Datanyze, The Bridge Group and PersistIQ team up on a webinar. Learn how to:
-Hire phenomenal sales development leadership
-Boost your "middle" - the 60% of reps that are barely hitting quota each month.
-Build out the perfect compensation structure to motivate your team.
2. Hiring for Sales Development
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How to build a Sales Development team
Pouyan Salehi
CEO & Cofounder, PersistIQ
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1. What is Sales Development?
2. How is it changing?
3. How do you hire for it?
4. Profile of a successful sales rep
5. 4 steps to hiring the right sales rep
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What we’ll cover
4. Generate Qualified Pipeline $$$
Process: Inbound vs. Outbound
Structure: Centralized vs. Decentralized
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What is Sales Development
5. New technology is impacting how sales development reps
and teams operate.
1. The new metrics that matter
2. The new team structures
3. What this means for being successful
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How Sales Development is Changing
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1. The New Metrics that Matter
Today
● Email template open
rates
● Raw activity numbers
New
● Response rates (positive,
negative, neutral)
● Type and Quality of
activities
● Number of touchpoints
● Order of touchpoints
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2. Different Team Structures
Centralized
● Outbound feels like
inbound for the reps
● Better for high-volume /
transactional
De-Centralized
● Empowers reps to
operate (within limits)
● Better for target account
selling
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Having the right team!
Since activity execution is solved, the focus changes to
strategy and personalization.
3. What this Means for Success
10. Research + Communication + Empathy
Profile:
● Curious
● Intelligent / Astute
● Desire to win
● Resilient and Coachable
● Creative (de-centralized)
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The New Skillset for Sales Reps
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4 Steps for Hiring the Right Rep
1. Clearly Identify Your Needs for the Role
a. Team Structure / Candidate Profile
2. Create a Compelling Job Description
3. Data-Driven and Consistent Approach
4. Act Quickly and Decisively
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(The Bridge Group, 2016)
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The Interview Process
Step 1: 15 min. phone screen
Step 2: Sales Development Exercise (take-home)
Step 3: In-person and Mock Qualifying Call
Step 4: Meet the team (culture fit)
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Sales Exercise
Looking for...
● Follow instructions
● Attention to detail
● Research
● Communication
● Feedback
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We’re Here to Help!
pouyan@persistiq.com
@psalehi
PersistIQ Sales Exercise
Sales Technology
The future of Sales Development
17. 3 Types of Reps
● Roof
○ 20% of sales team who
consistently exceed quota
● Middle
○ 60% who hit or are just shy
of quota each month
● Basement
○ Bottom 20% who are
struggling each and every
month
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18. 3 Types of Reps
● Roof
○ 20% of sales team who
consistently exceed quota
● Middle
○ 60% who hit or are just shy
of quota each month
● Basement
○ Bottom 20% who are
struggling each and every
month
#SalesDevGuide#SalesLeadership
19. 3 Types of Reps
● Roof
○ 20% of sales team who
consistently exceed quota
● Middle
○ 60% who hit or are just shy
of quota each month
● Basement
○ Bottom 20% who are
struggling each and every
month
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20. Why aren’t they progressing?
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Top RepsMiddle Reps
21. Moving the middle
● Focus on what matters
○ Don’t just be “busy”
○ Don’t get caught in endless admin work
○ Understand your reps are having trouble “getting
it” and they know there’s a problem
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22. Moving the middle
● Provide Guidance
○ Dive into activity metrics during 1-on-1
meetings
○ Compare those to time spent on admin
work
○ Make necessary adjustments
○ Analyze data and use dashboards to
visualize the insights
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24. Coaching is crucial
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“If there was no coaching or reinforcement
activity following training, there was a drop-
off of 87% of the knowledge acquired. That’s
a waste of 87 cents on every dollar spent on
formal development efforts.”
-Neil Rackham, author of Spin Selling
25. Coaching is crucial
● Ask, listen & identify the problem
○ Insufficient # cold calls/emails
○ Lack of trust built during sales call
○ Product-focused sales call
○ Price-focused sales call
○ Not asking enough questions
○ Not asking relevant questions
○ Personal issues at home
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26. Make it a game
● Competition/Gamification
○ Digital leaderboards
○ Spiffs
○ Caution: may be seen as public shaming
○ Check out these solutions:
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31. Support the top
● Challenge them
○ Path to more responsibility
○ Assign important verticals
○ Keep it interesting
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32. Support the top
● Have their backs
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Source: Salesforce
33. Support the top
● Let them know they’re appreciated
○ Public recognition fills void money can’t
○ GIve awards and acknowledge them in front of peers
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