Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? Here are 25 of our favorite sales blogs. Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It is enticing to play the role of a manager in a sales team. Along with your own quota, you even need to ensure that your sales team performs well and achieves its sales quota. The real key to building a winning sales team is effective sales management. Are you wondering how to manage a sales team effectively?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A variety of industries use inside sales as a popular high-growth sales model. According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. There is a higher turnover among the sales ranks.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Holger Schulze is an experienced B2B tech marketer and advisor for SaaS, marketing / sales automation and cybersecurity vendors. Recently, DiscoverOrg sat down with Schulze to uncover the momentum sales technology has gained over the past 12 months. We want to see how sales technology is evolving and what the trends are.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2016

More Books: I completed or reread some great books by friends and colleagues I think they belong on every sales professionals bookshelves: Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sales , Paul Smith: We know how critical stories are in connecting and engaging our customers.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 19, 2016

First, thanks to everyone who took the time to provide feedback and ideas on some of the things I covered in last week’s Bits And Pieces ( March 12, 2016 ). Beyond The Sales Process, 12 Proven Strategies For A Customer Driven World , Steve Andersen and Dave Stein. This weeks bits and pieces. What’s On Your Mind?

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 19, 2015

If you want to learn about the latest ideas in sales you need to be a student of learning. I wrote a quick post last week from the Rainmaker 2015 Sales Development Summit – but didn’t give it the detail it deserved, so here is part 2. This event was unique because it only focused on sales development.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018. The first thing you need to do?

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 15, 2017

Very much like the sales profession. On my return home, I was asked to prepare for an interview and one of the questions was whether I had seen any changes over the past few years in the B2B sales space and if so, what were those changes? Although I’m not sure selling, per se, has changed! But the drawer is empty today.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. And those opportunities you thought were progressing through the waterfall / sales process to “wins”? According to Forrester, prospects indicate that less than 12% of sales engagements are focused on outcomes and customer value.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

And if you want to see just how awful Microsoft's latest Office 2016 for Mac is, read this off-topic post here. I was speaking at the AA-ISP event in Boston earlier this month when I learned something very interesting about how sales leaders feel about coaching salespeople. I was leading a session on how to coach Inside Salespeople.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2017

And from where I stand -- as the manager of an inside sales team -- one thing is clear. To be successful next year and beyond, sales development reps need to think outside the box. Here at HubSpot, we've had some exciting product updates to the marketing & sales platforms as of January 2016.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the start of 2016, we were brought in to support a group of sales reps who did not make their numbers in 2015. To date in 2016, these same territory reps have exceeded their numbers. The #1 sales execution issue reported by sales execs is the lack of highly qualified sales leads. Their “reward”?

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InsideSales.com

JUNE 12, 2020

Sales will never be the same. This may sound extreme on the surface – but in reality, sales will never return to the way it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, and this is a good thing. Many of the needed sales process changes were forced upon us as we adjusted to selling from home. Inside Sales Teams are Already Digital.

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SBI

JUNE 25, 2020

Q: WHAT ARE THE TOP WAYS COMPANIES CAN TRANSFORM SALES TO IMPROVE THEIR PROSPECTS' BUYING EXPERIENCE IN THE NEXT 12-24 MONTHS. This trend has collided with the workplace effects of COVID-19, in that not only are we in an exclusively virtual sales environment, but budgets are under greater pressure.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Just like Girl Scout cookies come in many different flavors, sales jobs are incredibly varied. Rather than learning from direct experience which type of sales job you love -- and which ones you’re ill-suited for -- use this comprehensive guide. What to Look for in a Sales Job. Others, like outside sales, are on the decline.

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Velocify

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Texting: A new frontier in sales. Sales professionals can learn a lot from the pioneers that have come before them, and there is much to be gained by using text messaging in the sales process. 1] Portio Research, Mobile Messaging Futures 2012-2016, 2012. [2]

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn how to use predictive analytics and big data to improve your team’s inside sales skills. Follow these sales best practices to improve your sales reps’ selling skills and turn regular salespeople into sales superstars. 7 Sales Best Practices. Some aspects of sales, however, don’t.

