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A pipeline is only useful if stage definitions are honest and exit criteria are clear. Most pipelines are wish lists.
Pipeline Management
The practice of tracking deals across defined stages with honest stage-exit criteria and using aggregate pipeline data to forecast revenue.
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Social Selling
Using social platforms, primarily LinkedIn, to research prospects, build credibility, and initiate conversations before a formal sales outreach.
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CAC
Customer Acquisition Cost. Total sales and marketing spend divided by customers acquired.
LTV
Lifetime Value. Revenue a customer generates over their entire relationship with the company.
Win rate
Percentage of qualified opportunities that close as won deals.
SPIN
Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-Payoff. Rackham's questioning framework for B2B sales.
BANT
Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline. A sales qualification framework.
MEDDIC
Metrics, Economic buyer, Decision criteria, Decision process, Identify pain, Champion. An enterprise qualification framework.
Pipeline
The set of active deals at various stages of the sales process, used for forecasting.
Mutual Action Plan
A shared checklist of steps and dates that both buyer and seller must complete to close a deal.
Discovery call
A structured early conversation to understand the prospect's situation, pain, and buying process.
Champion
An internal advocate at the prospect company who believes in your solution and helps you navigate their organisation.
Churn
The rate at which customers cancel or do not renew. High churn destroys LTV.
Stage-exit criteria
Verifiable conditions that must be met before a deal advances to the next pipeline stage.