Janek Performance Group

MARCH 9, 2022

There’s a statistic floating around the internet that says the average inside sales rep only spends 33% of their time actively selling. I’m not sure if I agree with that figure but time management is an undervalued skill among sales reps. The best sales reps have done the math and have calculated what their time is worth.

Engineering 62

Engineering Lead Rank Lead Scoring Maximizer 62

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Sales development reps (also known as business development reps, or BDRs) are responsible for the first step in the sales funnel: bringing in qualified leads. They conduct research to find prospective customers, reach out to gauge people's interest in the offering, and decide whether or not the lead is ready to move down the funnel.

Hiring 104

Hiring Salary Top of Funnel Commission 104

ExecVision

APRIL 23, 2018

Depending on the day I am the prospector or the prospected, the hunter or the prey. Further exacerbating this problem, many of the booth jockeys and inside sales reps aren’t used to meeting people face-to-face, and then are left to man the table alone, without a mentor in sight. This isn’t the time for a hard sales pitch.

ROI 40

ROI Ideal Customer Profile Maximizer Closing 40

Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To amplify its impact, many companies integrate the playbook into a collaborative sales training platform that allows SDRs to easily access the playbook’s resources, engage in interactive learning modules, and apply the acquired knowledge in practical scenarios. This may be in a shared drive or a robust sales playbook software like Highspot.

Ideal Customer Profile 52

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 52

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]. Source: com].

Revenue 52

Revenue Hiring PointClear Inside Sales 52

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. They assigned each field sales person to the 10-15 largest potential accounts in their territory, shifting all other accounts to inside sales or web sales.

Ideal Customer Profile 91

Ideal Customer Profile Territories Compensation Account 91

InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 29, 2019

XANT studies have shown that leadership activities like coaching and mentoring positively impact the growth and retention of top performers, maximizing investment in people and processes. We asked sales managers what skills make a great salesperson, and here’s what we found out: 1. Continue to work on them both.

Face-to-face 78

Face-to-face Scale Motivation Negotiation 78

Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Database management. Inside sales. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. Return on marketing and sales investment. Revenue performance management. Sales lead management. Sales management. Customer acquisition. Demand creation. Lead generation. Marketing automation.

Outsourcing Services 169

Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

Typically this is something like, 30 additional prospects X average deal size = lift of $X in sales. As Joe presents his findings and recommendations, questions begin to flow from the VP of Sales. He then performs ride-alongs with multiple sales representatives to observe the buyers in action.

Infusion 244

Infusion Data Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 244

Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 28, 2019

For many companies, the ramp-up time for new sales professionals typically is 6 months or more, but inside sales has changed. Sales automation tools like email and dialing technology have turned SDRs into revenue-generating machines. As a Sales Manager, you need to be actively involved with training new SDRs.

Hiring 98

Hiring Training Cold Calling Scale 98

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.

Telemarketing 48

Telemarketing Inside Sales Face-to-face Field Sales 48

InsideSales.com

MAY 15, 2020

Lars Nilsson, Founder & CEO at SalesSource, has over 25 years of sales and operations experience in the technology sector. Prior to SalesSource, Lars was Vice President of Global Inside Sales for Cloudera, the company that transformed enterprise data management. Becc Holland Head of Sales Development at Chorus.ai.

Webinar Metrics 52

Webinar Metrics Tourism Enterprise Enterprise 52

Pipeliner

AUGUST 25, 2019

So, what do the teams’ playbooks cover to help maximize the likelihood for each side of achieving successful outcomes? First, for some context, consider the six categories of sales playbooks: Reference – Everything a sales rep needs to know to get their job done.

Sports 73

Sports Guidelines Face-to-face Pivotal 73

SBI

MAY 11, 2015

Sales ToolSkool Video Transcript: This week’s topic is how to optimize the entire sales process from lead to revenue. The sales process begins when prospects visit your website. This helps your salespeople provide relevant information their prospects will value. I’ll be talking about CallidusCloud.

Hiring 50

Hiring Territories Compensation Distribution 50

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Prospecting (4539). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Maximizer (636). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. Topics Major Topics. Marketing (6398).

Lead Rank 99

Lead Rank Leads360 Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 99

A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The original list of must read sales books for sales badasses included some books that address traits and skills that are critical to sales, but aren’t solely sales related. This list is all sales books. A lot has changed in the sales world in the last 13 years. Prospecting is where everything happens.

Account Based Marketing 83

Account Based Marketing Social Selling Hiring Decision Maker 83

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.

Inside Sales 85

Inside Sales Tools Sales Qualified Lead Strategy 85

SalesLoft

JANUARY 31, 2018

In the 21st century, this dogma extends beyond face-to-face conversations and into the virtual communication that comprises inside sales. On the flip side, adeptly uncovering a prospect’s pain points on a business, financial, and personal level is a nuanced skill that A+ reps excel at.

Face-to-face 52

Face-to-face How To Quota Buyer 52

A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The original list of must read sales books for sales badasses included some books that address traits and skills that are critical to sales, but aren’t solely sales related. This list is all sales books. A lot has changed in the sales world in the last 13 years. Prospecting is where everything happens.

