DungeonsNDemos

Rolling 20's all day

End of Q1 "Megathread"

As the posts will start rolling in for end of quarter help, let's just put all of our questions in this one thread where our brain meld can answer these together and keep the war room from being as bad as last week.

So before you post: "help me with getting my prospect to sign NOW"

and

"Ohhhh god I need this deal, how can I get them to actually buy twice as much as they need?"

and

"Hey I need one more meeting to hit my monthly quota or I get on a PIP, someone drop their phone number so I can book you"

and of course our favorite "I need to pick a CRM by end of week, What dO? Which is your favoirte?"

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RealPatrickBateman

Politicker

🔪Amateur Butcher🔪

What does my Q1 quota and Jada Pinkett Smith's back have in common?

.... They both got BLOWN OUT months ago.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Damn.

RealPatrickBateman

Politicker

🔪Amateur Butcher🔪

I said what I said.

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

I’m ded

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

Hahahahahahha

UrAssIsSaaS

Arsonist

SaaS Eater

Put it in the Louvre

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

This is the quality content I’m here for lmao

UrAssIsSaaS

Arsonist

SaaS Eater

What younger - your sales cycle or the avg age of the dudes Jada is banging?

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

brutal

aSaaSinator69

Praised Answer

Business Development

How do you guys (and gals) avoid burnout I feel like I’ve been put through a goddam blender

RealPatrickBateman

Politicker

🔪Amateur Butcher🔪

This is the way.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Recover for a couple of days, shake it off, and jump back in.

mami

Tycoon

Account Executive

Do my favorite things AND get my own personal shit prioritized. Focus on self care not just self soothing.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

I typically take one long weekend a month for some type of small trip. Whether it be to a neighboring city, camping, visit family, whatever. Just something to remind me why I work hard and how good I've got it.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

Officer of ♥️

May the sales gods send ye all the docusigns thou requesteth

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Won't hit the quarterly number, but knew that going in. Just missing out on a bonus, but will more than make it up by blowing it out the next two quarters.

So, working on Q2 already, as I have been for the past month.

Thank GOD I'm not looking for a CRM, or even involved in those decisions.

CatMom

Politicker

Account Executive

I’ve been waiting for 2 prospects to sign for 3 weeks now. They both go silent for days and come back with the “I’m working on it” or “I’ll have something to you soon” - we’ve accepted all red lines to contracts and they’ve both given a verbal. I keep asking in follow-ups if there’s anything else I can do to help move things along. We’re a small startup and sell to HR so I’m having my CEO send a note to my contact’s boss to see if that moves the needle. Any other ideas people have used in the past when there are only 2 days left to make miracles happen??

mami

Tycoon

Account Executive

If you’re far along in legal, I would push for a PO/order form signing in good faith that you will finalize legal. Also getting on a call to push through legal concerns with both counsels can be helpful.

CatMom

Politicker

Account Executive

Love it! Great idea! Ended up getting one signed so that was awesome 👏🏻 other one responded to my CEO saying it wasn’t likely that it’ll happen but they’re still planning to move fwd. Also wouldn’t say what’s holding things up 🙃

mami

Tycoon

Account Executive

Yeah! Maybe your CEO would be willing to ask for a good faith signing for an incentive knowing that legal will soon be tied up.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

That’s rough. Can you call and ask what is holding this back from happening?

CatMom

Politicker

Account Executive

If only Apollo or ZoomInfo had phone numbers for them 🙃 lol - have the number for one but I’m feeling like leaving more than one vm a day is excessive 😅

ClutchDeluxe

Valued Contributor

asking people for money

I am having the same problem. 3 big deals are stuck in legal limbo on the client side.
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NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

I hit my quota for the quarter month 1 of it. Now I'm just chilling and soaking up that accelerator cash. Good luck to everyone right on the edge of hitting it!

theSADNESSisreal

Executive

SAD

Accelerators are where it's at. I hit month 2, congrats to you for hitting month one. Low stress, big checks!

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

right? gotta love em. Now to start getting my pipeline built up for next quarter.

JustGonnaSendIt

Politicker

Burn Towns, Get Money

Shit, it's end of Q1 for you guys? My Q1 ended in January. We're neck deep in Q2 at this point...

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

you are in the future !

Notmyrealname

Politicker

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Was in the same soup, just hit my quota today

FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

I blew up my biggest customer (getting dissolved), redid my comp plan as it will be effecting the company, and will miss Q1. However, Q2 and Q3 look promising based in the ramp and should hit year end quota easily.

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

Just had a small deal drop in that I thought was dead. Considering slow playing the paperwork to start April off quickly…

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

who is trying to pick a CRM by end of the week?? Do we get those posts in the WR?

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

I think they just forget to mention it whenever those polls roll through

TreTime

Catalyst

Account Executive

I’m havin record year (Eric church voice)

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

luckily I don't care of quarterly quotas

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