Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

As some of you know, today, September 5 th , my new book, The Owner’s Manual to Life: Simple Strategies to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More has been released! In this book, I’ve collected 100 of my favorite quotes and I write a brief, two-page essay on how to get the most from the wisdom the quotes contain. You can order your copy here.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I read the majority of the reports, studies, white papers, and books related to sales development because others in the field might stumble onto a trend, an insight or a statistic of which I was not aware. That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey. The next finding explains the previous finding.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 25, 2021

Who paved the way for women in sales? Yet, even with gender biases and cultural norms working against them, there were women trailblazers in every century, including women sales leaders. Blazing a Trail for Women in Sales. Most notable among early women sales leaders is Lucinda W. Picture yourself in 1900.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more. They average only 1.5

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lead-to-account matching and routing software addresses this problem head-on, automating key processes to help sales teams work smarter and faster. Heres how lead-to-account matching and routing software benefits businesses: Time Savings : Sales teams can focus on selling rather than administrative tasks. Automates lead distribution.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. My wife thought I would enjoy a book she found at the airport bookstore and I agreed that it looked compelling. Cold-Case Christianity is a book by J. It will be worth it! We’re almost there.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Three months into my new role as a sales development representative (SDR), I hit a milestone: 10 booked sales meetings in a single month. Ive been in sales development for over a year and a half, working at companies that ranged from AI-powered revenue tools to go-to-market strategy firms. For a new SDR, thats huge.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 31, 2025

Often when were talking about about sales, we seem to be saying the salesperson is in charge of when deals move forward and ultimately when they close. You can influence when a sale happens, but you cannot overcome the inherent dynamics of how that customer wants to buy. Sales is a tough gig and its not getting any easier.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

this is an important one because sometimes we get frustrated as sales managers and tip #27 says to manage your own motivation. You can read a leadership book or take a leadership course. The post Sales Management Tip of The Week Tip #27: Manage Your Own Motivation appeared first on Steven Rosen. Manage Your Own Motivation.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A Note about Sales Scrum. And so it is with our podcast Sales Scrum. We kicked things off in February, minutes before COVID announced itself, with little more than the goal of exploring sales in a unique way. No need to fret, I am continuing to engage with interesting people with a range of insights on sales.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And this was fifteen years before I wrote the best-selling book Baseline Selling ! I brought up the Fantasy Camp experience because it's not all that different from what participants experience when they attend my Sales Leadership Intensive (SLI).

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2023

CEOs, Sales Leaders, Sales Managers and HR Directors are under water when it comes to sales selection. After reading Malcom Gladwell's book, Talking to Strangers , I can finally explain why the success rate is so low. They get it right about 50% of the time and that includes salespeople who stay but underperform.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The conversation delved into the evolution of sales strategies in response to changing buyer behavior, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence. This blog post will break down the key insights and actionable advice shared by Wes, focusing on his five proven steps to making every sale.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 3, 2025

In the latest episode of the expert interview series, John Golden engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Mitchell Levy , a global credibility expert, two-time TEDx speaker, and author of over 60 books. John identifies his target audience as salespeople and sales leaders, focusing on sales leaders for the exercise.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Sales Eagles Soar Turkeys to Get Consumed. If you are chasing your 2015 sales numbers, you need to return from this holiday weekend highly energetic, focused and ready to sprint to the finish line. When I was running a sales force , I was equally focused on finishing the year off and starting the next year even stronger.

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

They greeted me very politely, explaining they were looking for an ‘Alice Grey’ My first instinct was to think this was a ‘sales ruse’ and therefore not believe them, but as I was about to let them know I wasn’t interested, I decided to give them a chance and hear them out. They did not.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

” They were doing their version of the book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and were playing “Good Parents, Bad Parents.” When there aren’t many new opportunities in the pipeline, very little new business will get closed n months from now where n is the length of the sales cycle.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I am enjoying reading the book Selling to the C-Suite by Nicholas A.C. The book is an excellent summary of how selling to C-Suite executives is so dramatically different from selling in the lower levels of a company. Read and Stephen J.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2025

Sales leaders need to make sure that every interaction counts and that means understanding which accounts are the best fit, when to reach out, and how to solve customer challenges. 70% reduction in data inaccuracy , saving time and effort for reps 1,100+ hours saved from manual data enrichment, allowing sales reps to focus on closing deals.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 25, 2024

Rusty sales skills won’t win the gold. It’s the same for your sales team. If you want this to be a game-changing year, it’s up to the CRO to make skills-building and practice a requirement, an integral part of your culture, and a major component of your sales strategy. What sales lessons can we learn from them?

