Pipeliner

AUGUST 20, 2021

Appointy is multi-functional online scheduling software that helps sales & marketing teams schedule client meetings 24*7 and eliminates the back-and-forth emails to find a perfect time to meet. Trusted by 45,000+ growing businesses and mid-large enterprises, Appointy helps you shorten your sales cycle and save time.

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Inside Sales B2B Tools Top of Funnel 98

Carew International

JULY 18, 2019

Carew recently published articles about the importance of responsiveness for excellence in sales and leadership. As the leader of Carew’s inside sales effort, the topic of responsiveness is always top of mind for me, since the primary purpose of inside sales is to ensure timely customer engagement.

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Inside Sales Exact Study Training 54

SBI

APRIL 24, 2012

Tweet AA-ISP Inside Sales Summit. Four hundred Inside Sales leaders attended the 2-day American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) Summit last week in Dallas. The Summit is the only conference dedicated exclusively to Inside Sales Leadership. Evening out with my gal pals.

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Inside Sales Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 122

InsideSales.com

MAY 2, 2019

Which side are you on the inside vs outside sales debate? RELATED: What Is Inside Sales? — Our Definition of Inside Sales In this article: Variety of Business Tactics Quality and Quantity Sales Cycle and Conversion Qualifications and […].

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

This article takes you through 5 crucial tips to efficiently manage your sales pipeline. Before we jump right in, let’s define what a sales pipeline is. A sales pipeline is a systematic and visual representation of your sales process. At Epos Now, our average deal cycle is around 8 days.

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Pipeline Inside Sales Top of Funnel Sales Management 90

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2014

I read most of the other sales blogs too. Some of them are from companies within the Inside Sales community which, in an attempt to sell their services, are also publishing misinformation. And the misinformation is killing sales forces. And it will work in most industries! Veteran salespeople who have not adapted.

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Consultative Selling Inside Sales Lead Nurturing ACT 275

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I read an article that was very consistent with what I was complaining about last week when I wrote The One Thing Missing From the New Way of Selling. I have tremendous respect for the article''s author, Mark Roberge , who has built a great sales force over at Hubspot.

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Airlines Hubspot Inbound Top of Funnel 196

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 14, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I wrote this article questioning the Death of SPIN Selling. Over the years I have questioned the impending death of other important areas like cold-calling, selling, sales process, salespeople and more. Others are from the big new inside sales industry.

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Top of Funnel Inside Sales Conference Webinar Metrics 250

HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

  My latest Harvard Business Review article titled The Trend That is Changing Sales was based upon in-depth research with over one-hundred vice presidents of sales at leading high technology companies and business services providers. Twenty-one percent reported a shift from inside sales to a field sales model.

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Mereo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

With the business world still experiencing great disruption from COVID-19, we are taking an in-depth look at exactly how sales teams are being altered by this situation — and the best ways to adapt for success in the uncertain future. Inside Sales Teams. Sales Enablement Adaptation.

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Inside Sales Face-to-face Field Sales Sales Enablement 78

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers.

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 134

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Whatever choice you make, this article presents a glimpse into your future. Marketing is the sales development team. Now that these sellers are stationary, the feeling is they can be put on cadences that resemble inside sales processes and productivity targets instead of loosey-goosey field behaviors.

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B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

Openview

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A new study from Process Street in partnership with sales email tool PersistIQ reveals the inside sales outreach of the world’s 281 top SaaS companies, and how they respond when a high-ticket lead (in this case, we used Vodafone) signs up for a free trial or demo. Most SaaS companies have two sales contacts per lead.

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Enterprise Enterprise Company Hubspot 118

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the THE 12 SALES METRICS THAT MATTER MOST.     Sales is both an art and a science. 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.

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Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

My blog articles live forever, so while old-line salespeople are cold calling, my content is converting like an assembly line in a factory. Back in the 1990s, inside sales was a stepping stone, not a career. Inside sales is simply more efficient and scalable. In the old days, sales cycles were incredibly involved.

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Cold Calling Social Media Inbound Face-to-face 145

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 8, 2014

For example, you only need to read this article and the links within it to get a sense for how strong the opinions are and how much passion is driving those opinions. Social selling experts use data from the marketing, inbound and inside sales groups with whom they work. Social Selling is also a trend.

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Social Selling Top of Funnel Groups Trends 275

Pointclear

JULY 11, 2011

Sales force efforts include field sales and inside sales teams using the phone. Telesales lead generation supports both field and inside sales. Continuing expansion of sales efforts means it will continue to be the largest cost. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead NetSuite 173

Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales leaders can improve sales engagement by giving their teams the tools that provide the right analytics and platforms to engage with the customers to grow their sales pipeline. This article serves as a primer on sales engagement and a guide to the best sales engagement platforms to use. Inside Sales.

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InsideSales.com

JUNE 4, 2020

The pillars of lead generation and qualification are sales development representatives (SDRs) and business development representatives (BDRs). In this article: SDR vs. BDR. What is a Sales Development Rep? Reordering Sales. What is a Sales Development Rep? RELATED: WHAT 3 TOP SDR LEADERS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 58

SalesHandy

MAY 22, 2020

In 2020, outbound sales is not just restricted to selling your product, rather it’s also about designing a robust sales process and predicting the revenue for your organization. Today in this article, we will be discussing various sales strategies, best practices, and tools to boost sales productivity.

