SBI Growth

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Sales teams are getting their 2013 numbers. For the Sales Leaders who learned how to set quotas at the SBI Make the Number tour ( register now! ), the results will be quite different. 2013 results will uncover some long-hidden flaws in the sales force. This blog is NOT about how to correctly set your sales quotas.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I thought you might want to know how we’re helping grow revenues and what might work for XYZ (your) company. . Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. I’m Lori Richardson and my number is xxx-xxx-xxxx. Close More Deals.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Look below on what impact an increase in an hour of selling time has on revenue. The data also revealed some interesting points: If you give a Rep an extra 15 to 30 minutes of selling time per week, it is not enough to change behavior, so the incremental revenue gain is negligible. Revenue increased 13% inside of 90 days.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Inside Sales. When it comes to inside sales, put aside old visions of airplane hanger-size room filled with lots of salespeople making lots of sales calls using finely polished scripts. These rooms may still be around but inside sales has undergone a dramatic shift in the last several years.

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Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This years Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. They represent the freshest, most innovative thinking on sales currently on the market and take into consideration the changing sales climate and competitive realities every sales rep and sales leader is facing. Top Sales Books to Read in 2013.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

One of the biggest problems a VP of Sales faces is prioritization. Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? How do you know fixing these problems will have the greatest impact on revenue? Question : What Sales Productivity Problem should you Fix in 2013?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This article is aimed squarely at the CEO or SVP of Sales who has tried (or considered) Inside Sales in the past. 18 days ago, I wrote another article on Inside Sales. Because if you don’t have an Inside Sales force, you are losing revenue every day. It was the backwater of sales.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

One sales expert I know recently went on a rant about how social selling has not affected KPIs in any of the companies they have talked with. They went so far as to say that many of us “other sales experts” don’t know what we are talking about when it comes to understanding business improvement and revenue increases.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Average New Deal Size The average new deal size reported for field sales was $166,000 and new deal size for inside sales was $19,000. Twenty-four percent of inside sales cycles and twenty-three percent of outside sales cycles were between sixty-one and ninety days in length.   12.

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JULY 23, 2013

Training with reinforcement, such as follow-up coaching, yields more revenue to your company in the form of better trained sellers, more client retention, and longer employee tenure. Studies vary with increases in success with coaching to be up to an 88% increase in revenues. Quota Attainment is Declining.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 2, 2023

We re-acquired Sales Hacker and are relaunching it under GTMnow, the media extension of the GTMfund ! For those of you who don’t know, my partner Max Altschuler , founded Sales Hacker in 2013 and ran it for 5 years (I joined SH later in the journey) before it was acquired by Outreach where it ran for another 5 years.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 5, 2012

2013 is just around the corner. We are rapidly closing the books on 2012 and if we haven’t already, we are starting to look towards executing on 2013. For sales leaders, this means identifying and executing on a new set of sales strategies to make our new number. Grow the sales organization (hire more people).

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2013

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Should Marketing be Paid on Qualified Lead Revenue?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 8, 2014

Social selling experts use data from the marketing, inbound and inside sales groups with whom they work. As you might expect from groups who spend all of their time at the top of the sales funnel, there has been a positive impact on their ability to add opportunities to the pipeline. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Fill the Funnel

JULY 2, 2013

Sales and marketing leaders should open a line of communication with these small businesses to learn what is working to help them grow their revenue and customer base. Small business owners have learned the power of web tools. Five years back will catch some significant challenges and changes in the business climate.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Revenue (1783). Sales Process (1775). 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. Channels (799).

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SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. By the end of 2013 there will be 2.3 Customer 2.0

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Immediate Help for Sales. And who doesn’t like to be the hero?

