Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Inside Sales. When it comes to inside sales, put aside old visions of airplane hanger-size room filled with lots of salespeople making lots of sales calls using finely polished scripts. These rooms may still be around but inside sales has undergone a dramatic shift in the last several years.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Sales Career Advice. Sales Techniques.

Penetration 112

Penetration Software Software Sales 112

Close.io

MAY 30, 2018

So you’re looking to build out your inside sales team and you’ve lined up a full day of interviews with potential new hires. To make sure you don’t waste time and money on a bad hire who doesn’t fit the culture, there are some questions you absolutely need to be asking in your interviews with prospective inside sales reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

Score More Sales

APRIL 21, 2014

I talked about having a multi-faceted strategy in a session on the InsideSales Accelerate 14 Summit and believe it to be a key strategy for success in an inside sales position. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 23, 2012

He is the Senior Partner at Jonathan Farrington & Associates , Chairman of The JF Corporation and CEO of Top Sales Associates , based in London & Paris. You can also catch his popular, award-winning blog here — The JF Blogit. Today’s breed of inside sales professional is bright, qualified, and well rewarded.

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Pointclear

MAY 5, 2017

Because of this, CRM Radio and the sister program SLMA Radio, have been interviewing executives on the subjects of the marketing and sales uses of Artificial Intelligence. Sales managers must acknowledge that AI is going to make its way into the ways in which sales people work, prospect, and sell. The host is Jim Obermayer.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

I’m the kind of person who gets into an airplane and am still amazed how they always take off and land hundreds or thousands of miles away (at least all of my flights have, and nearly all flights do) To see the advances in marketing tools and sales tools – it’s really phenomenal what software can now do. Increase Opportunities.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 15, 2013

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 200

Velocify

JANUARY 29, 2013

According to a 2012 Bridge Group study [1] , from 2009-2011 the number of inside sales jobs grew 124% in the U.S. This evolution means an increasingly mature buying market that is driving new CRM-related needs for sales and marketing teams. The bottom line, process is critical for inside sales teams. Productivity.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

She is IBM’s most prolific female inventor and a mobile software engineer. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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Twitter Engineering Compensation Inside Sales 210

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We’ve reached out to influencers and compiled a list of the industry’s leading blogs below. Check them out regularly, sign up for their emails even, and use the information they share to skyrocket your sales results. HubSpot Sales aims to help growing businesses transform the way they sell to match the way people buy.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Software Advice surveyed nearly 2000 sales professionals who use a mobile version of a CRM tool and found the following: Nearly all salespeople using mobile CRM (82 percent) say that accessing their system on smartphones and tablets greatly or moderately improves the quality of their CRM data. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 20, 2011

on the Marketing Automation Software Guide blog. Lauren’s article is based on her survey of marketing automation users that sought—knowing what they know now—the questions they would ask vendors if they were going back and buying their software all over again.

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PointClear Lead Nurturing Outbound Sales Qualified Lead 167

Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2014

Be agile or you will lose touch with your buyers – sales will spiral down – have they already? Agile is not just fast, it is a methodology for software development and project management where you do shorter amounts of work and assess, change, and improve. Your time is valuable and you cannot get it back.

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Compensation Positioning Pipeline Engineering 216

Velocify

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

New Leads360 study analyzes the contact practices of more than 400 inside sales teams, identifying the methods and actions that drive best-in-class sales performance. Many inside sales reps make too few calls and send too few emails.

Inside Sales 66

Inside Sales Leads360 Webinar Metrics Strategy 66

SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. Playbook is an apt description for The Smart Sales Manager.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you. Table of Contents Sales Career and Salary Stats The Buyer’s Journey Lead Generation Stats Sales Software Stats Sales Careers and Salary Stats Practically every business in every industry needs salespeople.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

Account based sales reps are the only feet on the street anymore. Much of the sales process has been shifted to inside sales, which requires different skills. So, perhaps we should stop pointing fingers at sales managers and look at a different culprit—upper management.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In a recent episode of the Expert Insight Interview, host John Golden sat down with Glenn Sandifer , the Senior Director of Securitas Technology US, to discuss the evolving landscape of inside sales. Understanding Inside Sales John Golden begins the conversation by asking Glenn Sandifer to define what an inside sales team is.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Trish’s company helps inside sales organizations make the big decisions. She is a frequent speaker and blogger on Inside Sales productivity, trends, and effectiveness, and the author of Building Inside Sales: Framing a Best Practice Group and co-author of Sales Speaks: Perception & Ponderings on Marketing Leads.