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HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

  Here’s a great event you don’t want to miss… I’m excited to be participating in the ELEVATE VIRTUAL SALES KICKOFF MEETING!   Velocify, the leading sales acceleration platform provider announced its inaugural virtual sales kickoff,  ELEVATE , co-sponsored by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP).

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SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

We’ve heard from the Salesloft family this morning, with Kyle Porter and friends on the main stage sharing their gratitude for the people and processes that have gotten us to where we are today in the sales development community. the top analyst in the sales development game. And sales didn’t know what was going on.

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Salesmate

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Sales have been a male dominant industry for a long time now. Our previous blog on Sales influencers proves this dominance, with almost 85% names being men. But first, let us understand what difference does women makes in sales. Why do we need more women in Sales? Women are good at sales. Coco Chanel.

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ROI4Sales

APRIL 17, 2017

We don’t say that reps are “sales trained” – for all you English majors – we use the present participle form and refer to it as “sales training.” And for a good reason: sales training must be a continuous process if you are going to be successful in today’s B2B sales environment. The real problem : .

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Selling Power

MAY 7, 2018

I never really imagined sales would be my career until I closed my first cloud deal as an inside sales rep at Microsoft in 2016 and crushed my sales quota.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. You can revisit the fundamentals of selling, acquire a new soft skill that will enable you to close more deals, or simply leisurely read some sales and business literature. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ?

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SalesLoft

APRIL 19, 2016

Sales Development Reps have the toughest task of setting qualified meetings and filling the sales organization’s revenue pipeline every single day. But we believe that sales development is the future for truly successful sales teams. With the rise of the Sales Development Cloud , an open and ?flexible Demandbase.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Perhaps the biggest reason is that my guest, Debbie Dunnam , Corporate Vice President of Inside Sales at Microsoft, walks her talk. How did you get started in sales, Debbie? I always find it fascinating to learn how my guests end up in a career in sales. Digital sales transformation requires a shift in mindset.

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Factor 8

APRIL 1, 2016

That’s right Inside Sales Alum, it’s time for our industry’s best event (and my substitute High School reunion – because frankly, that’s in Iowa and I like all you Inside […]. 2016 AA-ISP Leadership Summit! The post It’s Reunion Time! appeared first on Factor 8.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

If you’re on a mission to take your sales development career to the next level, scale an inside sales team, and learn from the most influential leaders in the industry, then #Rainmaker16 is a no brainer. But wait… you already knew that. You’re not here to be sold on attending Rainmaker. Well fear not, my friends.

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SalesLoft

MAY 12, 2015

As one of the Sales Development Team Leads, Lydia is a constant motivator to the SDR team both professionally and personally. What’s your ultimate sales development productivity hack? Organization is key for being an sales development rep–it’s important to stick to a daily process. A-Text is a huge time saver.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 7, 2020

Read this article to find out more about sales influencer Grant Cardone’s seven simple tips to help you improve your sales follow up technique. RELATED: Infographic: Sales Follow-Up Guide – How To Talk To Customers So They Listen. Seven Tips to Help Improve Your Sales Follow Up Technique. Leave a Message.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 16, 2020

In 2016, the NBA’s Sacramento Kings completed construction and moved to Golden 1 Center, a state-of-the-art indoor arena complex in an emerging lifestyle, entertainment, and retail neighborhood in Sacramento, known locally as DOCO, or Downtown Commons. It’s hardly surprising then that the Kings sales organization is big on technology tools.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

This blog post was originally “The 25 Sales Leaders You should Get to Know in 2020.” We realize, after speaking with several sales leaders, that this methodology excluded some of the most impactful sales leaders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. VP of Sales at Mixpanel. Jordan Arogeti. Meka Asonye.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some great companies to consider for your next sales job. ProfitWell.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Dreamforce 2016 is officially underway, and we’re live blogging some of our favorite sessions right here on the Salesloft blog. First up, Kyle Porter and friends take the stage to introduce the new era of sales: the modern sales organization. The industry of sales. Everybody is in the sales business.

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Velocify

AUGUST 24, 2017

BambooHR added Velocify Pulse® and Velocify Dial-IQ® to their sales stack in 2016, working alongside Salesforce and ActOn to empower SDRs in ways that were impossible with their previous inside sales solution. Zak Bills, an SDR at BambooHR, said that their previous inside sales solution was unreliable.

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