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JULY 17, 2013

For me, whether salespeople are lazy is not the question to be discussed – whether your company has great sales leadership IS. I love it when those who share my passion for helping companies grow sales revenues get together. Here were some of the highlights for me at Sales 2.0

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 15, 2017

The transfer of information is sent and received in a nanosecond, the cost of goods can be sourced more competitively and being able to produce goods at half the cost means being able to sell it for less, and therefore increase our market share, but that impacts our revenue. As for future changes for the B2B salesperson and sales profession?

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APRIL 23, 2013

Last week, the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) met for their annual Leadership Conference, which was held this year in Chicago. What would happen if the marketing department had revenue quotas to hit, right along with their sales counterparts?

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SalesLoft

JUNE 19, 2014

Sales development is an established model for creating revenue. Sales Development has gone from a buzzword to an area where all smart SaaS businesses are investing. As it cements itself in the sales process, users search for ways to champion best practices. Craig is an influencer in the sales development arena.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 20, 2012

This article is written for the Sales Executive who believes that listening to Customers is a great way to drive revenue growth. This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force. This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Why Trish should be on your radar: Trish Bertuzzi is a sales powerhouse, a bestselling author and founder of The Bridge Group, an organization dedicated to helping B2B technology companies build world-class inside sales teams. VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Inc. Founder of Sistas in Sales. Chantel George.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 19, 2019

Steele: My biggest disappointment at Salesforce was when we lost Morgan Stanley, a $30M/year customer in 2013. I’ve seen studies that indicate women in inside sales outperform their peers. Some of the questions I ask are: Why are we motivated beyond our revenue target? It was devastating. Also, look at diversity.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

There are usually a few events each year where this happens and in this case, it was Boston this week for the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals ( AA-ISP ). Linda Connly, Sr VP, Global Inside Sales / Midmarket at EMC gave a keynote talk. ”- R. .”- ”- R. ” – Ken Krogue.

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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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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 13, 2013

At this point in the evolution of Sales 2.0, we can now point to year-over-year patterns that tie Sales 2.0 usage to revenue results. We felt it was time to poll a generation of Sales 2.0 users and let the statistics tell the story of how Sales 2.0 Mike : What are the biggest Sales 2.0 trends for 2013?

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Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 13, 2013

At this point in the evolution of Sales 2.0, we can now point to year-over-year patterns that tie Sales 2.0 usage to revenue results. We felt it was time to poll a generation of Sales 2.0 users and let the statistics tell the story of how Sales 2.0 Mike : What are the biggest Sales 2.0 trends for 2013?

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Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 13, 2013

Ten Haken, Founder & President of Sales Aerobics for Engineers®, LLC , brings entrepreneurial mojo and business- and revenue-producing collaboration and communication tools to small and mid-sized Seller-Doer businesses and startups. Sales Aerobics for Engineers®, LLC. All rights reserved 2013©.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

It’s a short, simple lesson that needs to be shared because it seems that often sellers are so busy with minutia that they forget what grows business and builds their company – net new business and new sales revenues. Inside Sales Power Tip 130 – Know Your Buyer. . 4 Twitter Prospecting Strategies.

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The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Supporting sales associations and sales professionals. Sharing best practices in sales and sales management. Sales Jobs. ► 2013. (1). Join our LinkedIn Group. Join Our Fanpage on Facebook. Blog Archive. ► July. (1). ▼ 2011. (20). ► December. (1). ▼ November. (2). ► July.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

Mike Drapeau is famous for looking into the dusty corners of sales productivity. Sales leaders hire Mike to fix revenue shortfalls before they happen. For example, Sales VPs at HP, Phillips 66, and Dow Jones have relied on Mike’s advice to make their quotas. And it is not for 2013. But Drapeau goes further.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I’ve sold to the largest companies in the world on behalf of the largest companies in the world and now help entrepreneurs and small business owners create a B2B Sales Strategy to increase the revenue and value of their business. 8X published author, sales champion, passionate mentor. Alicia Berruti.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A trusted advisor, coach, and mentor, Laurie uses her two decades of strategic sales management experience to build the capacity of The Bridge Group and each of its inside sales consultants. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

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