Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 14, 2013

I practiced hours a day—so much so that I missed most of the “normal” interest and experiences boys had with sports. Sure, I could hit a ball and throw a football, but the whole sports team experience was absent from my life. Maybe one each of those sports per year. Sales teams are not sports teams. I really do.

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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. That equates to just 13.2 hours per week. The list could be endless. Because it feels good.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Ryan Lallier , Director of Inside Sales at InsightSquared. Ryan has a diverse background in Sales, with positions ranging from individual contributor to head of sales roles at companies like Dataminr, Gartner, and YayPay. Welcome back to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

DiscoverOrg’s in-house research team of 85+ people, start building the organizational chart from top to bottom. Thousands of sales organizations use DocuSign to get contracts signed more quickly than ever before. Sales reps can use DocuSign right from within Salesforce CRM. Fantasy Sales Team. @DiscoverOrg. InsideSales.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tyson group has been ranked by Selling Powers as one of the Top 20 sales organizations in the world. They work in the sports entertainment industry and one of their biggest customers is the football team, the Raiders. They coordinate with the sales team to sell premium tickets, sponsorships, suites, and others.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who sales development should report to [22:16].

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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.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 18, 2020

The mecca of sales content, LinkedIn has become increasingly popular not just as a networking site but as a place to create and consume content. It’s also a place where salespeople naturally spend a lot of time as they’re researching prospects and customers or working on their own personal brand. . Platform #3 – Events .

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 21, 2018

I didn’t participate in team sports in school, and in P.E., He challenged me to do some research (and there are plenty of examples on the Internet right now), and to learn more about people with far less potential than I, that nonetheless had made decisions to train and now regularly run marathons.

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OnePageCRM

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

That’s the cost of a sales rep mis-hire, according to research by Dr. Brad Smart of Topgrading Inc., a firm that helps companies assess sales candidates. According to research from Harvard Business Review , clear communication is often what separates the strongest sales reps from those who miss their quotas.

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OnePageCRM

JUNE 15, 2017

You can also use social media for background research on new leads and find some common ground to start with. I’m probably any sales person’s worst nightmare. I haven’t owned a TV since 2011 and I don’t follow any team sports so the usual chit-chat openers fall flat. And seriously, nobody likes talking about the weather.

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Velocify

JUNE 9, 2017

Despite this, research shows that sales reps typically do a poor job of managing their leads, at the expense of their company’s revenue potential. 2) Your sales team isn’t responding to leads fast enough. Research continues to show that most organizations take more than 24 hours to follow up with a new lead.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 20, 2014

COMPETE WITH YOURSELF: I love sports like track and field because they teach you to compete with yourself. Being a part of a team can be great – being at or near the top of a sales leader board was where I wanted to be, AND the most important aspect of this to me was in improving my own numbers. Be honest with yourself.

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Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The company’s training solutions aim to transform sellers into sales professionals who can orchestrate the desired outcomes for both buyers and vendors. Among other offerings, there are robust training programs for inside sales, field sales, telesales, and sales coaching for managers. Excellence in Inside Sales.

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SalesLoft

JULY 10, 2018

We’ve listed the books below, so kick back, relax, and enjoy these must-have sales books! The Sales Development Playbook: Build Repeatable Pipeline and Accelerate Growth with Inside Sales. The Sales Development Playbook delivers actionable insights to help sales organizations grow pipeline and revenue.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Prospects never control anyone who has mastered David Sandler’s 7-step program for top sales. Insight Selling: Surprising Research on What Sales Winners Do Differently. billion, this book probes how high-performing sales teams differ from their peers. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Mike Schultz & John E.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I spent 13 years in massage therapy, which included running my own business, before I moved to sales. Anne is a principal analyst in the Sales Operations Research Service at Forrester. She has spent her career leading inside sales and business development teams for Silicon Valley icons like FireEye and Okta.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 7, 2018

I think the thing that Corporate Executive Board research misses and Challenger Sale for that matter, is the goal of insight selling in a real-time ecosystem is to bypass the entire decision making process all together. These are simple diagrams pulled right out of isotope and atomic decay rate research.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 14, 2020

Storytelling is essential to sales, and influence happens through being able to structure a story in a way that makes someone feel like this is their story, that they’re the hero, and that you understand where they are coming from. Do your research, understand your audience, then help as much as possible.".

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. The Continued Emphasis on Alignment of Sales & Marketing.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

For both of these books, I spent over a year researching the topics. I experimented with new sales approaches, distraction management techniques, and how to squeeze more out of a day while still feeling refreshed. SVP of Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. How long have you been in sales? . Amy Appleyard.

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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. Selling Is a Competitive Sport. 7 Sales Best Practices.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Over the past two decades, RAIN Group has helped hundreds of thousands of salespeople, managers, and professionals in more than 64 countries unleash their sales potential with its RAIN SellingSM methodology. Rain Group Sales Blog readers are treated to fresh, research-based content. Inside Sales Experts Blog.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

“ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. If Your Sales Emails Look Like This, You’re Definitely Losing Potential Customers. Sales Engine. Heavy Hitter Sales Blog (Steve W. Sales strategies for senior salespeople. The Gist:

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Today on the show we’ve got Tom Martin, an incredible leader who started at the bottom in research and development at Hewlett Packard. If you missed episode 127, check it out here: Leadership Lessons From 10 Years of Democratizing Youth Sports w/ Brian Litvack. He and I talk about how you can get better at your career.

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