Crunchbase

JUNE 21, 2022

There comes a time when every business needs to decide on its primary sales strategy, which usually means considering inside sales vs. outside sales, or settling on a blend between the two. It’s no shock that the sales industry landscape has changed considerably over the last couple of years. What is inside sales?

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 97

SBI

MAY 6, 2014

Today’s best-in-class sales organizations implement a variety of sales tools to impact their revenue. Announcing the Top 40 Sales Tools of 2014 - a multi-media guide that brings you up to speed on the best tools to increase sale productivity. Marketing automation. Sales & Marketing Content.

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Sales Tools Tools Revenue InsideSales 57

SBI

MAY 6, 2014

Today’s best-in-class sales organizations implement a variety of sales tools to impact their revenue. Announcing the Top 40 Sales Tools of 2014 - a multi-media guide that brings you up to speed on the best tools to increase sale productivity. Marketing automation. Sales & Marketing Content.

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Sales Tools Tools Revenue InsideSales 50

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

Velocify

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

New Leads360 study analyzes the contact practices of more than 400 inside sales teams, identifying the methods and actions that drive best-in-class sales performance. Many inside sales reps make too few calls and send too few emails.

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Inside Sales Leads360 Webinar Metrics Strategy 66

SBI

MAY 7, 2014

Today’s best-in-class sales organizations implement a variety of sales tools to impact their revenue. Announcing the Top 40 Sales Tools of 2014 - a multi-media guide that brings you up to speed on the best tools to increase sale productivity. Marketing automation. Sales Enablement.

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Sales Tools Tools Revenue InsideSales 50

SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On’s streamlined user interface puts first-rate marketing tools at your fingertips, making campaigns and programs easier and faster.

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Vendor Twitter InsideView InsideSales 139

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

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

The ROI Guy

MARCH 12, 2015

Explainers – who have been leveraged in the past to convey information about various solutions, are next most at risk due to buyers being able to find this relevant content online more effectively in most cases than from the Explainer sales rep. As well, 60% of customer interactions are remote, even for direct sales folks.

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Inside Sales B2B Field Sales B2C 90

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A Hinge Research Institute study indicated that greater sales automation adoption is a characteristic of high-growth firms , which it defines as businesses that have a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent or greater over a three-year period. Types of Sales Automation Tools The reach of this technology is widespread.

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Face-to-face Sales Automation Scale CRM 130

SBI

JANUARY 21, 2020

And the other big tip is not to overlook the role of Inside Sales, particularly when it comes to B2B Marketing. Also, having this information flow automatically through into a CRM system ensures that part of the chain isn’t broken for a job that sellers just hate doing.

Sales Qualified Lead 112

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Qualification Follow-up Inside Sales 112

Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

94% of digital marketing professionals surveyed agreed that personalization is “critical to current and future success” according to an eConsultancy study. Many of our clients don’t take advantage of these tools yet though. Finally, start measuring this information (see tools above). But where to start?

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B2B Revenue B2C Ideal Customer Profile 232

SBI

JUNE 25, 2020

Sellers must be able to tailor their discussions to each buyer’s needs, rather than sharing information the buyer has likely already found online. For companies’ sales and marketing teams, this could mean changing messaging, altering their inside sales strategy, or re-thinking the kinds of businesses they’re targeting.

Scale 120

Scale Buyer Case Study Banking 120

Sales 2.0

MAY 26, 2014

Sales people have had automation for a long time but the traditional form of automation aligned with the traditional view of the sales job. But now email has become an incredibly popular sales tool (maybe too popular but that’s a discussion for a different post.) It was “phone automation”. Bunches of time saved.

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SBI

JULY 2, 2014

Top Sales World will soon be published as a smaller, weekly periodical which will make it all the more timely and manageable. With a large percentage of buyer’s now beginning their search for solutions on the internet, and with more and more marketing content being delivered to those buyers, sellers have a lot more inbound leads.

Lead Rank 123

Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketo Lead Scoring 123

Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2019

Not only does the app save me time, but I also know the information is accurate and I can trust it. This tool has made navigation easy to accomplish a task that was once difficult before this technology was introduced. In many ways, technology, like Google Maps, is similar to sales management software. Freshsales. Price: Free.

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Software Software Sales Management VanillaSoft 136

DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 27, 2017

Work in inside sales? Grab our free Ultimate Inside Sales Toolkit. Successful Sales Professionals have all the feels: Emotional Intelligence (EI). Sales professionals who invest in developing and improving EQ gain a decisive competitive advantage in the hypercompetitive global marketplace.

