The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

31 seconds that make a prospecting call. Yes, the phone is a numbers game, and so is a quota. The post 31 Seconds That Make a Prospecting Call appeared first on TiborShanto.com. Not only do people answer their phones, but they also take calls from strangers. And when they do, they give you 31 seconds. By The Numbers.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 9, 2020

million per sales manager. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. So, why is it acceptable for half your team to miss quota?

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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? Let’s jump in.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Not the right question, reaching someone is a single point on a continuous prospecting journey. Many of those distractions impact our prospecting, making the challenge of a full pipeline even more critical. Which is why Sunday is crucial to your prospecting success. Hard to do when the world is unfolding around you.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2019

Prospecting is not an afterthought. Prospecting is the foundation sales should be built upon. Furthermore, sales is what business is built on, and business is what drives the economy. If you remove prospecting from the equation, business and in turn the economy will be affected very quickly.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 1, 2021

Executing a prospecting call well, requires competencies and skill different from selling; prospecting is in many ways counter to sales. Making many things that are acceptable while in the selling phase of the client life cycle, are useless while prospecting. Simply put, if you can’t prospect, what will you sell?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. Despite the fact that most companies have marketing automation solutions, targeted outreach by SDRs, and intense social media strategies, account execs are still missing quota en masse. None of us stands out during prospecting.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 2, 2018

The odds might not be in your sales team’s favor … yet. I’ve interviewed many sales reps over the past two months, trying to better understand the challenges they face in today’s fast-paced, digital-first sales environment. And still they are expected to prospect and bring leads into the pipe.

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The Pipeline

MAY 11, 2021

We all accept that sales is about taking a fact and giving it possibilities; but all within reason. He would demonstrate how easy it was to exceed quota if you only did “these things.” For things to unfold the way he presented, the stars and the gods would have to align in perfect formation. We used to call it “The Magic Show.”

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why. 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. By Tibor Shanto. Customer Value Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or worse, could you lose your sales job altogether? You could be vulnerable if you’re not sharpening your sales skills and honing the tactics that will help you succeed in 2020. Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Adapt to the Digital Business Environment.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2023

And for revenue leaders, that means the tug-of-war between sales capacity and quota attainment is perhaps more important than ever. While a larger sales team can be an asset, it’s also one of the biggest expenses for companies already facing pressure to mitigate costs. partner Jordan Lee said at a recent ZoomInfo event.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 18, 2018

priority in your sales prospecting techniques. Message to sales leaders: Your job is to get the rocks off the road so your team can close deals, exceed quota, and blow past revenue goals. Oh, and they’re not making quota—not even close. You know who doesn’t have to worry about reps making quota?

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Referrals Cold Calling Quota Sales Qualified Lead 325

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Unfortunately, many salespeople see their pipeline as a holding tank for opportunities, rather than a means of driving to quota. Pipeline reviews involve flows and paths to success, quota. I have shared my views on time , it is the currency of sales, time and pipelines are finite. And time to quota. Pay To Play.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Your prospects sure don’t! What really counts in the real world (you know where sales are made), is the prospects’ and clients’ perception and definition of value. What really counts in the real world (you know where sales are made), is the prospects’ and clients’ perception and definition of value. No, seriously!

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Salespeople are preoccupied with closing; makes sense, that seems to be where the pay-off is for everyone, at times even the prospect. However, the biggest challenge most sales organizations have is not closing but opening. One challenge is that most salespeople do not know what they “need” to close to make quota.

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The Pipeline

JULY 7, 2021

Want to split a room of salespeople, just ask if “sales is a numbers game or not?” Full disclosure, I came from the sales is a numbers game camp. But there is no escaping the fact that while sale may not be a numbers game, your numbers have to add up. The debate has raged on for years with few converts. Behind The Numbers.

