SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My VP of Sales wants me to research trends in inside sales and conduct account segmentation. The sales managers are yelling for updated dashboards and territories. Oh, and Marketing wants to discuss sales enablement improvements. Download this tool here and you can follow along with in the next section.

Sales Operations 303

Sales Operations Compensation Territories Segment 303

Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 10, 2014

Inside sales. Recently we published a blog on the emerging importance of inside sales in the B2B market. We came across an interesting research study by Software Advice that examined the performance of their inside sales team – analyzing data collected from over 6,000,000 visitors to their web site.

Inside Sales 106

Inside Sales Research B2B Sales Qualified Lead 106

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

One area CEOs can focus on during this period of change is the sales and marketing functions. Modernizing Sales and Marketing during an Industry Shift. The challenge many B2B sales and marketers face, however, is how to transition the legacy team to the new industry. Enter the Talent Assessment.

Lead Rank 288

Lead Rank Industry Lead Scoring Scale 288

SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

SBI’s 7 th annual research session will expand on the agile sales concept. In an increasingly competitive environment, best-in-class sales organizations are looking for an edge. Download this tool to keep pace with your customers by utilizing the agile sales approach. They have kept up with the market.

Customer 328

Customer B2C Decision Maker Inside Sales 328

Pointclear

MARCH 31, 2011

A new eBook reports on sales rep perceptions of marketing-generated leads, and the findings run from surprising to shocking to downright scary. The survey sample is nicely balanced with responding reps engaged in field sales, inside sales, and inbound and outbound lead generation and lead qualification.

Marketing Qualified Lead 172

Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 172

Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

I first created this framework from stressing out about the lousy results my inside sales team was getting cold calling. In the future, Sweetspot says the tool will integrate with CRM systems (Salesforce.com no doubt) and also to some marketing automation tools to allow sales people to launch drip campaigns.

InsideView 309

InsideView Cold Calling Decision Maker Twitter 309

Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

Inside sales refers to any form of selling that isn’t done face-to-face. Unlike outside sales (or field sales ) reps, inside sales reps connect with potential customers remotely through phone, email , and web conferencing. Among B2B companies, the use of inside sales reps has exploded in popularity.

Outside Sales 91

Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 91

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Click here to get your Guide to Sales Data Governance. Fact – data-centered decisions in Marketing provide ROI’s of 15-20% above the norm. At the same time, someone from a subsidiary of Acme contacts inside sales and places a telephone order for $10,000. What role did marketing have in the effort?

Sales Operations 267

Sales Operations Hiring Government Face-to-face 267

Close.io

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this post, we’re sharing three inside sales job descriptions that you can steal and personalize for your business in order to attract the right sales talent in 2020! Job description template: junior inside sales professional. ? Job description template: inside sales leader. ? Let’s get going.

Inside Sales 91

Inside Sales Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 91

SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

Inside Sales 102

Inside Sales Data Lead Rank Hiring 102

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2014

It''s a great description of how their salespeople and many inside salespeople operate. It describes mostly young, social salespeople, who sell inside and to marketers who are also mostly social sellers. And it does work if you have a suitable product, price range, technology, target market and sales cycle.

Airlines 202

Airlines Inbound Hubspot Top of Funnel 202

Score More Sales

MAY 15, 2014

I had a chance to catch up with best-selling author and modern marketing expert Jay Baer who has been the host of the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit 2014 Tampa this week. JB: In their zeal to embrace content marketing, many brands are creating content that is wholly self-referential. Increase Opportunities.

Buyer 200

Buyer Lead Scoring Lead Rank B2C 200

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

There are new tools and ideas coming out now that will change forever how we think about business process, marketing and sales. The companies I work with have massive spreadsheets that are all independent, they have CRM with little adoption, and data silos throughout their sales and marketing organizations.

Workbooks 232

Workbooks Analytics Territories Compensation 232

Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Response #2: “I didn’t expect you to be interested; heck, our marketing department hasn’t yet figured out a way to get our prospects to call us back—and that’s why they hired me! Download it now and be a better sales professional by this afternoon! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Get Access Today.

Gatekeeper 178

Gatekeeper Face-to-face eBook Hiring 178

Score More Sales

APRIL 29, 2014

Click here to download the study. What that means is that marketing dollars are being wasted, and the big guys are missing out on opportunities literally being handed to them. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

Retail 239

Retail Lead Scoring Lead Rank Study 239

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

When your unveiling a new product, the last thing you want is to waste time and resources bringing a product to market where or when it’s unnecessary. So, here’s my step-by-step guide to building your own go-to-market strategy using the strategies I’ve implemented to build multiple companies throughout the years.

Paid Content 145

Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 145

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Sales: It Takes Work to Be Mediocre. OK, so it takes a bit more than average to be exemplary in your inside sales position, or your outbound sales position. I don’t agree with everything he says, but truly, he is a valuable presenter on topics around business building, marketing, and differentiation.

Lead Scoring 182

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Top of Funnel Inside Sales 182

Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Allego has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms. Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”.

Revenue 117

Revenue Face-to-face Marketing Vendor 117

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 2, 2016

There are free White Papers, which could be anything from a scientific report on Sales Selection, Longevity,Trust, or The Challenger Sale (the topics of my White Papers), to a marketing piece made to look like a scientific report. And there are Free Downloads offering a great value in exchange for your name and email address.

Sales Methodology 120

Sales Methodology Hubspot Inside Sales Advertising 120

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 1, 2019

But "sales" means so much more for businesses. Companies have entire sales organizations comprised of employees that are dedicated to selling their products and services. visiting the company website, downloading a piece of content, interacting with your company on social media). Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales.

