John Barrows

JUNE 1, 2020

After Morgan’s webinar with Tyler Lessard , we wanted to understand how Tyler and his team structure and plan their video prospecting efforts to book meetings for themselves. Thank you to our sponsors Gong , Vidyard , SalesLoft , and VanillaSoft. Here’s their secret sauce. Follow the podcast: Subscribe on iTunes.

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John Barrows

APRIL 27, 2020

Learning and continuous development for sales reps is vital. Every prospect interaction is different, it can be hard to remember your training or pick the right approaches every single time. She’s wearing multiple hats like many startup CEOs do, and leading the charge to help sales reps be their best self at every interaction.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. 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. What is Sales Prospecting?

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John Barrows

JUNE 29, 2020

Darryl Praill , CMO of VanillaSoft joins us on the podcast this week to talk about how his team follows up on marketing leads, where he sees common mistakes still happening in prospecting and how to fix them. Thank you to our sponsors Gong , Vidyard , SalesLoft , Proposify , Owler and VanillaSoft. This was a fun one!

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John Barrows

JULY 27, 2020

John’s long-term mentor, Jeff Hoffman joins us for a spirited conversation about how many sales reps are too focused on the science of their work, and not the art of sales. Top tier sales reps focus more on the art of sales and trusting their gut instincts when talking to prospects.

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John Barrows

DECEMBER 14, 2020

John and Vrahram take a deep dive into the 5 factors of agility in sales and how each one helps a sales team think on their feet, aid in their company’s growth, invest in their personal and professional development, and ultimately impact change, not only for their own teams, but also for their prospects and customers as well.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. What is Prospecting?

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SalesHandy

MAY 1, 2020

While moving through the sales cycle, sales prospecting comes as its first step and is considered as an essential part. From the famous quote “ Sales prospecting is where the salesperson makes their money. ”, you can easily understand how essential it is for any salesperson to learn the best sales prospecting techniques.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Top of Funnel Decision Maker 87

John Barrows

DECEMBER 14, 2020

John and Vrahram take a deep dive into the 5 factors of agility in sales and how each one helps a sales team think on their feet, aid in their company’s growth, invest in their personal and professional development, and ultimately impact change, not only for their own teams, but also for their prospects and customers as well.

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VanillaSoft Social Media LinkedIn Media 127

John Barrows

APRIL 20, 2020

Tons of people in sales and all professions are facing lay-offs, struggles to hit targets and a range of very serious issues. The sales rep at any level is the closest job in the world to being your own boss, to being an entrepreneur. Just observations on what it’s been like for them as sales reps. What have they noticed?

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling , and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone pursuing a career in sales. But before we start, let’s define what sales prospecting is.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 125

SBI

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Everyone wants to know how and whether a sales technology will help them sell more, in less time, at the right price, or with less cost. We refer to those as the 4 Golden Goals of sales organizations. From Bigtincan to VanillaSoft. We all know CRM is ineffective when it comes to the process of qualifying sales leads.

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Ideal Customer Profile VanillaSoft Sales Qualified Lead Account Based Marketing 116

Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2019

In many ways, technology, like Google Maps, is similar to sales management software. Sales management software provides streamlined tools for data entry and management to speed up this process. And they often include some of the most popular sales tools (e.g., Ready to find out which sales management software is right for you?

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Software Software Sales Management VanillaSoft 138

SBI

MARCH 1, 2018

It’s an expression we use often here at VanillaSoft. Perhaps a prospect has filled out a form on your website for a killer piece of content or signed up to attend a powerful webinar you’ve scheduled. These all represent new leads and based on sales best practices we need to respond quickly while their interest is at its peak.

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SBI

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The Top Sales Tools of 2017 Guide: Final Cut is where you’ll find the best sales tech for growing revenue. Sales Enablement & Engagement. Sales Prospecting & Communication. Sales Management, Coaching, & Training. Just in time to get ready for a record-breaking 2018! Closing Deals.

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Vengreso

MARCH 23, 2021

Sales engagement is all about connecting with your potential customer. These days, a lot of sales engagement happens through social media, which makes it easy to track. By supporting their sales team with the right analytics and platforms, sales leaders can improve sales engagement to grow the sales pipeline.

