Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Inside sales. Marketing automation. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics.

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Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article will cover inside vs. outside sales CRMs; the biggest challenges for outside sales reps, their leaders, and managers; time management; quota attainment; and outside sales technology. Mid-market enterprises are those which generate an estimated annual revenue between $10 and $100 million.

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Outside Sales Field Sales Oracle Enterprise 84

SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

Sales leaders hire Mike to fix revenue shortfalls before they happen. For example, Sales VPs at HP, Phillips 66, and Dow Jones have relied on Mike’s advice to make their quotas. He wrote the book on sales benchmarking before most had heard the term. 75% quota attainment is positive enough. He is usually right.

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B2B Hiring Quota Social Selling 308

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

percent of sales reps made quota last year. Cold calling doesn’t address the top two challenges that sales teams face. In fact, that’s why many buyers shy away from gated marketing content.). You call a lead that marketing has “qualified.” Source: Sales Benchmark Index ). Yeah, me neither.) Still chilly.).

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Cold Calling Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation 269

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 8, 2014

Social selling experts use data from the marketing, inbound and inside sales groups with whom they work. As you might expect from groups who spend all of their time at the top of the sales funnel, there has been a positive impact on their ability to add opportunities to the pipeline.

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Social Selling Top of Funnel Groups Trends 275

Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you’ve got ambitions of becoming a top inside sales rep at your company, you’re going to have to build and sharpen these critical sales skills first. Many of these sales skills can be relatively quickly learned and cultivated through self-education and a relentless dedication to bettering yourself in your sales role.

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Inside Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 108

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. She was recognized as a leading sales mentor by Women in Sales North America.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. Market conditions 12 months ago were very different. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Why This Matters— The size of your addressable market has shifted. Generating demand inside these customers is different.

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Compensation Social Media Incentives Incentive 325

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2020

Relationship-building is one of the most important competencies a successful sales professional can have. Sales groups on social media. Check out these social media sales groups and start building your network anytime, anywhere. Sales Groups on LinkedIn. Sales Best Practices.

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Social Media Groups Networking Media 17

Close.io

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you’ve got ambitions of becoming a top inside sales rep at your company, you’re going to have to build and sharpen these critical sales skills first. Many of these sales skills can be relatively quickly learned and cultivated through self-education and a relentless dedication to bettering yourself in your sales role.

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Inside Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 71

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Holger Schulze is an experienced B2B tech marketer and advisor for SaaS, marketing / sales automation and cybersecurity vendors. Recently, DiscoverOrg sat down with Schulze to uncover the momentum sales technology has gained over the past 12 months. We want to see how sales technology is evolving and what the trends are.

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Scale B2B Trends Lead Rank 120

Score More Sales

JANUARY 8, 2015

At the beginning of the year, everyone should have hope and optimism for a bigger and better sales year ahead. If you do nothing else, make your meeting focused around what is in it for THEM (your audience – sales reps, front line sales leaders, account teams, marketing, etc). Hold your offsite, well, offsite.

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Twitter Inside Sales Groups Survey 120

Pointclear

APRIL 10, 2012

I’m really pleased to introduce you to PowerViews, a new series of Q&A video interviews that are all about providing solutions to the marketing and sales challenges we face today. 2011 Marketing and Sales Trends Successes and Failures. Sales Trends Companies Should be Looking At.

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Face-to-face Social Media Hiring Inside Sales 184

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Want free access to 9 in-depth interviews from industry experts and data from 3,400 global marketers? Heinz Marketing. Smart Selling Tools. Sandler Training.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s a tale as old as time: Your sales team isn’t meeting its goals. You thought you hired the right people and that everyone was a good fit for the company, so why aren’t they exceeding their quotas? It’s a technique that has just as much usefulness in the sales room as on the factory floor. They aren’t closing enough sales.”.

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Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Follow-up 94

A Sales Guy

APRIL 16, 2012

The cost of sales is an extremely important metric. Unfortunately, it’s not one I see on sales leader’s dashboards too often. Do you know what your least expensive sale is? Is it the channel, the farmers, inside sales, the hunters, who? What’s your most expensive sale?

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Inside Sales Compensation Channels Outside Sales 117

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

However, because the $100,000 shortfall from average sales skills is money never received, sales leaders are more comfortable ignoring average sales skills. Every business has an annual budget for marketing, technology, and payroll. The company considered this sales rep their superstar and felt lucky to have him.

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Referrals Exercises Discount Study 62

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

The Benefits of a Channel Sales Model. Built-in trust: If your channel partner is already well-known within a market or vertical, you don’t have to do the work of establishing a brand presence. Harder to manage: It can be difficult to update your sales strategy, change your messaging, add a new product, or make any kind of major shift.

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Channels Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 100

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who is Trish Bertuzzi and what is the Bridge Group? [3:00]. Sam Jacobs: On today’s show, we’re talking to a friend, an insightful author and leader, and an expert on sales, Trish Bertuzzi. Who is Trish Bertuzzi and what is the Bridge Group? [3:00]. We’re on iTunes.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Pivotal Enterprise 81

Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Managing Partner, The Bridge Group. An expert at developing strategic initiatives and tactical implementation plans, Laurie ensures the delivery of high quality, results-driven solutions to each of The Bridge Group’s clients. See more about The Bridge Group. The Bridge Group has been a powerful supporter of sales development.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Outsourcing Services Inside Sales 50

SalesLoft

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Which methodology has the most impact: Challenger Sale or Force Management? How strict should managers be about quota? . Jeremey : I noticed looking at your background, you didn’t come in there as VP of inside sales. Prior to Workiva, my background was in sales and sales management. Tana: Exactly.

