The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. Josiane heads up TeleSmart Communications , and is leading practice and thought leader in the area of inside sales and management. How can that be?

Sales Management 257

Sales Management Hiring Inside Sales Cold Calling 257

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Midsize business owners (and their c-level execs) are optimistic and have put dollars into their 2015 budgets to invest in: Technology (85%). When it comes to hiring, 74% plan to hire in 2015, although 61% of the respondents feel there is a shortage of qualified talent. Others are predicting a strong 2015 for business as well.

Hiring 198

Hiring Wireless Policies Travel 198

Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

2015 Sales 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. Becoming “brilliant in sales execution” during each stage is critical. Sales training is moving to a mobility mode. Power Networking.

Face-to-face 40

Face-to-face Trends Margin Sales Methodology 40

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AUGUST 28, 2014

I did an unscientific survey of webinar tool sites as if I was evaluating and making a purchase from my smart phone. For this experiment I looked up webinar tools and webinar platforms. In my search I looked for “webinar platform” and “webinar tool” to get dozens of choices. It could have been any B2B product or service.

Webinar Metrics 214

Webinar Metrics B2B Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 214

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

There is no question that the ease of collaboration in 2014 and 2015 is helping businesses and making better use of everyone’s time. From a sales tools perspective, I have seen productivity gains as well as losses. It seems that there are so many tools to help professional sellers and marketers. Increase Opportunities.

Real Estate 249

Real Estate Compensation Vendor Intent 249

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Heading into 2015, there is no excuse for a poor company presence online because you simply cannot afford to ignore it. What is your plan to grow and improve your presence in 2015? Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

Company 215

Company Trade Show Engineering Ideal Customer Profile 215

Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Which sales technology tools and solutions can arm RevOps with everything they need for success. Tom Pisello, Mediafly Tom Pisello is a thought leader and author on sales and marketing effectiveness, as well as a serial entrepreneur. Mediafly acquired his company Alinean, a pioneer in value messaging and interactive sales tools.

Top of Funnel 132

Top of Funnel Face-to-face Scale Webinar Metrics 132

SBI

MAY 7, 2015

If you’re seeking smart tools to drive sales performance, I’ve got great news for you. We’ve just released our 3rd annual Top Sales Tools of the Year Guide. Use this guide if you want to learn about innovative tools designed for all kinds of sellers. Inside Sales & Biz Dev.

Tools 50

Tools Territories Compensation Inside Sales 50

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Last month, IBM announced IBM ® Watson™ Analytics , a natural language-based cognitive service that can provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. This cloud-based service could help your team sort through the layers of data your company has compiled from marketing, sales, HR, and elsewhere.

Analytics 221

Analytics Analysis Compensation Data 221

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Due to a growing wave of marketing and sales technology now sweeping into B2B sales organizations, the B2b Technology Marketing Group – together with select sales tech vendors – have created a survey that aims to explore the growth of technology stacks for sales and to provide insight on tools peers are using to generate revenue.

Scale 120

Scale B2B Trends Lead Rank 120

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Average New Deal Size The average new deal size reported for field sales was $166,000 and new deal size for inside sales was $19,000. Twenty-four percent of inside sales cycles and twenty-three percent of outside sales cycles were between sixty-one and ninety days in length.      '

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

What can you put in place in 2015 to help sales reps be more effective in starting with the best data possible? This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet.

Data 193

Data Policies Ideal Customer Profile Guidelines 193

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

One of the best first steps you can put into place (aside from hiring an expert to help you put a full plan in place to get your sales and marketing ready for 2015) is to focus on listening. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Where are you?

Social Selling 223

Social Selling Company Ideal Customer Profile Twitter 223

Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Sales management simplified. Published – October 2015. Mike covers three crucial areas of sales leadership with real-life examples, ethnicity, and honesty- leading, managing, and coaching in this excellent sales management book. Get this sales management book on Amazon. The Sales Boss. They are: 1.Strategy.

Sales Management 116

Sales Management Face-to-face Quota Coaching 116

SalesLoft

MARCH 24, 2015

Last week, our Salesloft team members joined the TOPO webinar on the “7 Best Practices For Designing Your Sales Process.” The “7 Best Practices for Effective Sales Process Design” by @funnelholic @topohq. TOPOsales pic.twitter.com/SH0nzXJUCz — Salesloft (@Salesloft) March 18, 2015.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Sales Process Webinar Metrics CRM 52

SBI

MAY 11, 2015

Get to know your sales tools in just 2 minutes a week. This week, Nancy profiles CallidusCloud , a suite of cloud solutions that accelerate sales all the way from lead, to money. . If you want to maximize your sales performance go to calliduscloud.com today. Until then… Sell Smarter, with smart selling tools.

Hiring 50

Hiring Territories Compensation Distribution 50

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. Who should read this : Inside sales reps will find a lot of high-value advice for smarter cold calling and actionable techniques for tackling specific sales challenges. Fanatical Prospecting.

