Thomas Parsliffe

Tired of losing hard-earned deals? Solve for Revenue Leak. In Clari’s 2024 Revenue Leak Report, RevOps leaders said leak happens at every stage of the funnel. - Creating: Poor and slow upsell pipeline tracking - Converting: Unsure where pipeline is dropping off - Closing: Slipped deals Don’t let Revenue Leak drag down another quarter – or another year. Download the Revenue Leak Report for more: https://lnkd.in/g9gnGrdz  

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"We don't have the budget" One of the most common reasons (seemingly) qualified late-stage deals drop out. How can sales teams avoid this? Top of funnel: Target growing businesses, with significant cash on their balance sheet. It is costly for businesses to hold cash - they only do so when they are looking to make careful investments to continue their growth trajectory. Some great accounts to start with hand-picked by the Beauhurst team:

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🚀 Sales Confidence 2.0: Get SDRs Who Hit the Ground Running! 🚀 Tired of spending weeks onboarding new SDRs, only to realise they aren’t a fit for your fast-paced team? I know the challenges of hiring SDRs—getting the right person who’s not just great on paper but ready to sell from day one can be tough. Let’s face it, traditional CVs don’t tell you if someone has the grit to go out there to the market and have conversations. We provide pre-trained and pre-screened SDR candidates, ensuring your next hire can deliver results immediately, without the lengthy training process. Our Sales Confidence 2.0 ranking system highlights the most proactive, self-taught talent, so you can skip the guesswork and bring on SDRs who are proven to thrive in sales. 🌟 Meet Our Top Talent of today🌟 Jalil- an experienced B2C sales professional with entrepreneurial passion, showcased resilience and bravery in handling tough objections during his role play. Enrike -A charismatic listener who builds trust with strong questions, creating powerful, results-driven conversations. Zuhair- An adaptable professional with retail experience, skilled at handling tough conversations and solving problems creatively. Ali - An aspiring sales professional who thrives on the thrill of winning deals, bringing energy and enthusiasm to every prospecting challenge. Jiya - A versatile professional with a strong background in events, her energy and bubbly character from the role play can allow her to use humour to establish trust. Avishai- A future leader with a background in music, is a well-spoken and articulate professional who excels at getting to the point and handling objections with ease. If you are hiring reach out, remember 50% reduction fee.

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PayCaptain are one of our first smb and high growth customers in the UK to embrace agentforce. Check out how quickly PayCaptain built an Agentforce use case at the recent agentforce event. Now PayCaptain are bring Humans with Agents to drive customer success together. Learn how you too can build and customize autonomous AI agents to support your employees and customers 24/7. PayCaptain are leveling up productivity with Agentforce! PayCaptain is serving their customers better, faster, and smarter with scalable, easy-to-deploy agents. From handling donation inquiries to strengthening their customer relationships, Agentforce helps them do it all. This is the future of #AgentFirst transformation! ❤️🤖#Salesforce #Agentforce #Trailblazer

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👀 Salespeople reveal what they're thinking in 2024…    🔎 We've just released our latest report, in which we asked hundreds of AEs and sales leaders for their views on everything from their sales process and tooling to their confidence in the year ahead. Here's the results 😮 🥺 Only 9% of AEs believe their company’s buying process is very good. (Definitely some room for improvement!) 🤯 1 in 2 AEs lost a deal during the handover to Customer Success. But, when these teams collaborate effectively, customer churn plummets. 😤 78% of AEs find it difficult to multithread beyond their champion—highlighting an opportunity to improve and learn how to strengthen relationships across the buying team. 🧘🏼‍♀️ In the spirit of buyer enablement we’re not even harvesting your email address and flooding you with sales emails…simply download the full report, in peace, in the comments. #SalesInsights #trumpet #SalesStrategy #AccountExecutives

