Sales Hacker

JULY 1, 2020

Fortunately, by leveraging a few inside sales best practices, outside sales reps can successfully pivot to remote sales. Reshaping Your Sales Process. Ready to reshape your sales process, implement a few proven remote sales techniques, and become a remote sales expert? Calling your prospects.

Pivotal 85

Pivotal Inside Sales Strategy Face-to-face 85

Close.io

MARCH 2, 2020

We all know the feeling when we glance at our calendar and discover how jam-packed it is with sales meetings, leaving you no time to focus on outreach or prospecting. When it comes to managing our many meetings, it can feel like we are losing the battle and end up feeling stressed. Have a routine. Set reminders.

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Sales Meeting Meeting How To Cancellation 74

Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. It is through the use of the right B2B prospecting that we can continue to succeed in this always-evolving field. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 125

Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 19, 2022

If you manage an inside sales team, or if you’re an individual producer, then I’m sure you’d love to learn of an easy way to double your sales this year. As an individual producer, think about what doubling your sales this year would mean for you and your family. Think about what that would mean for your company!

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Hiring Face-to-face Inside Sales Gatekeeper 156

ExecVision

MAY 29, 2018

When sales are slow or appointments are down, many inside sales leaders instantly start saying things like, “We have a rich comp plan in place and a differentiated service to sell, so why isn’t my team killing it?” Companies routinely fall down in one critical area: sales culture. So how do you rate your sales culture?

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Inside Sales Incentive Incentives Energy 40

Corporate Visions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

What does the typical sales meeting look like today? million sales professionals in the U.S.—47% 47% are inside sales reps, while about 53% are outside. Of course, inside sellers handle all their meetings remotely. Of course, inside sellers handle all their meetings remotely.

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Research Sales Meeting Meeting Journal 40

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

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

Hubspot Sales

MAY 12, 2020

But for a sales rep, conducting online meetings are essential for building rapport with your prospects or sales colleagues. Below, let's review how to build rapport with your prospects and sales colleagues in virtual meetings. Tips for Meeting with Prospects. Ensure your video is on.

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Prospecting Face-to-face How To Hubspot 101

Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

If you’ve read my stuff before, you’ll know I have one basic prospecting framework I’ve been harking on about for the last 4-5 years. It’s a framework aimed at getting you access, setting up those oh-so-important initial sales meetings. Prospecting Sales 2.0 I literally wrote on a napkin.

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InsideView Cold Calling Decision Maker Twitter 309

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For sales teams, access to customer information is essential to do their job. Data needs to be readily available to use for prospecting , sales calls and to see how sales reps are measuring against their goals. Today, this traditional sales structure is undergoing a drastic change. Identify the right customers.

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Industry Data Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 98

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 100

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2015

We all know that the wrong word at the wrong time can dramatically change the course of a sale or sales meeting, either for the better or…. As more and more sales organizations turn to an inside sales approach, this becomes a greater factor.

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Decision Maker Objections Inside Sales Buyer 120

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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Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Close.io

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

5 ways to leverage direct sending for inside sales teams. Now, I’m not talking about a Rolex watch with your prospect’s name inscribed in the back. We know that even if your prospect has committed to taking a meeting with you, there’s still a strong chance that they won’t show up. What are they sending? It happens.

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Scale Direct Mail How To Inside Sales 76

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2021

How are sales teams impacted by remote work? Recently, sales teams have been leveraging virtual meeting tools like Zoom to conduct calls and face-to-face meetings to help build relationships with prospects or interact with colleagues. Now every seller is an inside sales rep. But is it enough?

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Face-to-face Lead Rank SAP Call-back 130

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2014

We kept a tally at each meeting, and even nicknamed him “Frank” He lost his audience – and our respect – by distracting us with his crutch phrase, and diluted anything he could have said to us. Could you see sales reps with a tally sheet at a sales meeting? Are the right systems in place?

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Methodology 209

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In order to sell someone, you first have to get them to book a meeting with you. Reps make countless calls each day, hoping and praying that one of their prospects will pick up the phone. Is this a sales call?" Every sales rep knows the point of a first call is to set up an appointment. I'm too busy for this.".

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How To Call-back Meeting Benefit 144

Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world is causing a massive shift in the medical device sales industry. The days of relying solely on face-to-face sales meetings are over. Digital selling is the game, and you must have a strategy that ensures your team succeeds in medical device digital sales.

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Strategy Face-to-face Buyer Lead Rank 62

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

2 Predictable Prospecting. Predictable Prospecting brings in some of the top minds in lead gen, social selling, and sales process. You’ll be sure to hear the importance of prospecting as well as dynamite for the rest of your sales process, even if you listen to a few episodes. 3 The Sales Podcasts.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

LevelEleven

JULY 16, 2018

Picture this: you’re in a sales meeting with your team, and everything is going smoothly. In the world of sales, there are many terms and acronyms that are unfamiliar to new employees, as well as seasoned salespeople. Inside Sales . Field Sales . SQL (Sales Qualified Lead). Sales Pipeline.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 48

Close.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Most sales organizations rely on reports. The best sales organizations rely on analysis. Think about your organization’s monthly or weekly sales meetings. If this is the recurring theme of your meetings, it’s likely that you’re missing opportunities that analysis could provide.

