Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

Sure, it may seem challenging at first, but assembling a winning sales team is key to bolstering the growth of your business. 3: Account Managers. The Account Manager is responsible for checking on clients and nurturing relationships after the contract is signed. 5: Sales Operations.

Inside sales 232

Inside sales CRM Sales Pipeline 232

Highspot

MARCH 6, 2025

Regular performance reviews transform feedback into a growth tool. Sales performance evaluations often feel like a box-checking exercise for managers and a stress test for sales reps. If done right, they are a real game-changer for company culture and sales performance management. Evaluations provide a clear roadmap for growth.

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Objection handling Quota Sales 52

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 18, 2014

They have goals, translated both to financial (revenue, earnings, growth), and strategic (share, market visibility, brand reputation, etc.) ” It could be an account, collection of accounts, industry segment, or geographic territory. Account Management Execution Problem Solving Professional Sales Results Strategy'

Territory 118

Territory Account management Quota Strategize 118

Veloxy

AUGUST 4, 2022

So you’ve decided you’re ready to take your revenue growth to the next level by investing in a Salesforce dialer — let’s go! Like with every sales management quandary, a question is answered with another question. Is it volume and quota, or is it efficiency and customer experience? Quick Dialer.

Outside Sales 173

Outside Sales Inside sales Quota Commission 173

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Start your sales planning efforts with account segmentation to fill your territories with fruitful opportunities and increase your sellers’ ability to hit quotas. Related: The New Growth Formula: Customer Success + Predictive Sales. Related: How to Use Sales Readiness Data for Revenue Growth. Territory profiles .

Territory 119

Territory Quota Strategic planning Sales 119

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For years, it was Growth, Growth, Growth. Not, for the first time in a long time, it’s Growth + Profits. Second, if your quotas are real, and attainable, sales shouldn’t be that expensive. One, reps often end up with really low realized quotas, especially in low ACV, high-competition spaces.

Quota 117

Quota Contract Price Growth 117

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 26, 2021

Sales growth has become a “predictable” math equation. They are processed by SDRs, SEs, Demo people, Account Managers and others. The percent of people making quota continue to decline. We’ve mechanized the process, focusing on our efficiency and less the customer buying experience.

Process 147

Process Sales B2B Quota 147

Openview

APRIL 24, 2019

Growth is so much more than just getting more bodies in the door as fast as you can. And I’ve seen many startups who fail to make this distinction create a cycle of diminishing returns that impacts the trajectory of their growth for the long haul… especially in enterprise sales. Does this work for short-term growth? Absolutely.

Growth 89

Growth Healthcare Sales Pipeline 89

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I’ve reflected on stunning performances, outrageous wins, stellar quota attainment. Then I continued asking: Field direct, inside sales, telesales, channel, SMB, Large Account, Global Account, Commoditized Product, Complex Systems, Services, Ideas, B2B, B2C, Retail, B2B2C, early stage start up, big brand/Fortune 500.

Quota 117

Quota B2C Manufacturing Non-Profits 117

SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2021

Account management? If you don’t truly believe, it will be really tough to hit quota. From 60 days as an SDR straight to a quota-carrying AE. I’ve seen sales reps great at $20k deals join a start-up with tons of leads but at a $2k price point and fail. And vice-versa. Pick a sales process you are comfortable with.

Quota 138

Quota Niche Up-sell Price 138

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

For instance, someone who loves to get to know their customers and help them achieve their goals over an extended period would likely be best in account management. Account Executive (AE). Account Manager. Sales Manager. Unlike a closing sales rep, SDRs don’t carry a traditional quota. Sales Engineer.

Territory 101

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 101

SaaStr

JANUARY 31, 2022

Successful strategies rely on the ability to land and expand, hire for growth, implement ABM and account planning, and pivot with agility. It was a critical metric for us because when I started we were at -15% quota capacity. Now we’re at 15+% quota capacity. Hiring For Growth. Metrics That Matter.

