Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Zack faces a unique challenge that may sound specific at first but is more common than you think: he can only close a deal if his customer closes a deal of their own first. The conversation with Zack revealed practical strategies you can use to overcome these hurdles and keep your own pipeline healthy.

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SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2025

When Graham joined in February of last year, Codeium had approximately 200 customers generating low single-digit millions in revenue, combining self-service and enterprise annual contracts. The 5 Key Elements of Codeium’s GTM Scaling Playbook 1. It’s a commission-driven role.

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Salesmate

JULY 8, 2020

Sales professionals generally visualize customer acquisition through the stages of a sales pipeline. Understanding how your sales pipeline is working is vital if you want to optimize your revenue generation. In this article, we’ll look at seven stages of a sales pipeline every entrepreneur should understand. Prospecting.

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Salesmate

JULY 9, 2020

Your sales pipeline covers every stage of the customer acquisition process from leads to after-sales support to repeat business. While revenue is a good indicator of success, it only measures what’s coming out of the pipeline – in other words, the result. How long does it take you to close a sale? Let’s get started.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Here’s what you need to know if you want to close six-figure deals: Bigger deals need more multi-threading. We analyzed 10,332 sales deals and uncovered a strong correlation between deal value and the number of buyers involved in closed-won deals: Complex deals take longer, involve more people, and require building multiple use cases. .

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2025

Heres what Id look at: Pipeline Growth : Have they increased your pipeline metrics? Are there more demos, more contracts being drafted, and more deals in the works? If your pipeline hasnt improved, thats a red flag. You have to make sure it’s not cr*p pipeline. But are more good deals in in the funnel?

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2025

If youre converting leads too early, youll clog your pipeline with low-quality deals. Once accepted, the lead is converted into an opportunity and entered into the pipeline. This process reduces friction and ensures only high-quality leads make it into the pipeline. If youre converting too late, you risk losing momentum.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As businesses and competition grows, more companies are turning to deal desk software to organize their processes and close more deals. Key Features: Workflow automation : set up who is on your team, what their role is, and hook integrations with your CRM, proposal management system, and contract management software.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more control and visibility you have into your sales pipeline, the more revenue you’ll bring in. In fact, HubSpot Research found a positive relationship between the number of opportunities in your pipeline per month and revenue achievement. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management.

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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 You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! Well, welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 17, 2020

When you are a part of a sales team, your main priority is closing deals faster and meeting your monthly quotas. However, you have to be fully prepared before you can close a deal through a sales meeting. Keep reading as we discuss the benefits of video meetings when it comes to closing deals. Creating a Well-Drafted Contract.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

As your company grows, you may find you have less resources available for closing each opportunity. Your company’s sales managers only have a select number of sales reps to work with, and those reps only have a limited amount of time to close deals. A risky deal can ruin your pipeline health and slow down your sales performance.

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Sales Pop!

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As the selling year draws to a close, we’re captivated by Q4 activities focused on closing the year strong in terms of winning business and, hopefully, also delivering as much value as possible to our clients. Focusing on your pipeline and your clients is certainly important as the year closes but don’t ignore the environment question.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Ah — that sometimes elusive, but always thrilling moment when you close a deal. That’s why we’ll move past outdated and ineffective sales closing techniques in this article and talk to sales experts to get the nitty-gritty of what it means to close like a boss in today’s world. How do you improve at closing?

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Salesforce

JUNE 2, 2022

The magic is our maniacal focus on pipeline, which is the total dollar value of all the deals our sales team is working on. Why pipeline? Because it’s the greatest indicator of future sales bookings, or annual contract value (ACV). Pipeline is the glue between the marketing and sales departments. What’s their capacity?

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! But anyway, thank you very much, everyone, for joining us on Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 24, 2021

Adding insult to injury, that imbalance means all that time and money it takes to get prospects to the closing phase goes to waste. But like all other aspects of sales, closing is a process. We don’t mean getting stuck in the metaphorical pipeline. But if you actually want to close deals, don’t do that.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Knowing how much has been sold and how much is in the pipeline is a look back. If your president asked you what you thought would be in the pipeline in 6 days/weeks/months from now, what could you tell her? You have business contracted for, you have realized revenue, and you have profit.