Sales Qualified Lead 143

Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Face-to-face Outside Sales 143

Pointclear

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Marketing and sales leaders often don’t account for all the expenses involved in building and maintaining an inside team. per hour to pay for an inside sales teleprospector vs. $61.50 Download More Effective, Less Expensive —a side-by-side, line-by-line cost analysis of inside and outsourced approaches.

Outsourcing Services 124

Outsourcing Services Lead Generation PointClear Marketing Qualified Lead 124

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

Software 187

Software Software B2B Top of Funnel 187

SBI

OCTOBER 7, 2014

If you’re interested in sales and marketing solutions, we’ve done the pre-planning for you. Save to your mobile device.Simply follow the walking trail stopping at the noted sign-posts and you’ll be sure to see and learn about the top sales and marketing solutions before you head back home. What about the 1,400 sessions?

InsideView 120

InsideView Tools SalesForce Inside Sales 120

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2014

AP: I’ve made the case in both Amp Up Your Sales and in Zero-Time Selling that we all sell in an economy where the never-ending rate of technological innovation and rapid globalization has resulted in an explosion in the number of competitors in virtually every market segment. Let me know how you like it.

Ideal Customer Profile 203

Ideal Customer Profile Customer How To Lead Rank 203

SBI

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

TechTarget Launches Prospect-Level Intent to Dramatically Accelerate Technology Marketing and Sales Engagements. These enhancements allow for hyper-personalized orchestration and outreach for Field and Inside Sales teams, and, for Demand and ABM teams, far more powerful targeting and messaging capabilities.

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Intent Lead Scoring Lead Rank 98

Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 25, 2020

Second, it needs to efficiently spur a high level of activity, despite the distraction in the market. Make sure every interaction offers a benefit to your customers, whether that’s helping them solve their problem or achieve their goals.

Inside Sales 80

Inside Sales Revenue Face-to-face Webinar Metrics 80

Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The State of Medical Device Digital Sales The rise of virtual selling is reshaping how medical device manufacturers approach the market. As a result, the traditional field sales model is giving way to a more flexible, hybrid approach. Excel in Today’s Digital Sales World Digital sales practices are becoming standard.

Strategy 62

Strategy Face-to-face Buyer Lead Rank 62

Velocify

JUNE 5, 2013

Among lead generators and sales teams alike, there’s often confusion or disagreement about duplicate leads and how to best handle them. But are duplicate leads truly a source of wasted marketing spend and salesperson time or has everyone been looking at them the wrong way? Duplicates haven’t historically made a great name. Think again.

Study 100

Study Leads360 Lead Rank Lead Scoring 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

Your sales pipeline is perhaps your business’ most critical tool, certainly as far as your bottom line and general decision-making go. A functional pipeline — combining prospecting, marketing, and sales efforts — allows your reps to move leads closer to the sale faster. Improve Sales Processes.

Pipeline 217

Pipeline Closing Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 217

Nutshell

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The ability to see things from your customer’s perspective is a huge advantage in B2B sales and marketing. That’s why I see empathy as a superpower in marketing and sales. NUTSHELL: You’ve worked in B2B marketing for almost 25 years now. What motivated them to attend an event or a summit?”

Demand Generation Agencies 90

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Generation 90

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The second I clicked through to one of the newly-launched Social Media Mags it hit me like a brick: publishing will never be the same again, and selling /marketing /brand building will be changing even more. Look at sites that will create content for you and with you – no longer do you need your marketing department to do it all.

Lead Scoring 148

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Top of Funnel Social Media 148

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Visit KLA Group for their e-mail marketing audio seminar or this post from YesWare or Wendy Weiss, Queen of Cold Calling’s article on the topic. Lori Richardson is America’s B2B Sales Detective - she helps companies grow revenues at Score More Sales , and is a speaker in the upcoming AA-ISP Boston Conference on Inside Sales.

Lead Scoring 161

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Guarantee Top of Funnel 161

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

This is Don with Marketers Plus. I'm calling because you downloaded our guide to building successful holiday marketing campaigns, and I have a case study you might find valubale. It's all about how Company B raised holiday email open rates by 25% and saw a 10% increase in revenue using Marketers Plus. Who have you helped?

Call-back 145

Call-back Case Study Follow-up Research 145

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Others have them because of a specific challenge they are facing: Our Company Has Lost Market Share – A competitor (or competitors) is/are swallowing up our clients (in this scenario competitors are known and it is a fairly clear situation). Doesn’t that impact sales? Sales people and marketers are human. Recent Posts.

Lead Scoring 155

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Sales Process B2B 155

Nutshell

JUNE 20, 2019

Anyone can learn the skills they need to be successful in sales, provided you start with the right foundation. There are commission-based and salary-based positions, inside sales and outside sales jobs , and innumerable B2B and B2C industries to specialize in. Download it today! Inside sales.

Commission 112

Commission Outside Sales Face-to-face Retail 112

Score More Sales

APRIL 28, 2014

Click here to download the study. What that means is that marketing dollars are being wasted, and the big guys are missing out on opportunities literally being handed to them. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

Retail 123

Retail Lead Scoring Lead Rank Study 123

Velocify

MAY 16, 2013

For more information on the ultimate email strategy for your sales team, download our recent research here. And for more sales lessons from eras past, check out our latest infographic and return for deeper analysis and key learnings from each era during the coming weeks.

Leads360 90

Leads360 Distribution Lead Management Inside Sales 90