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SBI

JULY 2, 2014

The article that follows is a reprint from my column in the July Top Sales World magazine, the one online magazine I never miss. The sheer number of leads would require a large, high-cost sales force. This partly explains the fast growth in the number of inside sales organizations.

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Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketo Lead Scoring 123

InsideSales.com

APRIL 24, 2020

RELATED : HOW TO LEAD FROM HOME In this article: The Productivity Gap What is Remote Selling Tools as a Force Multiplier Navigate the Organization Stakeholder Meetings Proposal Review The Impact Conclusion Support. However, if we prepare today, then ramp faster, we can gain market share, improve win rates, and speed up the sales cycle. .

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Face-to-face Proposal Sales Cycle Lead Rank 52

Sales Hacker

JULY 10, 2019

As the CEO of an On-Demand Inside Sales Coaching Company, I review literally hundreds of hours of recorded discovery and demo calls. As you might guess, my team and I have picked up on the subtle and surprising patterns followed by successful inside sales reps. sales #accountexecutives. And so is your prospect.

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Face-to-face Up-Sell Video Inside Sales 64

SalesHandy

APRIL 25, 2021

When done correctly, a sales call process will enable you in making successful sales calls, repeatedly and predictively. As per KBCM survey , companies using inside sales as a primary sales channel enjoy a 10% higher median growth rate. Making sales calls is one of the core functions within inside sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

If you’re in sales or run a business and know something our audience can benefit from check out our guest post requirements. Topics that serve to inspire and empower sales teams. Highly informative articles giving detailed advice on successful techniques to employ as well as fun co-conspiratorial content to inspire motivation.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank Retail 98

Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. There's a lot of discussion in the marketplace about articles you've written, including "The Lead-Nurturing Payoff For The Tech Industry." Does that figure depend on the type of solution? But, like any average, it’s wrong.

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Research B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 253

Chorus.ai

MAY 11, 2019

The symptoms are almost always the same: Sales teams waste time delivering demos to unqualified leads No one follows up with promising opportunities High-value deals get stuck And the outcome is always the same too. In this article, you’ll learn how to overcome this all too common scenario. You employ a specific sales cycle, after all.

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Pipeline Closing Strategy Sales Qualified Lead 52

InsideSales.com

MAY 12, 2020

Create an efficient and productive sales team with the right sales cadence tool. In this article: Give Your Sales Team the Right Tools What Is a Sales Cadence and Why Do You Need it? Sales cadence tools can help you automate your workflow. What Is a Sales Cadence and Why Do You Need it?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools Sales Qualified Lead 97

Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals. Skip ahead: What Is SaaS Sales? What Is the Average SaaS Sales Rep’s Salary? What’s the Length of a SaaS Sales Cycle? The Unique Challenges of SaaS Sales. The Most Important Metrics for SaaS Sales.

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Paid Content Lead Rank Commission Lead Scoring 127

Pipeliner

AUGUST 25, 2019

Consider what Aberdeen Research has to say about sales organizations that implement playbooks versus those that don’t: Sales cycles are 10% shorter. 12% more sales reps hit quota. Let’s dive into sales playbooks and see how they help. Revenue growth is 7% higher.

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Sports Guidelines Face-to-face Pivotal 73

Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2019

Regardless of where the challenge is, whether it’s our close rates, our average deal value, our sales cycle, our ability to create value, our pipeline volumes; the dominant solution is to focus on the top of the pipeline, prospecting. And the dominant approach is to just do more prospecting!

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Cold Calling Hiring Call-back Pipeline 86

CloserIQ

DECEMBER 21, 2018

We’ve compiled some of our favorite reads to help you advance in your sales career and build top sales teams. Featured Article. How to Recruit College Graduates for Sales Roles. Recruiting college graduates to fulfill SDR and other entry-level roles is critical for the health of any sales organization. .

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Hiring Scale Social Media Lead Generation 58

Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

However, the same requirement doesn’t usually apply to direct sales roles or for outside sales representatives for product companies (i.e. Sales roles can be broadly categorized into two groups: inside sales and outside sales (also referred to as field sales). door-to-door solar companies).

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Hiring Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Forecasting 40

SalesHandy

MAY 15, 2020

Lead Qualification is a very important part of the sales cycle. It also happens to be the driving force behind conversions and productivity across the most successful sales teams we’ve seen. As a result, your conversion rates will drastically improve along with shorter sales cycle times, by prioritizing high-value leads.

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Lead Qualification Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

HeavyHitter Sales

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the  Why Sales Organizations Fail.           What prevents a sales organization from achieving success? We are trying to create a repeatable sales process but our product focus is changing as much as our sales model.”

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Hiring Scale Territories Penetration 108

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Sales Cycle Timeline: Varies based on software/solution. I’ll verify if the accounts are in our wheelhouse, and if so, I’ll distribute them to Inside Sales or an AE to follow up. 4:00 – 4:30pm: I’ll wrap up my day by viewing articles on Saleshacker.com, and figuring out how we can implement those ideas in our business.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 87

The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Chalen Schoyer, Principal Sales Engineer at Spiff “Be confident in your negotiations. Whether that’s within a sales cycle or negotiating salary/benefits. Erica Bukowski, Inside Sales at Evolve Vacation Rentals “Make the phone call. That just about wraps up today’s article. Stop hiding behind the email.

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Negotiation Face-to-face Hiring Lead Rank 69