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Sales Quota: The Complete Guide to Hitting & Crushing Quota in 2023

Veloxy

In 2018, Salesforce found that only 57% of salespeople expected to hit their quota. Jump to 2022, and Salesforce found that a staggering 72% of salespeople expected their team to miss annual quota. We’re living in an era where sales has the richest technology stack and set of professional capabilities than ever before.

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How to Build a High-Performing Inside Sales Team

Veloxy

As any business will attest, there’s no greater feeling than when your company grows and reaches a point where you need to expand your inside sales team. Naturally, more salespeople means more sales which translates to more revenue. So, what causes a low-performing sales team? Guide to Building an Inside Sales Team.

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20 Inside Sales Tips That Will Grow Your Sales Pipeline in 2023

Veloxy

Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or inside sales expert, we can all agree on a few things. One; sales is no longer just about high pressure, ‘won’t take no for an answer’ pitches. And two, sales tactics are not just learned in the classroom – it’s a never ending journey of ‘sales-education’.

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5 Tips to a Clean, Profitable Sales Pipeline for Inside Sales Managers

Sales Hacker

This article takes you through 5 crucial tips to efficiently manage your sales pipeline. Before we jump right in, let’s define what a sales pipeline is. A sales pipeline is a systematic and visual representation of your sales process. Review your team’s pipelines at least once a week.

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Why Sales Quota Must be Perceived as Achievable

A Sales Guy

Ok, I’m coming back to the quota discussion. My last post about quota focused on the importance of quota aligning with business objectives and business strategy. RULE 1: Quota MUST BE perceived as attainable. When quotas are not perceived as achievable, sales people just give up and don’t even try.

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Your Dashboards Are Useless, What Are Your 5 KPI's? Posted on January, 2025

Partners in Excellence

For example, the manager for one of the highest performing sales teams I know only tracks about 5 metrics, YTD performance against plan. Forecast performance against plan (his team has 92% forecast accuracy), Pipeline health, Completed committed tasks (as a %), New committed tasks to be completed.

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Inside sales guide: challenges, strategies, tips, and tools

Salesmate

Companies have started to build a workforce that finds prospects inside four walls. With inside sales, businesses are putting more effort than just selling their products. The same time when inside sales kicked its way up, the importance of customer support also grew humongous. So what exactly is inside sales?