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No More Quotas, No More Commission: Sales Without SDRs

Sales Hacker

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Our Customers Are Changing Faster Than We Are!

Partners in Excellence

There seems to be an arrogance or conceit in so many of the conversations I see about the future of selling. My feeds are filled with new technologies, new selling models, new engagement strategies, new organizational structures. Sellers have, blindly, applied “manufacturing” technique to managing their selling process.

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A SaaS Fairy Tale….

Partners in Excellence

Since the target customers, initially, for these tools were individuals and small teams, the methods others had used in consumer product selling were adapted. And assembly line process started to emerge. Toss X number of customers into the beginning of the assembly line and Y in POs would emerge from the end of the line.

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The Problem With The Data….

Partners in Excellence

Or, if we aren’t meeting our goals, targets, quotas. And, while I will contradict my opening premises, too much of the time, in seeking “predictable revenue,” we treat every aspect of selling as laws etched in granite. Likewise customers are widgets in our sales assembly line.

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Sales And The Zombie Apocalypse

Partners in Excellence

But something has changed in selling. I don’t know if it’s the workloads, the sheer size of our quotas and expectations of performance. As I look at quotas and targets qualitatively, as I look at general sales production, I don’t see changes that are unexpected or abnormal.

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Let’s Talk About Lean Manufacturing For A Moment….

Partners in Excellence

So much of what our focus in “modern selling,” seems to be the adaptation of Lean Manufacturing techniques into selling. We’ve created “assembly lines” with specialized functions, passing our customers from one station to the next. We need to think about what it means to achieve our quotas.

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10 Practical Strategies to Improve Sales Performance & Close Deals

Highspot

In fact, leaders reported that 91% failed to hit sales quota expectations this year. Sales performance refers to how well a sales team delivers results, such as hitting quotas, following up on leads, and converting prospects into customers. Having 3-4x your quota in the pipeline suggests ample opportunity to meet targets.

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