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Inside Sales: Listen Up!

No More Cold Calling

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. Build an effective referral system in three simple steps.

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How Data and Intelligence Are Going to Change the Sales Industry Forever

Crunchbase

Before technology, sales was primarily based on outside field salespeople making face-to-face sales meetings with prospective and current customers. In turn, they were supported by inside sales representatives focusing on helping them complete their daily tasks.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. How do you measure that?

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Sales productivity – it’s the time, stupid

Sales Training Connection

Senior sales leadership spends a great deal of time thinking about how to improve sales productivity. They invest in sales training . They change compensation systems and territorial designs. They purchase CRM systems and commit time to working with Marketing to achieve better coordination. Adding Channels.

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10 Must-Have Inside Sales Technologies

Hubspot Sales

Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. Not to mention, just because the tools and tech you have in place for your outside sales team work well for their needs, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be an ideal fit for your inside sales reps, too.

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2015 Sales Predictions

Your Sales Management Guru

2015 Sales Predictions. KEN : I wrote this magazine column last November (2014), I thought it might be fun to hear your thoughts on my predictions. We believe in 2015 the focal points will be on velocity and execution; increasing the speed of the sales cycle and number of orders received. Power Networking.

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PODCAST 113: Secrets to Great Leadership During a Pandemic and Beyond with Barrett Boston

Sales Hacker

And today we’re going to be talking about moving a field sales team to remote, and moving an inside sales team to remote, given everything that’s happening in the COVID crisis, and what the challenges are. We went public in 2014. Joined IBM as a sales rep, and then it was a sales manager, sales executive.