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Category: Sales Strategy
Sales Strategy Consulting: The Deck Is Not the Deliverable. The Monday After Is.
By Ken Lundin, CEO of RevHeat Most sales strategy consulting ends the same way. A 47-slide deck. A handshake. A team that reverts to old…
Hire a Sales Consultant: Who Checks the Reps After They Leave?
You hire a sales consultant because something’s broken. Pipeline’s stalled, win rates are flat, or the team can’t close without you. The consultant shows up,…
Sales Team Performance: 2024 Benchmark Data on Rep-to-Rep Gaps
I’ve watched companies spend six figures on training programs that move the needle by single digits. The actual driver of sales team performance? Who picks…
Sales Strategy Example: 307% Growth in Crisis Recovery
Most sales strategy example documents sit in a shared drive. Revenue keeps falling. The deck is beautiful. The framework is sound. Nobody runs it. There’s…
Upsell Timing: Why Premature Expansion Causes 18% Incremental Churn
I’ve watched hundreds of founders diagnose their retention problem wrong. They blame product-market fit. They blame onboarding gaps. They blame pricing. The real culprit is…
What Is a Fractional CRO? Role, Cost, and When You Need One
I’ve watched 73% of founders hire a second or third rep when revenue stalls. Then they call me six months later asking what is a…
Fractional Chief Sales Officer: The Scaling Founder’s 2024 Guide
Most founders call me when revenue has flatlined for two quarters. Their team is burning through pipeline faster than they can rebuild it. They ask…
How to Increase Revenue: The 330% Farming Gap in Account Growth
By Ken Lundin, CEO of RevHeat I’ve watched hundreds of revenue leaders obsess over new-logo acquisition while a bigger, easier opportunity sits untouched in their…
Revenue Diagnostic: How to Identify Your Binding Constraint in 45 Minutes (RevHeat Diagnostic Framework)
I’ve watched hundreds of founders burn through $200K+ in sales investment. They treat symptoms, not the disease. You hire three new reps to fix pipeline.…
Product-Led Growth vs. Sales-Led: Why the PLG Ceiling Hits Hard at $25K ACV (RevHeat Research Report 2.5)
The product led growth vs sales led debate ends at $25,000 ACV. Below that threshold, PLG works. Above it, you need humans in the deal.…
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