Sales (12918). Prospecting (4539). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Sales Process (1775). 2009 (1040). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? MORE >> THE SALES INSIDER AUGUST 13, 2013 What Shakespeare Can Teach You About Predictive Analytics Predictive analytics and Shakespeare have more in common than you think. MORE

Last night I heard a few sound bites in Obama's State of the Union Address that brought to mind what I hear from sales and marketing folks daily. This is about Sales and Marketing Alignment. Prospects pick up their phones less. I hear "woe is me" time and time again, but if it's any indicator that things are changing, our business tripled in 2009. the inside and outside sales team and your outsourced demand gen teams. MORE

What the pandemic has not changed is the pattern of sales leaders running full speed ahead to hit and exceed their quarterly numbers. If you are a CRO and are looking at a hockey stick of quarterly sales goals you have a small window to enable your inside and outside teams. MORE

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. Companies have been forced to examine the complete cost of outbound sales, and what they discovered is startling. MORE

Inside sales representatives work with customers to find what they want, create solutions and ensure a smooth sales process. Sales representatives might work to find new sales leads, through business directories, client referrals, etc. Inside sales reps are friendly, well-spoken and ready to close the deal.”. They never get to be face-to-face with their prospects. This makes the inside sales role particularly challenging. MORE

That quotation very accurately sums up my commitment to looking out and predicting what I believe is going to take place within the sales space over the next three to five years: I have nothing whatsoever to gain from making such forecasts; my statements are not sponsored; I have no revolutionary solutions, which will earn me millions of dollars if I am right … it is simply what I believe, and I am unafraid to voice those opinions. MORE

Ask any salesperson or business owner what their three biggest challenges are, and one of them will be “finding new prospects.” Much of this is wasted, though, because it doesn’t actually lead to the relationships that create sales. Endless Referrals fills an important role by acting as a sort of almanac for salespeople on different ways to prospect and bring potential clients into their pipeline. I originally published this review on June, 6, 2009. MORE