HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, Cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today.      '

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

For example take Salesforce.com which is the predominant CRM tool sales teams use. Studies for years have shown lack of adoption in companies or failed use. In 2013, Merkle Group polled executives in $1B+ companies and found a 63% fail rate. How to not be confused by hype around what the market is telling you to do.

Sales Enablement 120

Sales Enablement Merkle Tools Ideal Customer Profile 120

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Among the things being debated are: The migration from outside to inside sales - yes it''s happening and it''s good; but it won''t happen in every company, to every salesperson or necessarily soon. The death of selling - yes, marketing people are predictably predicting this and no it''s not going to happen. 700,000 salespeople!

Inbound 209

Inbound Survey Lead Rank Lead Scoring 209

Corporate Visions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A market-sizing survey by InsideSales.com found that there are 5.7 million sales professionals in the U.S.—47% 47% are inside sales reps, while about 53% are outside. Of course, inside sellers handle all their meetings remotely. That means 75% of all sales meetings are now remote.

Research 40

Research Sales Meeting Meeting Journal 40

Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Whether you’re a sales professional that likes reading or doesn’t, you’ll find fresh frameworks and tons of insights in the book. Author : Art Sobczak Published: April 8, 2013. Why salespeople need this book : It’s one of the best cold calling books on B2B sales prospecting—for both inspiration and insights.

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Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 19, 2016

.” I’ve been asked to contribute to several of them (I’m not sure why anyone wants to know how I work, I think it works for me, but not many others -but here’s the original one I wrote in 2013 ). The Sales Development Playbook: Build Repeatable Pipeline And Accelerate Growth With Inside Sales , Trish Bertuzzi.

Ideal Customer Profile 48

Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics Inside Sales Hotels 48

The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. And its not just your direct sales reps that have the issue.

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ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

SalesLoft

MARCH 19, 2019

Steele: My biggest disappointment at Salesforce was when we lost Morgan Stanley, a $30M/year customer in 2013. Roberge: This is a classic example of understanding the psychology of sales, whether it’s a difficult customer situation, two reps fighting over commission, or a misunderstanding between marketing and sales.

How To 91

How To Hiring Hubspot SalesForce 91

Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

That’s how many sales professionals are currently in the U.S., according to a market-sizing survey done by InsideSales.com. Just over 47% of these salespeople are inside sales reps, while just under 53% are outside. So, what’s the average sales call look like? Let’s take interactive visual storytelling.

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Survey Face-to-face Study Meeting 51

Jonathan Farrington

JULY 10, 2013

Our regular feature writers, Barb Giamanco, Nancy Nardin, Babette Ten Haken and Tamara Schenk are joined by sales management guru Keith Rosen. As usual we also announce this month’s Top Sales Article and Top Sales Blog Post, and you will find all the details on nominating your favorites for the 2013 Top Sales & Marketing Awards .

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Margin Policies Coaching Sales Enablement 41

Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 13, 2013

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 We felt it was time to poll a generation of Sales 2.0 Mike : What are the biggest Sales 2.0

Trends 30

Trends Jigsaw Conference Survey 30

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Sobczak is known for his hands-on, practical advice for telephone and inside sales professionals. 18) Sales Benchmark Index (SBI).

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Channels Video Training Hiring 111

Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 13, 2013

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 We felt it was time to poll a generation of Sales 2.0 Mike : What are the biggest Sales 2.0

Trends 20

Trends Jigsaw Conference Survey 20

SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

And it is not for 2013. Social Selling - we in sales tend to think in linear terms. Brian Frank , the head of global sales ops at LinkedIn, will show you how the world’s hottest company got hot because of social selling. Drapeau has studied the impact technology has had on quota attainment more than anyone else I am aware of.

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B2B Hiring Quota Social Selling 308

Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A trusted advisor, coach, and mentor, Laurie uses her two decades of strategic sales management experience to build the capacity of The Bridge Group and each of its inside sales consultants. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

Ideal Customer Profile 50

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Outsourcing Services Inside Sales 50

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A Vietnamese immigrant, dedicated mother, and seasoned technology executive, Hang Black has an extensive background in engineering, marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. Best-selling author of Embrace Your Edge, Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Hang Black.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Score More Sales

AUGUST 20, 2013

Just a few years back, we were unsure how many sellers there are out there, let alone inside sales professionals. Recently a paper came out called Inside Sales Market Size 2013 – published by the InsideSales.com Research Division with Ben Warner who ran and challenged the data. Inside Sales Structure.

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Inside Sales Survey Outside Sales Retail 238

Score More Sales

APRIL 10, 2013

It was a full day at Day 1 of the AA-ISP (American Association of Inside Sales Professionals) 5th Annual Leadership Summit in Chicago. I’m here with 450 others who live in the world of professional sales, and I feel like a kid in a candy store. Bob shared research from their 2013 Inside Sales study.

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Inside Sales Sales Leadership Hiring InsideSales 197

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It was sales. So going through the recession, but just in general, sales was not talked about in the curriculum in school. Maybe we had marketing. We wanted to do this for PR, kind of thinking about the marketing attribution. But in April of 2013, we were less than a month away from running out of money.

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Call-back Scale Compensation Ideal Customer Profile 74

The Sales Association

MAY 22, 2011

Do you think that companies can achieve the same efficiencies you brought to your telesales organization today, with the variety of marketing channels that have entered the scene? How does a sales organization reconcile all of the options? I cut my teeth on marketing clusters and verticals. What were some of the driving forces?

Telemarketing 24

Telemarketing Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 24

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

Data 86

Data Hiring Analytics Top of Funnel 86

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the top destinations on the web for all sales subject matter. How to Make Sales and Marketing Meetings More Effective and Impactful. Blogger Blurb: Max Altschuler and Gaetano DiNardi put out some amazing content over at Sales Hacker. Leah Bell is the Content Marketing Specialist for SalesLoft. WoodPecker.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank Retail 98