Territory 98

Territory Cross-sell Quota Networking 98

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Much of this thinking drives an “account maintenance” philosophy, as a result, we tend to look towards “farmers” or relationship builders as our account managers. This thinking causes us to miss huge growth opportunities, and short changes the account of the value we might create with them!

Territory 96

Territory Account management Cross-sell Retail 96

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The key inflection moments along a journey of growth [14:25]. It’s a great conversation, and it’s really all about going off on your own and pushing yourself into that zone of discomfort where all personal growth happens. Just give us a little bit of a feeling for where you are in your growth journey. AJ Bruno: Yeah.

Growth 105

Growth Finance Start-ups Drivers/motivators 105

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Hire more folks to acquire, manage and qualify leads for your reps. Have sane quotas for 2020. Make sure the majority of your reps can hit quota. Invest in optimizing lead routing, scoring and management. Upgrade alignment between Customer Success, Account Management and Sales. Overlap goals and quotas.

Quota 110

Quota Sales Contract Closing 110

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. Learnings from the growth stage Measure what you can. Trust the process. Get comfortable with the unknown.

Cross-sell 109

Cross-sell Account management Clients Growth 109

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

They are the things our customers buy and implement to achieve their own strategic growth goals. So they are critical to thriving economies and company growth. So knowledge and experience become critical assets to our own success and growth. Organizationally, too often we have a mentality of churning through people.

Sell 115

Sell Growth Quota Account management 115

SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2019

When a great SaaS business starts to come together, and crosses Initial Traction ($1-$1.5m), growing nicely (8-10%+ Month-over-Month Growth) … often times, the founders start to see the first bit of real economic returns on the model. You’ll need a couple of folks in sales ops just to keep up with the team and growth.

Non-Profits 108

Non-Profits Growth Appointment Sales 108

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 29, 2018

Reps were hired, trained and compensated to perform as an individual to hit a quota. Traditional Sales Organizations – Growth of headcount in sales was structured around revenue per individual contributor (IC). To hit $8M, a VP of Sales would hand out $10M in quota @ $2M/IC. Scaling Your Revenue Growth.

Territory 91

Territory Quota Sales Manufacturing 91

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Hire more folks to acquire, manage and qualify leads for your reps. Have sane quotas. Make sure the majority of your reps can hit quota. Upgrade alignment between Customer Success, Account Management, and Sales. Overlap goals and quotas. It helps with upsells and account growth. More here.

Quota 98

Quota Sales Contract Start-ups 98

SaaStr

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The sales-driven SaaS companies that are very capital efficient generally end up at 4x-5x or greater as a ration of average quota attainment / average OTE. Where you burn a ton of cash is “buying” sales. Shoving sales reps into segments where you don’t have enough leads / enough demand.

B2B 109

B2B Quota Account management Gaming 109

Women Sales Pros

APRIL 19, 2019

And clarity regarding role, expectations and decision authority levels enable inside sales, outside sales, account management and enablement to work more collaboratively and communicate much more effectively. Today fewer than 50% of sellers hit quota. She speaks worldwide on topics about sales growth and leadership.

Inside sales 129

Inside sales Outside Sales Quota Sales 129

Engage Selling

MAY 3, 2013

Lagging indicators: Revenue and quota focused KPI. Annual quota. KPI’s for Account Management and client retention / growth. Average client growth year over year. Depending on your business, you may have additional KPIs to take into account. Proposal to closed ratio. Average deal size.

Contract 88

Contract Quota Pipeline Sales 88

Salesforce

JULY 6, 2023

Behind the Cloud’ by Marc Benioff Recommended by Kristen Handler, senior account manager at Red Argyle What it’s about: This book tells “the untold story of how Salesforce.com went from idea to billion-dollar company.” Think about long-term implications for the tech stack, growth plan, and risk.

Quota 76

Quota Closing Education Sales 76

Hubspot

MARCH 21, 2018

But who has higher on-target earnings, better quota attainment, and brings in more revenue? To continue, the inbound function of partnering with marketing is strongest in conjunction with a renewals function to support the account management team. Lastly, the channel program is added at the end of the growth process.

