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Brian Tino
InVision Vice President, Global Sales • January 25
Good question! Taking a sales function up market in an existing business can be one of the most challenging but lucrative transformations of an organization. Often in the early days of your business and go-to-market motion you'll tend to focus on smaller, more nimble customers to validate your pr......Read More
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Brian Tino
InVision Vice President, Global Sales • January 25
In my experience, two of important KPIs that most sales teams miss are: * Number of purposeful conversations * Number of experiments And it makes sense because both of these metrics harder to 1) define and 2) measure over time. However, if done well they can be can be two of the biggest unloc......Read More
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Katie Harkins
UserTesting VP of Sales • February 8
Some of the worst KPIs to commit to achieving are usually around Talk Time. God gave you 2 ears and one mouth for a reason. We should look more at engaging questions asked in a sales cycle. Sharing is caring. You can ask different titles within your organization how they would like to be asked th......Read More
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What KPIs should I own and not own?
I'm working at a start-up, and a first sales hire.
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Katie Harkins
UserTesting VP of Sales • February 8
If you have a quota, you should take ownership over all your KPIs. Make sure you make them easy to find in one dashboard. I usually call this my "Birds Eye View." I usually see sales leaders not asking enough demand generation questions. What keywords are you bidding on? Why? Why haven't we tried......Read More
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Katie Harkins
UserTesting VP of Sales • February 8
Everyone has seen the "SMART" goals sheet. Are you specific with your goals when selling into new markets? Maybe it's by geo or by vertical or by title or by named accounts? Can you measure these goals on a weekly basis? Are the goals you set achievable? It's ok to shoot for the stars. Then here ......Read More
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Katie Harkins
UserTesting VP of Sales • February 8
My process for figuring out what metrics to hold sales accountable for is related their percentage to quota each month//quarter & their W2. You can never take your eyes off the target. We are responsible for first and foremost revenue and making the company money. My favorite engineer use to call......Read More
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Katie Harkins
UserTesting VP of Sales • February 8
Compared to a sales-assisted org, your KPIs change with a self-serve product. You want product lead growth that funnels your NRR to feed your MRR that feeds your ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue). Some of my favorite self-serve product metrics are the following: *CAC *Unique traffic visits *......Read More
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Katie Harkins
UserTesting VP of Sales • February 8
Here is my favorite hit list of OKRs for Sales: *ASP *Average Sales Cycle *# of net new logos *Total discos scheduled *Percentage to quota I've been at different organizations that also liked to measure the following: * Total Appointments//Discos * Total Pitches Completed * Total Numb......Read More
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Roee Zelcer
TikTok Head of Sales, Products & Services • February 9
Essentially, scaling a successful sales team all comes down to the people you hire. The members you are adding as part of your team will define the team culture. I always aim to hire people that help create a culture that fosters innovative thinking to enable growth and progress. Similar to addin......Read More
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Andrew Zinger
Figma Global Director, Sales Enablement • January 10
Great question and something I love talking to (and sometimes 'debating') our leaders about - the idea behind 'what's the characteristic (or two) of your best seller you would want to clone?' For me, at the top of the list are 2 attributes I look for in potential sales team members: 1) 'Custom......Read More
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