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MrNiche

Senior Account Executive

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What's your Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) this month/quarter?

What is your Big Hairy Audacious Goal this month/quarter?


Feel like I'm in a point in my role where I know how to consistently hit quota and am wondering what stretch goals y'all have set for yourselves, as I'm trying to figure out what to write on my desk as a reminder.


Whether it's an activity metric, % over-attainment, money, something like that, I'd love to hear it. I mean anyone can say 200% to goal and mean it, but I'm looking for something more creative or self-improving.

Or if you have a success story about meeting a BHAG, please tell it!

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CoorsKing
WR Officer
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Retired King of the Coors Knights
Well I started a new role half way into the year, and to make club I have to hit my full years number. My goal is to ramp as fast as I can, and hit a home run and be the first rookie to make club in less than 6 months in seat. 
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
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Agency Recruiter
Great goal, Meech. I got my money on you!
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
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Senior Account Executive
Hell yeah, Meech. What's your average sales cycle timeline? and what are you doing differently each day to achieve that?
CaneWolf
Politicker
5
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
My quota is Bigfoot bred with Hagrid's mom.
BmajoR
Arsonist
1
Account Executive
That's graphic AND insightful. 
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
0
Senior Account Executive
That's a good lookin' kid.

And a nice commission check considering Q3 is usually pretty good!
FlintIronstag
Notorious Answer
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Chief Marketing Officer
Get one more client to utilize our product. We don’t make money if they aren’t clicking buttons. Our utilization rate is low, about 25%. Need to get it up!
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
3
Agency Recruiter
Been trying to lock down a contract with a huge hospital system here on the west coast for some time - finally feels like it could be coming to fruition here within the next month or so. Fingers crossed, but I've got a bottle of Kahlua in my desk drawer ready to go if it falls through.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
🦊
To not stab anyone. The excessive heat here has made everyone edgy.
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
1
Agency Recruiter
A great pun to boot 
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
0
Senior Account Executive
Y'all dealing with delays from the shortage on microprocessors? Feel like everyone in tech has issues from that.
It's made me considering stabbing before. About to lose a deal worth 80% of monthly quota because we can't get product out in time due to the shortage.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
2
SaaS Eater
What do you care about most? Huge commission? Recognition as the top dog? A new role in the next 6 months? Whatever motivates you, write that shit down and be relentless until you hit it.

For me its moving from a manager role into a director role by EOY, and to be in consideration my team needs to do 125% of our number for the remainder of the year. So thats what I am working towards. 
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
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Senior Account Executive
I think the promotion angle would be one I'd like to explore more in the next 6-9 months, but I think for this quarter I'd like to have an attainment goal to make commission and a personal goal that I'm struggling to land on 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
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SaaS Eater
Commission one in theory should be pretty easy to figure out. How much do you want to make and work it back from there. 

The personal one we cant really help with, aside from thinking about what really matters to you over the next 3 months and what you would feel proud to look back on 90 days from now. 
NoSuperhero
Politicker
2
BDR LEAD
50+ meetings in 3 months.
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
0
Senior Account Executive
As a BDR? That's steep. But I have the faith & LOVE the aggression! Good luck! 
LordBusiness
Politicker
1
Chief Revenue Officer
Launched a new product in July - goal is to push 600 new deals from July 1 - December 31 at at average deal size of $20k per.  ($12 M in bookings) across my current sales team.  Its a knarly goal, but as they say "the hard is what makes it great" 
HappyGilmore
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Aside from hitting quota I want to 3x my pipeline, no one in my company at the SMB level has that right now so I want to hit that and smash the rest of the year to hit presidents club
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
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Senior Account Executive
Love the long term aspect. I feel like I was leaning toward a revenue attainment goal but a pipe gen goal would pretty much yield similar results! 
HappyGilmore
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Exactly! My thought is if the pipe gen goal is hit and the pipe is there, revenue should take care of itself.
KendallRoy
Politicker
1
AM
Hitting quota two weeks into quarter. Will be a new record. Will do so if the verbal I got today signs tomorrow. 
saaskicker
Celebrated Contributor
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Enterprise AE
Bring in a 6-figure new logo. 
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
0
Senior Account Executive
ARR or TCV?
FeedTheKids
Politicker
0
Solutions Consultant
I just try to beat my MRR, cash closed, and deals closed from the month prior. 

Can't compare yourself to others, that's setting the bar too low. Just keep trying to be better than you were yesterday

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