Lessons from scaling a services sales team
Scaling a services sales team breaks things a small team hides. Hard lessons on hiring, territory, research habits and keeping quality as you grow.
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When to let a seller go
How a services sales leader decides when a struggling seller should go, using the work behind the numbers instead of waiting for a missed year.
3 min readMeasuring a seller's first 90 days
How to measure a new services seller in their first 90 days, when closed revenue is too far off to judge, using leading indicators that show real progress.
3 min readJob posts tell you the budget is real
A job post for the problem you solve is proof the money exists. Here's how to read one and turn it into an opener a senior buyer answers.
4 min readWhen to hire marketing in a services firm
A services firm should hire marketing once sellers have a working motion to support. Here's how to tell when you're ready and who to hire first.
3 min readThe difference between a backfill and a new program
A backfill replaces someone who left. A new program builds something new. How to tell them apart in job posts and why it changes your outreach.
3 min readWhat a cluster of engineering job posts tells you
One engineering job post is noise. Several in the same weeks, around the same problem, tell you a decision has been made and a deadline is coming.
3 min readRamp time for a services seller
Services sellers ramp slower than product sellers, and that's normal. Here's what ramp looks like, what to measure early, and how to shorten it honestly.
3 min readSDRs in services firms. Yes or no
Should a services firm hire SDRs to book meetings? A direct answer on when the model works, when it backfires, and what to build in its place.
3 min readFounder-led sales and when to hand it off
When a services firm founder should stop being the only seller, what to hand off first, and what the founder should keep doing for good.
3 min readHiring your first seller in a services firm
Your first seller in a services firm needs to create deals, not just close them. Here's who to hire, what to avoid and how to set them up to win.
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