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Safe
Harbor
Statement
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“Man stands in his own shadow and
wonders why it’s dark.”
Zen proverb
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FACTS
ABOUT
SALES
QUOTAS
79%
OF
SAAS
SALES
REPS
MISS
QUOTA
14%
NEVER
EVEN
ACHIEVE
10%
OF
QUOTA
QUOTA
HAS
RISEN
33%
IN
THE
LAST
4
YEARS
REPS
HITTING
QUOTA
HAS
FALLEN
25%
Sources:
SaaS
Benchmark
Report,
Xactly
(2014);
Inside
Sales
Metrics
&
Comp
Report,
The
Bridge
Group
(2015)
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THE
5
BARRIERS*
#1
OBSCURITY
#2
LACK
OF
FOCUS
#3
INACTIVITY
#4
NO
CONVERSATION
FLOW
#5
FAILURE
TO
KEEP
IMPROVING
*They’re
all
self-‐imposed
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#1
OBSCURITY
The
state
of
being
unknown,
inconspicuous,
or
unimportant
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HOW
TO
OVERCOME
OBSCURITY
Help
people
learn
about
you
• OpQmize
your
social
media
profiles
• Share
on
LinkedIn,
SlideShare,
Twijer,
Instagram,
YouTube
Use
social
media
as
another
way
to
reach
your
goals
• Recognize
your
customers,
prospects,
and
team
• Use
hashtags
and
tags
to
expand
your
reach
• Stay
in
the
stream
Hustle
unPl
you
no
longer
have
to
introduce
yourself
• Contribute
more
value
than
you
consume
• Teach
others
what
you’ve
learned
• Earn
a
reputaQon
of
service
for
others,
for
your
customers
and
industry
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#2
LACK
OF
FOCUS
If
you
chase
two
rabbits,
they
will
both
escape.
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HOW
TO
FOCUS
Actually
write
down
your
goals
• Consider
the
outcomes
you
want
• Make
them
measureable,
keep
them
visible,
be
accountable
Own
your
day
(or
it
will
own
you)
• Work
on
no
more
than
3
wildly
important
projects
at
a
Qme
• Reach
people
you
must
speak
to,
as
well
as
people
you
must
hear
from
• Do
what
must
be
done
today,
no
majer
what
–
work
the
prioriQes
Measure
your
progress
–
daily,
weekly,
quarterly
(think
“x
to
y
by
when”)
• Know
where
the
#’s
need
to
be
by
when,
then
work
backwards
• Pin
notes
to
your
monitor,
schedule
alerts
in
your
calendar
• Build
an
individual
dashboard
in
your
CRM
–
stay
in
your
own
lane
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#3
INACTIVITY
Don’t
just
do
something,
stand
there!
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HOW
TO
BECOME
ACTIVE
Make
outbound
prospecPng
an
acPvity,
like
fishing
• Don’t
expect
prospects
to
just
appear
–
work
hard
to
ajract
them
to
you
• OpQmize
all
your
tools
&
resources
(CRM,
sales
intel,
dialers,
auto-‐emails,
etc.)
Calendar
your
prospecPng
&
daily
work
• Use
the
“bookends
approach”
to
your
weeks
–
every
minute
counts
• Mondays
&
Fridays
=
admin
days,
internal
meeQngs;
Tues-‐Thurs
=
phones!
Pick
up
the
damn
phone
• ConversaQons
=
relaQonships
=
pipeline
=
sales
=
referrals
• What
you
put
into
your
work
is
exactly
what
you’ll
get
out
of
it
Every
disappointment
in
your
life
is
a
result
of
not
taking
enough
acPon
• Business
leader,
Grant
Cardone,
said
that…
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#4
NO
CONVERSATION
FLOW
With
one
breath,
with
one
flow,
you
will
know
synchronicity
The Police
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HOW
TO
ESTABLISH
FLOW
Make
the
conversaPon
about
them
• I
challenge
you
to
not
menQon
your
company’s
product
in
that
first
call
• Leverage
sales
intelligence
to
know
when
it’s
Qme
to
engage
Consider
every
detail
of
your
messaging
• From
email
subject
lines
to
voicemails
to
emails
to
in-‐person,
know
your
rap
• Keep
your
wriQngs
brief,
concise,
and
acQonable
Have
the
same
conversaPon
over
and
over,
to
build
momentum
• Talk
to
the
same
Qtles,
areas
in
the
territory,
&
verQcals
at
one
Qme
Ask
open-‐ended
quesPons
• Is
this
a
good
Qme
to
talk?
“No.”
Now
what?
• Are
you
currently
using
a
product
like
ours?
“Yes.”
Now
what?
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#5
FAILURE
TO
IMPROVE
If
we
did
things
we
are
capable
of,
we
would
astound
ourselves
Thomas Edison
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WAYS
TO
CONTINUOUSLY
IMPROVE
AnPcipate
plateaus
• Raise
your
standards.
Change
your
beliefs.
Create
new
strategies.
Sales
leaders:
Surround
yourselves
with
winners
and
serve
their
teams
• Recognize
your
team,
get
to
know
them
personally,
help
them
develop
• Show
your
team
the
many
great
paths
their
careers
can
take
Sales
reps:
Stay
in
the
present
and
master
the
role
you’re
in
right
now
• Embrace
the
grind,
learn
as
if
you
need
to
teach
someone
else
• Work
to
improve
yourself
1%
a
day
• Skills
you
master
today
will
get
used
deep
into
your
career
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THANK
YOU!
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