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. Despite ramping up the numbers, increasingly we are not achieving our goals. What if we started thinking of selling as a human game?

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Gaming Up-sell Quota Pitch 122

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

If youve ever hired a sales class or tried to ramp up new hires in an industry with complex products or strict guidelines, youll relate to Gaiuss dilemma. By the time theyre ready to sell, theyll be way behind on prospecting and might even lose that day-one enthusiasm for building relationships. And yes, theres a risk of mis-steps.

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Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 85

Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

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. Product or service confidence means that the salesperson honestly believes that what they are selling can make life better somehow…even if just in a small way. What Makes a Good Salesperson?

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Referrals Quota Cold Call Contact 290

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

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It delivers results by using a mix of sales technology and a value-driven approach to selling. 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.

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CRM Quota Sales Pipeline 262

SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2025

It was started in 2014 when founders Daniel and Jonathan were working together at a delivery startup and experienced firsthand how slow background checks were slowing down worker onboarding. But as she dug in, the real answer was too many sales reps were overbooking deals because of the pressure to hit their bookings quota.

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Objectives and Key Results Growth Engineering Quota 118

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

For most companies, selling virtually has become the new norm. And although some have taken to virtual selling like a fish to water, more and more businesses are struggling to adjust. So, how can we work on fixing a lot of these virtual selling challenges? 10 Steps to Building a Virtual Selling Team. Stop waiting.

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SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2025

rep good at one product can fail at selling another. Not all reps can work with the limited support, onboarding, and training you get at a start-up. They may not immediately hit quota (few do). Only the outliers will hit a full quota in their first quarter. You start to hear excuses.

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Quota Sales Gaming Closing 71

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

That means if you’re an SDR, there’s a 52% chance you’ll hit the phones hard, send tons of emails, and not even reach 90% quota. So why is quota attainment so bad for so many SDRs? people know you are trying to sell them something, and they shut down. How to Help Your SDRs Increase Their Quota Attainment.

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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. Create sales plans that save reps time and maximize sales impact Get your targets, budget, and headcount aligned with just a few clicks so you can sell more efficiently.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 19, 2025

That’s how designing and executing your GTM/selling strategies work! I’ll stop here, I get wound up, but you know the same problem. As we start understanding what the problem is, then we can start asking, “What can we do about it? We have to begin a problem solving process. What isn’t working?

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GTM Quota Start-ups Presentation 122

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. On commissions / pay-out: For start-ups where cash matters, I strongly suggest compensating the reps mainly on cash brought in.

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Quota Commission Sell Contract 114

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. Lori Richardson To put this into practice, start by having one-on-one conversations between sales management and reps to find all possible motivations, then send out surveys to ask reps to rank them in order of importance.

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Drivers/motivators Quota Territory E-commerce 60

Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2021

If you sell telecommunications, your cold calls could and should be different than a salesperson selling software. If you sell IT services, your cold calls could and should be different than a financial services consultant. You can use these scripts, tips, and tricks to up your cold call game. Prospect: Yes!

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Pitch Follow-up 298

Tibor Shanto

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The more you manage it, honestly, the more consistently you will exceed quota. They get all wound up when they get a scouting call. Never Sit in the Lobby: 57 Winning Sales Factors to Grow a Business and Build a Career Selling. With a 4:1 closing average, every time I close a deal, I must get four more to stay afloat.

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Pipeline Quota Prospecting Follow-up 282

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2025

I.e., both hitting quota. You’ll learn if they can sell in competitive environments for real or not. This will ferret out if he/she can play at an early-stage SaaS start-up successfully and if they know how to scale once you scale. Should the VP of Sales sell themselves when they start? Really listen.

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Quota Sales Up-sell Lead generation 74

Tibor Shanto

AUGUST 5, 2021

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. I read a scary stat, the average CRM has between 100 – 300 unfollowed up on tasks. Track Or Act? The Invite.

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Objectives and Key Results Sales CRM Prospecting 293

SaaStr

MARCH 29, 2025

Hire Two Sales Reps To Start, Not One. And Get Them Both Hitting a Basic, Sustainable Quota. This includes: Ideal Customer Profile (ICP): Who are you selling to? 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. Be specific.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sales teams today spend 70% of their workday on non-selling activities a massive roadblock to hitting quotas. Sales Reps are swamped with 1,400 non-selling hours every year. Prove it to me Sign up for free 1. Lets dive in. Double Sales Productivity in only 1 Minute. See our case study here.

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Product CRM Price Objectives and Key Results 130

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

Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

However, with increasing competition combined with a limited budget and sales personnel, reaching your quotas can be challenging. While you may want your sales team to focus on selling, they also spend much time on administrative tasks. In doing so, you can give your reps more time to sell while helping them reach more qualified leads.

