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How One VP Hired 23 Reps in 100 Days (and Lived)

Sales 2.0

Thanks for having me in your network! ZipRecruiter’s VP of Inside Sales, Kevin Gaither , was tasked with hiring 25 inside sales reps in just three months. By January 2014, he’d grown the inside sales organization to a dozen reps, proving out both the concept and model. This is his story.

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TED at IBM Offers Ideas To Inspire

Score More Sales

In 2014, she was named one of Network World’s 50 Most Fascinating People in the World of Technology. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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The Rise of Social Selling

SBI Growth

1-3% - cold calling appointment rate (source: American Association for Inside Sales Professionals). The trifecta is your key to big growth in 2014. People who are well networked and can add value to your role as CEO. The fix for your sales team is equipping them with modern social selling tools.

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Forrester Predicts the Death of 1 Million Salesmen by 2020: Henry Schuck Disagrees

DiscoverOrg Sales

B2B companies must respond by implementing digitally-enabled selling models and they must think beyond the front line of sales representatives and create solutions for call center agents, inside sales reps, and the rest of the sales engine network. Source: [link] ).

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The Top Ten Changes In Sales Over The Past Ten Years

Bernadette McClelland

It was expected that you build a relationship and schmooze prospects with lunches, networking events, in-house days and free giveaways, whereas today so many more people are involved in the decision making process. From 4 people in 2013 according to CSO Insights to an average of 7 people in 2016 according to the Gartner Group.

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4 Pieces of Advice From Modern Sales Leaders

LevelEleven

Joy Spellman is a Field Sales Development Manager at Hewlett-Packard where she has worked since 2012. She started as an Inside Sales Account Manager, moving on to the Inside Sales District Manager before she got to where she is today. Dan Miller-Smith is the Vice President of Sales at Procore Technologies.

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How Much is Your Address Book Worth?

Markempa - Inside Sales

” Fast forward 25 years and now we carry our cell phones, which have instant access to our address book, CRM, LinkedIn and other network applications and can easily connect you with millions of people around the world instantly. Research your customers and find out where they network, and then do the same.