Smooth a pipeline with a staggered sales cycle?

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash It’s almost the end of the month. For those sellers that are on a quarter schedule, it’s not quite the end of the quarter, but by month 2 they need to be able to…

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash It’s almost the end of the month. For those sellers that are on a quarter schedule, it’s not quite the end of the quarter, but by month 2 they need to be able to…

Photo by Edgar Chaparro on Unsplash One of the fastest and best ways to start understanding a dataset is to look at it using a pivot table. Pivot tables are a feature in most spreadsheet applications that summarize data, analyze…

Photo by Daniel Öberg on Unsplash One of the most challenging things thinking about scale in a 0-1m company (or a 1-10m, or a 10-100m) is the difference between where you are right now and the place you’d like to…

Photo by Mauro Gigli on Unsplash Let’s take a look at a common scenario. You are an SDR at a company selling SAAS software to technology companies. You know that some of your prospects are at larger firms and might…

Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash. I’ve been looking back at the essays I wrote in 2023, and thinking about how they will inform my thinking for this year. One key theme stands out: how do you do more with…

Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash Ask almost anyone who uses Salesforce (or administers it) how they use reports. The answer usually includes some combination of the following: “Ugh. That’s hard. We do simple reporting in SFDC and more complicated…

Photo by Simon Kadula on Unsplash “Can you create that report for me?” “Is that data loaded yet?” “Do you know what went wrong?” These are all simple (or not so simple) examples of interactions between team members that can…

Photo by Lucian Alexe on Unsplash If you have a comment or are interested in sponsoring, hit reply. Integration in SaaS software is a hot topic. With the right connectors and experience, you can bring almost any data to your…

Photo by Bradyn Trollip on Unsplash In 2023 (almost 2024), it’s easier than ever to build automation whenever you need one (or before you actually need one). So when do you build automation and when do you wait? The thought…

Photo by Rudy Issa on Unsplash “Mise en Place” is a French culinary term for putting everything in its place. It’s a way to prepare your kitchen for cooking, and more importantly, a technique to make it possible for you…