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APRIL 5, 2014

Remote professional selling, or Inside Sales, is tough – lots of activity and not always a lot of revenue to show for it. Suddenly your first deal closes – or your first deal after a slump – or enough deals to get you to the next level in your comp plan – and wow, is sales great! We all have them. Increase Opportunities.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Athletes and broadcasters lit up Twitter with some great tweets. What if you spent several hours working on a prospecting strategy for success – if in fact you really were reaching NO ONE now? Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Just like he always does.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 11, 2011

Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. No longer will the Inside Sales Rep be a “jack of all trades” Roles will be clearly defined and measured based on specific desired outcomes. Data will become an integral component for predicting the likelihood of Inside Sales success.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

A multi-faceted prospecting strategy allows you to meet your buyer where they are. I talked to some sellers last week who told me that they only use the phone to prospect with. They have some level of success, but by not using other means of prospecting tools they are certainly leaving money on the table. Increase Opportunities.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

Networks are important for sales professionals. You need to create a network that has clients, prospective clients, referral partners, other partners, past and present colleagues, and vendors. Follow a live event that may be thousands of miles away through a Twitter hashtag. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

One way you can be more successful in remote selling – that is, selling when you are not in front of your prospective buyer in person, is to have more impact with your messaging. Think Twitter – and find ways to whittle down what you WERE saying into less words. It’s simple messaging that we remember. Do or Do not.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 25, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Twitter Facebook. Debunking the Myth of “Inside Sales” Jan 26, 2012. When somebody tells me they do inside sales, I want to choke.

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JULY 7, 2014

Do you have a strategic prospecting plan or will you just “wing it” again, like you often do? You need to start planning during your prior work day for upcoming prospecting you’ll be doing on the next business day. Download the “Strategic Prospecting Plan” here. Increase Opportunities.

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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. These Twitter handles are pre-populated in Sweetspot for your use.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Twitter Facebook. 5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads. There are 5 secrets used by top-performing salespeople to get better prospecting leads.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 17, 2015

If only you weren’t graded on the number of dials you made or restricted from spending too much time on the phone with a prospect. What salespeople—and sales managers— need to understand is that calls are either hot or cold. Hot : You’ve been introduced by someone your prospect knows and trusts.

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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. I only want to communicate with sales leaders and salespeople who value my content and who want to hear from me. The same goes for interactions with prospects. DO Be a Welcome Call. That’s why selling by referral is so effective.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 9, 2018

Mike Brooks, Mr. Inside Sales receives multiple awards from AA-ISP’s 2018 Leadership Summit last week: Service Provider of the Year Award – Sales Script Development AND The TOP 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professionals in 2018 Award. . He also offers customized sales training programs, works as a virtual V.P.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Whether or not you’ll be attending, you’ll want to keep up on the latest and to help you with that mission, we’re naming the top 20 Twitter handles to follow at Dreamforce. Sales is all about pursuit: pursuit of the right prospects, pursuit of the right message, pursuit of the right applications. ActonSoftware.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Sure, he was old school, from Oklahoma, and maybe didn’t think I was as capable when I started in outside sales because I was a single mom (more on that later) – but he had some “Clarencisms” that still ring true some 25 years later. A big one has to do with prospecting. 4 Twitter Prospecting Strategies.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

One of the best first steps you can put into place (aside from hiring an expert to help you put a full plan in place to get your sales and marketing ready for 2015) is to focus on listening. Listen for Prospective Buyers. Listen for prospective buyers who are asking about which products / brands are best in your industry niche.

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A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The increasing trend of having marketing take over the MDR or lead qualification role of inside sales has been hotly debated and tested in recent months. I still think it’s a good idea, but needs certain expectations and circumstances across sales & marketing to work long-term. Managing inside sales can be a full time job.

