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Optimizing the Vs:
Value, Variety, Volume & Velocity
12 questions you should be asking yourself
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Fernando Belfort
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Kendra Wrightson
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Metrics that Matter
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“In God We
Trust…But All
Others Bring Data”
- Eric Schmidt

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Some context…
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Kendra Wrightson
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Keep in mind four key pillars to help grow, scale and optimize
your sales organization…
What makes a sales organization grow?
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VALUE
VARIETY
VOLUME
VELOCITY

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VALUE
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How to maximize for value?
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Are you considering both your wins and your losses?
What is your average deal size pitched vs closed?
Have you thought about your SLAs?

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VARIETY
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How to maximize for variety?
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Are your sellers industry experts?
Do you have a GTM for different market opportunities?
Are you compensating your teams to sell recurring revenue?

9.
VOLUME
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Are you maximizing your volume?
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WHO: Who makes up your revenue: onboarded vs retained?
HOW: What sources are the most profitable for gathering leads?
HOW + WHO
WHO: Who makes up your revenue: onboarded vs retained?

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VELOCITY
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How to optimize for velocity?
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SELLERS: How quickly are they handling objections + closing?
PROCESSES: Are your sales processes streamlined + repeatable?
END GOAL: Decreasing the effort put in → increase $ driven
SELLERS + PROCESS
Process 1
Pitch +
Objection
Potential
Buyer
Process 2 Process 3
Pitch +
Objection
Pitch +
Objection
Process 4

13.
Measure your Vs
Optimize each V individually & in parallel
SUCCESS → sales machine that is future proof, profitable
and predictable
Takeaways
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Let's keep the conversation
going...
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Fernando Belfort
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Kendra Wrightson
Sales Enablement Lead
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15.
1. How would you prioritize the Vs?
2. Which V has made the most impact on your business?
3. What V do you find the hardest to crack?
Pre-Seed Q&A
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