeks, and months racing away against that clock to ensure that you hit quota. How to approach prospecting. Closing more deals start with paying very close attention to your prospecting and qualifying strategies. How well aligned are your prospects with your offerings? And they go hand in hand.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 15, 2013

Objection-Handling Technique: The Agreement Frame. Another Way of Handling Price Objections. Some awesome recent posts: 4 Quick Tips for End-of-the-Summer Prospecting. Why Your Focus on Quota is Killing Revenue Growth. Who Couldn’t Use An Extra $10 Million In Sales? Congratulate them on Twitter!

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The 5% Institute

MAY 9, 2023

Are your sales reps unable to meet their quotas and reach their targets? From prospecting and lead generation to objection handling and closing techniques, we will cover a wide range of topics that are essential for B2B sales success. Effective prospecting requires a combination of research, networking, and outreach.

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B2B Objection handling Negotiate Technique 52

Gong.io

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The sooner your new hires ramp to quota, the more revenue you’ll have on your books. Recently, we teamed up with Sales Hacker to share 7 tips that are guaranteed to help you accelerate sales onboarding: 7 Ways to Ramp New Sellers to Full Quota Lightning Fast from Chris Orlob. What does good objective handling look like?

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Incentive and Compensation Strategies Compensation, quotas, and incentives help attract top talent and motivate them. A well-crafted compensation plan is at the core of a productive sales team based upon the dedication it requires to meet those quotas, attain the compensation the sellers desire, and become the best of the best.

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Objectives and Key Results Quota Technique Drivers/motivators 59

InsightSquared

JULY 21, 2020

It prepares reps for every question, objection, or speculative comment a prospect makes. Strategic Prospecting Skills. Reps may know the product like the back of their hand, but without prospects to sell to, it’s of little use. . All of these options are fair game for quota-carrying ISRs to begin their prospecting.

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Objectives and Key Results Objection handling Sales Inside sales 62

Salesforce

APRIL 25, 2023

The sales pipeline should be three times the annual quota.” Filling the pipeline with 3x quota wasn’t working, and we didn’t know how else to figure out coverage. If their win rate is low, they need to focus on building more pipe — for example, by prospecting. Use these to calculate how large the pipeline should be to hit quota.

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to automatically know which emails result in booked meetings with prospects? All of these quota-crushing results (and more!) Therefore, basic open and response rates don’t tell us exactly what’s working in our prospecting strategies. . Unsubscribe.” Feeling motivated?

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Openview

JUNE 21, 2018

With flexibility, sales professionals can read a prospective customer’s emotion and can pivot a conversation if it’s not going as well as it should. With loose reins on the sales process, it’s much harder (if not impossible) for sales leaders to properly forecast or even set accurate quota targets.

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Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Salespeople are not just judged on their quota. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? If you’re looking for someone to fill the Account Executive position with a $1 million annual quota, it costs upwards of $4,000 every day that role goes unfilled. So what’s the problem?

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

1 Sales Skills for Prospecting: The ideal talk-to-listen ratio. But the top sales reps are great at prospecting. Sound advice… but NOT for prospecting calls. The talk-to-listen ratio for successful prospecting calls is higher than unsuccessful ones. The goal of prospecting is to sell the meeting. It’s tough.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Cross-sell 71

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Sales Development Reps (SDRs) need to become creative sales dialing machines in order to hit their monthly quota, and any high-performing sales team needs a modern sales dialer, custom built around the sales development process for maximum effectiveness and efficiency , to do this. Objection Handling. Why is that?

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