Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In fact, with so many variables involved in a deal—from unique buyer objectives, to your timing in a deal relative to your competitors— building playbooks for your sales teams is more like writing a “ Choose Your Own Adventure ” novel. RELATED: Sales Tools that Actually Matter: Building your Playbook. No guarantees there.

Sales Hiring 98

Sales Hiring Sales Sales Enablement Underperforming Technical Team 98

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A best practice that our onboarding team has implemented is to map out the process step by step in an activity diagram. Finally, and most importantly, we spent time enabling our sales team to position each package relative to the customers’ needs. In my experience, poor onboarding is a top driver of churn.

Onboarding 52

Onboarding Scale Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 52

Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

Obviously, it’s a bad sign if you’re not getting any, so aim to create a dialogue. Be sure everyone on your team understands everything they need in advance to deliver the necessary information and achieve your goals. Follow up with your team. Continuously develop your skills. Document reviews.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Sales 75

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 3, 2022

Content is the cornerstone of sales enablement, but creating it is a massive headache. Those are resources that most sales teams do not have, and resources that most marketing teams need to protect. What is Agile sales enablement? There is a pressure on teams to move quickly and scale early.

Sales Enablement 100

Sales Enablement Scale Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services 100

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

AUGUST 28, 2018

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is around building a sales enablement strategy and what that might look like. While each company, context and industry is different, I believe that there are some fundamentals that should form the blueprint of any sales enablement strategy.

Sales Enablement 122

Sales Enablement Scale Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 122

OpenView Labs

JULY 8, 2019

The situation was this: our engineering team was constantly innovating and adding new functionality. My job, once the bad feedback started coming in, was to figure out what the less vocal customers were thinking and propose a plan to move forward. It’s a good idea to document your pricing philosophy and decisions.

Pricing 61

Pricing Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team SaaS 61

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2023

Too often, I see sales teams thinking of their “ sales process ” as a set of stages in their pipeline and maybe a bunch of fields to complete at each stage. We were weak on some key functionality areas where the winning vendor was strong. Bad news from left field There was a change in company direction. It happens.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 90

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales?

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

Kellblog

JANUARY 24, 2020

Given such stories and a general lack of faith in the scoring system, operationally nobody ever treated an A lead differently from a D lead – they’d all get “6×6’ed” (6 emails and 6 calls) anyway by the sales development reps (SDRs). Sales responds by staffing up sales enablement and sales productivity functions.

Software Review 98

Software Review Marketing Software Outsourced Development 98

Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2019

Showpad is the leading sales enablement platform for the modern seller. Showpad’s all-in-one platform empowers sales and marketing teams to engage buyers through industry leading training and coaching software and innovative content and engagement solutions. I would call it sort of class new market development.

Development Team Review 54

Development Team Review Scale Software Review Sales Hiring 54

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. Keep the promise of sales enablement and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

Scale 107

Scale CTO Hire Scaling CTO Coach 107

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2019

No way, Jose,” is the response I get from most sales teams when I tell them this stat. Most teams underestimate the buying teams size by around 50% because they haven’t identified everyone involved, not because these people don’t exist. The bad news is that this makes your job harder.

Underperforming Technical Team 85

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Advisors Forecasting Technical Review 85

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2019

Think of the hundreds of hours you’d save chasing bad deals… the good deals you could stop from slipping into next quarter… and the trust you’d build by making your prospects feel they’re in safe hands. How to use a mutual action plan to improve your sales process. What Is a Mutual Action Plan?

Sales 81

Sales Underperforming Technical Team Forecasting Outsourced Development 81

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Despite all the AI fear mongering, we dug deep to find out what really matters next year – so aside from our own analysis, we asked sales leaders, experts, and top sales reps to predict the top sales trends of 2018. Outbound Gets Tougher With GDPR Regulations: SaaS Goes Channel Sales For The Win! How can that be?

Scale 96

Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring 96

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Manager of Enterprise Account Development at Lucidchart. Co-Founder of Utah Women in Sales. How long have you been in sales? . I have been in sales for around 4 years. Building out a new enterprise development team, and scaling it from 3 to 14 reps over a one-year period. . I’ve been in sales for 20+ years.

Sales Recruiting 90

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 90

Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2018

”Tito, how do I go about building a sales team (especially the sales development function) from scratch?” ” It usually comes from founders, or the first sales hire at a company. Manager: “Ok team, so we need better results. The winning teams have bazookas. See mistake #3).

Scale 74

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 74