What comes to mind when you say high-performing sales teams? According to this recent article by Forbes, high-performance sales teams aren't just defined by the year-over-year revenue gains and profitability. Rather, they share fundamental characteristics beyond their performance metrics.  Here are the top 4 listed and that really resonated with me:

So much emphasis is placed on new revenue growth ---revenue targets, quotas, and new deals. But what about the revenue that slowly leaks away under the line of visibility? In our years of experience working with clients to maximize revenue potential, we’ve sealed many revenue leaks. Understanding where these revenue leaks are showing up in your sales process will help you to reach your next phase of growth much more quickly.

Successful growth companies face revenue stalls and leaks. However, they are tricky to navigate.

When revenue stalls in a multi-million-dollar company, it produces a unique form of stress for the C-suite. It’s the confusion, worry, and frustration of the success-turned-stall-story. Why do companies with the wherewithal to build themselves to such a size suddenly run out of gas? And where is their restart?

You are a fearless entrepreneur; your business is in growth mode and you’re scaling fast. You’ve got your sales figured out – chances are you were salesperson numero uno - so you know what they need to be successful, and you’ve built the right team, processes and systems to support them. And then there’s marketing… it feels like a running target – they’re always asking for something and you can never get a straight answer on ROI. You wonder - why can’t marketing just figure it out?!

If your company is striving to unlock sustainable growth, listen up.

Last month, Digital Magenta Co-Founders Jennifer Turner and Alice Chandrasekaran hosted a webinar focussed on the BIG 5 revenue leaks that are plaguing companies and hindering predictable revenue. 

Are there gaps in your sales and marketing processes that are wasting time and money?

Growth-minded companies consistently seek ways to increase their revenue and reduce their costs.  But what’s preventing them from reaching their revenue and growth potential? This question keeps everyone from C Level to marketing and sales teams up at night. Both customer expectations and business practices are rapidly shifting and companies are trying to effectively get on board with that shift. But are we looking in the right places? There are some common process gaps where revenue may not be fully realized. You may be at risk if you answer “no” to some or all of these questions: 

Marketing in the Digital Age

There has been tremendous change in the marketing world over the past five to ten years. Everything now begins with a search as buyers turn to online sources to find the information they need to make decisions. At the same time, there has been an influx of new technology for marketing in the digital age. This can be very complicated to navigate but there is good news!