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Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

MQLs that your sales team has vetted and identified as worthy of direct follow-up. The Benefits of a Lead List Selling without a lead list is a slow, disorganized process that usually produces poor results. I would start with a blank spreadsheet and build it out from there. Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs). Opportunity. Evangelist.

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Territory Cold Call SQL Campaign 83

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 14, 2025

Most Sales Leader seek out sales candidates with experience in their industry and a dressed-up resume to highlight that experience. Thats a “start from scratch” hunting job and average to worse selling capabilities just won’t help a new salesperson get that hunting job accomplished! That Dont Impress Me Much!

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Quota Sales Up-sell Price 69

Sales Gravy

APRIL 3, 2025

Did you make quota this quarter? If you missed quota, chances are you played it too safe. Nows the time to shake up your own sales routine and adopt the practices of Ultra High Performers. The telephone is still the single most powerful weapon you have when it comes to selling. Did you make quota this quarter ?

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Cold Call Quota Sales Follow-up 58

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. Heres the truth: Top sales pros dont just sell like professionalsthey manage their money like professionals. Start taking control: List your debts. You crushed your quota.

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Finance Commission Cold Call Quota 58

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. Transaction milestones should meld the prospects buying process with the vendors selling process. Why are revenue targets so hard to hit?

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Meeting Pipeline Quota Sales 66

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

If you’re experiencing low login and usage rates, then your two clearest problems are as follows: Salesforce isn’t making your rep’s life easier Salesforce isn’t helping your rep’s sell more When you put yourself in a salesperson’s shoes, they’re probably right. How much higher would your confidence level go up?

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Non-Profits CRM Contact Consult 264

Veloxy

MARCH 28, 2022

After nearly two years of a global pandemic, where nearly all of the workforce worked remotely , things are starting to return to business as usual. 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. Meet quota goals. Close deals.

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Outside Sales Inside sales Cold Call Sales 217

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

They all start out on a high note, bubbling with excitement as they proceed through the onboarding and ramp process. But after a while, they start feeling overwhelmed and begin falling behind on their sales motions. Why Start with Inside Sales? What Positions Make Up an Inside Sales Team? Why Start with Inside Sales? .

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Inside sales CRM Sales Pipeline 232

Veloxy

MARCH 16, 2022

Did you know that more than 50% of college graduates will start their career in sales? And while inside sales jobs like sales development representatives are making up most entry level sales job postings the past five years, we’re going to share with you why field sales is where recent grads can experience a faster path to growth.

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Pharmaceutical Commission Inside sales Sales 223

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Organizations must now have the data to back it up. A sales capacity plan can also help you optimize the resources you already have on hand and keep your focus on selling more effectively rather than worrying about having a big enough team to handle increased demand. Sign up now Thanks, you’re subscribed!

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Growth Quota Territory E-commerce 52

SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2021

Larger, fast-growing start-ups often become excellent at it. Small start-ups are almost always terrible at it. Pick a price point you know how to sell a t. I’ve seen sales reps great at $20k deals join a start-up with tons of leads but at a $2k price point and fail. Most of us do. It’s just different.

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Quota Niche Up-sell Price 138

Sales Pop!

JULY 9, 2022

These solutions were used to enforce quotas on users—“You haven’t made your 100 calls today!” Our system utilizes what I call the “bottom-up” approach by empowering and democratizing users, and no other CRM solution is doing so. This includes Goals, the Target (5 types) , The Forecast, the Quota , Reporting , and Insights.

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Pipeline CRM Drivers/motivators Quota 241

Veloxy

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But in 9 out of 10 cases, sales teams that use AI exceed quota and expand in size. Follow up Reluctance. One of the biggest forms of reluctance is follow up. Data has shown that the more calls you place, the more likely the prospect will pick up the phone. Some salespeople fear that AI will displace them. Rookie Mistakes.

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Cold Call Prospecting Follow-up Quota 227

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Starting my selling career in IBM, we all had them. Today, sellers have quotas and perhaps a few goals, but I run across few organizations that have formal performance planning processes. When I ask executives about it, the respond, “They have their quotas, that’s all we care about!!!”

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Quota Teamwork Pipeline CRM 150

Gong.io

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For a long time, sales leaders thought that the way to give sales teams a leg up was to help them target the right buyers in the right ways. But if you thought that gifted reps and some targeted marketing would get your team to the top, pull up a chair. Let’s start by answering this simple question: “What is Sales Enablement?”.

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Quota Sales Strategize Cross-sell 164

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Starting the day The early bird gets the worm or in the case of our research, 76% of salespeople rise before 7 a.m. Hitting the snooze button and exercise are the runners-up. One-quarter of respondents said theyre superstitious about selling, while two-thirds find magic in the coffee they drink. Whats the first thing they do?

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Quota Relationship building Sports Referrals 52