A Sales Guy

APRIL 29, 2014

Sales people fail because they company fails them and when the company fails them the isn’t doing some or all of these things; They don’t provide a good competitive product. They aren’t providing solid sales support (enablement). They’ve created a shitty sales culture. Weak sales messaging.

Quota 121

Quota Territory Legal Sales 121

A Sales Guy

JULY 24, 2012

Commitments have been made to the street, a new product with substantial investment behind it “must” needs to generate so much revenue, potential suitors need to see x amount of revenue. Product availability. Sales Support (Insides Sales, Content Marketing, Technical Support, etc.).

Quota 113

Quota Commission Territory Government 113

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Once an SDR has determined the lead is qualified, they pass the opportunity to a sales rep. That rep is responsible for presenting or demoing the product, resolving the buyer’s objections, and creating a proposal. Unlike a closing sales rep, SDRs don’t carry a traditional quota. Regional Sales Manager.

Territory 101

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 101

Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2013

The role of the sales person is changing–we all know that. My posts, Sales Role Agility and Separating The Challenger Sales Person From Insight Deliv ery, stimulated many comments and conversations. We need to reassess how we deploy our sales teams to maximize the value we bring to customers.

Territory 113

Territory Account management Cross-sell Sales 113

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 28, 2022

The other thing that is really important that sales people, I think, make mistakes on frequently is if they’re doing a demonstration, they go right up to the last minute and don’t leave any time for questions, for wrap up, for small talk. The tendency is to show everything you know about your product, your service.

Pipeline 115

Pipeline Territory Legal Sales 115

InsightSquared

MARCH 6, 2018

Sales operations has been around for quite some time, but lately the function has been gaining momentum. Instead of behind-the-scenes sales support, sales ops now acts as a strategic partner for sales VPs and leadership. You can add a more formal sales enablement role later. For the Future.

Contract 119

Contract CRM Territory Sales 119

Highspot

MAY 15, 2025

Key takeaways Partner enablement extends your sales force with skilled external teams who can represent your brand, reach new markets, and close deals with the same confidence and consistency as your internal reps. It includes everything from onboarding through support to guide every stage of the sales process.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Objectives and Key Results Niche Finance 52

Salesmate

JULY 9, 2020

Your sales pipeline covers every stage of the customer acquisition process from leads to after-sales support to repeat business. To be successful in sales, you need to track specific sales pipeline metrics. For B2B businesses, the sales cycle can take anything from 1 to 12 months. Revenue By Product Line.

Pipeline 121

Pipeline Contract Sales Territory 121

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Enterprise organizations often organize and assign territories geographically or vertically and have at least two levels of sales management, such as a District Manager and a Vice President of Sales. Sales Support. They also usually invest in fulfillment and customer support functions. Opportunities.

Start-ups 101

Start-ups Non-Profits Territory Sales 101

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

Due to the role's responsibilities, the best SDRs have strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills, understand the ins and outs of the products or services, and make a lasting impression. Once the SDR has determined the prospect is ready to be contacted by the sales team, they send the person over to a closing rep.

Commission 94

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 94

InsightSquared

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Here are a few things sales operations can do to help the team hit their number this year and next: Be Available. Depending on how your team’s structured there is probably some sort of sales support function underneath the umbrella of sales operations. Plan Ahead.

Territory 79

Territory Sales Quota Closing 79

Salesforce

MARCH 3, 2025

Financial services and energy companies also depend on Deal Desks for complex product sales and long-term contracts, helping them meet legal and regulatory standards. They work closely with in-house teams to handle implementation, playing a critical role throughout the sales process. Here’s how they might help.

Legal 59

Legal Contract Finance Non-Profits 59

Sales Hacker

APRIL 30, 2018

To see what selling on steroids looks like, check out companies with the best sales enablement strategies. You’ll discover a lively place, with a lot of things — like revenue, productivity, and win rate s — going up, and a lot of things — like speed to revenue, sale cycle period, customer churn, and staff attrition rate — going down.

Non-Profits 98

Non-Profits Profit margin Quota Sales 98

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Account Based Marketing (ABM) is a strategic framework that engages qualified individual prospects or customer accounts as unique markets in themselves, worthy of focused, hyper-personalized treatment by sales, marketing and other teams. . A client is an entity who pays another entity for products purchased or services rendered.

