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Why Sales Quota Must be Perceived as Achievable

A Sales Guy

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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Why Sales People Fail (When the Company is to Blame)

A Sales Guy

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.

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How to Build Your Sales Operations Team from Scratch

InsightSquared

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. Quota and compensation planning. Go-to-market strategy. Renewals management.

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New Study: Finding the Growth Potential for Sales Operations and Technology

Miller Heiman Group

Process and Technology, including sales technology stack administration and strategy, data management and data strategy. Sales Support, including sales enablement, deal desk, prospecting and proposal management. Yet fewer than 30% of organizations reported tight integration between their sales tech stack and CRM.

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The Sales Ops End of Year Checklist

InsightSquared

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.

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot

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. This process means SDRs typically aren't held to traditional quotas but to the number of calls they make or qualified leads they gather. Regional Sales Manager. VP of Sales.

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62 Reasons You AREN’T Going to Make Quota this Year

A Sales Guy

Quota is hard enough to make as it is. Only 52% of sales people make quota. Doing these things will make for sure you don’t make quota. Bitch you have a shitty territory . Some territories are better than others. Yup, you could have better sales support. Shoot for 100% of quota.

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