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Inside Sales Growth Beyond CRM

Velocify

According to a 2012 Bridge Group study [1] , from 2009-2011 the number of inside sales jobs grew 124% in the U.S. This evolution means an increasingly mature buying market that is driving new CRM-related needs for sales and marketing teams. How is CRM helping them to execute? Productivity. Discipline. Consistency.

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15 best cold calling books to take your sales team to new levels

Close.io

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. You can revisit the fundamentals of selling, acquire a new soft skill that will enable you to close more deals, or simply leisurely read some sales and business literature. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ?

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The New Era Of The Cold Call

Jonathan Farrington

The trend for inside sales is not coming — it has arrived and is sitting at our doorstep. Fuel and labor costs have soared and, because of intense competition, the prices of our products and solutions have largely flat-lined — as have sales achievement levels. Natural selection is now at work in sales teams everywhere.

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Sales 2.0 Impact: Latest Sales 2.0 Trends and Red Curry With Lisa Gschwandtner

Green Lead's B2B

Every sales organization I talk to these days is ramping their Sales 2.0 It's a fun topic for a guy like me who loves sales and loves technology. The Sales 2.0 Selling Power is a media cosponsor of the Sales 2.0 Mike : What made you decide to create the Sales 2.0 Lisa : From the very first Sales 2.0

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Sales 2.0 Impact: Latest Sales 2.0 Trends and Red Curry With Lisa Gschwandtner

Green Lead's B2B

Every sales organization I talk to these days is ramping their Sales 2.0 It's a fun topic for a guy like me who loves sales and loves technology. The Sales 2.0 Selling Power is a media cosponsor of the Sales 2.0 Mike : What made you decide to create the Sales 2.0 Lisa : From the very first Sales 2.0

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Sales Leads – How to Tame a Unicorn

Cience

Let’s talk about the unicorns of sales development: high-quality sales leads. High-quality sales leads are the heart of our business at CIENCE — the very best we give our clients. What is a Sales Lead? Once the qualified sales lead is passed to a Sales Manager or Account Executive, it is called an Opportunity.