New Year’s Resolution #4: Meet Your Quota!
Who doesn’t want to close more sales? Set specific goals for the number of monthly sales activities you will do to improve your sales. Use SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and
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Who doesn’t want to close more sales? Set specific goals for the number of monthly sales activities you will do to improve your sales. Use SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and

You won’t achieve your sales goals if you’re wasting time on opportunities that aren’t real. The easiest way to fix this is to qualify opportunities consistently throughout the sales process and follow

By Kendra Lee It’s a new year, which of course means New Year’s resolutions and goals. As you set your sales resolutions and goals, consider how you will and won’t sell based

Today is the last day of the year, tomorrow is a holiday and then 2020 comes roaring in with new sales goals and a clean slate. So, take a moment to celebrate

Cold calling through the holidays can be tough, so here’s a fun game you can play to beat the chill. Every time a prospect tells you “no,” put a piece of candy

By Kendra Lee I love Christmas if only because I get to re-write a Christmas classic into a sales “song!” (Well, I do love Christmas for other reasons, but this is fun,

Here’s an advent calendar that will keep your reps motivated through December! Create a whiteboard chart with columns for the days of the week and rows for sales reps’ names. Each day

By Kendra Lee Talking price with prospects gives most reps heartburn, so they wait, and wait, and wait, all the way until the proposal. Aside from wasting your valuable time on potentially

If you’re struggling to reach your Q4 goals, stop and examine your vision. You must have a vision you are passionate about every day. It can’t be anyone else’s goal, and it

Q4 is an ideal time to generate more customer leads. Customers already trust you and work with you, so the sales cycle is shorter. You can make this more fun with a

By Kendra Lee It’s annual planning and budgeting season once again. Business owners’ favorite two numbers to use to build their plans are growth and operational expenses. But when you ignore your

Help the sales team ramp up Q4 efforts with a friendly game of Connections. Track all prospecting calls for a week to see who made the most calls, connected with the most

Unified communications and small and midsize computer high tech are the primary industries we serve. Until the widespread adoption of monthly services delivered via technology, it was computer, communication, and medical device

Go visit your top prospects! Drop-by calling gives you a stronger connection with your prospect and is more likely to lead into conversations and opportunities. It doesn’t have to be all work

It may be the end of the year, and it probably feels like the perfect time to let go of your prospecting goals. But it’s not! There’s still time to get through

For a winning Q4 strategy, make a list of former customers you haven’t worked with recently. It could be a few years since you worked together, but they could need your help

As you’re prospecting through Q4, think about something personal you can share with your prospects that will get them engaged and talking. These stories can boost your prospecting through the holidays as

By Kendra Lee It’s fourth quarter, which means the final year-end push whether you’re motivating your team or yourself to meet sales targets. Here’s a list of resources to guide you to

You’ve hired a new sales rep. She’s raring to go. She’s so excited you can practically feel the passion. You know you’ve made a great hire, and you can’t wait for her

Prospect when fewer people are in the office, like Fridays or the week of Thanksgiving. You’ll reach a lot of voicemail as more prospects take these days off, but those who are

There’s something about autumn that makes people slow down and have fun. Let your prospecting calls and emails reflect that mood. You don’t need to change your value proposition, just your delivery.

Hiring salespeople is hard. You’ve tried and failed multiple times, always falling back on a principal-led sales model. You have one, two or even three salespeople on staff, all missing quota. Even

You carefully planned out specific sales qualification criteria, like company size, budget and timeline to weed out prospects who are unlikely to close. So why ignore those criteria during the sales process?

Your prospects don’t know your sales process. It’s up to your sales reps to spell out the next steps to prospects in every discussion. That way, prospects won’t get lost in the
