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Tips, strategies, and insights to boost your win rate

Check out our most recent posts, which range from sales enablement and negotiation strategies to helpful tips on how to better understand your buyers—all based on our expertise from running win-loss programs with companies all over the world.

SalesFounders Podcast

Check out the recent SalesFounders Podcast episode about some of the most common pitfalls, and why win-loss analysis should be an integral part of your growth strategy.

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People Make Buying Decisions, Not Companies

There are various reasons and motives behind the decisions that B2B buyers make. Buyers try to represent the interests of their company, but many are influenced by one or more individual motives.

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Managing Your Competitors' Churn

Great sales teams are proactive about managing their competitors' churn. They employ several strategies to ensure they are poised and ready to overtake their competitors' accounts come renewal time.

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How to get insightful product feedback for your roadmap

For companies that want candid, honest feedback about their product offering they need to enlist the help of a neutral third-party.

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The four pillars of effective win-loss analysis

Win-loss analysis is the practice of consistently capturing and analyzing the reasons why you win and lose deals. Here are the four "pillars" or "core competencies" of win-loss analysis.

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Sales Effectiveness Series: Why Cold Call?

In a world where email and messaging rule the day, why do great B2B sales leaders still encourage cold calls? Because cold calling works.

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The Win-Loss Diagnostic

Evaluate your win-loss program with our diagnostic assessment. Get an instant, personalized report on its performance.

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Shifting to Enterprise in B2B SaaS Go-To-Market Strategy

What does it mean to "go enterprise" in your go-to-market strategy? Here are some useful tips and common challenges to taking your SaaS solution to enterprise buyers.

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Win-Loss Analysis: Driving Outcomes for Every Function

Not only will win-loss analysis drive alignment across the org, but it will provide critical insights and direction for practically every function.

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Gartner Report: Benefits of Win-Loss Analysis

Are you looking to build a business case for implementing win-loss analysis at your company? One helpful resource is the Gartner report entitled, "Tech Go-to-Market: Three Ways Marketers Can Use Data From Win/Loss Analysis to Increase Win Rates and Revenue" by Todd Berkowitz. This blog post provides a quick summary of the findings.

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Ten Signs That You Need Win-Loss Analysis

Most companies speculate on why they win and lose, basing major decisions on assumptions. Here are ten signs that show your business needs a more disciplined approach to win-loss analysis.

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The "Post-Mortem" is a Waste of Time

My client had spent 18 months chasing a $400 million deal. They were confident that they were going to win. When the bad news hit, all hell broke loose. “We need to do a post-mortem.”

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5 Common Win Loss Analysis Mistakes

While many companies have taken steps to implement some form of win-loss analysis, a minority of companies do it right. Here are 5 common mistakes that companies routinely make.

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Going Global? Here's 8 Lessons From Expanding a B2B Sales Team Internationally.

A big part of my job at Qualtrics was to help the Head of Global Sales scale his operations internationally. 8 lessons about scaling a global sales organization.

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A Surefire Way to Increase Sales Win Rates

There's one thing every B2B sales team can do to improve results and increase win rates. Find out directly from decision-makers why you won or lost their business.

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Why Use A Third-Party For Win Loss Analysis?

Using a third-party for win loss analysis has multiple benefits. We outline some of the reasons companies switched from doing it in house.

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"Why Did We Lose?"

Every reason that the proposal team gave for losing the deal was wrong. No one in the entire company knew the real reason why they lost the deal.

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Training Sales Teams Faster and Better

One thing determines how fast a sales hire ramps: Understanding the reasons why buyers make their buying decision (the criteria they use) and how your company competes on each of those factors

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Bring Sales Training to Life

Base your training in real stories, about real customers, drawn from real interactions with real prospects will boast the power to captivate the sales team and change their behavior.

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Keys To Successful Win-Loss Analysis

Learn the keys to designing a world-class win-loss analysis program including the importance of executive sponsorship, a neutral, third-party, balanced sampling, and more.

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Why Conduct Win Loss Analysis?

Don't rely on your sales team for unbiased feedback about your buyers—they will be wrong more than half the time. For feedback about how buyers perceive your business, go straight to the source.

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Estimating the ROI of Win-Loss Analysis

Calculate the potential ROI of a comprehensive win-loss analysis program—including win-back opportunities, increases to win rate, and more.

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