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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Quota Territory Commission Sales 94

STAR Results

APRIL 15, 2021

Business acumen and business planning are becoming a much more necessary skill for sales reps and sales managers. The company’s business planning processes require sales reps to build annual business plans. The Head office should prepare any sales report or dashboard. Quarterly Business Reviews . Keep the Process Simple.

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Territory Quota Sales Meeting 188

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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Quota Territory Profit margin Growth 100

Hubspot

JULY 3, 2018

Sales Territory Plan. Assess Territory Quality. One of the essential pillars of a successful business is a robust and organized sales territory strategy. Studies show that effective territory management can increase overall sales, improve customer coverage, and reduce costs. What Is a Sales Territory?

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Territory Referrals Quota Sales 94

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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Territory Gambling Quota Commission 221

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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Pipeline Territory Quota Sales 106

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Learn how easy it is to become the highest-performing field sales professional at your company. Before Covid, field sales was synonymous with hitting the road, meeting customers in person, and regularly making significant commissions. But what does tomorrow hold for field sales? Field sales is not dead!

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Territory Inside sales Outside Sales Pharmaceutical 244

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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Objectives and Key Results Territory Inside sales Cross-sell 279

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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Territory Pipeline Quota Strategize 116

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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Quota Cold Call Outside Sales Sales 86

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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Territory Quota Strategic planning Sales 102

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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Territory Gaming Drivers/motivators Sales 130

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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Go To Market Territory Technique A/B testing 82

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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Quota Pipeline Drivers/motivators Negotiate 200

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There is a world where sales planning happens once a year. Meanwhile, on Earth, you create a sales plan, start to act on it — and everything hits the fan. A competitor launches a new product, an analyst switches up their report, and your best sales rep quits. Plan faster to sell more What is a sales plan?

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Territory Quota CRM Customer Relationship Management 104

STAR Results

DECEMBER 10, 2018

I have said it before and I will say it again – SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING! Only 10-20% of Sales Managers are Crushing It! The rest are struggling to make their sales numbers. Where does your region fall in terms of sales to quota this year? You are a sales leader. Just do it! Learn More.

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Territory Quota Sales 238

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.

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Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

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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Territory Quota Technique Follow-up 89

PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

A sales process is crucial to any commercial organization looking to secure revenue and grow. However, since sales activities have been notoriously hard to measure in terms of performance, many business owners have adopted various commission structures to keep their sales reps motivated. Let’s dig in.

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Commission Territory Quota Drivers/motivators 52

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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Territory Quota CRM Prospecting 167

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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Quota Territory Start-ups Sales 126

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2017

Are you a Front Line Sales Manager? Do you still have a personal territory with a quota for that territory? The job of a high performing sales person, an individual contributor requires focus and full time dedication. Likewise, the job of a front line sales manager requires focus and full-time dedication.

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Territory Quota Follow-up Start-ups 48

A Sales Guy

JULY 16, 2012

Community member Jeff Abbott commented on a recent post about how he’d like to better understand how quotas are set and by whom. The first thing you need to know about quotas is there are a lot of different ways to set them. Let’s start with the rules: Quota MUST align with the business objectives.

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Quota Territory Commission Drivers/motivators 113

A Sales Guy

JULY 18, 2012

Yesterday I talked about setting quota. I’ve decided to start with aligning quota with business objectives. Quota should be the single representation of the companies overall goals. In other words, whatever you are looking to achieve from a business perspective should directly align with every sales person quota.

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Quota Territory Sales Strategize 110

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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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Similarly, a solid sales compensation plan is about striking the right balance. 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. What you’ll learn: What is sales compensation? What are sales compensation plans?

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Commission Territory Quota Objectives and Key Results 64

Salesforce

MARCH 4, 2023

Is your sales pipeline generating enough leads? To keep afloat in these times, sales leaders need to have access to reliable data, and these sales management dashboards can help. Data dashboards , standard with Sales Cloud, provide minute-to-minute visibility of your business as things change.

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Territory Pipeline Sales CRM 98

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rotting and lower yields can be used to describe the strange pool of sales candidates from which you are trying to recruit as well. There’s no time like the present to hire salespeople as long your sales recruiting strategy includes considerations for the ever changing ebb and flow of the candidate pool. If your On.

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Territory Account management Sales Clients 86

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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Pipeline Non-Profits Sales Quota 306

A Sales Guy

JULY 24, 2012

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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The Bridge Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Namely the three weeks (from Nov 1st to Thanksgiving) where it's acceptable to talk quotas for the upcoming year. He compared two groups with equal average quota attainment and equal group performance. He compared two groups with equal average quota attainment and equal group performance. Reps are making quota, not widgets.

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Quota Territory Engineering Drivers/motivators 52

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

At this week’s Workshop Wednesday, Lucas Price, former SVP of Sales at Zipwhip and founder and CEO at Yardstick, shares his insights on how to hire and build a high-performing sales team. When he joined Zipwhip, they were at a quarter million in ARR, and he took the sales team to over $100M before it sold to Twilio for almost $850M.

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Price Territory Sales Quota 74

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Overwhelmed by your Q4 quota? Customers are pulling back on budget or backing out of the sale cycle entirely, while your team is already working overtime. We’ve assembled these experts to uncover the things that really matter to give your sales productivity and output a boost. appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Product Territory Quota Pipeline 85

Veloxy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Everyone knows field sales is a fast-moving profession. Covid introduced new ways of doing things and updated old sales methods to accommodate customer requests. Some of these updates massively interrupted the field sales game. By normal, I’m referring to pre-Covid field sales success. Focus on the customer experience.

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Territory Sales Gaming Up-sell 130

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

.” The QBR is a great forum for sales managers and enterprising salespeople to separate themselves from the pack. After all, the best reps are CEOs of their territory, thinking holistically about their business and knowing what makes their patch unique. See how Sales Engagement makes it happen. What deals could I have won?

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Territory Pipeline Quota Trust 59

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A CMO panel consisting of the CMO of Snowflake , Denise Persson, CMO of Carta Nicole Baer, and the VP of Marketing at LinkedIn for Sales, Gail Moody-Byrd all answer Carilu Dietrick’s questions, CMO and advisor formerly at Atlassian, about all things growth for 2025. “The regions cannot just rely on us here in San Mateo, right?”

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Growth Territory Strategize Inside sales 94

Hubspot

OCTOBER 20, 2021

More salespeople equals more sales, right? Scaling your sales team is crucial to growing a healthy business. Take a strategic approach to scaling your sales team, and make smart hiring decisions that will benefit your organization for years to come. Check out these 12 mistakes to avoid when scaling your sales organization.

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Territory Objectives and Key Results Quota Sales 90