SBI Growth

MARCH 18, 2024

2023 presented a unique set of challenges for sales managers. Economic uncertainty, cautious buyers, and reliance on existing customers contributed to longer sales cycles and pipeline woes.

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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. 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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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 31, 2023

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

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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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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. 1- Increase Accountability Accountability is key to ensuring that individual sales reps are meeting their goals.

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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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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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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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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2022

It can be a “triple whammy” for the company as they lose the revenue of a top performer, need to fill a critical “seat” in the sales organization and have a group of salespeople that are not performing to their full potential. Per David Brock, a sales manager’s job is to be a coach.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2023

Salespeople can self-motivate, sales managers can do this to motivate their salespeople, sales leaders can use this to motivate their sales managers and CEOs can leverage this to motivate their top Sales Leader. Offer me an afternoon of golf, an ice cream, and a nap to recover and I’ll do anything!

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. Evaluating sales managers’ success should exceed sales quotas and include turnover and team development metrics.

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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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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!, The post Symbiosis: Sales POP!

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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. What Is a Sales Pipeline?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I'm guessing (I did not interview her) the new manager prioritized KPI's and accountability, hiring people who had attention to detail, who were committed to customer satisfaction, and who took personal responsibility.

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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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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

How can your sales reps stand out from the crowd and start building their sales pipeline ? Prospecting is the process of starting sales conversations. We must ask ourselves, are our sellers missing prospecting opportunities by not having a strong digital sales presence? Do I need to build a bigger sales pipeline?

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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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The Center for Sales Strategy

JUNE 15, 2022

Having a robust sales pipeline may help the sales team, sales managers, and the C-suite sleep better at night. But if there’s little or slow movement of those deals through the pipeline, everyone will spend more time counting sheep than counting money. Only closed/won deals produce revenue.

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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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The Sales Readiness Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Effectively managing the progression of opportunities and accurately predicting future sales performance is critical for success. Sales pipeline management and forecasting are essential practices that help sales teams achieve these objectives.

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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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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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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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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This month, Pipeliner is introducing an unparalleled sales forecasting approach: the Pipeliner Revenue Intelligence Loop! It is for this reason that we generally market our Pipeliner CRM solution to companies with existing data. Pipeliner fully incorporates leading and lagging indicators , giving you a holistic view.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 23, 2013

One of the best indicators of future sales success is pipeline health. They’ll know if the pipeline will lead to the desired results. In this post we will discuss how pipeline reviews can expose Sales Management. Here is an example pipeline review between a Private Equity firm and Sales Leader.

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BrainShark

MARCH 10, 2024

Pipeline coverage is a ratio used by sales managers to measure how much pipeline they have, compared to how much quota they need to close. It’s calculated by dividing your open pipeline by how much quota you need to close. General rule of thumb is to have 3x to 4x pipeline coverage.

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Sales Readiness Group

MARCH 18, 2021

Managing your team’s sales pipeline is both an art and a science – and that’s why it’s one of the most challenging aspects of sales management. At the heart of this challenge are differing perspectives as to what constitutes a healthy pipeline.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 10, 2018

Author: Michelle Vazzana, CEO, Vantage Point Performance Frontline sales managers have a difficult job. In fact, we think they have the hardest job in any sales organization. Despite the varied and intense demands put on sales managers, they are given relatively little guidance or training on how to actually do their job.

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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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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 1, 2020

Sales pipelines are similar to the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This one is too fat, this one is too skinny, and the rarest one of all; this one's just right.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? 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.

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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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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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Pipeliner

MAY 14, 2022

I know many sales managers would argue with me, but right now would venture to say that most mid-level companies have very inaccurate forecasting systems. It’s only when you truly know where you stand regarding sales figures, and where you’re most probably headed, that you are on safe ground and can manage sales with some certainty.

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