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You pay your Account Executives, Account Managers, SDRs, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps colleagues top dollar to optimise and maximise how they go to market. But they spend 72% of their time (on average), on tasks that are exactly the OPPOSITE of going to market. Sound familiar? Sales Intelligence used to be: 1) A vendor for contact data 2) A vendor for company data 3) A vendor for intent data 4) A vendor for spotting churn/renewal risk 5) A vendor for website tracking 6) A vendor for conversation intelligence Impact: 1) 72% of their time wasted in chasing after 90% of your TAM, that aren't currently even in market. 2) Finding out after notice has been given that your best customers have been shopping elsewhere. 3) 7 different vendors who don't talk to each other, operating in independent silos of inactionable data. Digital phonebooks & manually data mining across multiple vendors means that GTM specialists spend more time researching...not selling. It doesn't have to be that way... Imagine a world where: 1) Every seller can see what they need to personalise their outreach 2) Every seller can truly personalise at scale 3) Every seller can rely on AI to give them the pointers they need to be relevant AND personable 4) Every Account Manager can spot months & weeks in advance that their best customers are looking at other providers 5) Every RevOps person can standardise their data and insights into a consolidated view We're not in the 2021 economic boom, it has never been harder to convert conversations to dollars, especially in a time efficient way. You might be asking, is an alternative possible? Yes - #ZoomInfoCopilot. Launched to the world today after months of value creation & validation with our customers. The future is now, ready?

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Sales Lessons from Gareth Southgate and England at Euro 2024 ⚽   Anyone in sales or sales enablement knows the feeling. One minute you're celebrating a smashed quota, feeling like you're unstoppable 💪 The next, you're staring at a spreadsheet of missed targets, questioning every sales tactic you ever learned. It's a rollercoaster and sometimes it feels like the freefalls are never ending. 😭   This emotional pendulum swing reminds me a lot of Gareth Southgate and the England team so far at Euro 2024. Remember the heat he took after some shaky performances? The pundits were calling for his head, questioning every decision. Tactics? ❌ Lineup? ❌❌.   Then, Southgate did something bold yesterday. He subbed out his captain, Harry Kane, for a player, Ollie Watkins, that played ZERO minutes in the entire tournament. 😱 😱 A gamble some might say, but a gamble that paid off in spectacular fashion – Watkins bagged the winning goal against the Netherlands!   The lesson here? Even when the pressure's on, and the critics are circling, stay true to your strategy. Just because someone hasn't had their big moment yet doesn't mean they can't be your game-changer. So, the next time you're feeling like you're at the bottom of the sales well, take a deep breath, dust yourself off, and remember: 💠 Believe in your process. You got this far for a reason. Keep refining your approach, and the results will follow. 💠 Don't be afraid to make bold moves. Sometimes, shaking things up can lead to breakthroughs. 💠 There's always an "Ollie Watkins" out there. New ideas and approaches can come from unexpected places. Stay the course, and never lose sight of your self-belief. Let's go!!

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We conducted the largest sales coaching specific survey EVER. Now its time to talk through the results and share what we discovered. Next Tuesday at 2pm UK time, join myself and Imani Cracknell from Aircall . Standby for: - How Sales Reps really feel about the amount and quality of coaching they are currently receiving - The huge disconnect that exists between sellers and leaders which companies have to pay attention to. -The type of sales coaching sellers crave (and what they want less of) - The correlation between great coaching and quota attainment. These results are a huge wake up call for Sales Leaders, who are perhaps convinced they have a fulfilled and happy sales force when it comes to their personal development. This webinar will share the specific things you need to be focused on as you plan for 2025, to finally put coaching front stage of your agenda. Register your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eESH_MDq

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Struggling to get a high level view of what your customers really care about, and how your team can better serve them? Visualise conversation trends in your sales and customer support calls with the newest addition to Aircall AI: Trending Topics. 📈 🔍 Track keywords to easily monitor hot topics or new initiatives 🚩 Identify common customer pain points and coach your team to tackle them 💡 Drive sales and customer support performance with conversation intelligence Ready to drive your team's performance? Learn more about Trending Topics here: https://aircall.la/3AfyVUk #TrendingTopics #Aircall #AircallAI

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Too many sales leaders are obsessed with scaling: - More calls - More leads - More emails - More meetings - More opportunities Without nailing: - ICP - Discovery - Messaging - Buyer journey - Value proposition Better to 2x what works than to 10x what doesn’t.

