Posts Tagged ‘pipeline’
The State of Sales Development: What Does the SDR Prospecting Pipeline Look Like?
We’re putting the final touches on our State of Sales Development Study we did in 2018 in partnership with Tenbound, AA-ISP, SalesBuzz, and Vengresso. I made a quick overview of what companies reported as their prospecting funnel, and highlighted some of the statistics that stood out. How do you compare? Here are the surprises for me:…
Read MoreHow an AI System of Growth Solves the Biggest Challenge in Sales
There are a lot of challenges in sales but there is one that trumps them all. That challenge is building enough quality pipeline. The problem is leaders know it but they don’t know how to solve it. They often think it’s a people challenge so they hire more people but the numbers don’t improve. This…
Read MoreHow to Use Data to Manage Your Business w/Debra Senra @Harris Insights and Analytics
Not everybody has a sales operations team but every leader still needs to manage their business based on numbers. When sales leaders are left alone there are basic ways they can still run their team using numbers but it does take work and determination. In this episode, Debra Senra, VP of sals at Harris, talks…
Read MoreKen Krogue Featured in the Harvard Business Review for Groundbreaking Study on End-of-Quarter Sales Strategies
Ken Krogue, founder and president of XANT, was recently featured in the Harvard Business Review. The article featured a ground-breaking research study by InsideSales Labs, the research and best practice arm of XANT. The study highlights the constant struggle between when is optimal for the seller to have the prospect purchase (the optimal selling window)…
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