Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. What is inside sales?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Author: Jim Ninivaggi, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Brainshark Nothing strikes more fear into sales reps than C-level pitches. I can remember countless times when sales reps approached me with that “deer-in-the headlights” look on their faces, seeking my advice. Who can blame them? That’s the bad news.

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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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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 2, 2014

All sales reps need coaching and guidance, but rainmakers deserve extra attention. The sales manager announces the top performers of the year. Applause resounds throughout the building as these sales champions are paraded like Superbowl winning gods across the sales floor. Drum roll, please. Want Proof?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Leading off our list is sales consultant and coach, Jeb Blount. Jeb carries his sales wisdom over to all his social media channels and spreads his expertise to the masses.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

MARCH 5, 2024

Distribution is exceptionally competitive, and finding ways to maximize your sales opportunities can help you with that competitive edge. Here is an overview of its functionalities so you can unlock its potential for driving strategic sales growth. Upselling isn’t about pushing products.

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Sales Training Connection

MARCH 11, 2015

Sales teams. Ask most sales management whether they have ever used some form of competition as a management technique and most will answer – “yes – and if I must say so it worked great.”. Stories abound about how competition can be used effectively inside a sales team. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC. .

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 20, 2016

Sales coaching. Good sales coaching is a balance – a mix of feedback on things that go right, as well as, things that don’t. Instead, be on the lookout for good sales performance and immediately provide some positive feedback – if you are the one on the other side of the table the difference is absolutely dramatic.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. That has led to a progressive trend for sales models: next year, 68% of sales leaders say they plan to keep or implement a hybrid or fully remote sales model.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 18, 2012

Sales Management. The implications of these findings are evident for most managers – but are there some unique implications for front-line sales managers? And for sales managers who have many sales people reporting to them or who cover large geographies intimacy with accounts is even more difficult.

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SalesLoft

MAY 17, 2018

Coaching is one of the most important contributions to a successful sales organization. Time spent improving skills, implementing best practices, and focusing on the overall development of a sales team pays off tremendously in the long run. Managers weren’t born with an innate knowledge of what it takes to lead a successful sales team.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 24, 2013

Speed, it is the most commonly used word among Sales and Marketing leaders today. It is now a critical attribute of successful B2B sales and marketing organizations. Because Sales and Marketing organizations are adjusting to the new B2B buyer behavior. Field Sales has seen a resource shift from outside to inside sales.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

One of the most effective ways to make your team more effective is by leveraging data. You may have operational and sales reports, but if you’re like most distributors, you are probably not getting the most out of your data. Sales reps can easily drag-and-drop their own visual representations of complex data.

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Showpad

MAY 25, 2023

Delivering the perfect sales pitch is one of the most challenging sales skills to master—both for inside and field sellers. A sales pitch must be confident, impactful, and quick. So why is sales coaching and training difficult to get right?

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Our objective is to make career fulfillment a reality & leverage the inevitable stress that comes along the way.’ Alicia’s career journey led her to desire a comprehensive understanding of pursuing career fulfillment and effectively managing and leveraging the inevitable stress of a demanding career. Celebrate Success!

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2013

TeleSmart is a leader in providing inside sales coaching and consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. As publisher of TeleSmart’s “Trend Report,” Josiane has spent most of the last decade tracking the biggest challenges that sales leaders face each year. The Inside Sales Superhero to the Rescue. They’re social.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 17, 2015

What salespeople—and sales managers— need to understand is that calls are either hot or cold. Inside Sales Meets No More Cold Calling: An eBook I was thrilled when Ken Krogue, founder of InsideSales.com , invited me to present with him at Dreamforce 2014. Avoid common mistakes sales teams make.

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MEDDIC

JANUARY 30, 2024

A New Course Helping Sales Leaders Building Teams The Why of the Inifinite Sales Leadership training You may wonder why the Infinite Sales Leadership course. This belief drove me to create “Infinite Sales Leadership.”

