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February 2016
SaaStr Annual 2016 launched at 9 a.m. with Irish coffees and 1,800 attendees checked in at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco. Jason Lemkin, SaaStr’s Founder and Advisor, took the stage to welcome the group, let us know that 3,200 attendees are still yet to join (representing 47 countries!) and talk about what the next...
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Get this: Only 33 percent of sales professionals attain individual quota, and 23 percent of companies surveyed don’t even know if their sales force achieves quota or not. Crazy, right? The world of modern sales has a lot of changing parts. While you can’t control what happens with the modern buyer and seller, it’s your...
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This piece is part of our series on sales development, by sales development reps. You identify the perfect prospect to go after in an optimal account for your company. You manage to obtain their direct phone number to reach them. You excitedly dial. Disappointment sinks in when you hear the all-too-familiar automated attendant say that...
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I think everyone, no matter their background, has heard an inspirational quote around the importance of keeping a good attitude. Initially, it sounds like a simple task. But at times — like the end of a down month — can be extremely difficult for both you and your sales team. I played sports growing up,...
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Earlier this week, Salesforce gave us all a sneak peek into what we can expect from Spring ‘16, and it did not disappoint. According to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Salesforce is now the fourth largest enterprise software company in the world. Last year, it was named to the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S....
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So you’ve got all sorts of sales reports in your CRM system. They show you lead sources, proposals sent, deal size, close rate and so on. But there’s a problem: Looking at a sales report will tell you if you didn’t close enough deals this month, but it won’t tell you why. The data in...
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