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

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. Become one of the thousands of sales professionals receiving my latest updates on sales execution, tools, tips and more.

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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?” Similarly, if a sales manager is only spending 30 minutes a month coaching each of their reps, it’s unreasonable to think that manager is going to improve rep performance.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2023

Last week, I wrote about how the criteria you use to choose your all-time favorite songs is essentially the same as the criteria your prospects use to choose between you and a competitor. Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. Let me explain and then I’ll pivot to selling.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 15, 2013

Too many salespeople have prospects in their pipeline that are nothing more than suspects taking up space. A simple rule I have is a prospect cannot stay at the same level of ranking in a sales pipeline for more than 2 calls. Problem is too many sales managers also use the same thing to hide themselves.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 29, 2013

Thinking about a prospect is not the same as contacting a prospect, so it’s about time we quite confusing the two. Far too many salespeople spend all of their prospecting time working on their prospecting list, gathering information, and thinking about how they’ll prospect and what they want to say.

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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. There are probably typical sales process step elements. Win Probability.

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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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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

That’s why building and managing a sales pipeline is so important. . A well-defined sales pipeline makes your sales process transparent, allowing you to see your deals in the sales funnel, where they’re getting stuck, and how long the entire process takes. What is a sales pipeline?

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. I was curious to hear what he thinks. These are just the Insights portions.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 30, 2024

However, summer, or the Q3 blues, does not have to mean sales stagnation. In fact, summer is a great time for a midyear pipeline review. This includes revisiting and refining sales strategies to ensure they achieve year-end goals. Instead, it’s a comprehensive reevaluation of your pipeline.

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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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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques?

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Pipeliner

MAY 31, 2018

In this ebook author, Nikolaus Kimla gets very specific, dealing with sales management through CRM. He personally believes (as do a lot of experts today) that utilizing a CRM is the only way to manage a sales team—and in fact, it is practically impossible to manage one without it. Lead Management.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Ditch the weighted sales pipeline.

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MarketJoy

JULY 22, 2022

Why is creating an effective sales pipeline a nightmare for some businesses? After you read this short article, you will have a full understanding of how to build a robust sales pipeline. A sales pipeline plays an important role in any successful business. Is it as daunting as some people make it out to be?

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Nutshell

AUGUST 3, 2023

Every business’s sales pipeline is different, but one thing they all have in common is that they take people from prospective leads to paying customers. As a manufacturing company, a steady customer base is key to your business’s growth, and the best way to maintain that customer base is through sales pipeline management.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MAY 4, 2021

When it comes to the sales pipeline, a good rule of thumb is — having nothing in the top of your sales funnel today, means nothing to close in the future. This means it is important to add prospects to a sales funnel, as well as ongoing engagement to move them through the funnel.

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SalesFuel

JUNE 13, 2024

Also, are you in the habit of following prospective companies for events such as mergers, acquisitions or partnerships? Because these are simple suggestions for growing and shortening your sales pipeline to achieve success. Therefore, the work needed to feed your sales pipeline requires special skills.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 30, 2019

Ask salespeople what their number one issue is and you’ll probably hear, “getting good prospects.” Here’s a simple fact: you can’t close a sale until you have someone to sell to. So what does it take to successfully prospect? Have a dedicated time on your calendar to prospect. Don’t allow interruptions!

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. The message from blogs, webinars, tradeshows is clear: The buyer has changed and so must your prospecting strategies. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

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Pipeliner

JULY 11, 2024

In the modern sales landscape, data-driven selling has become an essential strategy for success. The ability to harness data to inform decisions, personalize interactions, and optimize sales processes is no longer optional—it’s a competitive necessity. What is Data-Driven Selling?

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Six Best Practices in Sales Pipeline Management to Boost Revenue. The most important thing in sales is a strong pipeline. Sales reps need to be organized and focused in order to sell. That’s why mastering the sales pipeline is so important. Sales Pipeline Definition.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At Pipeliner, we have just devised a new tagline for our CRM and our company: Open to Close. The Pipeliner Difference This tagline has been created to encompass the impact Pipeliner CRM has on an individual, the organization, and the marketplace environment as a whole. Efficiency is the first impact Pipeliner CRM has.

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A dried-up sales pipeline is an unpleasant sight that most sales reps dread. Several sales managers and reps are aware of the buzzword “sales pipeline”. However, most of them do not pay attention to it and manage it effectively. They are the ones who succeed in sales.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. What’s in Your Pipeline? Prospecting. Sales Compensation.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , e-mail , execution. Free Resources.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Prospecting can feel pretty similar. What is a prospecting workflow? Prospecting workflows are established so that sales reps don’t spend their whole day looking for prospects. Typical prospecting workflows involve researching and then connecting to prospects via cold calls, cold emails, and beyond.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Your company’s sales managers only have a select number of sales reps to work with, and those reps only have a limited amount of time to close deals. A good sales pipeline management strategy is essential because every potential opportunity uses up your most valuable resource — time.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

So when I measured my win rate by all opportunities (at-bats), including prospects with whom there was no real opportunity, and those we could not qualify, my win rate is only 44%. So if we tie win-rate directly to baseball and define a sales loss the same as we define a strike-0ut, I struck out in 56% of my at-bats.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 27, 2020

Right now, it can be tough for salespeople to know what’s really going on with customers and prospects. Any CEO who wants to keep sales strong during tough times needs insight into customer problems and priorities. In a tight economy, the CEO (or anyone leading a sales team) needs to get a firm grip on sales.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For many sales reps, pipeline reviews are like meatloaf. However, with the right approach, a pipeline review is an opportunity. In addition to deal coaching and forecasting, managers should challenge reps to know their deals and develop plans to close them. As with much of sales, pipeline reviews should be routine.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Excellent pipeline visibility can make sales managers feel like superheroes. Being able to instantly tell executives the exact number and value of sales in your pipeline is like having spidey senses. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for most sales managers. You need pipeline reporting.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. We know prospecting is important, but we don’t do it on a regular basis.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 11, 2012

Shitty sales management can kill pipeline movement. As sales leaders, we spend so much of our time evaluating our teams and the individuals on them, we often forget that our s**t can stink too. This is especially true with first line managers. This is especially true with first line managers. Yup, I said it.

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