No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

percent of sales reps made quota last year. Cold calling doesn’t address the top two challenges that sales teams face. That means sales reps spend a lot of time on the phone, getting absolutely nowhere. No wonder quota attainment and qualified lead generation continue to be problems for most sales organizations.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 9, 2018

For 2018, we want to do even more, even better. So we’re offering an optional Rainmaker pre-day with workshops that span the entire day and end just in time for the official Rainmaker 2018 reception. On Monday, March 5, 2018, choose buffet-style from workshops within the following two themes: Salesloft University Workshops.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2018

Inside vs. Outside Sales. Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. 47% of all salespeople work in inside sales, with 53% representing outside sales. Outside or inside sales? It’s all sales.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 29, 2019

founder and CEO Oleg Rogynskyy chats with host Greg Moore about what he’s learned about scaling sales teams from his experience leading startups and how artificial intelligence drives the future of sales. 6:44] The right time to add frontline sellers and sales managers to an organization. [10:22] He created People.ai

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Host: AA-ISP (American Association of Inside Sales Professionals) Date: April 14-16, 2020 Location: Hyatt Regency O’Hare; Chicago, IL Ticket cost: Starting at $1,395 ($995 earlybird pricing available through December 20th). 2019 cost just $99. Tickets for Dreamforce 2019 started at $1,599. for their 2018 event.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 4, 2020

Not only has personal social media usage been on the rise, but professional social media usage has become more prevalent as well — and the field of sales is no exception. With so many teams now focusing on inside sales, using strategies such as social selling to connect and win over customers are more important than ever.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 5, 2018

trillion in 2019 — a 3.2 percent increase from 2018. The process of identifying and implementing the right sales enablement technology specifically can be daunting so you need to know where the players fit in the solution ecosystem. Earlier this year Gartner predicted global IT spending to total $3.8

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Sales Leaders. 1) Sales Ops/Enablement: Kali Berry – Sales Operations Manager, The Muse.com. Kelly Piane – Manager of Success & Effectiveness, Global Inside Sales & Business Development, Infor. Matt Amadea – Manager of Sales Operations, Compeat. Demand Gen. Rules and Regulations.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

MARCH 4, 2019

I asked Kristina what she thought the missteps were given that roughly 50% of sellers didn’t achieve quota in 2018. Sales leaders should pay particular attention to this portion of the interview! You’ll hear what you can expect to when you attend the session. Kristina shared a couple of key takeaways.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 6, 2018

Optimizing Your Account-Based Strategy and Playbook in 2018. With the interest in account-based strategy and execution heading into Rainmaker 2018, it’s no surprise this Workshop was one of the most popular sessions in the Pre-Day Sales Workshop lineup. Blueprints for Running Inside Sales Organizations.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2019

Chicago: AA-ISP Leadership Summit: I’d like to take a quick moment to acknowledge all my readers and clients who nominated MIS in two categories this year, 2019. the “2018 Service Provider of the Year Award”! In addition, I was named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professionals”— for the ninth year in a row!

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Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 1, 2022

He said, “My inside sales manager. 2018 Add IDLs (intent data leads). 2019 Appointed Mike Farrell as CEO (Yes, that same Mike Farrell!). I recall being in his corner office, when in the middle of an engaging conversation a smart-looking, professionally-dressed young woman walked in and interrupted us for his signature.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Why Trish should be on your radar: Trish Bertuzzi is a sales powerhouse, a bestselling author and founder of The Bridge Group, an organization dedicated to helping B2B technology companies build world-class inside sales teams. VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Inc. Founder of Sistas in Sales. Chantel George.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The best sales conferences enrich your team, build knowledge, and offer plenty of networking opportunities (and fun)! Bad sales conferences just feel like a huge waste of time away from you prospects. ” — Rainmaker 2018 Attendee. 2018’s session did a deep dive into account-based marketing. We’ll wait! HYPERGROWTH.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. – Lars Nilsson , VP of Global Inside Sales, Cloudera.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Then take a moment to celebrate all the amazing women in sales. Most Dynamic Women Sales Leaders. 2019: LinkedIn’s #1 B2B Sales Expert to Follow. Perhaps the most recognized woman in sales, Jill Konrath, was practically the FIRST female sales leader. SVP of Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc.

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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 9, 2020

In the event we execute this clause, the licensee will be provided with the less valuable and undesirable “order-taker” license, which limits their role to inside sales, regardless of the loss of income or opportunity. The licensee agrees that any over-reliance on leads or marketing will result in the loss of this license.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2019

So this week, we’re sharing some of the runners-up: the folks who didn’t get a billion nominations, but who clearly crushed it in 2018. We searched through all of the reasons for nominations we received and picked out the stories about people in sales who do the hard work of elevating the sales profession.

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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.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 31, 2020

Here are a few examples of sales structures with companies we’ve worked with: One company has a marketing department that generates leads. They send them to either an inside sales team or an outside sales team this company calls “business development.”. Share your sales process steps in the comments section below.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And really, when I actually lived in Austin in early 2019, and everybody was talking about the TrendKite acquisition and about the impact that you all made even before you and I met. I think that that’s kind of crazy to look at, but it was still relatively new, at least for an inside sales team. So yeah, it was fun.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Sales Strategist, Top 50 keynote speakers, Best Selling author of Heart and Sell-(chosen as the textbook for Harvard’s Strategic Selling course) Top Voice on LinkedIn 2018. Specializing in helping sales leaders up skill teams to survive and thrive in a hybrid world. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 30, 2019

The 2019 version of the SalesTech landscape includes several changes from my last SalesTech landscape , reflecting a vibrant industry. 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. Big players. Emerging players.

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DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

Helping them see the potential for increased sales and commissions will garner their buy-in to transform sales into an intelligent,digital-first sales model. “78% – Salesforce State of Sales Report 2018. Does your organization have a sales enablement team that can help develop training materials?

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Cience

MAY 7, 2019

Months) in 2018 (similar to 2016, but less than 2014). In 2019, however, no SDR will get to the 10th month with the send-out for this list. But it’s 2019 and even “the worst lawyer on planet Earth can strike back.” ” That’s an example of a poor lead quality at the discovery stage of your sales funnel.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

San Diego, CA and New York, NY (November 5, 2019) –. Seismic, the market leader for sales enablement platforms, today announced the acquisition of Percolate, a leading marketing campaign orchestration and content management platform. The Gartner Market Guide for Sales. Field Sales. Field Sales. Sales Enablement.

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Cience

MAY 7, 2019

Months) in 2018 (similar to 2016, but less than 2014). In 2019, however, no SDR will get to the 10th month with the send-out for this list. But it’s 2019 and even “the worst lawyer on planet Earth can strike back.” ” That’s an example of a poor lead quality at the discovery stage of your sales funnel.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional. You need empathy, grit, and drive.

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