Cold Calling 116

Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

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JANUARY 19, 2015

If you want to learn about the latest ideas in sales you need to be a student of learning. I wrote a quick post last week from the Rainmaker 2015 Sales Development Summit – but didn’t give it the detail it deserved, so here is part 2. I love the idea of Cadence and have heard very successful results with it.

Ideal Customer Profile 120

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Nonprofit 120

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.

Ideal Customer Profile 133

Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

SalesLoft

MAY 12, 2015

Shoutout to The Sean Kester for introducing me to this productivity tool. Who is someone in the world of startups or sales development that you admire or find inspiring? Trish Bertuzzi is a strong female thought leader and voice for the inside sales community.

Face-to-face 52

Face-to-face Inside Sales Motivation Energy 52

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

The facts are that: Customers will significantly delay decisions and won’t get to “Yes” unless you help them understand and quantify your differentiating value Sales will struggle in communicating and quantifying your unique value without your providing provocative value messaging, tools and consulting support.

Lead Rank 45

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Scale 45

The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

YoY increase from 2015. And its not just your direct sales reps that have the issue. Many organizations are relying more and more on channel partners and inside sales to drive growth. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? Sources: Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending is Forecast to Grow 0.6 Percent in 2014 Gartner Forecasts 3.1%

ROI 53

ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

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. A one size fits all approach simply won't work.

Social Selling 66

Social Selling Call-back Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile 66

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

But when the pandemic sent the world into lockdown, almost 90 percent of sales moved to the Inside Sales model of video conferencing, voice calls, and web-based technologies. In early June 2021, the ZoomInfo database listed 117,436 professionals with the term “Inside Sales” in their job title within the United States.

Outside Sales 147

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 147

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

But when the pandemic sent the world into lockdown, almost 90 percent of sales moved to the Inside Sales model of video conferencing, voice calls, and web-based technologies. In early June 2021, the ZoomInfo database listed 117,436 professionals with the term “Inside Sales” in their job title within the United States.

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Cold Calling 130

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. . Chantel George.

Top of Funnel 101

Top of Funnel Hiring Twitter Lead Rank 101

CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

They are searching for professionals in sales and customer success. Acquia helps companies achieve great digital experiences through its developer tools and cloud solutions. Acquia currently has many open sales positions in Boston. Founded 2015. They are hiring inside sales representatives. Founded 2007.

Hiring 76

Hiring Company Policies Analytics 76

InsideSales.com

JUNE 12, 2020

In place of “management by walking around”–digital tools, instrumentation, and metrics. The digital transformation that many in sales half-heartedly embraced is now mandatory. Screen sharing, email, documentation, call recordings, sales engagement cadences–all not optional. Inside Sales Teams are Already Digital.

Face-to-face 94

Face-to-face Travel Call-back Infor 94

Igniting Sales Transformation

MARCH 20, 2019

As I was putting this post together, I hopped into my time machine and zipped back to 2015 when I first attended Rainmaker and wrote about my experience that year. What I realized in reading that 2015 blog post was that the more things change, the more they actually stay the same.

Conference 101

Conference InsideView Cold Calling Scale 101

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 then we’ve taken a bigger look at what company we want to be when we grow up, and now we also have a pre-signature tool as well.

Scale 107

Scale Company Hiring Campaigns 107

InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 14, 2019

They want to have a tool, or solution, for every situation. Are you using the latest in sales enablement technology to help your reps work more efficiently? CSO Insights reports that, on average, only 60% of inside sales reps meet quota. There’s No Such Thing as a One-Stop Shop. This just isn’t effective. Get eBook Now.

SalesForce 40

SalesForce Hiring Top of Funnel RightNow 40

Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

What is a sales dashboard? A sales dashboard is a tool used to provide a quick, visual representation of your most important sales data so your team can make good decisions faster. Sales dashboards are a complementary top layer for your CRM, presenting key sales metrics in an organized manner.

Examples 82

Examples Top of Funnel Forecasting Lead Rank 82

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

AJ Bruno: QuotaPath is a dead simple sales compensation tool for sales teams, for ops, for finance, anyone that’s ever struggled with comp plans, struggled with the ins and outs, explaining it, what if I close these deals, we built a tool for you. We have a few thousand folks that use the tool every day.

Call-back 74

Call-back Scale Compensation Ideal Customer Profile 74

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I spent 13 years in massage therapy, which included running my own business, before I moved to sales. Ashleigh Early focuses on helping companies and sales professionals achieve sustainable growth by emphasizing empathy and humanity through science. What would you tell a woman just starting a career in sales? Alicia Berruti.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Sales Hacker

MAY 30, 2019

While Salesforce Ventures continues to invest heavily in the space, Salesforce’s last major acquisition was Steelbrick in December 2015. Last September, it introduced High Velocity Sales for inside sales. The landscape is overwhelming and, as Jill Rowley likes to remind us, “A fool with a tool is a still a fool.

Scale 100

Scale Intent Data Lead Rank Forecasting 100

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. Inside sales hunters are constantly calling the companies that get funding. You need to drive deeper into the right accounts.

Social Selling 63

Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Top of Funnel 63