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The Hottest Trends in Inside Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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Enabling RevOps in A Hybrid Working and Selling Environment

Vendor Neutral

Tom Pisello, Mediafly Tom Pisello is a thought leader and author on sales and marketing effectiveness, as well as a serial entrepreneur. He's well known from his videos, blog, and newsletter as “the ROI Guy.” Mediafly acquired his company Alinean, a pioneer in value messaging and interactive sales tools.

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Frugalnomics in Effect - Gartner predicts low IT spending growth for 2016

The ROI Guy

YoY increase from 2015. Economically Focused – today’s IT buyer is more frugal, with over 95% of technology purchase decisions now requiring a formal business case, with quantifiable ROI and fast payback (IDC). And its not just your direct sales reps that have the issue. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? Why Change Now? –

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From High Touch to Low Cost – A Disturbing Trend in B2B Selling?

The ROI Guy

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.

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2017 - “The Year of Value”

The ROI Guy

Consistently deliver – Implementing value communication and quantification, from marketing and inside sales, to channel, partner and account execs, to business consultants and value engineers. Sources: 2017 – The Year B2B Sales Reps Can Finally Sell Value?

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

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. Hughes 2015 Digital didn't change that.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

I would encourage women starting in sales roles to “buddy up” with the customer success teams to really understand some great use cases from front-to-back (not just the headliner ROI numbers, but really understanding HOW the customer is using the product and what problems the product is solving). Christin Myers. Holly Koob.

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