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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SalesHandy

MARCH 23, 2020

With this list of sales engagement platforms, we’ll explore the most popular ones in the market and how they might fit different teams. The List of Best Sales Engagement Platforms. PersistIQ Marketo Sales Connect Olono Outplay RollWorks Datananas OneMob FunnelFLARE FunnelFly Xant.ai Dealhub Autoklose. SalesHandy.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

We also introduced you to some of our favorite B2B marketing influencers —including the socially-savvy Ann Handley, Joe Chernov, and Joe Pullizi, just to name a few. However, the B2B marketing world isn’t the only industry boasting some big names in the social sphere. The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own.

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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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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Buying team identification – Knowing exactly who, inside a target account, is involved in an active buying cycle so you don’t waste time chasing the wrong people. Better hooks for getting a meeting – Knowing what business concerns matter to the prospect and the features and functions they are most interested in.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 14, 2019

Sales organizations today are commonly organized in two groups, outside sales and inside sales. Inside salespeople reach out to possible prospects and find new sales opportunities. Inside salespeople are also called business development representatives, or sales development reps.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 22, 2018

Prospecting is hard for most salespeople. In fact, getting a response from prospects was identified as the hardest part of the sales process in the 2018 State of Inbound Sales Report. These 45 tips from three remarkably insightful sales experts should make it much easier for you. Plan your prospecting approach.

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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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Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2020

Inside Sales Managers are getting too hung up looking for the perfect sales cadence formula — the perfect combination and spacing of phone/voicemail + phone/no voicemail + email + social touch that will generate results. Replace Sales Cadence Stress with Simplicity. From a business perspective, it was brilliant.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 6, 2020

Irrespective of the business you are in, your leads or prospective customers are essential to the growth of your organization. However, in the last decade Google Adwords, mobile-readiness, landing pages, web forms, and the marriage between sales and marketing has become table stakes for effective lead generation. Omnichannel.

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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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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 2, 2018

We’ve been looking at how to improve their prospecting results. They won’t increase their market share, they won’t grow faster. They have a fantastic marketing organization, it works very closely with sales in providing inbound leads for sales to follow up. First, a little background.

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Velocify

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Leads360 joins Marketo Launchpoint, bringing conversion horsepower to the marketing nation. The growing adoption of marketing automation presents a significant opportunity for inside sales. As marketing automation works its magic, the volume of quality leads creates more opportunity for inside sales.

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Score More Sales

MAY 9, 2014

Now that you have your sales position, change your summary to attract buyers or those who can refer buyers your way, not recruiters. Social Marketing Manager at LinkedIn, rated the #1 Social Sales Influencer offers a good example with his profile. Who are your prospective buyers and what roles are they in?

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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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Score More Sales

MAY 9, 2014

Now that you have your sales position, change your summary to attract buyers or those who can refer buyers your way, not recruiters. Social Marketing Manager at LinkedIn, rated the #1 Social Sales Influencer offers a good example with his profile. Who are your prospective buyers and what roles are they in?

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sales scripts are a valuable tool that can help salespeople have meaningful conversations with customers or prospects. What are Sales Scripts? They usually refer to a prepared walk through of a sales conversation including talking points, value propositions, discovery questions and “asks” or “commitment” steps.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

A few indications your sales strategy is not working for you: Missing the # - Your reps are trying to be all things to all people. They lack focus on your target market. A must-have if you are to properly allocate your sales resources. Benefit – Gives you the ability to prioritize your customer/prospect base.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To truly unlock their potential, a robust sales development playbook is vital. Read on for a list of essentials for lead sourcing, nurturing, and actionable tips to outperform in a competitive market. What Is a Sales Development Playbook? Furthermore, the playbook aligns sales activities with broader business goals.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

Complicated commission plans or unwieldy territory rules and exceptions cause a half-baked sales team. Keep it Nimble – as a mid-market company, are you getting so big that you can’t be flexible? You call on those companies who are “more probable” to buy from you than those who are “less probable” to maximize reps’ time.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

What's a typical sales career path? How do you get started in sales? Is the sales job market strong enough to support a career? By the end, you'll know what skills can help you break into sales, what jobs are available, and whether or not sales is a good career for you. Inside Sales Rep.

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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. 7 Sales Best Practices.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2014

AP : While AMP Up Your Sales expands on a couple of the themes in Zero-Time Selling, the focus is on three primary ways that sales reps, on a call by call basis, can really differentiate themselves from their competitors and, in the process, help their prospects make good decisions quickly. A= Accelerate Your Responsiveness.

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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]. Conference Panel Insights.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 28, 2012

Here are some resources for sales professionals who are on the front lines, generating conversations, listening to prospects and customers online, and engaging with them by email, phone, video, and in person. This post was a combined effort from the whole team at Score More Sales after a team meeting where we shared resource ideas.

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ExecVision

APRIL 23, 2018

Depending on the day I am the prospector or the prospected, the hunter or the prey. Companies are spending tons of marketing dollars on these events but often send junior team members who never learned the right way to work a booth. While you’re having a conversation, remember that people want to be treated like people, not prospects.

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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. Focused on identifying game changing market opportunities. Quantifying the potential impact for their sales leader.

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A Sales Guy

APRIL 16, 2012

We often think of “cost” as something our customers and prospects are evaluating with us. But, our sales have a cost too. 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?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

From layoffs at Redfin and Tesla to the plummeting crypto markets , companies are starting to tighten their belts — and the economy has shifted from the so-called “Great Resignation,” with a job market heavily favoring employees, to the “ Forced Resignation.”. What do the changing market conditions mean for RevOps and sales?

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InsideSales.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Today’s article shares nine tactics for ramping up SaaS sales for start-ups. RELATED: 5 SaaS Sales Principles To Boost Performance . Maximize Email Campaigns. Instead of piquing the interest of the prospect, they conduct what are seemingly training sessions that bore the decision-makers to death. Maximize Email Campaigns.

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HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

.         Over the past several decades the structure of sales organizations have remained largely the same. They have been primarily based on outside field salespeople who make face-to-face sales calls with prospective customers and current clients.   Sales Organization Development Stage.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2020

We’d talk to the sales people, “We just aren’t finding the large deals. We are busy prospecting and doing the deals we can qualify. How do we change that focus, after all, if our sales people are making their numbers, how do you get them to chase after bigger deals. The client changed territory assignments.

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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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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

I’ve been successfully using a bit less – five to seven total messages – but I supplement this strategy by making calls in between trying to “catch” the prospect picking up their phone. The bottom line, though, is that the more times you reach out to a prospect, the more likely it is they will become familiar with you and your company.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Also, make sure there’s a place in your script for at least one specific detail about your prospect or their company. The prospect is rejecting your talk-track, not you. The fastest way to cement it into your head is to pick up the phone and actually run through it with a few people (or a lot, depending on your market size).

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We tended to think of inside sales as those people sitting in the office, waiting for the phone to ring, just focused on small deals, doing very high volumes. In those ancient times, inside sales started changing a lot, primarily with new phone and computer technology. We field sales guys were, honestly, relieved.

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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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