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Gaming The Numbers

Partners in Excellence

I realized this SDR was gaming the number. As I dove in, I discovered the sellers were not entering opportunities into the pipeline until they were actually in the contract negotiation stage. They had won the business, the losses were only because in the contracting process, the project got derailed. They are gaming the system!

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Do Your Sales Contracts Have An "I Love Selling" Clause?

Anthony Cole Training

Passion for the Game: This one is really cool. Michael’s response was, “Did you read the ‘I love basketball’ clause in my contract?” Michael said, “I have an ‘I love basketball’ clause in my contract that says I can play basketball anywhere, anytime, anyplace simply because I love basketball.”. Did you like today’s post?

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Oracle enhances its Unity CDP offering

Martech

A novel development, however, is the incorporation of data from back office sources including finance, contracts, product usage and supply chain. In addition, enhancements to Oracle’s revenue transformation solution include: Unified CPQ, contracts, and order management helping to organize and execute complex sales agreements.

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How to identify high-churn personas in B2B and mitigate their risk

Martech

That means there’s an increased likelihood of terminating the contract because the tool is no longer needed and/or its champion is gone. Flexible contract terms and proactive support can help too. The reps here need to be on their game, being proactive and seeking active feedback from the customer along the way.

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Why the Basics Still Beat Fancy: The Unsexy Skills That Close Deals

Sales Gravy

They talk a big game on Zoom, but when its time to dial the phone or ask for the sale, they freeze like a deer in headlights. Fancy decks, CRM tagging, and custom email flows feel like progressbut they dont get the contract signed. Fancy decks, CRM tagging, and custom email flows feel like progressbut they dont get the contract signed.

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Maybe Every SaaS Contract Should Have An Automatic Out Clause

SaaStr

Salespeople pushing you to sign multi-year contracts you don’t want. Traditional SaaS sales is incented to close 1+ year contracts without no outs as quickly as possible, and where possible, for every possible seat you might ever use in Year 1. That’s the game. Being “qualified out” by a BDR.

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Seeking Unfair Advantages

Iannarino

In a zero-sum game, you need to create a competitive advantage. Anyone who is oblivious that B2B sales are mainly about change management is playing the wrong game. You may want to sit with this idea and ask yourself exactly what game you are playing. To win a deal , you are going to need someone who can sign a contract.

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