Iannarino

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

9 Questions B2B Sales Leaders Must Answer Why isn’t improving B2B sales effectiveness your most important initiative? How much revenue generation from pipeline coverage do you generate from the lost deals that make up your pipeline coverage? Your pipeline should only include deals your team realistically might win.

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Veloxy

JUNE 8, 2022

Perhaps the answer could be in your sales pipeline. Research shows that top performing companies and sales teams do extremely well when it comes to managing their pipeline. However, over 60% of sales teams say their companies are doing a bad job of managing the sales pipeline. What is a Sales Pipeline? But first….

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Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

The quicker you can close a deal, the faster you can move on to the next one. It can help you close deals faster, increase your sales volume, and improve your bottom line. A sales cycle is the process your sales team goes through in order to close a sale with a customer. Closing: Locking in the sale and getting commitment.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Product : Vanta Your deal is almost closed, and all that’s left is the security review. With Vanta Questionnaire Automation, go-to-market teams can complete security reviews up to 5 times faster, helping you close deals in less time than ever. improving questioning techniques can lead to a higher close rate).

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GTM X-functional Pipeline Construction 115

Iannarino

APRIL 24, 2023

In any pipeline, you will find many potential deals. Many records that show up as opportunities are not close to being deals worth pursuing. Instead, they live in your B2B sales pipeline because the salesperson must enter the record after a first meeting.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Building and maintaining robust/healthy pipelines is a problem with most organizations. And if my social feeds are any indication, filling anemic pipelines is the number 1 problem facing organizations. And yet, the pipeline generation problem is still a problem, seemingly getting worse every day. It is never about what we sell.

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Veloxy

JUNE 17, 2021

It analyzes exactly how fast deals are moving through your pipeline and generating revenue. To calculate your company’s sales velocity, start by separating small, mid-market and enterprise pipelines as defined by your organizations nuance of what constitutes each of the segments. What is Sales Velocity? Calculating Sales Velocity.

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Martech

JULY 12, 2024

” The Fire Memos journey “Fire Memos is a B2B SaaS platform that was founded on January 16 this year. ” If it’s a B2B business, that means Fire Memos is selling to employers rather than employees, correct? “We are 24% of the way there and hope to close that out before Thanksgiving.”

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2025

So at SaaStr Annual, Dave Kellogg did a great deep dive on “5 Things Every B2B CEO Needs to Know about Marketing” In the Age of AI it’s even more true today, so I wanted to update our SaaStr take-aways from the deep dive. You founded a product company, but you’re running a distribution business.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 13, 2023

The shift from “growth at all costs” to “profitable growth” has given rise to a new era of B2B sales. One where marketing and sales must work together – with the sole focus of creating and closing more pipeline.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2024

That elongated sales cycle created pipeline supply shocks. Theory hypothesized that if you have a large pipeline as a sales leader and you’re not hitting your numbers, you’ll likely redefine your ICP and qualification criteria to narrow down the funnel and focus on your core buyer a lot more. So how much business has it closed?

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SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2025

Codeium made this a centerpiece of their recruiting strategy: Competitive comp plan openly discussed during interviews 7 out of 10 sellers who’ve been with Codeium 6+ months have already exceeded annual targets Several on track to earn $500K+ in W2 income One seller closed $1.6M It’s a commission-driven role.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Key Takeaways Sales podcasts offer valuable insights for sales professionals of all levels, featuring content ranging from beginner-friendly tips to expert interviews and advanced strategies for B2B sales, sales engagement, and various industry-specific sales topics.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. While thousands of B2B organizations struggle, plenty are able to develop long-term success. Common B2B marketing challenges. So what does it take? Let’s dive in. Sales cycle length increased.

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B2B Non-Profits Tradeshows Campaign 150

Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2025

Its relatively straightforward to do simply take your current pipeline, multiply the gross at each milestone times your historical close rates (actual or estimated), and determine if a seller can reasonably expect to be YTD one sales cycle ahead. On top of that, B2B buyers are wary of sellers trying to influence their decisions.

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Meeting Pipeline Quota Sales 66

Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

It‘s no secret that B2B sales (especially at the enterprise level) take a significant amount of time and effort to nurture and eventually close. The B2B sales funnel is a popular method for modeling this journey. What is a B2B sales funnel? . We use pipelines. B2B sales funnels vs. sales pipelines .

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Sales Pop!