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It’s never been more difficult to be in sales. To be successful, you need high-value outbound messaging that distinguishes you as the right solution for your prospect. But let's face it — not all reps have the time or access to real-time data to truly understand each prospect's needs...  It's time to meet SAM, the AI-powered sales assistant from Similarweb. Only with SAM do you get: 💡Prospect-tailored insights based on buyer intent, sales signals, and your prospects’ use case 📬Hyper-personalized, ready-to-use outbound messaging that spotlights your company as the right solution 🗓️Instantly generated insights accessible through Gmail and Google Calendar, making sales reps ready for any meeting  You can learn more about SAM’s capabilities here → https://bit.ly/3QOi5BB

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As B2B buyers and buying groups continually evolve in line with the shifting market and tech landscape, so must an organisation’s lead generation and lead qualification process. Generating qualified leads requires carefully orchestrated marketing and sales strategies implemented across a diverse channel mix in line with buyer priorities and needs. This article explores a variety of processes and B2B demand generation initiatives to support high-quality lead generation and a steady pipeline of sales opportunities to empower your growth. https://lnkd.in/e3Xq9grq

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got asked for some advice from leading successful Sales Development functions for over 10+ years...... so here's 7 tips if I was starting out! keen to hear others 🙏 as the list is endless: ❤️ give a shit about your people 📈 make data-driven decisions 👯 industry peer insight is most valuable 🤺 focus on driving habits, mindset, momentum, process & consistency 🕵‍♀️ perception is the enemy 💪 quality over quantity all day long 🕺 If you aren't competitive, you're in the wrong game #salesdevelopment #leadership #tipfromyouraveragesalesleader

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Welcome to Klue’s 360° Win-Loss 🎉 Get to the bottom of why you're winning and losing deals, without internal bias. Capture and analyse objective feedback from your buyers to remove bias from decisions being made about your product and go-to-market strategy. Gather intel from win, loss, stay, churn, and seller interviews across three different types of research to give you a complete view of your buyer. Klue AI analyses all of that data to generate the high-quality insights needed to stay on top of competitive threats, create differentiated positioning, and improve sales performance. Learn more at klue.com/win-loss

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Are you a Zendesk customer, looking to optimise your SLA / OLA management - particularly if you have more complex needs? Look no further! Cloudset's Performset goes significantly beyond Zendesk’s native SLA Management capabilities, with a proactive approach that will keep your agents focused and enable you to keep all your customer promises: - Start, stop, and pause any number of SLA metrics, anyway you need.  - Receive real-time alerts to ensure agents prioritise critical tickets before deadlines. - Avoid non-compliance penalties and reputational damage.  - Gain insights into SLA performance to identify areas for improvement. Reach out to me for a demo if this is of interest!

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Say goodbye to manual tracking and hello to efficiency. Below, my colleague Trevor Rogerson dives into how automated notifications and alerts can revolutionise your sales process. Alerts from your CRM help to keep you ahead of the game by notifying sales reps immediately when leads convert or new opportunities arise, ensuring that no lead is left behind, and making your sales operations smoother and more effective. #CRM #CRMSolutions #SugarCRM

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Today’s sales leaders need tools that go beyond basic tracking and reporting. Imagine having the power to analyse conversations, optimise call strategies, and gain real-time insights into deal progression – all in one place. This isn’t about just collecting data; it’s about transforming it into actionable insights that drive performance and close deals faster. For teams looking to elevate their process, the future lies in #AI-driven tools designed to sharpen focus, streamline operations, and unlock potential in every call. #SalesStrategy #AInSales #RevenueGrowth #SalesOps

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Ashi from Gong is fast (😮‍💨10k) But not as fast as Gong Engage users when they use Lavender. Access to your Gong calls in our personalization assistant ✅ Access to our coach & "Ashi fast" personalization in Gong ✅ Better 🤝 Faster 3.0 (and so much more) coming soon

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