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Is AI impacting Inside Sales Rep Revenue? Mike Plante of InsideSales Says it Is.

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Now there is a rush for software and computers to reason (yes, that is the right word) and to take action for sales and marketing revenue increases by people or in a programmatic fashion. Sales managers must acknowledge that AI is going to make its way into the ways in which sales people work, prospect, and sell.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Sales Management Blog.

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Tricks and Tips for Building and Running a High Performance #InsideSales Team

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“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. Playbook is an apt description for The Smart Sales Manager.

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Top 20 Sales & Marketing Vendors to Follow on Twitter @Dreamforce ’14

SBI

Bloomfire gives your team fingertip-access to all the sales training they need to spike sales fast videos, presentations, spreadsheets, and more.Sales reps can ask questions – and get answers… from product managers, sales managers and each other. InsideSales. InsideSales. Bloomfire ToolSkool.

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What Sales Tools do You Use to Fuel Your Revenue?

SBI

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. See which tools we chose for: Contract Management and eSigning.

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What Sales Tools do You Use to Fuel Your Revenue?

SBI

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. See which tools we chose for: Contract Management and eSigning.

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The Most Important Sales Metrics to Track

Pipeliner

The average number of days required to close a deal depends on how long it takes for sales reps to close a deal from the first point of contact with a prospect. Different types of prospects require various sales cycle lengths. How to calculate: Average Deal Size = Revenue $ of deals closed / Number of deals closed.