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Winning Complex B2B Deals – Outside Sales Talk with John Smibert

Outside Sales Talk

John led sales in large IT providers for 39 years. Since 2004, John has worked with B2B selling organizations to transform the way they sell. John is passionate about enhancing professionalism in sales and this led him to found Sales Leader Forums and Sales Masterminds APAC. link] . .

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

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Combating Disengagement: What can be done about workers’ lack of interest in their jobs?

Sales and Marketing Management

Stahl says he joined the Dallas-based company six years ago and built a telesales team of nearly 100 people to complement the company’s independent rep field sales team of more than 3,000. Stahl says he is careful to couch his team’s performance in terms of the number of customers they help instead of the revenue the company generates.

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PODCAST 03: Creating a Revenue Model—Why Your CFO Isn’t the DRI

Sales Hacker

A Career In Sales and Marketing. Jess Hunt: 2004. I was in the customer success role, and then the CEO at the time who I didn’t even know knew my name, took me out for breakfast and asked me to join the sales team. You look for opportunities for phone sales and really push yourself for a place where you need field sales.

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