MARCH 11, 2023

It should be abundantly clear that no medium to large B2B sales team or company can grow and succeed today without a clear-cut sales process. Today a company may have different sales processes for different products, functions, or product lines, and Pipeliner was the first CRM to provide the ability to set up multiple pipelines.

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Sales Pop!

MAY 22, 2022

In a previous article announcing Pipeliner’s new Forecasting feature , I stated that forecasting should be collaborative, and that collaborative forecasting can only happen through instant dynamic visualization. Instant dynamic visualization is, of course, what is provided by Pipeliner CRM all throughout the system. What does it mean?

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Veloxy

MAY 11, 2023

44% of executives at companies with revenue exceeding $250 million believe their pipeline management to be ineffective. Welcome to the realm of pipeline management in Salesforce! Welcome to the world of the sales pipeline ! Closing the Deal Ah, the sweet sound of success! Here’s a fact. Do I have your attention?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 9, 2024

” and the post not only took off, it summarized a zeitgeist, a malaise, a feeling across much of B2B at the start of 2024. There have only been 3 SaaS IPOs since 2021, but ServiceTitan is the next one, and the pipeline looks strong for the back half of 2025 and into 2026, from Canva to Databricks to Stripe to Wiz to Snyk and on and on.

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Growth Up-sell Pipeline Start-ups 120

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

That’s why building and managing a sales pipeline is so important. . A well-defined sales pipeline makes your sales process transparent, allowing you to see your deals in the sales funnel, where they’re getting stuck, and how long the entire process takes. What is a sales pipeline? Why is a sales pipeline important?

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Pipeline Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Sales 118

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 20, 2020

How cool is it that the most effective way to market your B2B company is also the most cost-efficient way to market it? As a consumer, don’t you feel great about making a purchase when your close friend has told you all about the product? Now take your own experience as a B2C consumer and apply it to the B2B space.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

SiriusDecisions, the analyst firm now part of Forrester, had entered the conversation, pioneering the marketing funnel that became a staple of B2B marketing for the next 15 years. For a while, all was well in B2B marketing. We built the pipes to facilitate efficient pipeline generation. The post Did martech break B2B marketing?

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Tibor Shanto

JULY 7, 2021

No doubt we all want greater quality prospects, than just more things in the pipeline. This may also explain why nearly half of B2B sellers fail to deliver quota. (And BTW, that small discount it took to close them, that’s a number, may not be your number, but a number.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We talk to some of the best leaders in B2B sales and marketing every day.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the web each week. To more effectively close the deal, salespeople must focus on what the customer needs to move forward in order to make the final sale. How to align B2B sales and marketing teams.

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B2B Pipeline Technique Presentation 115

Martech

APRIL 7, 2023

Customer indecision is now a leading reason for missing B2B marketing and sales pipeline and revenue targets. But there are things B2B marketers can do to help sales teams and their prospects overcome purchase indecision and win more customers faster. Historically, the status quo — doing nothing — was the ultimate competitor.

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B2B Customers GTM Pipeline 123

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. This week’s show is called “Is Outbound the New Normal?

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 12, 2021

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the web each week. Amid the hope of 2021, if we close our minds to 2020, we will be doing ourselves a disservice. 4 Paths To Building Buyer Trust Through Empathy And Humility. How to Remember 2020.

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B2B Pipeline Trust Drivers/motivators 119

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2022

If you missed my LinkedIn series last month , here’s a recap of all twelve B2B marketing trends, investments and focus areas I expect to see from CMOs and teams in the new year. . Moving from a volume-based approach to a pipeline-based approach is going to change people’s jobs. So what happens after the deal is closed?

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B2B Objectives and Key Results Campaign Cross-sell 137

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Thanks for watching another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 26, 2024

Small deals can close in one call. But still … across all the SaaS vendors that Vendr tracks, how long do deals take to close? Zendesk and Datadog take the longest, and ZoomInfo and 1Password deals close the fastest: So what’s actionable here? At some point, you gotta close out opportunities.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Welcome everyone to another exciting episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Pipeline Go To Market Cross-sell Sales 124

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 29, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Well, welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Martech

AUGUST 22, 2024

In either case, HubSpot’s team works closely with the business’s internal teams, advising on the implementation process. That means also being clear on each stage of the sales pipeline. If a deal closes, what does that look like in the CRM? And the other is ‘do it with me.’”

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Matt: Just sales in general, pipeline. You can even ask Alexa!

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. And when I walked out that afternoon, the world was closed.

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