Close.io

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this post, we’re sharing three inside sales job descriptions that you can steal and personalize for your business in order to attract the right sales talent in 2020! Job description template: junior inside sales professional. ? Job description template: inside sales leader. ? Let’s get going.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 6, 2018

This article takes you through 5 crucial tips to efficiently manage your sales pipeline. Before we jump right in, let’s define what a sales pipeline is. A sales pipeline is a systematic and visual representation of your sales process. Ensure your reps take ownership for their individual sales pipelines.

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Closer's Coffee

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Inside Sales and Outside Sales Roles. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take.

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Meeting a sales quota during the holidays can be very challenging for the sales reps. Here’s how sales managers can help. RELATED: Why Your Reps Are Not Hitting Quota And How They Can W/Ron Hollis @XANT. In this article: The Importance of Sales Goal Setting for the Holidays. What Is a Sales Quota?

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A great inside sales representative can deliver many wins for a sales team. What Is Inside Sales? What Are Agile Inside Sales Professionals? The Importance of Having Agile Inside Sales Reps. The Importance of Having Agile Inside Sales Reps. What Is Inside Sales? .

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

One route into the position of a sales manager is promotion from having been a highly successful salesperson. They are suddenly saddled with the responsibility of the entire sales team. The fact of the matter is, having been a high-performing sales rep doesn’t mean that they’ll automatically be a great manager.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 7, 2019

In this rapidly changing sales environment, there is often a stark disconnect between what management sees or does and what reps want or need. While sales productivity is a key revenue driver, higher activity volume doesn't always mean that key metrics like close rate or average selling price goes up. 3 = Meets expectations.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A variety of industries use inside sales as a popular high-growth sales model. According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. There is a higher turnover among the sales ranks.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 16, 2019

You’ll have sales leaders helping close deals. You’ll have outside salespeople prospecting or inside sales people helping close deals. Inside sales and outside sales roles have very different responsibilities. Inside sales and outside sales roles have very different responsibilities.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 24, 2012

Ok, I’m coming back to the quota discussion. My last post about quota focused on the importance of quota aligning with business objectives and business strategy. RULE 1: Quota MUST BE perceived as attainable. When quotas are not perceived as achievable, sales people just give up and don’t even try.

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DialSource

JULY 15, 2020

Overnight, the concept of inside sales vs outside sales essentially disappeared. Field sales teams were grounded, and in response, many businesses scrambled to make internal changes. The same concept applies to sales. Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales. We did not leave our ability to SELL behind.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

There are many things to consider if you are interested in starting your career in sales. You’ll also need a thorough knowledge of sales trends and stats to succeed. With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you.

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DialSource

JULY 15, 2020

Overnight, the concept of inside sales vs outside sales essentially disappeared. Field sales teams were grounded, and in response, many businesses scrambled to make internal changes. The same concept applies to sales. Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales. We did not leave our ability to SELL behind.

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Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 27, 2019

Whether it's mentoring someone to take over your role when you ascend the corporate ladder, or taking a rep with just enough potential under your wing, ultimately, the job of a manager is to improve his or her team. The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little.

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HeavyHitter Sales

MAY 25, 2017

A sales mentor’s sales intuition has been honed by many years of customer calls; therefore, their judgment is respected and advice highly sought after. However, in a typical sales organization, role modeling occurs very informally and irregularly. Your sales manager can make your life enjoyable, tolerable or miserable.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you’ve worked in sales, revenue operations, or finance for any amount of time, I don’t have to tell you how important sales compensation is. You already know the right sales compensation plan can motivate your team, improve their performance, and boost overall job satisfaction. Current Sales Compensation Benchmarks.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

Are sales managers really at fault? You don’t hear that phrase very often anymore, but account based sales reps still carry a bag. But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota. But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2017

Sales managers are critical to the success of their sales reps. While sales managers are charged with ensuring reps meet their numbers, how they meet their numbers is not as simple as it once was. Yet businesses often under-invest in their sales managers. Can your sales reps wait that long?

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2017

Sales managers are critical to the success of their sales reps. While sales managers are charged with ensuring reps meet their numbers, how they meet their numbers is not as simple as it once was. Yet businesses often under-invest in their sales managers. Can your sales reps wait that long?

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ExecVision

JULY 15, 2018

There is no question-sales is not for the faint of heart. Setting meetings and working deals means facing an incredible amount of rejection every day while managing often-tedious tasks. The idea of inside sales motivation is a bit of an oxymoron. Think about the DNA of your top inside sales reps.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Amy Appleyard , the recently appointed SVP of Global Inside Sales at CarbonBlack. . Amy walks us through her background from being an SMB entrepreneur to leading large sales teams and why sales emerged as her true calling. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

If you hear "ABC" and "Always be closing" pops into your mind, a sales career may be the perfect match for you. 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. What's a typical sales career path?

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ExecVision

MAY 18, 2018

Remote teams are nothing new in the sales world–field reps have been closing deals outside of the office since practically the beginning of time. Working remotely is however, a newer development in inside sales. Here are ten steps for building a remote inside sales team that smashes quota and remains engaged: 1.

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Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2014

In January I wrote the blog: How to Diagnose if Inbounditis is Killing Your Sales Pipeline , which was published by DemandGen Report. In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. The percent of sales accepted leads decreasing while lead quotas increase.”. It''s time to change how we talk about sales leads.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

To win in sales you, and your company, need a recipe for success. The ingredients to win in sales must be pure and of high quality to create a great, high-end, finished product. Here is what we believe it takes to compete with a strong solid sales team that closes the right deals with great sales velocity.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Immediate Help for Sales. But how do you know?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

It's true across the board, and sales is no exception. That's why sales efficiency is one of the most important metrics for businesses to understand, track, and ultimately improve. Sales efficiency is, in large part, a measure of the speed of your sales operations. Why Sales Efficiency Matters.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If you ask most executives if they have a sales process , they’ll immediately say yes. But when you ask them to describe their sales process, their descriptions vary wildly. To some, a sales process means milestones in their sales pipeline. Having clear definitions for your sales process matters a lot.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech. Table of Contents What is inside sales training? Here are five reasons you should.

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Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 1, 2011

Whether it's mentoring someone to take over your role when you ascend the corporate ladder, or taking a rep with just enough potential under your wing, ultimately, the job of a manager is to improve his or her team. The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Being a sales rep is tough but rewarding. Day after day, you plan your conversations, prep your sales collateral, make dozens of calls, face a lot of rejection, and, hopefully, make progress on moving prospects down the funnel. Managing a sales team is a lot of work, too. On a good day, you’ll close a deal or two.

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LevelEleven

APRIL 26, 2019

In fact, the same study found that organizations, where more than half of reps report feeling engaged , are nearly twice as likely to meet their quotas. In fact, the difference in quota achievement between engaged and disengaged teams is $1.3M Management by (only) numbers. Definitely. Lack of meaningful measurement.

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Don on Selling

JUNE 27, 2021

Sales Managers must act like Coaches to build successful sales teams. It’s not because they don’t want to improve and generate more sales. The real culprit is that most sales managers don’t know how to coach. Some managers want to overwhelm salespeople with too much training all at once.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Most sales organizations rely on reports. The best sales organizations rely on analysis. Think about your organization’s monthly or weekly sales meetings. At Close, we’re committed to helping sales organizations and sales teams unlock actionable insights from their data. Track sales reps’ performance in real time.

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