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Pointclear

APRIL 4, 2013

Staying current on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be daunting, especially in the the digital space. PointClear''s staff and Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from our digital circles about B2B sales. Sales Coaching - The Use and Abuse of Modeling.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2016

This is great when they are facing a challenge and they reach inside and not only conceive a means of addressing the challenge, but taking extraordinary action and successfully hitting it head on and overcoming it. This assumes they or their company has a defined and viable sales process that continues to evolve with the market and buyers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2019

Author: Joe Andrews We just wrapped up sales kickoff (SKO) season. And how do we, in turn, ensure our own sales kickoffs are effective? We recently completed our sales kickoff at InsideView. We know they’re having fun, but how are they learning and preparing for a successful new selling year?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 14, 2022

Sales orgs stand to gain a lot from incorporating project management principles into their operations. While sales project management is loosely defined and often overlooked, sales leadership should at least consider folding the core tenets behind it into their broader objectives and sales reps' day-to-days.

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I run a 25-person sales development team, but I never respond to cold outreach. I want to know what’s inside! But how exactly are teams leveraging direct sending? 5 ways to leverage direct sending for inside sales teams. I will admit that I’m a hypocrite. I’m too busy. Can you blame me? Wrapping up.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

To obtain consistent sales results, you need a solid plan to reach out to the appropriate audience. If you prove that you understand their interests and profile, you can tailor your sales strategy to better appeal to prospects. Leverage your network. Leverage real estate databases. Invest in targeted advertising.

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Velocify

APRIL 22, 2013

We’ve blogged recently about the importance of leveraging the skills of your inside sales team and playing to each reps strengths like a good coach. In fact, our research shows that after implementing a skill-based routing program, skilled sales reps more than double their conversion.

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Increase Sales

APRIL 26, 2017

Have you ever viewed those headlines in emails or advertisements announcing this or that “shortcut” to improved results be it in sales, leadership, business operations, etc.? One of the results of all this messaging is it appears to be fostering a “sales shortcut” mentality. Ask yourself why?

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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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Sales Training Connection

MAY 20, 2013

Sales teams in professional service firms. Team selling does not guarantee sales success. On the other hand, some organizations have cracked the code and consistently leverage the power of team selling. This can be a particularly important competitive advantage in the professional service sale. ©2013 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 11, 2023

By Beverlie Heyman, Bigtincan/Brainshark Director of Sales Enablement and WiSE Chapter Lead/Enablement Strategist/Coach. In fact, 65% of sales reps prefer to learn from their peers versus a sales manager or sales enablement practitioner (Salesloft). Why peer learning is important for remote sales teams.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 23, 2012

As I thought about the question and my response I started to think specifically about sales, selling and sales people that I've known that are highly successful and how failing contributed to their success. Was not afraid to leverage a relationship. The names have been changed to protect the guilty). (The dollars in revenue.

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 13, 2014

Sales Training Article: The Sales Manager''s New Year''s Resolutions. By George De Los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) I am big on New Year''s resolutions. Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ''A'' players on the team.

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Keith Rosen

JUNE 15, 2013

How do you justify investing the time developing your inside salespeople to consider long-term sales careers when so many of them are just waiting to be promoted to their next position? I see this happen often with inside sales teams. You still do it. Think about how this would impact your career?

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Inside Sales. When it comes to inside sales, put aside old visions of airplane hanger-size room filled with lots of salespeople making lots of sales calls using finely polished scripts. These rooms may still be around but inside sales has undergone a dramatic shift in the last several years.

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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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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Guard your time – a bit of advice given to me years ago by a wise sales manager that I’ve always worked to remember. Because of everything you do in your sales career, time is the one thing you cannot recoup. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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Vendor Neutral

JUNE 15, 2021

Can Drive Massive Growth For Your B2B Sales Organization. A Customer-Centric Framework Can Drive Massive Growth for Your B2B Sales Org. Join our free webinar to learn what sales approach actually engages buyers and makes them willing to have valuable conversations. How A Customer -Centric Framework. REGISTER NOW. Our Panelists.

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