Account Based Marketing 60

Account Based Marketing Social Selling Hiring Decision Maker 60

Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Social selling expert, Neal Schaffer , has teamed up with Rutgers Business School Executive Education to create an eight week executive course dedicated to training organizations and professionals how to maximize social selling efforts and calculate ROI of those programs. Schaffer is one of the World’s best social media strategists.

Social Selling 89

Social Selling Social Media B2C ROI 89

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Cynthia’s says her goal as the CEO of the Barnes Sales Institute is “helping clients create trailblazing strategies to achieve their Women in Sales initiatives, to make a positive difference in society, and to maximize the success of women sales professionals.” VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Inc.

Top of Funnel 101

Top of Funnel Hiring Twitter Lead Rank 101

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

An award-winning author and highly sought-after keynote speaker, Konrath provides practical and modern strategies in her videos to help sales teams generate and close more leads. To drive home the importance of silence in sales (especially when it's uncomfortable), I often recommend the video “ Stunningly Unused Sales Technique."

Channels 111

Channels Video Training Hiring 111

Velocify

OCTOBER 1, 2017

It provides the confidence for both demand gen teams and sales managers alike, that every lead is followed up with by our sales reps. Beyond that, Velocify provides insight with sales analytics, into which leads are being contacted and converting at a higher rate, by source, industry, persona and more.

Sales Qualified Lead 45

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Management Lead Rank Top of Funnel 45

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.

Inside Sales 108

Inside Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 108

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Profit – harder to calculate but maximizes ROI. Deals qualified – good for inside reps passing deals. an AE probably can’t close 200 deals a month, and prospecting vs closing is a zero sum game) to get to an individual target then add them all up. Step 4: Accurately and Reliably Measure Progress. Base/Variable Split.

Compensation 79

Compensation Hiring Incentives Incentive 79

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

The first thing we do is define what it means to outsource sales, how to go about outsourcing your company’s sales efforts, and when you should or shouldn’t. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? In the past, most outsource sales team were done in-house. Systematically generating leads.

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Sales Outsourcing Hiring Lead Rank 52

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.

Inside Sales 71

Inside Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 71

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

On-Site Sales Training Programs. Focus: Prospecting, negotiating and closing, social selling, and sales management. Intended audience: Sales reps and managers. Jeff Hoffman’s workshops span the entire sales cycle, from getting your prospect’s attention to successfully winning their business.

Training 144

Training Vendor Top of Funnel Workbooks 144

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.

B2B 134

B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 134

OnePageCRM

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

All the market and product knowledge in the world is useless if you cannot explain it simply for a prospect to understand. Great sales people take complex strategies and simplify them into key messages and action items, that a prospect can follow and feel in control of. quality conversations with prospects.

Hiring 52

Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 52

Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

In that year, I learned from some of the greatest sales managers that I’m friends with today. Prior to the age of 19, I worked in consumer sales at a retail shop known as Ritz Camera Centers. Sales roles can be broadly categorized into two groups: inside sales and outside sales (also referred to as field sales).

Hiring 40

Hiring Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Forecasting 40

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Fanatical Prospecting. Combo Prospecting. High-Profit Prospecting. Predictable Prospecting. Management and Operations. Sales Manager Survival Guide.

Top of Funnel 141

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Hiring Handbook 141

Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Good thing Altify mastered the process, offering a proprietary and proven approach for full sales team transformation. Altify builds the matching enterprise support and trains everyone on the team how to maximize the benefits of an improved sales effectiveness. Need a sales team for a startup or a rapidly growing business?

Training 103

Training Scale Lead Qualification Lead Rank 103

Markempa - Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

That’s why I interviewed Dave Brock ( @davidabrock ) , author of the Sales Manager Survival Guide, also CEO of Partners in EXCELLENCE. And I’m excited to bring his thinking on sales enablement and what can be done to raise sales team performance. He was prospecting, trying to figure out how to cold-call, etc.

Sales Enablement 61

Sales Enablement Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 61

Gong.io

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Also, having a consistent framework to create a common language between Sales and Marketing. We did that quite early at HackerOne, so that from the beginning, the voice of the customer and the prospect is the core of our framework and the way we go to market. Not only in Sales, but across all very important departments at HackerOne.

Revenue 62

Revenue Hiring Segment Scale 62

Close.io

MAY 20, 2019

And the customizable leaderboard helps sales reps stay focused on activities that generate results. Whether you’re a sales manager trying to get the most out of your team or a rep gunning for the top spot, you need to understand which sales KPIs and metrics to track, why they matter to your company, and how you’re going to use them.

Lead Rank 88

Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Churn 88

Cience

MAY 7, 2019

This term, however, doesn’t have a strict definition or boundaries, and most sales experts understand it differently. For the purposes of this article we’ll use “sales lead” to denote: The contact data of a decision maker obtained for the purpose of prospecting/lead generation.

Ideal Customer Profile 58

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 58