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SBI

OCTOBER 9, 2013

MM of revenue next year using our software. And finally, if you have a complex sale, you’ll want to employ a buyer-focused sales process that guides prospects through their buying journey. Why that’s the case is the subject for another blog post. You’ll generate an additional 12.7 And that is indeed the case.

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Sales Tools Tools InsideView Field Sales 139

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2017

SaaS stands for software as a service. It is a type of software hosted, secured, and managed by a single provider. Software as a service, or SaaS, is software that’s accessed, managed, and used on the internet. Software as a service, or SaaS, is software that’s accessed, managed, and used on the internet.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

I speak on behalf of HubSpot 50 times a year, and at every engagement I tell my audience they should take the hour they use for cold calls to do something that’s not even in their job description: blogging. Back in the 1990s, inside sales was a stepping stone, not a career. Inside sales is simply more efficient and scalable.

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HeavyHitter Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Sales Strategy: Competitive Insights from Interviews with 1,000+ Key Information Technology Decision Makers and Top Technology Salespeople was at the top of their list.    Here’s their comments about the book from their INSIDE SALES BLOG ….    Learn more about Heavy Hitter I.T.

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B2B Decision Maker Social Media eBook 96

Velocify

JUNE 5, 2013

appeared first on Leads360 Blog. CRM Lead Management Sales Automation dedup software duplicate leads duplicate management Inside sales lead response Research sales sales CRM study' The post Study: Think duplicate leads are all bad? Think again.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Even with just 140 characters, he manages to really get to the heart of what position you need to take during tough sales calls, and how to advance your career in sales. Author of “The Sales Development Playbook,” Trish Bertuzzi has been a major player in the sales game for the past two decades. Lori Richardson.

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Social Media Influencer Media Hiring 205

Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

He's well known from his videos, blog, and newsletter as “the ROI Guy.” Mediafly acquired his company Alinean, a pioneer in value messaging and interactive sales tools. Prior to Alinean, Tom founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training.

Top of Funnel 132

Top of Funnel Face-to-face Scale Webinar Metrics 132

Openview

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A new study from Process Street in partnership with sales email tool PersistIQ reveals the inside sales outreach of the world’s 281 top SaaS companies, and how they respond when a high-ticket lead (in this case, we used Vodafone) signs up for a free trial or demo. 9% of companies use webinars as a sales tactic.

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Enterprise Enterprise Company Marketo 118

SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

Sales blogs to go to for insight in every sales role, from sales professionals to sales managers to sales leaders — aside from Salesloft.com, of course! For Sales Professionals: The Sales Blog (Anthony Iannarino) | Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, and sales leader.

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Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Inside Sales Lead Scoring 52

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Software (1035). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Blog (5972). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments.

Lead Rank 99

Lead Rank Leads360 Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 99

SalesHandy

JULY 7, 2021

Figuring out how to generate sales for SaaS products might seem like a pretty daunting task. Selling software products might seem very lucrative, but it’s really challenging to generate leads and close them. . What SaaS sales is all about, and how do you go about selling your SaaS to qualified leads? What is SaaS Sales?

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Inbound 98

Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

We asked the participants what they believed the biggest challenges and burning issues are in Customer Experience, and we deliberately avoided steering the conversation toward CRM software. But CRM software quickly emerged as a burning issue and I made the comment that some research states 70% of CRM software implementations fail.

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Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In this CRM comparison, we’ll explore some of the best sales CRM solutions offering mobile CRM apps with advanced route planning capabilities. We’ll assess their strengths and weaknesses, pricing plans, and user ratings to help you select the ideal route-optimization CRM software for your business.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Sales books. Presentation software. If you know a salesperson who's always wanted to kick off their own blog but just hasn't gotten around to it yet, this is the year to do it. 5) LinkedIn Sales Navigator. This journal helps sales reps get more done and feel better every day.

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Travel Wireless Transportation Exercises 145

Velocify

APRIL 16, 2013

The post Why getting the right leads to the right reps matters appeared first on Leads360 Blog. Chart of the Month Increased Speed Lead Distribution Lead Management Sales Automation CRM Inside sales lead distribution sales 2.0

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Lead Rank Leads360 Distribution Leads 71

Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) refers to any cloud software product that a company hosts and makes available to customers over the Internet, rather than offering it as a download onto their computers or mobile devices. By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals. What Is SaaS Sales?

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