Hubspot

JULY 30, 2024

Then, the game changed when I leveled up my sales email writing game with curiosity-provoking subject lines, strong body text, and compelling closing statements. Read on to hear my tactics for ending a sales email.e From there, initiating conversations and strengthening relationships with business buyers and influencers got easier.

Closing 85

Closing Quota Healthcare Tradeshows 85

Tibor Shanto

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. It relates directly to how goals, targets and quotas are set and hit. Setting sales goals where even a 70% level of achievement would be great. Hear me out.

Objectives and Key Results 293

Objectives and Key Results Quota Sales Drivers/motivators 293

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?

Cold Call 82

Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 82

Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Just as occurred some years ago with global warming, there are still people both scared and dismissive of B2B social selling. The reasons why executives are scared of social selling are well documented. of sales people using social media outperformed their sales peers, and exceeded quota 23% more often.

B2B 195

B2B Sell Quota Technique 195

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sales Acceleration is the sales enablement strategy that simplifies and shortens sales cycles. It delivers results by using a mix of sales technology and a value-driven approach to selling. Sales Acceleration Software is being used to consolidate the sales technology stack.

CRM 262

CRM Quota Sales Pipeline 262

Closing Bigger

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Sales Leadership Podcast Summary with Mike Curliss, President of Sales at Maximizer, and Shane Gibson Keynote Sales Speaker and CEO of Professional Sales Academy. The debate between sales leadership and sales management has been ongoing for decades. Sales leaders , on the other hand, are visionaries.

Objectives and Key Results 85

Objectives and Key Results CRM Sales Strategize 85

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

If you have a pile of files on your desk, a to-do list that is so long it must be scrolled to read, past-due proposals, and an empty pipeline, you are probably not very well organized, don’t manage your time very well, and likely behind on quota. Back to the sales leaders. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Want some help ?

Drivers/motivators 114

Drivers/motivators Sales Quota Pipeline 114

Veloxy

MAY 3, 2022

As you already know, there are actual sales resources , and then there are promotional tools disguised as sales resources. If you Google sales resources, you’ll be inundated with a wide variety of helpful content and content that will quickly become cold calls and emails. Sandler Sales. Sales Calculators.

Sell 182

Sell Cold Call Tradeshows Cross-sell 182

Iannarino

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

While we have been distracted by technology , a pandemic, and the new business models sales organizations have adopted, every important KPI has fallen, and continues its decline. Quota attainment is down. Win rates are down.

Quota 301

Quota Technology Technology Sell 301

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Pivoting to sales, and staying with correlations and KPI's, could there be one between how sales managers spend their time and why so few salespeople hit quota? There was a clear correlation between 4 baseball KPI's and the outcome of the World Series.

Quota 113

Quota Pitch Sell Gaming 113

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sales great Zig Ziglar once wrote, “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” ” That’s the struggle of every team without clear sales targets: no clarity, no progress, no growth. See how it works What are sales targets? Why are sales targets important? But will they?

Quota 116

Quota Territory Pipeline Sales 116

Tibor Shanto

AUGUST 5, 2021

In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why. With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. It start with how sellers think about time; which is why in sales, time is value not money. By Tibor Shanto. Customer Value Management.

Objectives and Key Results 293

Objectives and Key Results Sales CRM Prospecting 293

Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

As a sales leader, your efforts directly impact the company’s stability and growth. However, with increasing competition combined with a limited budget and sales personnel, reaching your quotas can be challenging. However, it’s not due to a lack of effort by the sales team.

Product 246

Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Sales Pop!

JUNE 19, 2024

Assumptions are the worst possible tactic, so how do you uncover everything you need to know to maintain professionalism, establish trust, and have the person convey what you need to know to make a desirable sale? A sale is next to impossible or will never occur if we don’t know all the rationale behind the scenes.

Sell 173

Sell Appointment Account management Represent 173

Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

Bookmark Now: Cold Calling - Everything a Sales Person Needs to Know. We help sales teams turn unproductive churning into generative earning.” We help sales teams turn unproductive churning into generative earning. We help sales teams turn unproductive churning into generative earning.

Cold Call 358

Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

SaaStr

MAY 6, 2023

Dear SaaStr: As a salesperson, if you sell a multi-year SaaS deal, does the whole amount count towards your current year quota? First, what you pay on vs. quota retirement can vary. The second question is quota. There, you have to be much more careful what quota you retire for multi-year deals.

Quota 113

Quota Commission Sell Contract 113

SaaStr

MARCH 29, 2025

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Best Ways to Transition From The Founder-Led Sales Stage? Transitioning from founder-led sales to a commissioned sales team is one of the most criticaland trickysteps in scaling a SaaS business. You Never Get to Leave Sales. This is non-negotiableeven if you hate sales. Be specific.

Commission 79

Commission Objection handling Quota Sales 79

SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2025

Dear SaaStr: How Long Should You Give a New Sales Rep? sales cycles. Sales is tough. And while sales is pretty similar in SaaS at a given price point / ACV, different products are still different to sell.A rep good at one product can fail at selling another. They may not immediately hit quota (few do).

Quota 70

Quota Sales Gaming Closing 70

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 16, 2025

If you missed my March 14 article on Sales Cringe – my first in over a month – that will explain why we had the time to rewatch “24.” Regardless of company size, the Owner, President or CEO must SHOW their commitment to sales training to demonstrate the critical nature of the training to all participants.

Growth 90

Growth Sales Entertainment Quota 90

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

With raw honesty, he shares key mistakes made along the way and invaluable lessons learned about building a winning sales playbook, culture, and team structure. His path to Levelset was serendipitous he had tried to sell Wolf health insurance, thinking the company was much larger than it actually was. I’m competitive.