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Baseline Selling is a proprietary sales process and methodology that Dave Kurlan developed in 2005. It uses the metaphor of the baseball diamond to visualize the sales process and any corporate sales process can be overlaid, integrated or married to it, making it the most flexible sales process ever to be introduced.

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 30, 2025

It can also make life much easier if your sales plan and quota gets bigger in the back half of the year as many do. With so much volatility in the market place in the moment I highly recommend listening to my book Selling in a Crisis on Audible or Spotify or taking my courses on Selling During Uncertainty on Sales Gravy University.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. Decrease the cost of sales. That got me thinking.

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SMEI

APRIL 24, 2024

The idea that “salespeople are born, not made” has long been a prevailing notion in the sales industry. However, this outdated belief has been disproven by the authors of “Open the Mind and Close the Sale: The secret to success in selling!”

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 5, 2022

So aesthetics aside, let me dive a little deeper for you because it is a book that MUST be on your bookshelf if you are any type of self-respecting business leader or boots-on-the-ground, bag-carrying, zoom-hybrid seller wanting to market themselves in a very noisy world. I wrote: . Secondly, your words are amazing. ” . Beautiful. ??

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

We see deals in our sales pipeline postponed or disappearing. Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up? If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline. If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2025

Buyers face the same challenge every day, making simplicity a superpower in sales. Lets take a look at the basics of SNAP and how you can start using it in your sales cycle. SNAP selling is a sales methodology created by sales strategist Jill Konrath , based on her book, which covers the process extensively.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2021

In 2005 I took my passion for sales development and my passion for baseball and married them together to write the best-selling book, Baseline Selling - How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. Today, fifteen years later, that book is still #15 on Amazon.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2025

In this blog post, Ill break down what gap selling is, why its the secret sauce for successful sales, and how you can use it to connect with prospects on a deeper level. Now, Keenan covers lots of gems in his book I cant share all of them, but I can highlight the ones that really matter, check out some of his must-know info below: 1.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 28, 2020

This was even the premise of my second book, Pick Up the Damn Phone!: I wrote that book because I was horrified when reps started telling me they didn’t need to talk to prospects and clients anymore. Conversations have become less frequent, email spam has skyrocketed, and social media is the new breeding ground for sales pitches.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sales team success often hinges on the quantity and quality of leads routed from marketing campaigns and organic channels. This is where lead capture software comes into play, offering a powerful solution for businesses looking to streamline their lead generation processes, boost their sales pipeline , and track key sales metrics.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2023

What are your plans to make this your best year in sales ever? Here are three things I did all those years ago that changed my sales career, and my life, forever: #1) For the first ninety days in 2024, make a commitment to listening to at least ONE call a day. 3) Invest in, study, and use the scripts in this book.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2024

I remember it like it was yesterday — I was just starting out in SaaS sales, and I had identified a promising account I wanted to target. Sales requires a lot of skills you can only acquire from experience, but there’s one critical attribute you should start to hone on day one: persistence. How to Use AI for Sales Follow-Ups 1.

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Anne Miller

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As his website says, he helps “ skyrocket your course/ coaching/ memberships/ consulting sales in the first 30 days by building custom-made high-converting marketing funnels. Bogdan’s simple plunge metaphor helps close the sale, because the prospect “sees” his commitment choices in a fresh way that makes going all in the sensible option.

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Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOLD Sales Leaders will perform best in a rapidly changing environment. It is not the most competent or the smartest sales leader that will survive, but rather the sales leader that is BOLD and can adapt to change will thrive. I don’t care if you are the head of sales or a front-line sales manager. Behavioral.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. It can be a critical step in filling your sales pipeline with great opportunities. Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created. Do you know how you help?

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