Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2019

In the film, Alec Baldwin's straight-talking sales manager arrives at a small business to motivate the sales team. For sales managers, "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a cautionary tale. Here's everything you need to know about setting successful sales quotas. Sales Quota. Different types of sales quotas.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 10, 2021

As a sales leader, you want your sales reps to be the best they can be. However, if 100% of your sales reps are hitting their quota every single quarter, it may not be cause for celebration. You don’t want reps to hit 100% – aim for 60% of reps hitting quota. Key principles when designing your quota.

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SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

In our most recent episode of CRO Confidential , hosted by Sam Blond , Graham Moreno , VP of Worldwide Sales at Codium, shared invaluable insights on what drove this growth, the challenges they faced, and how other SaaS companies can replicate this success. Key Growth Drivers 1.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While you can manually add multiple stops ahead of time using Google Maps, there are missing route planning features that are key to helping field salespeople hit quota and exceed customer expectations. What is a Field Sales Route Planner? Field Sales Route Planner vs. Google Maps: What's the Difference? Here’s why.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2025

Coincidentally, accountability is one of the competencies at which most sales leaders are lacking. Many sales leaders fail to set targets for much more than revenue/quota and perhaps 2-3 others from my list. It’s a privilege, and with it comes a requirement for sales excellence, not sales mediocrity.

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Veloxy

JUNE 17, 2021

Sure, you might have quotas and deadlines that show accomplishment, but what exactly is the rate of your efforts? Since time is literally money when it comes to business, sales leaders have devised a way to instill dollar value on a day’s work. This intriguing value is what we refer to as sales velocity. What is Sales Velocity?

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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?

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Despite discussions of outside sales dying, field sales are far from obsolete. Outside sales remain invaluable to companies, even as we move towards hybrid models. A 2023 study revealed that field sales teams outperformed their inside counterparts by 14%. In this guide, we’ll explore field sales enablement in-depth.

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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? According to statistics from our sales professional user base here at RepVue , only 46.7% of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. And it’s even fewer in software sales organizations.

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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.

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Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Carolyn is dealing with a dilemma so many sales professionals face this time of year: How do you shake off a mid-winter rut and regain your momentum when its cold, dark, and everyone else seems to be dragging too? If youre on the road for field sales, use that dead time to sharpen your skills or motivation.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

During my time as a sales rep, building a lead list was one of my first activities when I took on a new sales role, territory, or industry vertical. Many organizations may closely meet your company’s ideal customer profile (ICP) criteria and warrant sales reps to proactively reach out to them.

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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. Why are territories carved the way they are? It can also be the hardest.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 9, 2024

You’ve invested in Salesforce , hoping to streamline your sales process, improve customer relationships, and more. Why Salesforce Adoption Fails Your sales team should dedicate themselves to changing the way they work. Streamline your implementation to focus on what matters most to your sales process. Why does this happen?

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Sales Pop!

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This month, Pipeliner is introducing an unparalleled sales forecasting approach: the Pipeliner Revenue Intelligence Loop! To succeed in this new competitive environment, every company needs to revolutionize its sales function management. As humans, we not only want to have an idea of where we’re coming from, but also where we’re going.

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Sales Pop!

MAY 28, 2023

This article continues our series on mega-threats to the sales industry, inspired by the fascinating bestselling book by Nouriel Roubini entitled MegaThtreats: 10 Dangerous Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them. We would also want to know if we lost any customers in a given sales period.

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Tibor Shanto

JANUARY 11, 2022

But if you’re going to plan, there is more to it than Territory or Account Planning. Not only more, but more diverse way to plan and execute to exceed quota. What many sales plans are missing are clear objectives. Sure, everyone has the goal of making quota, or improve prospecting, but the question is how?

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 27, 2014

They were evaluated with OMG''s sales person assessment, and assembled into 5 teams, all selling the exact same product. Market Sense placed 5 sales people in each team, but teamed them up based on the following carefully selected scores from OMG''s Sales Candidate Assessment: 1 team had the lowest total severity.

