3-Minute Sales Process Scorecard
  • 3-Minute Sales Process Scorecard

  • 1. Sales Process

  • Is our sales process aligned with our customers’ buying process?
  • Has our process been developed or updated within the past 2 years?
  • 2. Alignment

  • Does our team consistently follow our sales process, using well-defined guidelines and KPIs?
  • Do other departments in the company know our sales process (marketing, customer success, product management, etc.)?
  • 3. Lead Quality

  • Are we targeting the right ICP (industry, title, pain points)?
  • Are sales and marketing leadership fully aligned on how to effectively communicate our value proposition, messaging, and differentiators?
  • 4. Outreach & Messaging

  • Are we using an outreach sequence that includes email, phone, LinkedIn, and other relevant channels?
  • Are we personalizing outreach based on segment and persona?
  • 5. Lead qualification

  • Are response rates meeting our industry benchmarks?
  • Do we use a consistent discovery call “script” and scoring metric to effectively qualify opportunities?
  • 6. Conversion Metrics

  • Are we booking enough discovery calls, demos, and proposals per rep per week/month to achieve our revenue goals?
  • Do we track the conversion rates from lead → opp → closed deal to identify bottlenecks, where deals stall, etc.?
  • 7. Pipeline Management

  • Are we conducting regularly scheduled, mandatory pipeline meetings?
  • Are we maintaining a “clean” pipeline, for example, using specific guidelines for closing out opportunities when stalled for a certain length of time?
  • 8. Process & Tools

  • Are our CRM and sales enablement tools tuned to our sales process and producing reporting that helps determine the effectiveness and efficiency of our sales process?
  • Are there tools or processes we’re using that are inefficient, or that create hurdles for the sales team?
  • 9. Feedback & Learning

  • Are we regularly reviewing our sales and marketing executions to determine the ROI for best and worst channels?
  • Are we conducting focus groups, after-sales interviews (won or lost), or regularly surveying our customers (NPS, customer satisfaction, product/service enhancements)?
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