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Pipeline Movement [Close Dates and Sales Reps Feelings]

A Sales Guy

Today I’m going to talk about the lack of close dates or inaccurate close dates. Technically speaking you could say the lack of close dates or inaccurate close dates IS bad data and you’d be right. An accurate close is at the heart of a strong pipeline. sales reps feelings.

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The Best Way to Close Deals Faster

Anthony Iannarino

Many decades ago, the theory about how to close deals faster was to use a trial close, followed by increasing pressure, regardless of your prospective client’s objections (which were unresolved concerns). The most popular theory now is to improve your sales velocity, the speed at which you complete “the sales conversation.”

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[Report] Social Selling Increases Sales Revenue

A Sales Guy

Working with Barb Giamanco over at Social Centered Selling, we set out to find out what impact, if any, social selling, that is using social media as part of the selling process, had on revenue and quota attainment. Simply put, social selling and social media increase revenue and sales people’s quota attainment.

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The Selling Process – Do We Have It Right?

Anthony Cole Training

This article was no exception, especially when they were writing about the sales process. According to Wikipedia - A sales process is an approach to selling a product or service. There is an “engineering” view of the sales process.

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Amadeus Strengthens Commitment to AI Innovation in Hospitality with hivr.ai

Amadeus Hospitality

Originally published on Amadeus Insights Germany-based tech company provides AI solutions that empower hotels worldwide to automate meeting and group sales across distribution channels January 21, 2025 – Amadeus, a leading global travel technology company, has announced a minority investment in hivr.ai

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Pipeline Movement [Sales Management Tip]

A Sales Guy

Like your hard drive, if the pipeline gets messed up or filled with crap, everything slows down and in the case of sales that means revenue. The key to fast and efficient sales pipeline is preventing crap from clogging it up. Inaccurate close dates or no close dates. Inaccurate close dates or no close dates.

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Pipeline Movement – [Poor Reporting and Dashboards]

A Sales Guy

When deals get stuck in the pipeline, revenue is delayed, close rates decrease and quotas are missed. They have no idea what stage deals are in, how long they have been there, when they are supposed to close, the average length of time it takes for deals to close, what their win loss rate is or what their win loss percentage is.

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