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The Pipeline

MAY 14, 2019

I can understand why someone getting feedback like this, would line up with the “Sales is not a numbers game” camp. Not just individually as reps or managers, but collectively as a team, or the whole sales organization. As a small change in one sales number can lead to significant changes in unanticipated or untracked ways.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2021

And the one thing in abundance in B2B sales, is talk, often just for the sake of talk, not communication. One thing people talk about are the attributes of successful salespeople, let’s make that a low bar, making quota. Curiosity is not a sales skill; curiosity is a way of life. Be Curious About Things You Don’t Know.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It’s Monday, a great day for great sellers, the week is ripe with possibilities and opportunities, and how it turns out Friday, is almost entirely up to you and the decisions you make, and the actions you’re willing to execute, or choose to avoid; it’s what makes sales great. But quota attainment is just a symptom, not the cause.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). ” ( source ).

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Despite advancements in tools, methodologies, and other attempts, sales as a profession continues to struggle. Quota attainment remains under 60%, closed forecasted deals aren’t much better. Even before you identify specific prospects, we need to understand why they would interact with us. But to get the prospect to think.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2021

Questions are the weapon of choice for consistently successful salespeople, so listen up the half that aren’t making quota. But most sales professionals don’t approach question in a strategic fashion, meaning going beyond the obvious. Your Swiss Sales Knife. Bad as with any weapon it comes down to how and why.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

To stay ahead of the competition and thrive, it’s essential to identify and adopt sales techniques that can boost your productivity and results. The front-runners focus on data hygiene and ensuring they have accurate and holistic customer information across sales, marketing and service departments. Automated sales prospecting.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 18, 2020

Urgency is always a battle cry at sales meetings, one on one or the team. The quarter-end is coming, and there are only two left behind it, “we need to get our ass in gear if we’re gonna hit quota.” The problem that needs to be fixed in their inability to prospect and bring enough viable opportunities to play. By Tibor Shanto.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If you’re a sales leader, it’s crucial to master the elements of outbound for your team. Making the cold outreach process less intimidating often depends on sales quotas. You want to set attainable quotas that achieve real success without compromising the seller’s sanity or the prospect’s journey.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2020

As people ascend from their quarantine, fix up their hair, and realize their sales, or specifically quota retirement, needs attention. It’s too early to tell the long-term impact on sales and selling. Start by aligning yourself with the right people, both in the sales tribe, more beyond. How typical for the tribe.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. I’ve been there—given a quota (usually without my input) and a list of client companies, and then told to “go at it” and do whatever it takes to get meetings.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 11, 2019

.” Something that can also be used to describe sales and prospecting. Making any growth or development we achieve, as something to have “lived through,” nowhere more so than in prospecting. People are paralyzed by the thought of being rejected when prospecting. Rejection Hurts. Ignorance Is Bliss.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 25, 2018

Sales leaders must take the rap. We used to hire account based sales reps, indoctrinate them with product knowledge and a smattering of business culture, and give them a few lead generation tools. Clients tell me not much has changed, except that companies now give account based sales reps a desk, a computer, and a password.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Michael Jordan was quoted that the only thing that changes is our focus on the fundamentals , a great lesson for those who tend to be distracted by shinny objects promising “easier” way of achieving or exceeding quota, or, to avoid doing things we don’t like. “I’ll get around to it when I have the time.”

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Want to crush your quarterly sales quota? Add some storytelling sauce to your sales pitch. Storytelling can help you hit your sales quotas faster. Telling your stories and the stories of others humanizes your selling and makes connections with prospects more meaningful (and productive).

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

I hear a lot of talk in sales about lying, not so much about how they may lie to win business, but in broader terms. While there are probably liars in both camps, undoubtedly in the same proportion and distribution as in the general population, and likely less among successful sales people.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It is easy to see why people in sales, at all levels, are infatuated by speed, or as the hipsters say, velocity. You have a specific target, with a defined time line, or more accurately, an end point, which drives many to approach sales like they were the winners of a local grocery store contest. Not so in sales.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 6, 2024

All sellers want to hit their sales quotas but not everyone is successful. Research from LinkedIn revealed that sellers who hit quota shared common habits. “We We asked 2,187 sellers globally about 104 behaviors and correlated them to the top performers who exceeded quota,” explains Raul Murguia.

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