Sales Hacker

JULY 1, 2020

One of the professions that’s seen the most pandemic upheaval due to COVID-19 is outside sales. Fortunately, by leveraging a few inside sales best practices, outside sales reps can successfully pivot to remote sales. Reshaping Your Sales Process. Calling your prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. There's the hustle to find leads, the hundreds of calls, and the high of delivering a flawless pitch. What's a typical sales career path?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

“Freedom lies in being Bold” – Robert Frost Are you consistently bringing bold sales strategy ideas to the VP of Sales? To be a world class Sales Operations leader, pick up the pace. Quantifying the potential impact for their sales leader. Success in sales operations means bringing bold insights.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”

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Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This article is written with field sales teams in mind. However, if you run an inside sales team exclusively, don’t despair, you may still find a nugget or two of helpful information as well. An outside sales call costs $308, an inside sales call costs $50 [Source: PointClear].

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Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the globe, professionals in nearly every industry have been forced to work from home in order to follow social distancing best practices. It’s important to set up a dedicated workspace in your home. Those who get enough of it sleep better and are up to 40% more productive.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 1, 2018

Spending a certain amount of time on one group of activities could set a rep up for record week, while concentrating on something else might launch you down the path to a slump. Here are a few examples: PandaDoc , which integrates with HubSpot, is a good tool for reps who send sales collateral and quotes. Here are 13 of my favorites.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 23, 2016

I was asked by a client to make some cold calls into an upper “C” level suite to set appointments for his outside sales team, to show the inside team how it’s done. 1) First of all, before you leave a voice mail, try calling three to five times to try and reach them first. Or, are they laid back?

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

.” Our product gives sales leaders data-backed insights into their sales team. And our Gong Labs team pores through stats from millions of sales interactions to uncover actionable sales tips. Sales success = meeting booked in the next 10 days. Then back those claims with strong ROI. Report back.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 31, 2020

#SalesGoals SDRs and BDRs A BDR is a business development rep and an SDR is a sales development rep. Prior to predictable revenue, their job was to qualify and set appointments for outside sales reps; however, over the past 20 years, the definitions have evolved. This ties back to the idea of structure. Plan your day.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

We’ll explore inside vs. outside sales to show you what both entail and which kinds of companies need either one. Understand inside and outside sales While there are some key elements every sales proposal must have , there are also going to be some key differences depending on your business needs.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 19, 2019

I enjoy initial discovery calls because they're like a puzzle I'm trying to solve to discover what the prospect's pain points are and if my solution can solve for those issues. Don't hold back on this question. If you identify that inside sales isn't evolving because it's becoming obsolete, ask yourself what's replacing it.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Sales are the infantry looking to capture valuable turf. In this follow-up to our Organic B2B Inbound Marketing Playbook , I teamed up with Outbound View owner Blake Johnston to break down the best practices for coordinating marketing and sales to convert your sales qualified leads to warm opportunities (and eventually deals).

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OutboundView

JUNE 17, 2019

You are reaching out to people who most likely don’t know you or your company, so they might be reluctant to take the call. Just to give you a ballpark, SiriusDecisions research shows that it takes 8 to 12 calls to reach a prospect. Building an inside sales team internally OR. Building an Internal Inside Sales Team.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Inside sales jobs are growing at a staggering rate, and it’s not hard to see why. Most companies offer uncapped commissions for their inside sales positions. Almost any lifestyle you can imagine for yourself is possible with an inside sales role. First, let’s look at what inside sales is.

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Jonathan Farrington

JUNE 8, 2013

Trend data reveal that sales organizations are shifting resources from outside to inside sales. Inside sales growth is 30% faster than their outside sales counterparts. The number of Inside Sales departments is projected to grow from 800,000, in 2009, to over 2 million in 2013.”.

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Groove.co

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS Interest in sales engagement is spreading like a virus “We Are All Inside Sales Now” might not ever become a huge rallying cry within the B2B sales industry, but the grounding of outside sales reps is real. Before you dial, make sure you know the three P’s Making phone calls is hard.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Suppose a rep decides to cut her partner out of the deal because she doesn’t want to give up the commission. Implementing a Channel Sales Model. Wondering if channel sales is right for your organization? Location: If your offices are spread out, it might make sense to use a channel sales model.

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The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Salespeople – Thank you for challenging my thinking and not backing down and being a ‘yes’ person. Salespeople – We will follow you on your journey, we will treat you as trusted advisors because you converse with us, you humanise the process, you speak WITH us not broadcast TO us. We now expect the extras.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

What to Look for in a Sales Job. Before you can analyze a sales job, you need to know what to look for. Take the following five points into consideration. Others, like outside sales, are on the decline. Sales development rep (SDR). Unlike a closing sales rep, SDRs don’t carry a traditional quota.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2019

Digging into her activity metrics, you discover she isn’t sending enough emails to generate the number of calls she needs. Activity metrics include: Number of calls made. Percentage of leads followed up with. Percentage of leads followed up within target time range (for example, 8 hours). Call-backs.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 24, 2021

Businesses have taken their tents and found a new place called the internet. Just like every important element of our lives, technology has changed the face of sales. Both – Businesses and customers have grown comfortable with sales inside an office. So what exactly is inside sales?

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Spending a particular amount of time on one category of activities can set a person up for a record week, whereas focusing on something else can lead to a slump. Saving a few minutes here and there will quickly mount up. One of the best tricks for outside sales is to categorize your leads by location. Keep it in place.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wondering what the right sales approach for your company is? Should you build an inbound sales machine, set up an outbound sales team, or take a hybrid approach? Inbound sales is famous for being able to attract customers to any business, be cost effective, and scale really well. Pros & cons of inbound sales.

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OutboundView

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

They hire outside salespeople before they truly know their customer. They hire five inside sales reps before they have the tools and processes to make inside sales successful. As uncertainty in your tests goes down and you start to see which ideas are working, spending goes up and you go into execution mode.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There are tons of roundup articles about top women sales leaders. Most of the time, somebody does a LinkedIn search for “sales leader,” chooses the top 15 profiles with the most followers, and calls it a day. What about the amazing sales leaders who aren’t well-known already? Jill Konrath.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Choosing, tracking, and optimizing for the wrong sales metrics is a death sentence for you and your team. Instead, the best sales dashboards only show you the sales metrics that matter. How to create a sales dashboard catered to your sales team. 17 sales dashboard KPIs to track and choose from.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 15, 2021

In-person meetings and demonstrations practically disappeared and sales leaders had to quickly reskill outside reps for inside sales; all while learning to manage their teams remotely. Managing remote sales teams: Remote teams are the new norm for sales organizations, and they demand a different kind of support.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Pre-call research and THEN-prep – The trend is to know how you can help, NOT just delivering your boring deck. Ditch your pitch – Bring new ideas to the sales meeting, be creative and think on your toes. More companies will realize they achieve higher ROI with these roles and reduce the size of their outside sales teams as a result.

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