# Work backward from my quota to a weekly activity plan

Turns your quota and conversion rates into the weekly calls, emails, meetings, and pipeline you actually need.

- Topic: Sales
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Sales, Meetings, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/work-backward-from-my-quota-to-a-weekly-activity-plan

## Prompt

```text
Help me work backward from my quota to a realistic weekly activity plan.

**My role:** [SDR/BDR (meetings or pipeline quota) / AE (revenue quota)]
**Quota and period:** [e.g. $450K per quarter, or 15 qualified meetings per month]
**Current attainment and time left:** [DETAILS]
**Average deal size:** [AMOUNT, if AE]
**My conversion rates:** [e.g. dials to conversations, emails to replies, meetings to opportunities, opportunities to wins - use real numbers if I have them]
**Average sales cycle:** [DAYS]
**Existing pipeline:** [AMOUNT + STAGE MIX]
**Hours available for prospecting per week:** [NUMBER]

Steps:
1. Calculate the pipeline and activity needed to hit the number, showing the math.
2. Account for sales cycle: pipeline created late in the period may not close in time.
3. Compare required activity with my available hours and say plainly if the math doesn't work.
4. Identify which conversion rate, if improved, would cut the most activity.

Return:
1. The funnel math in a table, from quota back to daily activity.
2. A weekly time-blocked schedule for prospecting, follow-up, meetings, and admin.
3. Weekly leading indicators to track.
4. Two options if the gap is unrealistic (e.g. raise conversion, larger deals, focus on late-stage pipeline).
Where I haven't given a rate, use a clearly labeled placeholder and tell me to replace it with my own data.
```

## What to fill in

- SDR/BDR (meetings or pipeline quota) / AE (revenue quota)
- e.g. $450K per quarter, or 15 qualified meetings per month
- DETAILS
- AMOUNT, if AE
- DAYS
- AMOUNT + STAGE MIX
- NUMBER

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