GTM 111

GTM Construction Quota Growth 111

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?”

X-functional 127

X-functional Strategize Quota Pipeline 127

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2025

One of the classic original SaaStr posts was on the Top 10+ Questions to Ask a VP of Sales Candidate. It’s a different world today, AI-fueled, often distributed and hybrid, and with inflation both in titles (CRO or VP Sales) and compensation expectations. Use this updated script for hiring that first VP of Sales.

Quota 73

Quota Sales Up-sell Lead generation 73

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sales teams today spend 70% of their workday on non-selling activities a massive roadblock to hitting quotas. In my experience, the biggest culprits behind this inefficiency are bloated, disconnected sales tech stacks with poor training and low user adoption. Double Sales Productivity in only 1 Minute.

Product 130

Product CRM Price Objectives and Key Results 130

Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 14, 2023

This guest post was written by Alex Cook , Manager, Enterprise Sales at Klue. Year-end can be the most exciting time in sales. You could also be well behind your quota, struggling to stay motivated and worried about job security. David actually shares more about this in his simple formula for high-impact sales coaching.

Quota 209

Quota Pipeline Drivers/motivators Negotiate 209

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2023

But new business is a lot tougher than 12 months ago, let alone 24: Founder CEO Matthew Prince was refreshingly honest about what was happening in sales. “The top 15% of our sellers have achieved 129% of quota over the last four quarters.” You have to move on from the ones that can’t sell today.

Quota 128

Quota Closing Pipeline Growth 128

Veloxy

MARCH 28, 2022

While it might be a slow return in some places, you are probably starting to consider again how you want your sales force to work for your business. After years of remote sales work, you might be ready to evaluate what formula of salesforce will best meet your needs as a business and as an employee. What Is Inside Sales?

Outside Sales 217

Outside Sales Inside sales Cold Call Sales 217

Iannarino

AUGUST 8, 2021

Less than half of salespeople reach their quota and more than half of buyers don’t change, evidence that what we’re doing isn’t working. Writing the book has caused me to recognize a critical insight about B2B sales , or more accurately, about B2B buying. No more pushy sales tactics. A Circular Argument.

Intrinsic 321

Intrinsic Quota Clients B2B 321

Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

When viewed from afar, sales—or the ability to perform as a salesperson —may seem as inaccessible to the average person as climbing Mount Everest. Below you will find 12 characteristics that seem to resonate with top sales reps and 8 statistics to start you on your path to sales success. Informed Sales. Resilience.

Referrals 290

Referrals Quota Cold Call Contact 290

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

Anyone entering into selling immediately sees the obsession we have with numbers. They create revenue models, bow ties, and related models reducing selling to a math equation. Win rates plummet, % making quota plummet, retention rates declining, sales cycles lengthening, deal size decreasing. Selling is a human game!

Gaming 121

Gaming Up-sell Quota Pitch 121

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. Getting stuck on YTD sales. Projecting a sales cycle ahead of time gives sellers a better chance of making their numbers.

Meeting 66

Meeting Pipeline Quota Sales 66

Veloxy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Sales is near the the top of that list. The question now becomes, how does Sales Artificial Intelligence fit into all this? Does it really play a vital role in sales? Well, there are numerous ways that AI for sales can benefit a sales team. Well, there are numerous ways that AI for sales can benefit a sales team.

Sales 223

Sales Non-Profits CRM Pipeline 223

Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

Key Takeaways Traditional sales role play often feels forced and anxiety-inducing, limiting a reps ability to build genuine sales confidence. That’s what traditional sales role-playing feels like: forced, vague, and anxiety-inducing. They are all waiting for you to screw up your script so they can tell you about it.

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Sell Objection handling Negotiate 52

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 11, 2021

” Whether it’s bad prospecting, bad Social Channel interactions, bad selling, weak sales management, ineffective training, and so forth. I’ve written so much on where we are underperforming our potential as sales professionals, or undeserving out customers. It was both challenging and huge fun.

Sell 157

Sell Commission Up-sell Quota 157

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 30, 2022

But I love selling–and I love working with highly professional sales people. I can think of few things more exciting, challenging, and rewarding than selling. Yeah, there’s the challenge of meeting quota, there’s the reward of blowing away your comp plan. But that’s not really why I love selling.

Sell 133

Sell Quota Up-sell Conversion 133

Salesforce

MARCH 31, 2025

Sales motivation can make the difference between a company growing or stagnating. Your offering can have all the competitive advantages in the world, and your team can be trained in all the best scripts and techniques, but it’s your sales team’s willpower that gets them to dial, email, and message their leads. Learn more 1.

Drivers/motivators 56

Drivers/motivators Quota Territory E-commerce 56

Tibor Shanto

JULY 7, 2021

Want to split a room of salespeople, just ask if “sales is a numbers game or not?” Full disclosure, I came from the sales is a numbers game camp. But there is no escaping the fact that while sale may not be a numbers game, your numbers have to add up. The debate has raged on for years with few converts. Behind The Numbers.

Objectives and Key Results 301

Objectives and Key Results Quota Gaming Commission 301

Cerebral Selling

AUGUST 8, 2022

And in times of crisis, two things can happen: Fear and distraction give way to diminished revenue production, quota attainment, and rash decisions to leave for greener pastures (which we know don’t often exist). Your sales team are on the front line of economic, social, and political change. Re-align your sales motion to the market.

Sales 220

Sales Contract Clients Quota 220