Sales Pop!

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Revenue intelligence contains all that is required for your sales leadership to create accurate quotas and forecasts, and for your team’s pipeline management. You can rapidly identify pipeline risks and opportunities, and instantly detect exceptions, changes and risks in the pipeline. Creating Forecasts and Quotas.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The present endless models on selling activities, outlining monthly and quarterly goals for demand/lead gen, outreach, meetings, top of pipeline, pipeline, renewal/retention, comp models and so forth. I ask crazy questions like, “Why are only 40% of your people making their quotas, what do we need to change to double that?”

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X-functional Strategize Quota Pipeline 127

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

Gaius, who runs an insurance brokerage in Ohio wants to know how to get his new sales agents cold calling and building pipeline earlier in their training cycle, without making them feel overwhelmed and sabotaging their confidence. The question is, how soon can they start generating leads and setting up sales conversations?

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Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 85

Tibor Shanto

JULY 7, 2021

But there is no escaping the fact that while sale may not be a numbers game, your numbers have to add up. It was a straight unbroken line, the quota is a number, as are ROIs, commissions, and almost everything else. No doubt we all want greater quality prospects, than just more things in the pipeline. Numbers Are Here To Stay.

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Objectives and Key Results Quota Gaming Commission 301

Veloxy

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Start for free Lack of User Buy-In You’ve probably heard it before, “This isn’t how we used to do things.” Clean Up Your Data Invest time and resources into ensuring your data is accurate and up-to-date. Start by pinpointing your top priorities. Start by setting clear expectations.

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Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Outside Sales Follow-up 130

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sales teams today spend 70% of their workday on non-selling activities a massive roadblock to hitting quotas. Prove it to me Sign up for free 1. We designed Veloxy to work perfectly with Salesforce and added automated activity logging and up-to-the-minute data synchronization. Double Sales Productivity in only 1 Minute.

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Product CRM Price Objectives and Key Results 130

Salesforce

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sales acceleration is a collection of strategies using automated tools and workflows to help sales representatives move leads through the end-to-end sales pipeline faster, engage with customers more effectively, and close more deals in less time. However, each decision often adds up to the difference between landing a deal or not.

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Closing Represent Territory Lead generation 98

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2023

When I read my feeds or listen to a lot of “experts,” the focus is always on hitting our quotas, maxing our commissions, achieving our goals. One imagines a sword of Damocles hanging over seller’s heads with the constant threat of making quota. They tend to wander, start/stop, change directions, shift priorities.

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Quota Commission Pipeline Pitch 127

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

We become obsessed with forecasts, pipelines, and their health. Despite ramping up the numbers, increasingly we are not achieving our goals. Win rates plummet, % making quota plummet, retention rates declining, sales cycles lengthening, deal size decreasing. What if we started thinking of selling as a human game?

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Gaming Up-sell Quota Pitch 122

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Start selling faster, easier. Most salespeople expect to miss their quota every single year. But hitting quota every year doesn’t always equate to a perfect sales enablement strategy for a few reasons. First , quota is set too low to accommodate for sales process inefficiencies. Start Selling Faster, Easier.

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CRM Quota Sales Pipeline 262

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Let’s dig into the most important things I’ve learned about target-setting from more than 20 years in sales and business so you can start clocking revenue. These targets are used to guide the quota-setting, territory mapping , and sales team strategies. All they have to do is start running. Why are sales targets important?

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Quota Territory Pipeline Sales 116

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 24, 2025

We start managing to the numbers and not managing performance. Forecast performance against plan (his team has 92% forecast accuracy), Pipeline health, Completed committed tasks (as a %), New committed tasks to be completed. Once he starts seeing a problem area, then he drills down, looking at more data, coaching his people.

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High impact Pipeline Inside sales Quota 111

SalesPop

APRIL 23, 2021

Another important foundational aspect of account management—and sales itself—is the handling of quotas and forecasting. From my observation, only a few companies manage the problems for quotas and forecasting well. The truth is that too much of the time, quotas, forecasts, targets, and goals are often generated out of wishful thinking.

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Account management Quota Pipeline CRM 98

Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2025

According to a 2023 survey of over 450 sales leaders, 91% of their teams missed quota that year. And even with revenue up in 2024 , reps are still struggling to meet their sales goals. Relying upon seller opinions when grading pipeline health. Why are revenue targets so hard to hit? Getting stuck on YTD sales.

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Meeting Pipeline Quota Sales 66

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Recently, a reader wrote, asking a lot of questions about pipelines–what are they, why are they important, how do we leverage them, and so forth. For example, I know of very few sales training programs that teach pipeline concepts (we’ve been doing this for the past 30 years). So strap in… What is the pipeline?

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Pipeline Prospecting Closing Up-sell 133

Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 14, 2023

You could also be well behind your quota, struggling to stay motivated and worried about job security. And when reps struggle to see the path to their number they may slowly give up, blaming things outside of their control. Year-end can be the most exciting time in sales. It can also be the hardest. Next year may be even more so.

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Quota Pipeline Drivers/motivators Negotiate 209

Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2020

If a salesperson hit quota at their last job, they’re much more likely to hit quota at your organization, right? of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. It turns out that quota attainment has become the exception, not the rule. I didn’t make this decision because quota information was difficult to get.

