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Approaching 2015 From a Sales Perspective

Understanding the Sales Force

You may have even set your goals for 2015. But what can you do to kick-off the New Year so that 2015 is your best sales year ever? If you know how much money you want to earn in 2015 and have a compelling reason to earn it, the next step is to figure out how. Here are my top 10 tips: Go All In on Your Goals and Write a Plan.

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Why Sales AI Won’t Replace Reps Anytime Soon

No More Cold Calling

But when you get referrals, the trust your prospects have with their colleagues is transferred to you. We know that salespeople who use AI and other predictive analytics tools are far more productive than those who don’t. For those of us who sell solutions, our jobs will increase by 10 percent, according to a 2015 report by Forrester.

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Countdown to 2015: Top 5 Smart Selling Tools posts of 2014

SBI

2015 looks to be the most exciting year yet for sales and marketing solutions and for those who seek to improve their revenue. Perhaps you want tools that deliver rich content that lets you convert more prospects into leads and leads into opportunities. Read more… Most Intriguing Prospecting Idea.

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20 Clutch Sales Prospecting Tools for 2022

Crunchbase

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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Prognostications And Wild Ass Guesses For 2015

Partners in Excellence

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. Analytics/Big Data. Big Data/Analytics, Gamification, Social Selling, all the Marketing and Sales Automation tools……none of them existed in 1980!

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Marketing KPIs are changing. Here’s why.

Zoominfo

In 2015, they found that 70% of B2B marketing organizations reported the amount of pipeline they sourced as a KPI. Alison Rouse, VP of analytics at CS2 Marketing, also sees the shift as part of a broader trend toward more complicated deals. Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing.

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The Hottest Trends in Inside Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

In the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of inside sales reps doubled. Customer relationship management (CRM) systems remain the most critical, enabling sales teams to collaborate, managers to stay on top of business, and customer-facing people in other departments to share one prospect or customer record.