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A call disposition describes the outcome of a call. They include statuses like, “demo scheduled,” “left voicemail”, and even “no longer in service.” In fact, customer service teams have actually logged call dispositions for years, and sales teams have followed to record call outcomes. Call dispositions give sales managers valuable intelligence they can use to […]
There’s no debate that measuring data is one of the best ways to ensure your reps’ success, but how do you know which are the ‘right’ kinds of metrics to measure? Though every business may have specific metrics they focus most on, there are three categories of metrics you need to be aware of to […]
For our latest eBook, we asked sales leaders to reveal a must-track metric that is essential for optimizing sales success. The following is a guest post by Mike Schultz, Co-President of RAIN Group. The RAIN Group Center for Sales Research surveyed 472 sellers and sales executives representing companies with salesforces ranging in size from 10 […]
If you were to take a cross-section of all the world’s top performing sales leaders, I bet you’d find something important they have in common: they are perpetually on the hunt for new opportunities to optimize sales ROI. They are always on the lookout for new metrics to track that can help them make smarter revenue […]
We’ve all probably heard Peter Drucker’s famous quote “If you can’t measure it you can’t improve it.” One of the biggest mistakes sales leaders make is not tracking enough metrics. The days of waiting to see who hits and misses their quota should be long gone by now. The reason why? There’s just not time to wait. In […]
Are your reps having trouble connecting with prospects? Are they having to dial over a hundred prospects to have a single meaningful conversation? If so, your sales technology stack just might not be cutting it. A lot of sales managers set strict dialing quotas. Sometimes reps need to dial 70 prospects daily. Often it’s even more. In […]
I have a confession: when I first got into sales, my understanding of call metrics was pretty limited. The only sales call metrics I ever thought of were very basic call center metrics like average talk time, inbound calls per day, outbound calls per day and calls by time of day. Over time, I realized […]
To build a world-class sales organization, you need to be able to predict the future. And by tracking the right metrics, sales leaders can gain the fuel they need to make smarter decisions and help their sales teams drive more revenue than ever. So if your sales team is not already leveraging predictive analytics, you may be […]
Since releasing our Complete Guide to Inside Sales Analytics, I’ve had some time to reflect on what the most important sales metric is. While there are dozens of metrics that I believe sales leaders must track in order to succeed, one metric keeps sticking out in my mind, and it’s a fairly simple one: sales conversations […]
There are so many factors that go into managing a sales development team. You need the right reps, a solid strategy and a repeatable sales process. However, one of the most important things that sales leaders need is insight into their SDRs’ activities. It seems simple enough, but unless you’re tracking the right data points […]
Tracking the right sales analytics does more than just tell the story of rep and team performance. Analytics also empower sales leaders to predict the future. While there are a lot of must-track sales metrics, there is one metric in crucial metric that I just don’t see enough sales teams tracking: abandoned call rate. Your most sales-ready leads are […]
Sales analytics don’t just offer the power to quickly view your team’s past and present activities. Some of the best metrics act as crystal balls, enabling you to gaze into the future. Predictive analytics are getting hotter, as more and more sales teams are looking for ways to gain advantage. In today’s uber-competitive business landscape, you don’t […]