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Inside Sales Sales Methodology Hiring Quota 40

Close.io

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Are you hanging out with the guys and gals complaining about their job and their quota? Join a group. When I was a young salesperson back in 2003, there was no such thing as LinkedIn or internet groups that you could join with live broadcasts and webinars. Audit your professional network. Build a brand on LinkedIn. Best of luck!

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Networking Social Media LinkedIn Hiring 81

Pointclear

OCTOBER 20, 2016

We generate, qualify and nurture leads using Account-Based Marketing processes. At the start of 2016, we were brought in to support a group of sales reps who did not make their numbers in 2015. Here are three facts (from CSO Insights): Fewer than 60% of reps made quota over the past several years. Their “reward”?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 100

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the top destinations on the web for all sales subject matter. How to Make Sales and Marketing Meetings More Effective and Impactful. Blogger Blurb: Max Altschuler and Gaetano DiNardi put out some amazing content over at Sales Hacker. Leah Bell is the Content Marketing Specialist for SalesLoft. WoodPecker.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank Retail 98

ROI4Sales

APRIL 17, 2017

Seller MUST: invest in technology that will enable sales reps to have all the relevant information at their fingertips so they can engage, educate and guide the buyer to the right buying decision. The statistics are firmly established and organizations with inside sales are well aware of the changing buying environment.

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Training Hiring Journal Education 71

InsideSales.com

MARCH 11, 2020

If you’re marketing a truly innovative product, you need to prove that it has lasting power. Part of a Buying Group. What is a buying group? This is a group of two or more organizations that come together so they can access the best deals and negotiation power. Overcoming Objections in Sales Calls in 3 Simple Steps.

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Objections Cold Calling Decision Maker Hiring 58

Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 16, 2016

What I mean by this is that you have to stay away from the group of sales people in your office who do nothing but grumble about how bad or unfair things are in your company or about how bad the economy or industry is. I almost never heard them grumble or talk bad about the company or the industry or the market.

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Call-back Salary Face-to-face Quota 120

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2024

Door-to-door (D2D) sales involves knocking on people’s doors to advertise or sell products/services. The canvassing technique is also used to gather information (usually through survey responses), for campaigning, and by different charitable groups. D2D sales is more commonly associated with reps visiting people’s homes.

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Face-to-face Up-Sell Research Sales 103

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 9, 2018

Remember, the market you work in will impact how much you make. A mid-market rep usually works smaller deals and makes less than an enterprise rep who brings home million-dollar deals every year. At more established companies (100-200+), most on-market listings have a.01%-.05% 05% equity stake. 5%-1% to bargain with.

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Salary Compensation Commission Closing 82

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

And don’t forget Marketing — how can this critical information help your front-line lead-generators in creating a narrative that resonates with the specific and solvable pain points uncovered? Defining your CPP is a critical step to the success of your sales process. Examples of Sales Intelligence Triggers.

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Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

The Bridge Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

I ran across a question on the Inside Sales Experts LinkedIn group last week. The question read: Manager Earnings vs. Rep Earnings I think we would all agree that top reps will and can always make more than their sales managers. Is true for every #1 rep in every group? It’s 30% for reps achieving 120-139% of quota.

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Data Compensation Quota Groups 32

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

You’ll be sure to hear the importance of prospecting as well as dynamite for the rest of your sales process, even if you listen to a few episodes. 3 The Sales Podcasts. The sales podcasts with something for everyone. Leading experts from the entire spectrum of sales in one place. The Gist: .

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 15, 2015

There’s a lot written about the shift from field sales to inside sales. It makes sense–but I wonder is there really much of a distinction between inside and outside sales. Perhaps our notions of inside and outside sales are outdated and we might be better served just focusing on sales.

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Field Sales Face-to-face Lead Rank Inside Sales 48

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

We also want to express a special thank you to the members of the sales community who spoke up, and volunteered their time to help us as we not only reissue this list, but also think about even more ways we can shine a light on underrepresented groups within sales going forward. Founder and CEO of The Bridge Group.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Twitter Lead Rank 101

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2019

It’s been heartwarming to see how eagerly people in sales have lifted up their peers, mentors, and employees. The Sales Hacker Top 50 Award Categories for 2019 Are: Sales Development. Sales Operations & Enablement. Account Executive/Inside Sales. Sales Leadership. Sales Development.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Scale Lead Rank 108

Tenfold

AUGUST 2, 2017

What do you often look at during sales and executive meetings? For instance, an inside sales company might always look at the raw data of their number of outbound calls and online demos. On the other hand, a company that relies mostly on online sales is likely to look at their leads by source.

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SalesForce Company Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Lead 45

Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

How to Get Into a Sales Role? To get into a sales role, one must have the right skills, experience, and attitude. However, the same requirement doesn’t usually apply to direct sales roles or for outside sales representatives for product companies (i.e. How are Sales Representatives Paid?

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Hiring Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Forecasting 40