The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Last year, new research from Forrester boldly predicted the Death of the B2B Sales Rep, making some stark forecasts: Much of B2B buying will not need sales reps anymore, and will move to lower cost self-service or inside sales reps. Over 1 million B2B salespeople would go the way of the dodo by 2020.

Trends 80

Trends B2B Decision Maker Forecasting 80

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

.     Sales is both an art and a science. I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, Cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today.

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Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In the last few days I have been facilitating focus groups for a research study in Australia being conducted by The Eventful Group who are running a big CRM conference in Melbourne in July 2015. A common theme with delegates in these research groups was that they never ask for funding for CRM because ‘CRM as a dirty word’.

CRM 82

CRM Strategy Customer Epiphany 82

Score More Sales

JANUARY 8, 2015

For more detail and data, check out the Annual Sales Kickoff Meeting Research e-book. Contact us if we can offer more ideas to help you make 2015 the year that sales really take off. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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Twitter Inside Sales Groups Survey 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Check out the results of the 2015 B2B Lead Generation Trends Report, which was produced by Holger Schulze’s B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn. How do you see Sales Tech changing as an industry? Sales technology as a category in its own right is still fairly new, despite CRM platforms having been around for many years.

Scale 120

Scale B2B Trends Lead Rank 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

The hypothesis above is based on the research and conclusions of four leading sales trainers who shared their findings at the 2015 PipelineDeals Accelerate Sales Conference and Sales Hacker Workshop with Microsoft in Seattle, WA. Bridge the Success Gap. Desired outcomes vary by persona within large organizations.

Ideal Customer Profile 133

Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Boring copy: “At Safeco, my job responsibilities involved sourcing leads through internet research to discover appropriate companies matching our profile. Here is how to turn this around: “At Safeco International – a leader in the cloud computing space – I was an upper tier producer out of an inside sales team of fifteen reps.

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Hiring Outbound How To Sales Qualified Lead 120

Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Whether you’re a sales professional that likes reading or doesn’t, you’ll find fresh frameworks and tons of insights in the book. Who should read this : Inside sales reps will find a lot of high-value advice for smarter cold calling and actionable techniques for tackling specific sales challenges. Fanatical Prospecting.

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Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

YoY increase from 2015. And its not just your direct sales reps that have the issue. Many organizations are relying more and more on channel partners and inside sales to drive growth. The research shows that 81% expect your sales reps to deliver a credible business case in order to win the deal.

ROI 53

ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

As you and your team kickoff the New Year, there are some important research findings you should factor into your 2017 sales enablement and content strategy. The good news, the research is crystal clear. Sources: 2017 – The Year B2B Sales Reps Can Finally Sell Value?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Scale 45

The Bridge Group

JUNE 15, 2017

Over the last few months, we published our latest research reports on the Account Executive role (AEs, ISRs, etc.). A number of readers have emailed in and the top three requests have been: Update the 2015 calculator with the latest data (allow tailoring by geography, rep experience, ASP, etc.). Well, we've done all three.

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Compensation Hiring Inside Sales Enterprise 37

Tony Hughes

MARCH 4, 2018

Search engines like Wolfram Alpha become so smart they can fully educate the prospect so they go 100% of the way through the sales process before ever needing to talk to a human. It's unclear if ERP firms even understand ERP and it's 2015. So there is very little research done in this space. No humans needed???!!! And give back.

Hiring 68

Hiring Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 68

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. Any advanced selling system is based on the fundamentals however you have to leverage a process and acknowledge the nurturing required for an effective sales cycle to happen in social environs over time. Translation: massively lower your cost of sale.

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Social Selling Call-back Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile 66

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

But when the pandemic sent the world into lockdown, almost 90 percent of sales moved to the Inside Sales model of video conferencing, voice calls, and web-based technologies. In early June 2021, the ZoomInfo database listed 117,436 professionals with the term “Inside Sales” in their job title within the United States.

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Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 147

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

But when the pandemic sent the world into lockdown, almost 90 percent of sales moved to the Inside Sales model of video conferencing, voice calls, and web-based technologies. In early June 2021, the ZoomInfo database listed 117,436 professionals with the term “Inside Sales” in their job title within the United States.

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Cold Calling 130

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Why Jordan should be on your radar: It’s probably a good idea to get used to seeing Jordan Arogeti on these sales leaders lists. From SDR in 2015, to enterprise AE in 2020–and she’s gathered quite the following on LinkedIn. VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Inc. Founder of Sistas in Sales. Kevin “KD” Dorsey.

Top of Funnel 101

Top of Funnel Hiring Twitter Lead Rank 101

InsideSales.com

JUNE 12, 2020

Helping companies get there is a core part of what Vertical Relevance helps large-scale sales organizations achieve.”. Inside Sales Teams are Already Digital. We’ve known digital transformation was coming for a long time; many have already transformed their sales development and inside sales teams.

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Face-to-face Travel Call-back Infor 94

Igniting Sales Transformation

MARCH 20, 2019

As I was putting this post together, I hopped into my time machine and zipped back to 2015 when I first attended Rainmaker and wrote about my experience that year. What I realized in reading that 2015 blog post was that the more things change, the more they actually stay the same. The best sellers understand human behavior.

Conference 101

Conference InsideView Cold Calling Scale 101

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Vorsight found that sales reps are 70% more likely to get an appointment on an unexpected sale if you join LinkedIn Groups. Establishing a connection starts with doing the research. The data says: 80% of sales require five follow-up phone calls after the meeting, according to The Marketing Donut.

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Data Prospecting Top of Funnel Lead Rank 95

InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Customers aren’t always looking for a sales pitch. In most cases, they’ve already done their research and want to hear how your solutions fit their individual needs. They have more freedom in researching for a SaaS company that can give their business what they need. Customers are now more informed than ever. Get eBook Now.

SalesForce 40

SalesForce Hiring Top of Funnel RightNow 40

Tony Hughes

MARCH 7, 2018

In 2015 everything including Ferraris can be purchased on a mobile phone with one click and how on Earth do I know it's not a scam? These are simple diagrams pulled right out of isotope and atomic decay rate research. I don't know about you but I've never been more suspicious in my life in making a major purchase than right now.

Lead Rank 66

Lead Rank Enterprise Enterprise Scale 66

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And since founding in 2015, we had one flagship product that focuses the AI product, and it’s essentially a very intelligent repository, store contracts in there, executed contracts. And I had done that even before I got into B2B software, doing military electronic design, right?

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Scale Company Hiring Campaigns 107

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I spent 13 years in massage therapy, which included running my own business, before I moved to sales. Anne is a principal analyst in the Sales Operations Research Service at Forrester. She has spent her career leading inside sales and business development teams for Silicon Valley icons like FireEye and Okta.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Is it used to see real-time information, track trends, or forecast future sales ? Will it be used by outside sales teams who might need a mobile version, or an inside sales team that wants something more personalized and in-depth? The truth is that bad sales dashboard design can do real harm. million per year.

Examples 82

Examples Top of Funnel Forecasting Lead Rank 82

Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

To win in 2015 you're going to have to go so old school and new school at the same time, applying a dizzying array of multi-disciplinary principles that will give you an invincible edge. Imagine, your sales people can reach whomever they please 25 times and they aren't using it? It boggles my mind. Track and harness trigger events.

Social Selling 63

Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Top of Funnel 63