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Analytics Hiring Data Scale 94

InsideSales.com

JULY 13, 2020

Looking for the best sales books? Whether you’re looking to improve your sales pitch, learn the secrets of closing, or learn how to influence people, read on for some of the must-reads for any inside sales rep. RELATED: Winning Sales Tips And Sales Strategies From A Hungry Team Who Dared To Dream.

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Ideal Customer Profile Inside Sales Sales Follow-up 58

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This disparity isn’t surprising, as a number of factors have come together in recent years to make B2B sales more challenging than ever: That same HubSpot report also found that 38% of salespeople say getting a response from prospects is getting more difficult. What to check out: 10 Secrets To a Successful Sales Meeting Agenda.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

Corporate Visions

MARCH 19, 2020

Before this month, at least 70 percent of sales calls were virtual, according to a study from Inside Sales. Doing so will: Deliver value from the start so people will see the benefit of paying attention Frame the discussion in an area where you offer unique value Create a safe space for prospects to admit they have a problem.

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Webinar Metrics Face-to-face Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 52

criteria for success

APRIL 1, 2020

Prospecting Through Uncertainty. Many salespeople are finding it difficult to prospect for new business. They may be concerned about what message to send, or worried about whether it’s appropriate to be prospecting right now. For most salespeople, you can and should continue to prospect throughout this situation.

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System Up-Sell Call-back Face-to-face 97

Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

That’s how many sales professionals are currently in the U.S., Just over 47% of these salespeople are inside sales reps, while just under 53% are outside. So, what’s the average sales call look like? For the non-math majors, that means that 75% of all sales meetings are now handled remotely.

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Survey Face-to-face Study Meeting 51

Fill the Funnel

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Lars Nilsson, CEO of SalesSource has participated in this first hand while leading inside sales teams at HP, ArcSight and others. They were: Jigsaw – to capture the email and phone number of the prospects in my territory. InsideView – to monitor the activity and changes within each of my prospect companies.

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Jigsaw InsideView Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 101

Igniting Sales Transformation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

What does it take to make the transition from individual contributor to sales manager? Learning/research is also a critical element to selling in that we should never go into a sales meeting or get on a sales call without having learned about them, their company, their industry, competitors, etc. Listen HERE.

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Sales Leadership Microsoft Margin Face-to-face 86

SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

But they forgot to figure out what was happening in the sales meeting. And sales didn’t know what was going on. They didn’t have a true target prospect list, or ideal customer profiles — and no, “everyone” is not your ideal customer. This generation is Inside Sales 2.0,

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Buying Cycle Account 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Fanatical Prospecting. How to Get a Meeting with Anyone. Combo Prospecting. High-Profit Prospecting. Predictable Prospecting. The Seller’s Challenge.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Hiring Handbook 143

InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 23, 2019

At Abstrakt , we’ve scheduled more than 100,000 B2B sales meetings in the last eight years, so we have unique insight and hundreds of thousands of hours put into mastering this skill. Therefore, it requires quite a bit of incentive on a sales rep’s parts to be able to get a small chunk of their extra time.

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Decision Maker Cold Calling How To Gatekeeper 63

Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

They certainly don’t all come from the main sales team, although there can be a certain percentage that might. But there will also be leads coming from inside sales reps (or Sales Development Reps, SDRs), and also from Marketing (more on this below). That’s the only way sales are consistently made.

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Sales Management Quota Pipeline Top of Funnel 92

Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Here are the 30 most eye-popping, jaw-dropping, mind-melting sales stats we’ve ever uncovered. Sales Stats for Prospecting. Sales Stat #1: DON’T use ROI in cold emails. ” A lot of sales blogs say you should do it (good ones too!). Sales Stat #3: DON’T ask “Did I catch you at a bad time?”.

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Cold Calling ROI Call-back Negotiation 93

Close.io

MARCH 6, 2020

Now let's look at this week's sales exposé: How to manage all of your sales meetings in one place. You look at your calendar and it's packed with sales meetings. But when are you going to make time for outreach and prospecting? 3 drip sequences every inside sales pro should be using.

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Top of Funnel Discount Closing Up-Sell 19

Cience

MAY 7, 2019

This term, however, doesn’t have a strict definition or boundaries, and most sales experts understand it differently. For the purposes of this article we’ll use “sales lead” to denote: The contact data of a decision maker obtained for the purpose of prospecting/lead generation.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 58

Green Lead's B2B

JULY 29, 2010

Here are a few that stand out to the Smashmouth crowd from last week: Are Your Inside Sales Reps Good Detectives? A guest post on AG Salesworks' Sales Prospecting Perspectives blog provided an interesting comparison to inside sales reps and detectives. Whatever You Do, Don't Do This During a Sales Meeting.

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B2B Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Comparison 31