Sales Gravy

MARCH 25, 2025

Wes from Flower Mound, Texas, has a familiar challenge: how to attract more qualified B2B leads and convert them before they slip away. Hes already tried a variety of channels, including inside sales, social media, and email, but is struggling to ramp up both volume and quality. Position your business as a problem-solver.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 1, 2020

A company I’ve been working with for over a year now gets a portion of their leads via inbound email requests for information on their services. Another company recently reached out to me wondering if there is a best practice approach for handling inbound leads. So, stop pitching your inbound leads and start qualifying instead.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Are you still stuck using legacy CRM’s to drive your Lead Management process? CRM’s have introduced a lot of fantastic features that over time have become staples of almost every sales and marketing organization. While they provide a lot of.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 13, 2022

What is a sales person’s dream? An inbound lead. If you’ve been fielding inbound leads for a while, then you’ve probably noticed something: Not all inbound leads buy. The way to capture a deal in this situation—if there is one—is to treat an inbound lead like any other: you need to qualify them.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 24, 2013

The importance of Marketing has drastically increased with the rise of inbound marketing and Lead Generation. Field Sales has seen a resource shift from outside to inside sales. Sales relies more than ever on marketing to engage the buyer early in the process.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

First, understand what’s happening here: Remember the law in sales: Leads Never Get Better! If you sent out the hottest lead ever, a “10” on a scale of 1 – 10, when you call them back, have you ever noticed that now they’re about a “7”? And you can imagine how they are when reps reach them. Get Access Today.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 31, 2015

There’s more to lead generation than just cold calling. Nowadays most companies have an inside sales team of some sorts that react to incoming calls and other engagement opportunities. In today’s. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Let me explain: If you’re like most sales reps, then you hate making calls because you’re either afraid of being rejected, or you’re are afraid you’re going to mishandle a call and so lose a good lead. And regarding fumbling a good lead—my experience is that if a prospect is interested, then they’ll speak with you.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

If you find yourself in a position like that, you might want to consider transitioning from outside to inside sales. And to help your case, we reached out to HubSpot experts who made that jump for their input on what mastering inside sales entails. By her account, inside reps should "always be present.I

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Find out why sales is a numbers game and why using a daily phone cold call lead activity tracker and prospect management system such as a team goal tracking spreadsheet or calendar is vital to success. And how many of those contacts result in qualified leads that turn into a sales presentation? And that’s okay!

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2020

Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. Not to mention, just because the tools and tech you have in place for your outside sales team work well for their needs, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be an ideal fit for your inside sales reps, too.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 18, 2018

Inside Sales Management Made Easy. Learn effective inside sales force team rep performance management training ideas, tips, techniques and plan with best practices. Being an inside sales manager is tough these days. Lead conversion rates per vertical? By Mike Brooks, [link].

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Overview : Acme was the preferred vendor in the market. They captured new leads using 97% outbound cold calling. These LDRs were well trained and capable of qualifying true prospects. Problem : Suddenly the lead pipeline slowed to a trickle. Leads stayed the same. The cost per lead doubled. virtual meetings.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 17, 2015

A new ebook from InsideSales.com tells how to turn cold calls into hot leads with referral selling. Inside Sales Meets No More Cold Calling: An eBook I was thrilled when Ken Krogue, founder of InsideSales.com , invited me to present with him at Dreamforce 2014. You really can stop cold calling. Delete, delete, delete.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 1, 2021

At night before I went home, I took an extra half hour to lay out all my leads and call backs for the next day so I could hit the ground running when I got in. Before I went to sleep, I focused my subconscious on closing the leads I had laid out, and I went over perfect rebuttals to objections or stalls I’d hear. Get Access Today.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 6, 2020

Irrespective of the business you are in, your leads or prospective customers are essential to the growth of your organization. For decades, print media, radio and television dominated lead generation, until the eventual birth of the internet, when everything began to change. Omnichannel.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 24, 2021

Companies have started to build a workforce that finds prospects inside four walls. With inside sales, businesses are putting more effort than just selling their products. The same time when inside sales kicked its way up, the importance of customer support also grew humongous. So what exactly is inside sales?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Whether you specialize in inside sales or are a field sales pro, you have likely picked up a lead or two at an event or trade show at some point in your career. Here are some ways to generate qualified leads in place of live events and trade shows. What makes webinar attendees high-quality leads?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 18, 2021

