Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In the last few days I have been facilitating focus groups for a research study in Australia being conducted by The Eventful Group who are running a big CRM conference in Melbourne in July 2015. But CRM software quickly emerged as a burning issue and I made the comment that some research states 70% of CRM software implementations fail.

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HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

  Velocify, the leading sales acceleration platform provider announced its inaugural virtual sales kickoff,  ELEVATE , co-sponsored by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP). WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2015 9 a.m. –   CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER.

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Influencer Inside Sales Software Software 60

SBI

MAY 7, 2015

There are hundreds if not thousands of sales software applications to pick from. There’s no better place to learn how you can get more leads, motivate your sales reps, get deals signed faster, hold better conversations, convert more leads into opportunities, strategize, collaborate, forecast, follow-up, engage, AND close.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

The hypothesis above is based on the research and conclusions of four leading sales trainers who shared their findings at the 2015 PipelineDeals Accelerate Sales Conference and Sales Hacker Workshop with Microsoft in Seattle, WA.

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Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

ExecVision

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Since our founding in 2015, we’ve worked with over 140 organizations to drive revenue attainment and solidify our place in the modern organization’s sales tech-stack. For a limited time, our team is giving away a free Conversation Assessment to organizations evaluating call analytics and conversation intelligence software.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 4, 2016

From the highest-value targets, to the best training, equipment, and support possible , genuine sales teams have the ability to move upstream, much like his team and their total revenue growth of 92% in 2015. Next in the spotlight was Andrea Hansen , Head of Sales Development at Gainsight. Her mantra?

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Velocify

OCTOBER 17, 2017

If you aren’t seeing emoji use increase in your daily communication, allow me to introduce some metrics into the mix: Since 2015, there has been a 777% increase in the use of emojis by marketers. They allow us to communicate faster and with more clarity. Emojis have become a standard part of customer communication—but is it working?

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Currently, they are hiring in sales. HubSpot, a leader in inbound content marketing software, is perhaps Boston’s best-known startup. Founded 2015. They are hiring BDRs and other sales professionals. Their talent management software solution takes care of talent management throughout the entire employee cycle.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 4, 2018

could really be upon us: it may be an inherently flawed argument as sales people paradoxically could actually become more of a necessary 'evil' than ever before with increased sector complexity. Andreessen put it best: "Software is eating the world." It's unclear if ERP firms even understand ERP and it's 2015.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Why Jordan should be on your radar: It’s probably a good idea to get used to seeing Jordan Arogeti on these sales leaders lists. From SDR in 2015, to enterprise AE in 2020–and she’s gathered quite the following on LinkedIn. VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Inc. Founder of Sistas in Sales. Kevin “KD” Dorsey.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. Any advanced selling system is based on the fundamentals however you have to leverage a process and acknowledge the nurturing required for an effective sales cycle to happen in social environs over time. Translation: massively lower your cost of sale.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 14, 2019

SaaS Sales Techniques to Improve Your Revenue. Jim Steele’s Strategies to Improve Sales Teams for Better Results. What is SaaS Sales? SaaS sales, or “Software as a Service” sales, is the process of offering cloud-based services through a system monitored and updated by an external provider to customers.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And since founding in 2015, we had one flagship product that focuses the AI product, and it’s essentially a very intelligent repository, store contracts in there, executed contracts. And I had done that even before I got into B2B software, doing military electronic design, right?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A people person with extensive C-Level experience in enterprise software, business development and operations. In 2005 I co-founded Altify, a Dublin-based global SaaS business focusing on sales and sales best practices. I exited to pursue other interests after Upland Software acquired the company in 2019. Alicia Berruti.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Tony Hughes

MARCH 7, 2018

In 2015 everything including Ferraris can be purchased on a mobile phone with one click and how on Earth do I know it's not a scam? If you're a CXO reading this or you know one that has purchased million dollar enterprise software sight unseen, please comment. Nobody is ever satisfied with what they're using, especially in software.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

If RFPs are slowing down your sales team, you need to check out Loopio. It’s the leading RFP response software trusted by more than 800 high performing organizations across North America. I think that that’s kind of crazy to look at, but it was still relatively new, at least for an inside sales team.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Once you’ve identified the sales metrics you want to monitor, you need to uncover where this data currently resides. This could be your sales CRM , an Excel doc, Google Sheets, customer service software, or some other sales management tool. Create a quick list of all your sales metrics and their source to work off of.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 30, 2019

This hardship, combined with the CRM transition to the cloud and the rise of digital selling, has created a mini gold rush for sales software fueled by abundant VC money. While Salesforce Ventures continues to invest heavily in the space, Salesforce’s last major acquisition was Steelbrick in December 2015.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

To win in 2015 you're going to have to go so old school and new school at the same time, applying a dizzying array of multi-disciplinary principles that will give you an invincible edge. If you're selling software and there are already twenty five groups on mobile marketing applications, still launch your own group.

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