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Strategy
What are the goals of Outbound?
- Gather information
- Create awareness
- Set a meeting
- Close a deal
Strategy
How does data validation work?
Validating data means checking every email for deliverability (including catchalls), reviewing every social profile for title and current company, and calling every phone number to reach (a) the prospect live (b) the prospect’s voicemail with name or (c) the prospect’s admin who confirms it is their best number.
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Strategy
How does Math of Sales work?
The math works backwards from a quota of 1 sale.
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- Goal: Close 1 sale.
- A 25% closing rate means you need to present to 4 prospects.
- An 80% meeting hold rate means you need to schedule meetings with 5 prospects.
- A 20% meeting scheduled rate means you need to speak with 25 prospects.
- A 10% dial-to-connect or email reply rate means you need to reach out to 250 prospects once each (or 50 prospects five times each).
Strategy
Is my data good?
If your team or data vendor is validating data for you, then you can determine if your data is good depending on the results you’re getting based on this criteria:
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- Do the available phone numbers reach the intended prospect?
- Does the email address actually deliver?
- Does each prospect actually pick up the phone?
- Does each prospect open the email?Are we reaching the appropriate title or job function in our swimlane?
- Does the prospect have the current problem we have a solution for?
Strategy
What is an acceptable ROI with outbound?
You decide. Math of Sales tells you what’s possible. If you’re just starting, this is the wrong question.
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Strategy
Can we target multiple personas/industries in 1 campaign?
You can, but generic messaging vs persona-based messaging = average results vs extraordinary results. Everyone else is doing the lazy version of this ("spray and pray"), so to get results that exceed the average, we have to be more focused.
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Strategy
How do you nurture leads that are not ready to convert?
Depends why they aren’t ready to convert. If something changes, let them know! If not, a steady drip of useful information can’t hurt.
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Process
How can I improve handoffs from SDRs to AEs?
SDR gets it to hold; AE handles reschedule and next steps.
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Process
What is a campaign?
- Start with a goal (Drive awareness, learn something, set a meeting).
- Determine the target and build a curated list.
- Develop messaging with an offer or qualifying questions.
- Leverage the right channel that your next best customer is most likely to be reached in.
- Determine the timing of the offer or goal so you can optimize for success.
Process
What is the best channel to prospect with and why?
It depends on your audience, not you. All channels work for some people some of the time.
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Process
What is bucketing leads?
Bucketing leads means you put your prospects into four buckets and work them backwards for maximum success:
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- Uncontacted
- Working
- Priority
- Meeting Scheduled
Process
How can salespeople stay relevant with their hundreds of prospects and build it into their everyday routine?
Bucket your leads & spend the most time with people you’ve already reached. If you have too many, prioritize them further. Provide some reason to care about what you have to say (focused on creating value for them).
Learn More
Tools
How should sales development reporting work?
Reporting must be real-time, scalable, and accessible for everyone involved.
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Tools
How do our tools work?
You’ll have to see it to believe it. Salesforce.com is the hub & everything plugs into it.
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Tools
What should a sales playbook include?
We believe in getting away from having that one “sales playbook” mindset and instead, create a playbook for every process you have. The power of playbooks (plural) lies in their ability to deal with change efficiently and effectively. Not just one time, but every time.
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Management
What traits should SDRs have in the AI era?
- Fearlessness. If you’re scared of AI, it clouds your ability to spot its potential in your workflows and holds you back from making full use of it.
- People skills. AI unleashes SDRs tether to the documentation side of the business and frees them to create the relationships your customers want.
- Team player. AI makes SDR teams smaller, placing each rep in a holistic unit that unites sales, marketing, and customer service.
Management
How many meetings should I expect from an SDR?
It depends on Target, Message, Channel, Timing, Activity, and Skill.
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Management
Why aren't we getting more meetings?
You haven’t nailed your target, message, channel, and/or timing. Barring that, you need more effort or training (though these are less common problems than assumed).
Learn More
Strategy
Strategy
What are the goals of Outbound?