B2B 105

B2B E-commerce Cold Call Sales 105

criteria for success

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Believe it or not, the sales process strategy extends far beyond just you and your sales team. When building out a sales process, get together a group of employees involved in different sales support functions. Product Development. This could include: Marketing. Operations. Executive Leadership. Engineering.

Process 59

Process B2B Territory CRM 59

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Back then, if you wanted to learn more about a product, submitting some contact info and waiting for a follow-up email or phone call seemed reasonable…because those were the only options available. True, some companies experimented with social media as a sales channel as well. sales, support, etc.),

Lead generation 91

Lead generation Campaign Follow-up Conversion 91

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

If sales were like video games, customer pain points are all the obstacles that stand between a player and the next level. To overcome these obstacles, customers come to sales professionals for solutions. Getting to their heart of their challenges allows you to recommend the right products or services to help.

Customers 52

Customers Territory E-commerce Pharmaceutical 52

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Colleen Kapase: So we have regional cloud sales leads, both across the US, and supporting Europe as well. And I think some folks sort of asked, “Did you have to change your product to get on the marketplace or your pricing?” We’ve actually built out a field cloud team. Jessica Alexander: Absolutely.

Cross-sell 102

Cross-sell Finance Strategize Technology 102

PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Number of opportunities Sales velocity opportunities do not equal the total number of leads. Opportunities are those prospects that have been qualified by your sales team. Qualified leads meet criteria such as having the budget or buying authority for your product or service. A “good” sales velocity is not some magic number.

Pipeline 52

Pipeline Objectives and Key Results Legal Lead generation 52

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Teams can create and name as many sales stages as they wish and disable any features they no longer require. On top of all that, Pipedrive’s integration with PandaDoc enables users to add document production and e-signing capabilities to Pipedrive CRM, enabling you to manage end-to-end document workflows in a single solution.

CRM 52

CRM Pipeline Sales Territory 52

Hubspot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Sales champions know how to think beyond the sale. One of sales champions best talents? Ensuring that they position themselves (and the product/service theyre selling) as a solution for the customer. Sales champions can adapt to the evolving dynamics of a deal. Sales champions damn sure know this, too.

Negotiate 78

Negotiate Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Strategize 78

A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Blame the products for not having enough features. It’s easy to blame the product. If you are waiting for the perfect product, keep waiting. Just don’t expect to make any sales. Get behind a good product and go sell it. There are no “perfect” products. They never have enough features.

Quota 116

Quota Cold Call Territory CRM 116

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After spending a couple of years in a sales role, that knowledge will assist you throughout your life in business and elsewhere. The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. What would you tell a woman just starting a career in sales?

Sales 136

Sales Up-sell Start-ups Cross-sell 136

Lead Fuze

JUNE 2, 2021

Negative comments can drag down the success of a sale, so it’s important to eliminate them. Successful salespeople believe in the product that they’re pitching. A passion for the product or service you offer can go a long way in closing deals. 7 Techniques on How to Close a Sales Deal. Summary close.

Technique 98

Technique Closing Cross-sell Sales 98

SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2019

You have actually found great product market fit and you are looking to go upstream. So once we identified the strength of our primary sales motion, which is self serve, then we took that into the business and we said, okay, here is how to target the right kinds of business users that were then going to convert into our products.

Cross-sell 67

Cross-sell Sales Support Growth Up-sell 67

Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. Ultimately, you want to create a plan that sets the product apart from the competition and generates leads and customer retention. Take Apple, for example.

Go To Market 69

Go To Market Process GTM Launch 69

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Sales Hacker Newsletter has now merged with The GTM Newsletter to make one of the largest newsletters in the space. As always, you’ll hear real stories/strategies/tactics from real revenue operators spanning: sales, marketing, customer success, operations/enablement, product and hiring. Needs more pre sales support.

GTM 85

GTM Up-sell Price Start-ups 85

The Lost Book of Sales

JULY 12, 2021

Being sales vs. market driven when crossing the chasm. Tips on whole product management. R&D decisions: From products to whole products. Basics: Markets and segmentation If two people buy the same product for the same reason but have no way they could reference each other, they are not part of the same market.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Niche Objectives and Key Results Price 52