The Pipeline

JULY 13, 2021

Sure, you may not close that big deal in the summer (although you might), there things you can do to drive pipeline success. So even as you head out on your vacation, I have to ask, is your pipeline a summer holiday? Which, unless you take steps to counter this, is probably the worst time for an anemic pipeline. Jump Start.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Throughout my entire career, there has been one unrelenting mantra that remains unquestioned gospel from the mouths of every sales leader to the ears of every dutiful salesperson: “You need to keep 3 times your annual quota in your sales pipeline”

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 31, 2023

Today's topic: March Madness, the ongoing search for bracket and sales pipeline predictability. The March Madness tournament can be somewhat predictable, but upsets are expected. In the world of sales forecasting, you have the same problem!

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. Monitoring how quickly deals move through the pipeline can significantly impact quarterly and yearly outcomes.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Accurate sales forecasting is essential for business success. But it can be difficult to get it right due to certain missteps. Here are three of the most common errors that lead to incorrect forecasting and how to avoid them.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

We see deals in our sales pipeline postponed or disappearing. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up? If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline. Referrals are your #1 way to build your sales pipeline. So, what do you do? You take action. Companies that take action, win.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Last week I kicked off a two part look at questions you should be asking your pipeline. But the questions, posed to yourself, are about planning activities based on the state of your pipeline. So here we go with there is real and then there’s pipeline real, part 2. If it answers run. Professional Distance.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since we often get questions about how Pipeliner integrates with other applications in a company, we will answer the most frequently asked questions about CRM and integration in this series of articles. At Pipeliner, for example, we run 58 different SaaS applications. Seamless integration of data from A to Z across the enterprise.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Building and maintaining robust/healthy pipelines is a problem with most organizations. And if my social feeds are any indication, filling anemic pipelines is the number 1 problem facing organizations. And yet, the pipeline generation problem is still a problem, seemingly getting worse every day. It is never about what we sell.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 17, 2023

Over the course of my career I’ve looked at thousands of pipelines/funnels. Recently, I was in a meeting discussing the pipeline health. The managers, defensively, responded, “Dave, we know we need to get more in our pipelines. Most are pretty bleak, they don’t have enough opportunities to achieve their goals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2023

The post Revenue Leakage: The Invisible Enemy Polluting Your Pipeline appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Countless invisible weak points may exist within your sales process that must be fixed or you will continue to lose revenue.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2017

This has allowed the former group to act and speak about their pipeline with conviction backed by results, the subjective group, spends more time rationalizing the outcome than driving it. The post Pipeline – Stand And Defend appeared first on Renbor Sales Solutions Inc. Stats are good, but much more malleable than facts.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I recently attended a training with Jason Jordan (co-author of Cracking the Sales Management Code ), his Pipeline Management Training. I was happy to experience training that takes us back to what really matters. While a great deal has changed in this industry over the past decade, the foundations that underpin good sales practice have not.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Let’s not confuse pipeline trends with individual opportunities. But these are indicators of secular trends in buying, not hard uniformity applied to your entire pipeline. However, many will take this very approach to their pipelines and deals. These models are great , in context, as indicators and validation.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

This crucial yet arduous task is often met with the same enthusiasm as a dreaded dental appointment, leading to avoidance behaviours that undermine pipeline health. Coaches can elevate a rep’s pipeline mastery by actively observing their calls and providing constructive feedback.

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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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The Pipeline

AUGUST 20, 2019

For example, when I ask some reps why they are not prospecting, I’ll get different excuse based on time of year and state of their pipeline. So, the question is: does your pipeline get a paid vacation? If you have a three-month sales cycle, you’ll only have September to add to your pipeline for this year.

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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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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. Given the uncertain times we’re living in, ineffective sales pipeline management can easily grow from being something that holds your business back to actively endangering it.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 13, 2022

Pipeline Management is a critical exercise with which many organizations struggle. But those high-growth companies with consistent and disciplined pipeline management outperform their competition by 1.5x.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often. But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?” But these pipeline reviews should be true coaching sessions — not data-scrubbing meetings. Unfortunately, many pipeline conversations resemble the latter more than the former.

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Membrain

SEPTEMBER 19, 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. At first, I was surprised by the question, I think of this as basic and fundamental to selling. As I reflected, I realized this is a bad assumption.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Watch below or on our YouTube channel Chapters [00:01] Introduction and Importance of Modern Sales Strategies [01:40] Understanding and Organizing Sales Opportunities [03:16] Differentiating Leads from Opportunities [04:47] Tracking and Managing Opportunities [06:13] The Funnel vs. The Pipeline [07:33] Analyzing Pipeline Health and Sales Quotas [09:02] (..)

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 9, 2024

and Pipeliner CRM have a strong, symbiotic connection that enhances both platforms: 1. is a natural extension of Pipeliner CRM , offering complementary content while being able to stand on its own. Pipeliner’s philosophy and core principles are integrated into SalesPOP!, and Pipeliner CRM appeared first on SalesPOP!

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 20, 2021

Within a CRM, a pipeline represents a sales or other type of process. Pipeliner CRM was the first CRM to enable multiple pipelines within CRM. This is the person who helps create processes and adapts them to pipelines. Pipeliner is highly flexible, which means that nothing is set in stone. Win Probability.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 13, 2023

The sales pipeline is, perhaps, one of the most misunderstood things in selling. We know the pipeline is critical to helping us answer the question, “Are we pursuing enough opportunities to achieve our goals?” ” We harass sellers to use CRM, keeping their opportunities updated so we can track our pipelines.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Every business leader seeks to drive predictable revenue, which depends on strong pipeline growth. The process of converting high-quality leads into interested opportunities and ultimately, closed-won deals is no easy task––hence why 50% of leaders are focused on pipeline generation and conversion as a key go-to-market initiative this year.

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Nimble - Sales

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Effective sales pipeline management is crucial for any business looking to maintain a steady flow of deals and ensure sustainable growth.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

And it’s doing just that: Since we launched Copilot in May, our customers say they’ve increased pipeline by nearly 25%. That’s why we built ZoomInfo Copilot to act as a powerful AI agent, automatically surfacing the most valuable insights, saving you hours of research and helping you cut through the noise to reach your buyers first.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2024

Here’s what we heard: ZoomInfo drives dramatically higher revenue, swells marketing pipelines, and claws back days of productivity for frontline sellers who are overwhelmed by inefficient research and prospecting tools. growth over non-ZoomInfo users.

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