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5 Deal Disasters to Avoid in Future Sales

Sales Hacker

Let’s have a look at what you can do to prepare and empower your team to avoid them so you can start beating that quota. Although your reps need to ensure they’re including the right decision-makers in their sales strategy, this doesn’t mean they should focus solely on leadership. Not involving the decision-maker.

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Sales Compensation Plans: Complete Guide + Examples

Salesforce

Overcomplicate a sales compensation plan, and you’re left with sales reps who aren’t clear on their goals or hungry to hit their quota. Here are some that are helpful to know: Sales quota: A sales quota is a specific sales target that a salesperson needs to achieve within a set period, such as a month or quarter.

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Are We Dreaming Big Enough?

Partners in Excellence

At first, my dreams were about getting a customer to pay attention to me, then to win a deal, make quota, make money. While no one would admit it, why would we accept YoY declines in quota performance, win rates, lengthening sales cycles, lower customer satisfaction and so on? We are content with missing our goals.

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