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. Rogynskyy did this again with his sales team when he started his company Semantria, and the result was the same. Outreach.io.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In January, we announced a new initiative called The Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards. The Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards are an effort to show some love to the actual reps and practitioners on the front lines. Our Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards Categories Are: Sales Ops/Enablement. Sales Development. Sales Leaders.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

Sales blogs to go to for insight in every sales role, from sales professionals to sales managers to sales leaders — aside from Salesloft.com, of course! For Sales Professionals: The Sales Blog (Anthony Iannarino) | Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, and sales leader.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) refers to any cloud software product that a company hosts and makes available to customers over the Internet, rather than offering it as a download onto their computers or mobile devices. By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals. What Is SaaS Sales?

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There’s something special about attending a sales conference. Whatever it is that excites you the most about attending sales conferences, you’ll find it at the various events listed below. Keep reading for our list of the 14 must-attend sales conferences of 2020! BOUNDLESS 2020.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. Field Sales vs. Inside Sales. Only 1 percent are entirely inside sales.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 4, 2020

When Hillary Unis was younger, she couldn’t wait to grow up and become a real sales pro. Hillary and her sister, when shopping with their parents at the department store, would pretend they were sales assistants and ask, “What can I help you with today?” Hillary was 16 when she landed her first job in retail sales. “I

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LevelEleven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Plus, it’s the largest software conference in the world! Salesforce.com reports that at Dreamforce 2018, there were more than 170,000 registered visitors, 2,700-plus workshops, and attendees representing 103 countries at this special event – no small feat. Dreamforce 2019 takes place November.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

This blog post was originally “The 25 Sales Leaders You should Get to Know in 2020.” We realize, after speaking with several sales leaders, that this methodology excluded some of the most impactful sales leaders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. VP of Sales at Mixpanel. Jordan Arogeti. Meka Asonye.

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ExecVision

MAY 16, 2018

Gongs are ingrained in sales culture. Nearly every sales floor across the world has one or something similar. The concept of the sales gong is an integral part of building an inside sales culture. Here’s why: Sales Gongs Benefit Your Organization. Break up the routine of inside sales and have some fun.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. Speed-to-lead is typically measured as the length of time between a demo request form submission and the first contact attempt from a sales rep. Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time.

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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. To learn more about ExecVision or see a live demo of the all-new Manager and Executive Dashboard, click here or email sales@execvision.io. It’s been a long journey.

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Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

His most recent book is Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors that Drive Effective Selling (Harvard Business Review Press), which was cited as, “the best sales book of the year” ( Strategy + Business ), “a must read” ( Gartner Group) , and “perhaps the best sales book ever” ( Forbes ). Answer: Yes.

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Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 22, 2018

In fact, getting a response from prospects was identified as the hardest part of the sales process in the 2018 State of Inbound Sales Report. These 45 tips from three remarkably insightful sales experts should make it much easier for you. Set Yourself Up for Sales Prospecting Success. But, it doesn’t have to be.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 23, 2019

At Abstrakt , we’ve scheduled more than 100,000 B2B sales meetings in the last eight years, so we have unique insight and hundreds of thousands of hours put into mastering this skill. “I think it’s really unusual, and that’s why we’re really selling more enterprise software than Oracle or SAP.”

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 5, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with Cassie Young , Chief Commercial Officer at Sailthru about how data driven decision making can bring sales, marketing, and customer success all on the same page. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales Hacker Podcast—Sponsored by Gong.io. What You’ll Learn.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 19, 2019

Cold calling is still a key strategy for successful sales teams. Sales reps must learn to leverage technology and adapt to changing communication styles. It also includes valuable insights from Chorus.ai’s conversation intelligence platform that analyzed more than one million cold calls made in 2018. Head of Sales, Google Cloud.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2020

Relationship-building is one of the most important competencies a successful sales professional can have. Sales groups on social media. Check out these social media sales groups and start building your network anytime, anywhere. Check out these social media sales groups and start building your network anytime, anywhere.

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Eddie is bringing B2B sales to a group of people that may not be as aware of it. He finds people that aren’t aware of what is possible in a sales career, puts them through a six-week training program, and places them in companies looking to hire. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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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. This is the greatest time ever in history to be a sales rep.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Best Sales Blogs: Sales Hacker. Jill Konrath's Fresh Sales Strategies. HubSpot Sales Blog. Sales Solutions Blog. Sales Gravy. Marc Wayshak's Sales Blog. Sales for Life. LinkedIn Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. Sales Benchmark Index. Sales Source.

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Nudge.ai

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Going into the New Year as a B2B sales professional, you’ll likely have some software subscriptions coming up for renewal, so we wanted to prepare you for those decisions. Base: Next-generation CRM software for leading B2B sales teams. Close.io: The inside sales CRM of choice for B2B startups and SMBs.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2019

At the beginning of March, we announced the winners of the 2nd annual Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards, presented by Bravado. 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. Honorable Mentions from The 2019 Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Let’s address the elephant in the room – there are just too many sales resources available to know what’s good and what isn’t. We decided to tackle the heavy lifting to create this round-up of our favorite sales resources, tools, and guides. Sales Outreach: Tools & Templates. Remote sales resources. Best sales books.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 31, 2020

Doing sales process mapping can be fast and easy with these seven sales process steps. RELATED: 7 Most Common Mistakes In Sales Process Mapping And How To Avoid Them. In this article: A Business Needs to Have a Sales Process Map. What Is a Sales Process? Sales Process vs Sales Methodology.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 14, 2019

You heard that right -- sales scripts as we’ve known them are dead in the water. If you’re paying real people to make sales calls -- then giving them a strict step-by-step script to follow -- you’re missing out on a massive opportunity to make personalized interactions which actually provide value for your prospect. Don’t believe me?

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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. Unleash is the ultimate Sales Engagement conference. ” — Rainmaker 2018 Attendee. TOPO Sales Summit.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As Managing Partner, she leverages her colleagues’ experience in sales process methodology, measurement and metric development, project management, and recruiting to build high performing teams for clients. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There are tons of roundup articles about top women sales leaders. Most of the time, somebody does a LinkedIn search for “sales leader,” chooses the top 15 profiles with the most followers, and calls it a day. What about the amazing sales leaders who aren’t well-known already? Most Dynamic Women Sales Leaders.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2018

This will massively increase the effectiveness of individual sales reps and help you shorten your sales cycle. At Appcues —as in many SaaS companies—our sales team operates on an entirely inbound model. Low-ACV leads seldom justify a sales rep’s time. There’s a growing juxtaposition in software sales.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Sales data can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, data can help you make smart decisions, uncover new opportunities, and crush sales targets. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, and only deal with the sales data that matters most? The answer: with a sales dashboard. The answer: with a sales dashboard.

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

If you’ve worked in marketing or sales over the past decade then you’ve most likely heard it said: “Cold calling is dead.” How to Handle Objections In Sales Calls. Cold Calling Tips From Sales Pros. The cold calling technique takes its origin from door-to-door sales. How is cold calling still viable? Gatekeeper.

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DialSource

AUGUST 9, 2018

Sales rep satisfaction is a hot topic of conversation in the SaaS space. With a growing number of SaaS companies entering the market every day, reps have plenty of opportunities to move from role to role, which means employers must be very thoughtful about sales rep retention. Top sales reps are competitive and driven.

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Cience

MAY 7, 2019

Let’s talk about the unicorns of sales development: high-quality sales leads. High-quality sales leads are the heart of our business at CIENCE — the very best we give our clients. What is a Sales Lead? Once the qualified sales lead is passed to a Sales Manager or Account Executive, it is called an Opportunity.

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