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VanillaSoft Social Media Sales Methodology Sales Enablement 113

Close

MAY 3, 2021

Compare features and set up with the top sales cadence software options, including Close, SalesLoft, Outreach, Mailshake, VanillaSoft, and more. Plus, learn how the right outreach channels, easy segmentation, and personalization options should factor into your decision.

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VanillaSoft Software Software Tools 52

SalesHandy

MARCH 23, 2020

Sales engagement platforms make for a very crucial component of your Sales teams’ operations. Depending on which platform you use to drive sales engagement, it will have a great impact on your team performance and an effective customer journey. The List of Best Sales Engagement Platforms. Dealhub Autoklose.

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Top of Funnel Maximizer Conversion VanillaSoft 95

Sales Lead Management Association

AUGUST 1, 2019

Listen on Thursdays starting at 9 am Pacific here > 9 am INSIDE Inside Sales by VanillaSoft hosted by Darryl Praill Guest: Mark Hunter A Simple Plan for Prospecting 9:30 am Revenue Optimization Radio by Altify hosted by Patrick Morrissey Guest: Stacy Crinks, CEO, The Content Bureau How to build.

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Top of Funnel VanillaSoft Funnel Inside Sales 48

Autoklose

MARCH 4, 2024

Which sales strategy is better? The synergy of cold calling and cold emailing can be used for breaking the ice and getting on your prospects’ radar. Table of Contents Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect? Timing Matters Consider the Prospect’s Level Closing Word Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect?

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Cold Calling Decision Maker Scale VanillaSoft 52

Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales engagement is all about connecting with your potential customer or prospects to build a relationship and hopefully move them closer to wanting to buy from you. These days, a lot of sales engagement happens through social media, as more and more of your target audience is using social platforms in their everyday lives.

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Examples Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 118

SBI

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I asked thought leaders from various sales technology firms, how they think SalesTech will change the way salespeople sell in 2019. Darryl Prail, Chief Marketing Officer, VanillaSoft. Historically, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems have tended to create work for sales people, rather than simplify their job.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank VanillaSoft Lead Scoring 139

SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If it does, you’ll want to know how to generate the most leads , how to capture the most leads , how to best score and qualify leads , how to track which leads convert to prospects, and the list goes on. The Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) is an online resource for answering these questions and more.

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Lead Management Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 114

Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Inside sales. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. Return on marketing and sales investment. Demand creation.

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Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

SBI

APRIL 2, 2013

For salespeople, the best use of time is to spend it talking with a quality prospect. A novice might ask, “Why don’t salesperson spend all their time with prospects?” Unless the prospect says, “Holy-smokes! Converting leads to prospects. Preparing post sales-call follow-up.

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Revenue VanillaSoft SAP Decision Maker 129

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. Most B2B companies use some combination of sales development , demand generation, SEO , conversion rateoptimization, affiliate marketing and eCommerce to maximize their lead gen efforts. 1) Outreach.io

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 52

SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Think about the most recent communication you sent to a prospect. Picture who the prospect was, what you wrote, and what your objective was. The biggest advancement in the development of sales tools was the telephone. Indeed, the introduction of laptop computers is what begat the first sales tool revolution.

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SBI

JULY 24, 2012

The Internet and social media have changed the world of business and sales forever. One such customer was Ken Murray, President and Founder of VanillaSoft. Ken built VanillaSoft into a wildly successful company offering a powerful InsideSales CRM Lead management solution. Tweet A sad farewell. That cannot be denied.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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Autoklose

JUNE 17, 2024

Besides, the technique that worked for one prospect won’t be useful for another, so you need a great deal of adaptability and versatility. Here’s what some distinguished sales leaders and entrepreneurs have to say about hitting quota. Dionne Mischler, Founder and CEO of Inside Sales By Design 17. Use it to motivate you!

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Quota Ideal Customer Profile VanillaSoft How To 85

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It takes a lot to succeed in sales. And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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Sales Tools Tools Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 52

PandaDoc

AUGUST 10, 2020

LinkedIn’s State of Sales Report 2020 shows that 44 percent of companies are seeing a significant decrease in responsiveness to social and other outreach because of COVID-19. This is the platform where business and sales leaders can earn the trust of buyers and deliver value.

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