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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.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly every sales organization will admit they could be better at planning. According to a study by Cascade Insights , more than 75% of sales leaders agree their planning efforts are problematic — and 90% of sales ops leaders confessed on LinkedIn they need to do sales planning faster and more frequently.

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Openview

DECEMBER 19, 2018

January is the month we, as sales reps, start anew. The beginning of the year is typically a time where you either get a new territory or simply start from scratch with your current one. How do you best take action on your territory plan? Make sure your territory plan has action items that are time sensitive.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The world of sales is vast, and if you’re a sales professional, you’ve likely been exposed to both inside and outside sales roles. However, if you’re considering a transition to outside sales or simply want to elevate your field selling game, you’re in the right place.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Have you ever wondered what sets top sales performers apart from the rest? All sales champions employ specific strategies and have particular mindsets that allow them to constantly drive deals forward. Table of Contents: What is a sales champion? How to Attract and Engage a Sales Champion Want to Seal a Deal?

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The value of sales territories isn’t lost on most sales leaders (and if it is, we’ll clarify that shortly). The problem is making your sales territory planning fair without swallowing up your time. . What is sales territory mapping, and why is it important? So everyone has the same sales potential. .

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

If you have a sales cycle of several months or more, subsidize your salespeople until they are self-sufficient, and in early 2022 it takes 3 months to find a suitable candidate, you are screwed before you start! Hiring salespeople? What's the worst that can happen? It doesn't have to be that way and here's why.

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Hubspot

APRIL 24, 2019

Compensation is an important factor in attracting and retaining employees, especially in sales. Imagine if almost half of your sales team left the company because of a poorly designed compensation plan. Luckily, I've compiled some resources for you to determine the best sales commission structure for your sales team or yourself.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Together they share the high-velocity techniques they use to maximize sales, including: Sell to SMBs Use round-robin to assign accounts, but you’re not sure if it’s optimal Are stuck in a world of geographic territories Spend a lot of time manually building territories Gusto thinks of the rev ops capability as the brain center and engine builder.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 6, 2021

But what came as a surprise was that these weren’t even sales calls or spam mail. They’re being constantly bombarded with new marketing stunts and sales messages every single minute. By the time a rep is reaching out to a prospect, you’re most likely the 10 th generic sales robot to try your luck.

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Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

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. According to the Harvard Business Review, the average annual turnover in sales is about 30%.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If sales reps are your army, then sales territory mapping is your battle plan. This guide walks you through how to design and optimize your sales territory map. This guide walks you through how to design and optimize your sales territory map. Watch the demo What is sales territory mapping?

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Openview

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Continued success also relies on innovative sales enablement techniques that boost performance, help meet customer needs and achieve bottom line results. While many corporate sales enablement functions are already leveraging state-of-the-art enablement mechanisms, like online and virtual trainings, chat bots etc.,

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Veloxy

JULY 14, 2023

Sales route planning has evolved beyond basic navigation and emerged as the key to unlocking unparalleled time efficiency and maximizing results in the field. In the dynamic world of field sales, simply getting from client A to client B is no longer sufficient. What is a Sales Route Planner? How do Sales Route Planners work?

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Things like, using the sales process, maintaining high quality/healthy pipelines, leveraging the tools and technologies we put in place, coaching/developing our people, and on and on. With another group, they were shifting roles and responsibilities of the field sales people. The examples are rampant. But many refused to change.

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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.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 5, 2020

There’s a common thinking that sales teams should be relatively high churn. That the bottom 15-20% of the sales team almost has to churn each year, because it’s survival of the fittest. At Salesforce, at Box, the bottom end of the sales team churns out each year. First, do sales reps really compete with each other?

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Force Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Healthy sales pipelines and accurate forecasts are grounded in structured territory, account and opportunity planning processes. These processes provide sales managers with an unrestricted line of sight into their sales organizations.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a lot of conversations about sales performance. ” Too often, the driving metric for sales performance is “the number,” quota, or the revenue goal. Sales performance and goal attainment is much more than making the number. Isn’t that what we want?”

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