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Quota Cold Call Outside Sales Sales 114

SaaStr

MARCH 29, 2025

Hire Two Sales Reps To Start, Not One. And Get Them Both Hitting a Basic, Sustainable Quota. CRM Setup: Use a CRM like Salesforce or HubSpot to track leads, deals, and pipeline. Or at least, work on these together when they start. Note that reps do need to scale in start-ups, and often, mostly on their own.

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Commission Objection handling Quota Sales 82

SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

Compensation & Performance Metrics Fuel a Culture of Winning: Codium structured its compensation and quota models to create immediate success. A staggering 7 out of 10 early sales hires exceeded their annual quotas, and some reps are on track to earn seven figures in their first year. Key Growth Drivers 1.

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Territory Drivers/motivators Quota Pipeline 76

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 26, 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! Matt: Welcome everyone to another live episode of Sales Pipeline Radio. I appreciate it.

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Pipeline Sales Quota Up-sell 126

SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2025

Heres what Id look at: Pipeline Growth : Have they increased your pipeline metrics? If your pipeline hasnt improved, thats a red flag. You have to make sure it’s not cr*p pipeline. Team Building : Have they started hiring and onboarding new reps that you think are at least good ?

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Pipeline Contract Quota Growth 68

SaaStr

MARCH 2, 2021

Monthly Quotas comes up all the time. And it especially comes up when you hire your First VP of Sales, because odds are, he or she will want to move from Monthly to Quarterly Quotas. They’ll probably be more used to Quarterly quotas and goals. Your stress will likely go up. Not really.

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 12, 2022

Putting Aside Time Every Day to Prospect Will Keep Your Pipeline Full Kaizen is a theory that developed in Japan after World War II and revived the country, their spirit, and their commerce. It’s similar to what we call “feeding the pipeline,” and involves the art of cumulative prospecting. The same is true of sales.

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Pipeline Prospecting Cold Call Quota 116

Hubspot

AUGUST 31, 2020

Did you know that 69% of B2B salespeople feel they don’t not have enough opportunities in their pipeline to meet sales quota? This data comes from a recent survey conducted by Selling Power and ValueSelling Associates that surveyed more than 300 B2B sales professionals about their quotas. Three Reasons Reps Don’t Make Quota.

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Quota Objectives and Key Results Pipeline Cold Call 99

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. Aim for the moon with targets and quotas In the words of the famous Michelangelo, the greater danger doesn’t lie in aiming too high and falling short.

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Outside Sales Pipeline Inside sales Cross-sell 130

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 3, 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! How do you show up when someone’s trying to look you up digitally?

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Pipeline Represent Sales Up-sell 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 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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Pipeline Sales Gaming Up-sell 128

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 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! Matt: Welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell Cross-sell 122

Gong.io

AUGUST 16, 2021

However: If pipeline coverage is low, this is exactly what you need. The second your buyer answers the phone, the clock starts. It’s unexpected and ends up “scrambling” your prospect’s brain (in a good way). The reason for my call is …” Here are the objections it overcomes before they even come up: Who is this?

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Cold Call Technique Quota Follow-up 118

Salesforce

MARCH 31, 2025

Consider the stats : 67% of sales reps don’t expect to meet quota this year, and 84% missed it last year. Drive pipe faster with a single source of truth Discover how Sales Cloud uses data and AI to help you manage your pipeline, build relationships, and close deals fast. Learn more 1. Salespeople dont need rah-rah hype.

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Drivers/motivators Quota Territory E-commerce 64

Heinz Marketing

JULY 5, 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! Matt: Well, welcome everyone, to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Pipeline Start-ups Sales Go To Market 122

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

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Pipeline Sales Technology Technology 122

Sales Gravy

APRIL 17, 2025

You crushed your quota. But if every check disappears faster than a cold call prospect can hang up the phone, then youre just renting a lifestyle. One quarter, you're crushing it, the next you're staring down a dry pipeline and a mortgage payment. Start taking control: List your debts. You crushed your quota.

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Finance Commission Cold Call Quota 58

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2021

Or, too many directors have been hired and the founder is left scratching their head as to how they have so much talent on their team but nothing is happening with their sales pipeline. . The second pipeline hire should be a mid-level sales development representative (SDR). The SDRs will then use those materials to line up meetings.

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Pipeline Quota Represent Cross-sell 101

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2025

“Marketing is fluffy and unmeasurable” – Unlike sales, which has clear metrics like quota attainment, founders often believe marketing can’t be measured. This wasn’t what you signed up for when founding a “product company,” was it? These “five-five” CMOs barely exist.

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Pipeline B2B Territory Quota 82

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

A good sales pipeline management strategy is essential because every potential opportunity uses up your most valuable resource — time. This article will introduce you to tips and metrics to optimally track and prioritize your sales pipeline. A risky deal can ruin your pipeline health and slow down your sales performance.

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Pipeline Legal Quota Sales 98

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

Would you show up to a serious meeting in a t-shirt and baseball cap? Start by making sure the room is presentable. Set all these up in advance, run your reps through the paces and ensure the experience is what you’d expect if it was you on the other end of the call. Hubspot explains how to set up video for sales meetings.

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