Outside Sales 101

Outside Sales Inside sales Quota Sales 101

Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2023

With this growth comes tons of new job opportunities for salespeople looking to get into the tech industry. This booming sector can offer sales professionals huge growth opportunities, financially and professionally. Professional growth. Companies will need more salespeople to help them reach their growth and revenue goals.

Account management 88

Account management Commission Contract Sales 88

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Save them for when growth truly slows. Account management it’s same work. “Quarter ending arbitrary pricing “deals” where your price is good till x or y date, where the date has nothing to do with the customer timeline and everything to do with a quarterly or monthly quota.

Price 128

Price Contract Referrals Contact 128

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

If you have reps on your team who aren’t making their quota, parting ways with them can be the right move. For most salespeople, the primary measure of success is monthly or quarterly quota attainment. Everyone knows that their quota is the most important KPI they’re measured against. But turnover can also be a positive thing.

Quota 95

Quota X-functional Objectives and Key Results Drivers/motivators 95

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 15, 2018

If you missed episode 28, check it out here: PODCAST 28: How High Growth SaaS Companies Build and Lead Sales Teams w/ Chris Degnan. Why customer success & account management aren’t the same. Are Account Management & Customer Success Synonymous? [10:30]. What You’ll Learn. And on Stitcher.

Growth 59

Growth Customers Account management Up-sell 59

Hubspot

JULY 3, 2018

From the client's perspective, frequent changes in account managers lead to unstable relationships. A sales territory is the regional, industry, or account type assigned to a specific salesperson or sales team. A sales territory owner is responsible for prospecting into their customer base and meeting their territory quota.

Territory 101

Territory Referrals Quota Sales 101

Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

Intrinsics are motivated by their internal desire for purpose, growth, learning, self-competition, and are fed through acknowledgement and praise. Typically, the revenue goal will be much higher than their quota, which works in your favor to build a profitable sales team. RELATED: 12 Expert Tips For Managing a Successful Sales Team.

Extrinsic 104

Extrinsic Drivers/motivators Intrinsic Commission 104

Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2018

Chris Moore, channel account manager, HubSpot Cambridge. Mary Burbridge, senior inbound growth specialist, HubSpot Cambridge. Devon Brown, manager, growth recruiting, HubSpot Cambridge. Devon Brown, manager, growth recruiting, HubSpot Cambridge. Obviously HubSpot felt the same. The bottom line?

Quota 95

Quota Cold Call Sales Territory 95

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

This process means SDRs typically aren't held to traditional quotas but to the number of calls they make or qualified leads they gather. Keep in mind that the majority of people in this position have several years of experience since they often have to work independently and excel at time management. Account Manager.

Commission 94

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 94

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

And when they do the needed followup, it’s driven by such things as intuition, geography, account size, the customer’s job title, or their position on a call list or spreadsheet. Should we be surprised when only 42% of salespeople expect to meet (not exceed) quota ? What is a salesperson to do? Lead Nurturing.

Inside sales 162

Inside sales Sales Outside Sales Cross-sell 162

Highspot

MAY 3, 2024

Imagine that only 28% of your sales reps expect to hit quota. It requires multiple teams including marketing, customer success, account management, and more to optimize the sales cycle and performance. As a sales leader, you’d probably scoff at this. The buyer’s journey doesn’t just start and stop with sales.

Cross-sell 93

Cross-sell Technology Technology GTM 93

Openview

APRIL 3, 2018

Direct sales reps get comped on the initial sale and hands the customer off to Account Management on day one. DON’T pit your Direct Sales and Account Management/Customer Success teams against each other. At some point an Account Manager gets involved to renew and upsell the customer.

Commission 72

Commission Account management Quota Sales 72

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Goodbye missed quotas; hello sales engagement!). The company was also in rapid growth mode at the time and needed a highly intuitive tool that enabled new reps to ramp quickly and begin selling. . A single sales rep or account manager — however skilled and driven — can only do so much. (Goodbye snail mail; hello email!).

Cross-sell 93

Cross-sell Sales CRM Quota 93