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Inside Sales Groups Face-to-face Buyer 145

Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

A sales prospecting tool is any software that helps you automate repetitive tasks, so your sales reps can save time, effectively engage, and deliver the right messaging to your prospects. Tools for Scheduling Sales Meetings. FlyMSG is the first text expander tool that was built for the modern seller.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

SalesLoft

MARCH 13, 2013

The greatest tool a salesperson has is information and no where else could they find it better curated than content marketing. Sales reps have to embrace this trend if they want to remain relevant and help grow their sales organization. The seeds of sales recognition are sown through great content. #2

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Top of Funnel Marketing Inbound Funnel 52

Mindtickle

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Post-COVID-19, we’re likely looking at 80% of B2B sales taking place digitally anyway — over Zoom, for example — forcing sales reps to increase and improve their skill sets and close the gap between buyer expectations and seller capabilities. The convergence of inside and outside sales.

Networking 105

Networking Conversion Scale Face-to-face 105

SBI

JANUARY 21, 2020

And the other big tip is not to overlook the role of Inside Sales, particularly when it comes to B2B Marketing. Also, having this information flow automatically through into a CRM system ensures that part of the chain isn’t broken for a job that sellers just hate doing.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Qualification Follow-up Inside Sales 65

InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn how to use predictive analytics and big data to improve your team’s inside sales skills. Follow these sales best practices to improve your sales reps’ selling skills and turn regular salespeople into sales superstars. 7 Sales Best Practices. Selling Is a Competitive Sport.

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Data Hiring Analytics Top of Funnel 86

Velocify

APRIL 27, 2017

But for inside sales organizations, the AA-ISP (American Association of Inside Sales Professionals) is the ultimate one-stop shop. It connects inside salespeople with industry-focused technology providers, service providers, and consultants. Review sites have become a critical step in the buying process.

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Inside Sales Conference Industry Trends 45

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? Many prospects will also share additional stakeholder contact information once trust is been established. CPP and Trigger Events.

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Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales engagement refers to the interactions that take place between a seller and a prospect, how the seller communicates with the prospect, and how effective that engagement is in moving the prospect toward a purchase. The key to sales engagement is getting our buyer to respond and say, “Yes, I’d like to take a meeting.

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Examples Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 123

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2020

In fact, the only tool you have at your disposal is a toothpick. Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. The good news is there are a plethora of inside sales technologies in existence today. Sales Automation Tools.

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Inside Sales Sales Technology Wireless Hubspot 103

Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

Let’s drill down into the market and customer insights that can really add value for salespeople, under the following sections: Qualifying characteristics: Things to look for in an organization that make it a good target. Market insights: Topical themes and drivers that can open conversations. Where they go to get information.

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Conversion Ideal Customer Profile Customer Face-to-face 108

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

SBI

JULY 2, 2014

Top Sales World will soon be published as a smaller, weekly periodical which will make it all the more timely and manageable. With a large percentage of buyer’s now beginning their search for solutions on the internet, and with more and more marketing content being delivered to those buyers, sellers have a lot more inbound leads.

Lead Rank 50

Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketo Lead Scoring 50

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Practical suggestions for putting data front and center include creating dashboards that include relevant metrics such as number of meetings and number of sales qualified opportunities for inside sales reps or number (or percent) of reps making quota and wins / losses against competitors for account executives.

Scale 104

Scale Remedy Sales Qualified Lead Coaching 104

Mindtickle

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Post-COVID-19, we’re likely looking at 80% of B2B sales taking place digitally anyway — over Zoom, for example — forcing sales reps to increase and improve their skill sets and close the gap between buyer expectations and seller capabilities. The convergence of inside and outside sales.

Networking 52

Networking Conversion Scale Face-to-face 52

OnePageCRM

MARCH 2, 2017

Companies with dynamic, adaptable sales and marketing processes report an average 10% more of their salespeople meet their quotas compared to other companies. A loose analogy perhaps, for the age old battle that is sales versus marketing. Benefits of sales and marketing alignment. Shortener sales cycle.

Top of Funnel 48

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 48

Close.io

JUNE 26, 2019

Tech stacks are essential for any sales team—you’ve probably got a list of go-to sales tools. But here’s the most common mistake that sales teams make: They invest in a ton of tools without fully understanding what each tool can do and how they all work together. Conclusion.

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CRM Decision Maker Follow-up Cold Calling 75

Xactly

JULY 16, 2018

Here are the steps you should take to capitalize on sales trends and beat your competition. Before you can capitalize on a sales trend, you need to anticipate change. The market changes. For instance, one perceived sales trend is the idea that inside sales will replace field sales.

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Trends Hiring How To Social Media 55

Fill the Funnel

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

BYOT – B ring Y our O wn T ools is a practice that sales leaders and individual sales people themselves have been slow to embrace. I differ from Shanto in that I do not see sales reps deploying many of the powerful new generation of sales tools in any significant number on their own.

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Jigsaw InsideView Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 101

The ROI Guy

MARCH 6, 2017

A great group of product marketers, value consultants and ROI practitioners gathered in Santa Clara last week for the first ever Business Value Summit – West. The situation facing Microsoft was, that after a very successful Window 7, adoption and sales of Windows 8 and 8.1

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring ROI Microsoft 45