As a RevOps leader, you need to assess your company’s operational maturity in order to surface gaps in your sales processes and systems. But once you pinpoint those foundational gaps, the next step is to organize and prioritize the projects that will help you fix them. A RevOps Roadmap, a concept introduced by our friends at Union Square Consulting,...

Sales forecasts are a critical business tool but many sales teams find them difficult to produce. With much of sales forecasting done in spreadsheets, incomplete data, lack of true pipeline visibility, it’s no wonder according to the 2022 Gartner State of Sales Operations and Revenue Operations Survey that 67% of sales operations leaders agree that...

Buyers and sellers are constantly engaging across a variety of channels. From web to phone and email to chat (think Drift!), each interaction is a critical point in time to capture valuable insights that sellers can act on to move a deal forward. So how do you make every conversation count?  By making sure you’ve got an AI-assisted Conversation Intelligence...

Salesloft’s data science team recently gathered insights from over 2,000 meeting recordings and transcripts associated with more than 1,200 deals.  We found that when sales reps and buyers discuss timing and objections early on in a deal cycle, those deals tend to accelerate to the next stage faster and are more likely to move to closed won. Here...

If you’re struggling to maintain productivity and close deals with a leaner revenue team, you’re not alone. The turbulent business climate has left many organizations with empty seats that won’t be filled any time soon. So where does that leave shrinking revenue teams, who carry the double burden of fewer people and increased pressure to deliver? Hard...

When sales teams shrink, there’s one casualty that often gets overlooked: the customer experience. As sellers, managers, and the revenue operations team experience heavier workloads, follow-ups can fall through the cracks. Handoffs fumble and fail due to lack of continuity. More time is spent managing tasks and sitting in catch-up meetings than customer...