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The ultimate sales glossary: 100 sales terms to know

Zendesk

ACV is primarily used in B2B businesses or in subscription-based B2C businesses where customers make regular, repeated purchases. The closing ratio is a sales metric used to measure sales agent success. A closing ratio can also be used to predict future sales or make strategy adjustments. Conversion. Forecasting.

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The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation

Mike Kunkle

Understanding general buyer personas and buyers’ journey or buying processes, including challenges, opportunities, impacts, needs, objectives, priorities (COIN-OP), decision process, decision criteria, decision roles, desired outcomes with metrics and measures, and consideration of both the decision makers’ business and personal needs.

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Sales win rate: How to calculate and improve it

Zendesk

Some sales teams use the second type of win rate, which doesn’t include all opportunities. These are potential customers who saw a demo, quote, or sales pitch but decided not to make a purchase—from you or your competitors. Was there an external event such as a supply-chain delay that hurt your win rate?