While we all know the last 18 months have presented innumerable challenges, they have also highlighted how some individuals can thrive in digital or remote environments, flipping the script on the competencies many sales leaders thought were tried-and-true in their world.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

Right now buyer behavior is outpacing sales organizations. This is leading to frustration among many B2B buyers. This leads to friction when B2B sellers don’t match their new buying world. Being Outpaced – lead with a product and a price and call it solution selling. Agile Sales – embrace the agile movement.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2014

In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. Deal sizes gradually decreasing as inbound leads increase; 2. High-performing reps avoiding inbound lead follow-up; and 3. The percent of sales accepted leads decreasing while lead quotas increase.”. It''s time to change how we talk about sales leads.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

Unfortunately, there still isn’t a gold standard or set of rules for sales leadership to use when building an enablement plan to support a remote workforce focused on inside sales. Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Lessons from inside sales mid-pandemic [18:50]. Kristin on the future of sales [23:04]. Sam Jacobs: This week, we’ve got another great episode for you with Kristin Twining , VP of business development and inside sales for FireMon. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

Here are two other ways to organically connect with leads using LinkedIn Sales Navigator. And one of them is sales and marketing having to hit the proverbial pause button on B2B events. But 7 out of 10 B2B marketers use events for lead generation. Events are out the window — for now. Click “Save”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 30, 2024

Imagine: for less than $18 you can suddenly fly past gatekeepers, overcome initial resistance statements from prospects, and qualify leads so you’ll know exactly how to close them! And all it takes is a little bit of effort, time, and a tiny amount of money. Unlimited License: One to 100 reps can attend for one low price!

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

This can eventually result in declining win rates and fewer inbound leads. Better customer knowledge leads to optimized pitches which leads to more successful outreach. Better customer knowledge leads to optimized pitches which leads to more successful outreach. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Whether you specialize in inside sales or are a field sales pro, you have likely picked up a lead or two at an event or trade show at some point in your career. Here are some ways to generate qualified leads in place of live events and trade shows. What makes webinar attendees high-quality leads?

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Trade Show Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 124

Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 22, 2024

I can drill down to what’s important to them, OR save myself time pitching an unqualified lead. The important thing is that knowing where my prospect is in the beginning not only tells me which direction to go, but it also saves me a ton of time! Unlimited License: One to 100 reps can attend for one low price!

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Try it this week, and watch your leads get more qualified as you put less “wood” into your pipeline. appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. Believe me, all of these techniques are better than sending an email and then being ghosted for the next month as you try to get them on the phone again! Get Access Today.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

While it may be realistic to expect inside sales teams to sell more than 23% of their time, it is not for others. Consider travel, time understanding the clients and market, generating leads, and more. Which is OK, it’s just not good to lead with, because you’ll have to close with it as well.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 14, 2020

I realized that as a sales professional, I was in a unique position to help a lot of people. As a sales professional, I could fulfill an essential position in the business world and help companies and people grow and get the things they needed to excel and lead better lives. Get Access Today.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

or any of the other questions above, or come up with your own), you’ll be leading your prospect to reveal their interest level and unique buying motives. And that’s better than leading them to a stall, isn’t it? The post A Better Way to Follow Up on Emails appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. Get Access Today.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech. Table of Contents What is inside sales training? Here are five reasons you should.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2015

“Why,” I was asked, “must you manage sales leads in order to manage sales? Sales lead management is a marketing function, isn’t it?”. It was with a slight hesitation that the sales manager added the second sentence about sales lead management being a marketing function.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 18, 2023

Establishing rapport with a prospect in the very beginning is perhaps the most important first step to earning the right to have a conversation that might eventually lead to a sale. Get it wrong, and that could mean the end of your call—and your chance to make a sale.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 26, 2014

I also delete plenty of emails about inside sales campaigns and offers for lists of leads. You’ve got a red-hot lead on your hands. I’m not interested in student loan assistance, Russian beauties, light therapy for depression, surveys, blood pressure solutions, cat food coupons, or getting a college degree.

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