- Gather information
- Create awareness
- Set a meeting
- Close a deal
Strategy
How does data validation work?
Validating data means checking every email for deliverability (including catchalls), reviewing every social profile for title and current company, and calling every phone number to reach (a) the prospect live (b) the prospect’s voicemail with name or (c) the prospect’s admin who confirms it is their best number.
Learn More
Strategy
How does Math of Sales work?
The math works backwards from a quota of 1 sale.
Learn More
- Goal: Close 1 sale.
- A 25% closing rate means you need to present to 4 prospects.
- An 80% meeting hold rate means you need to schedule meetings with 5 prospects.
- A 20% meeting scheduled rate means you need to speak with 25 prospects.
- A 10% dial-to-connect or email reply rate means you need to reach out to 250 prospects once each (or 50 prospects five times each).
Strategy
Is my data good?
If your team or data vendor is validating data for you, then you can determine if your data is good depending on the results you’re getting based on this criteria:
Learn More
- Do the available phone numbers reach the intended prospect?
- Does the email address actually deliver?
- Does each prospect actually pick up the phone?
- Does each prospect open the email?Are we reaching the appropriate title or job function in our swimlane?
- Does the prospect have the current problem we have a solution for?
Strategy
What is an acceptable ROI with outbound?
You decide. Math of Sales tells you what’s possible. If you’re just starting, this is the wrong question.
Learn More
Strategy
Can we target multiple personas/industries in 1 campaign?
You can, but generic messaging vs persona-based messaging = average results vs extraordinary results. Everyone else is doing the lazy version of this ("spray and pray"), so to get results that exceed the average, we have to be more focused.
Learn More
Strategy
How do you nurture leads that are not ready to convert?
Depends why they aren’t ready to convert. If something changes, let them know! If not, a steady drip of useful information can’t hurt.
Learn More
Process
Process
How can I improve handoffs from SDRs to AEs?
SDR gets it to hold; AE handles reschedule and next steps.
Learn More
Process
What is a campaign?
- Start with a goal (Drive awareness, learn something, set a meeting).
- Determine the target and build a curated list.
- Develop messaging with an offer or qualifying questions.
- Leverage the right channel that your next best customer is most likely to be reached in.
- Determine the timing of the offer or goal so you can optimize for success.
Process
What is the best channel to prospect with and why?
It depends on your audience, not you. All channels work for some people some of the time.
Learn More
Process
What is bucketing leads?
Bucketing leads means you put your prospects into four buckets and work them backwards for maximum success:
Learn More
- Uncontacted
- Working
- Priority
- Meeting Scheduled
Process
How can salespeople stay relevant with their hundreds of prospects and build it into their everyday routine?
Bucket your leads & spend the most time with people you’ve already reached. If you have too many, prioritize them further. Provide some reason to care about what you have to say (focused on creating value for them).
Learn More
Tools
Tools
How do our tools work?
You’ll have to see it to believe it. Salesforce.com is the hub & everything plugs into it.
Learn More
Tools
How should sales development reporting work?
Reporting must be real-time, scalable, and accessible for everyone involved.
Learn More
Tools
What should a sales playbook include?
We believe in getting away from having that one “sales playbook” mindset and instead, create a playbook for every process you have. The power of playbooks (plural) lies in their ability to deal with change efficiently and effectively. Not just one time, but every time.
Learn More
Management
Management
Why aren't we getting more meetings?
You haven’t nailed your target, message, channel, and/or timing. Barring that, you need more effort or training (though these are less common problems than assumed).
Learn More
Management
How many meetings should I expect from an SDR?
It depends on Target, Message, Channel, Timing, Activity, and Skill.
Learn More
Management
What traits should SDRs have in the AI era?
- Fearlessness. If you’re scared of AI, it clouds your ability to spot its potential in your workflows and holds you back from making full use of it.
- People skills. AI unleashes SDRs tether to the documentation side of the business and frees them to create the relationships your customers want.
- Team player. AI makes SDR teams smaller, placing each rep in a holistic unit that unites sales, marketing, and customer service.
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