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JUNE 2, 2014

In Ken Krogue’s full day session on Business Development – inside sales tips, strategies, tools, and methodology, this acronym was one of the highlights of his session because it brings everything you need in sales together. Ken has identified over 27 types of inside sales campaigns. Ready for it?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Twitter Followers: 124k. Leading off our list is sales consultant and coach, Jeb Blount. For those unfamiliar, Jeb is the CEO of Sales Gravy, a sales training organization known by many as THE sales acceleration company.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2013

TeleSmart is a leader in providing inside sales coaching and consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. As publisher of TeleSmart’s “Trend Report,” Josiane has spent most of the last decade tracking the biggest challenges that sales leaders face each year. The Inside Sales Superhero to the Rescue. They’re social.

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JULY 22, 2014

Learn about the company your prospective buyer works for. Create a list of prospective customers and track what they are talking about on LinkedIn, Twitter, and on their website. If I have prospects and customers in the banking industry, I’m going to track banks by name and if I have a geographic territory, by location.

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JULY 31, 2014

It often is based on specific companies you are following who fit your profile for best target companies as prospects. Do you want to learn about your prospective customer’s world? I found that they are very active on Twitter, so they are now in a list we have of companies of interest. Next, put a plan into place.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Offering visual descriptions to prospects on how your services will solve their big issues is a great start. Sales author Anne Miller gives us some examples: Hit? Close business because you showed the high value your company is offering and prospects got it. Kill Crutch Words – Inside Sales Power Tip 133.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Blogging, therefore becomes answering customer and prospect questions – something that you are doing anyway. I really like Twitter and I know that we gain new clients regularly from the combination of the use of LinkedIn, Twitter, and our blog. Content (other content, such as video, audio and webinars). Close More Deals.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Many “experts” sit around and preach about how you must add researched insight into every prospective interaction with a potential buyer. If you know who your best prospects are (you know who your best customers are) then you need to contact others in the same industries with similar issues you can solve. Hold on a minute.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Take time to get to know more probable prospective buyers. Get educated on professional strategies for brand building online before you start throwing messages to valuable prospective buyers so that you don’t prevent or damage relationships. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Time is vitally important to the success of a salesperson—time to research prospects, time to hone the sales pitch, and time to communicate with potential clients. Click to start video at this point —Nowadays there’s a huge push for social selling, with sales reps turning to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for leads.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

When first talking with a prospective new client, ask more questions and work to see that they talk twice as much as you do. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. email lori@scoremoresales.com | My LinkedIn Profile | twitter | Visit us on google+. Expand Your Pipeline.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

When you are working predominantly with inside sales reps and their immediate sales leaders, it is easy to only think about being in the office and not ever going out at all. If you are an individual contributor in an inside sales role, is there one big event each year you could somehow get to? Close More Deals.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

I trust their research and know of many ways they have embraced social into their inside sales teams and into their business plan. It is one of the no-brainer, must do sales tools to look into. How great is it to know when a prospect company is looking again at an emailed proposal you sent two weeks prior?

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AUGUST 5, 2014

I know this sounds so basic, yet many sellers do NOT have a regular routine or plan on how you go about researching prospects and also most sellers don’t have a no-fail way of on-going follow-up for those not ready to buy. A regular process to go about finding new prospective buyers that fit your target buyer profile.

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MAY 9, 2014

New executives at your prospect companies are some of the best people to know because they are able and willing to make changes. One search we do lists new VPs of Sales in mid-market companies – our target decision maker. Who are your prospective buyers and what roles are they in? Create a search that will help you weekly.

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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.

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MAY 19, 2014

when talking directly to a prospect. But the prospective client did not call back when he SAID he would – has that ever happened to you? Prospect says, “This looks great. 30 Ways to Reach Prospects . Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

You are a sales professional, a sales leader, or a company executive looking for a creative way to say thank you to a: staff member. In the sales profession this is a GREAT thing. Now I see the light and don’t want to give anyone sugared treats – especially prospects or clients. So what to give?

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Here are three reasons you should work to improve your digital presence right now: Your Sales Reps Want Meetings with Executives. So you pay your sales reps money to prospect and find buyers – it makes sense that you also invest in having the best representation of your company when they find it online. Inbound Marketing.

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JUNE 30, 2014

Keep it Tasty – your offers to prospects must be enticing. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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