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Outreach

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In order to gain an accurate picture of progress and better manage performance, organizations need a sales pipeline. Here, we’ll take a deep dive into what a sales pipeline is, why it’s valuable, and how to build one that can make a real impact. What is a sales pipeline? A sales pipeline is not a sales funnel.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 31, 2023

Feeling overwhelmed by the infinite options for growing your pipeline? These are tactics that have helped outside sales professionals grow their pipeline by 300% in one month. You guessed it—he signed the contract with the electronic signature software! You’re not the only outside sales rep feeling that way.

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Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

This includes lead generation, qualification, relationship building, presenting, and finally closing the deal. However, those leads are typically not enough to keep the pipeline full. Many salespeople will agree that closing a sale is just the start of maintaining a healthy stream of revenue. 2: Sales Development Reps.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. This will give you the annual contract value. Expand your pipeline of ideal prospects. The emphasis on process becomes more important as the odds of closing the deal diminish. Value theory.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Closing deals involving complex price modeling, a need for extensive product knowledge, varying potential discounts, or any other atypical standards and practices isn't exactly intuitive. For instance, say you — a salesperson — are on the brink of closing a massive, high-value deal with a SaaS giant.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. My name is Matt Heinz.

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Hubspot

MARCH 1, 2022

Closing calls are a big deal, and, because they’re so important, they’ve acquired a certain mystique. They aren’t anything to fear, though, because the right phone sales technique can help you close the deal and drive it home every single time. Below is a nine-step closing call sequence that’s served me well for years.

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SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2021

If you want to hire your first sales rep and close more deals, you need to understand how the sales process works, what tools your team needs to be successful and learn to speak sales. Sales CRM — Software used to streamline pipeline management and safely store customer information, communicate with prospects, and drive more sales.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 23, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. You can subscribe right at Sales Pipeline Radio and/or listen to full recordings of past shows everywhere you listen to podcasts! You’ll love his Four Cs of Closing. By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Use email workflows to automatically send replies to leads when they request a viewing, sign a contract or download a resource on your website. Use automation to keep an extra close eye on these leads. You can enter your properties to track closings, automate tasks, and manage deadlines so nothing falls through the cracks.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That they can’t afford to get rid of Can’t Close Bob, as bad as his numbers are. The mediocre VPs of Sales can’t afford to get rid of Can’t Close Bob. But the great ones don’t need Can’t Close Bob — at all. 90 Days Isn’t Enough to build up the pipeline, you say.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 27, 2019

If you have to open and close your own sales, you’re going to prefer one over the other, and that’s usually closing. But let’s face it — no deals get closed without getting opened first. This guide will give you a path to maximizing the little prospecting time you have so you aren’t left with an empty pipeline every month.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 3, 2023

I’ve been writing a series looking, ultimately, at pipeline management. I’ve written about Win Rates, Pipeline Integrity. In this post, I’ll cover two more aspects of pipeline management, Average Deal Size and Average Sales Cycle. It could be lifetime contract value. It could be bookings or revenue.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 19, 2024

Before you close this down, consider the makeup of the average SEO agency. Operations The operations manager handles the machine and ensures it runs smoothly, including contracts, staff wages, HR, etc. However, for any agency to reach that volume of business, there needs to be a pipeline. This might be years away… maybe decades.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With a sales dashboard, though, your reps can quickly see where they are in relation to their goals and identify trends and opportunities that will help them close more deals faster. It should have lead metrics (like activity) and lag metrics (like pipeline and closed-won). 3 Steps to Set Up a Successful Sales Dashboard. #1

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Salesforce

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Grow revenue faster with a single source of truth Discover how Sales Cloud uses data and AI to help you build relationships and close deals fast. Here’s an example: Joy’s Toys, a toy manufacturer, is focused on growth but doesn’t have a clear target KPI for lead generation that incentivizes reps to keep their pipelines full.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process. Maybe it’s getting support or resources, maybe it’s developing a solution or proposal, or getting approvals from legal/pricing/contracting.

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Salesforce

MARCH 7, 2024

To successfully negotiate a contract in today’s sales climate, you need to prioritize relationship building over persuasion, practice active listening, and empathize with your customers’ challenges. What you’ll learn: What is contract negotiation? Why is contract negotiation important?

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Sales Pop!

MAY 30, 2023

But having a CRM alone is insufficient unless you also have a CRM for sales, such as Pipeliner CRM, which is created and optimized for Sales Managers and teams. This software gives firms the capability to monitor and examine the sales pipeline as well as to organize and prioritize their sales prospects.

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