Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I''ve written four White Papers over the last several years, all backed by science and data from the more than 700,000 salespeople and sales managers that Objective Management Group has evaluated and assessed. The Science of Sales Longevity. Why Did the Move from Outside Sales to Inside Sales Take so Long?

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SBI

JUNE 27, 2019

What follows is an article originally posted by John Moore of Bigtincan. One juicy morsel is that confusion surrounding the role of Sales Enablement is partly a result of there being two different lenses from which to view the topic, the macro-level view and the atomic-level view. It provides much food for thought.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 28, 2019

For many companies, the ramp-up time for new sales professionals typically is 6 months or more, but inside sales has changed. Sales automation tools like email and dialing technology have turned SDRs into revenue-generating machines. As a Sales Manager, you need to be actively involved with training new SDRs.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I''ve written four White Papers over the last several years, all backed by science and data from the more than 700,000 salespeople and sales managers that Objective Management Group has evaluated and assessed. The Science of Sales Longevity. Why Did the Move from Outside Sales to Inside Sales Take so Long?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I recently published, Increase in Social Selling Yields No Improvement in KPI''s. In addition to my Blog , this article appeared on at least 5 other Web Sites leading to many interesting comments and very strong opinions. Companies with sales organizations! Salespeople!

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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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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

Clarity is key when looking to improve sales efficiency. Your reps need to know what you're hoping to achieve before they can really lock in on their objectives and streamline their efforts. With sales efficiency, the "measurable" component might be the most crucial. Efficient sales efforts have structure.

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Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This article is written with field sales teams in mind. However, if you run an inside sales team exclusively, don’t despair, you may still find a nugget or two of helpful information as well. An outside sales call costs $308, an inside sales call costs $50 [Source: PointClear]. Source: com].

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Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales leaders can improve sales engagement by giving their teams the tools that provide the right analytics and platforms to engage with the customers to grow their sales pipeline. This article serves as a primer on sales engagement and a guide to the best sales engagement platforms to use. My results?

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. He actively writes blogs about cold calling, sales, inside sales & everything related to sales. Jill is a sales force you need in your LinkedIn feed. Tom Hopkins.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 11, 2023

A sales manager recently asked, “Is cold calling effective?” My answer was not an attempt to be glib or elusive, but rather a factual observation from working with hundreds of sales teams. There are sales teams who find cold calling effective, while there are others who think it is useless. I replied, “Sometimes.”

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CloserIQ

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Featured Article. Top Sales Books for Enterprise Account Executives. These sales books offer a full curriculum on enterprise, tackling everything from C-suite lingo to common objections: Read more > Career + Job Advice. 7 skills you’ll need to become a Sales Manager (Steli Efti of Close.io).

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. He actively writes blogs about cold calling, sales, inside sales & everything related to sales. Jill is a sales force you need in your LinkedIn feed. Tom Hopkins.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

If sales success is in the hands of the customers, sales reps will need new skills to outperform the average. Sales reps questioning if they have the skills to compete in this new environment are likely already falling behind. This article explores the pitfalls of average sales skills and the path to high performance.

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InsideSales.com

MAY 15, 2020

In this article: Meet the Speakers. Lars Nilsson, Founder & CEO at SalesSource, has over 25 years of sales and operations experience in the technology sector. Prior to SalesSource, Lars was Vice President of Global Inside Sales for Cloudera, the company that transformed enterprise data management.

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LevelEleven

JULY 16, 2018

Sales development professionals, sometimes called SDRs, are typically non-quota carrying salespeople whose job is to set up qualified sales opportunities for the inside sales and field sales teams. Inside Sales . Share this article with them to get your entire sales team on the same page!

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 29, 2019

RELATED: How To Develop A Next Gen Sales Rep w/Mor Assouline @Practice Panther. In this article: What Successful Sales Professionals Have in Common. Why Sales Success Decreases over the Years. Evaluating Sales Representatives Performance. The Sales Associate Skills That Make a Great Representative.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

When you explain how AI allows sales managers to review more calls and provide more precise feedback that directly benefits each individual seller and allows them to close more deals, they’ll understand the why. Making data highly visible drives behavior.

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Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. There's a lot of discussion in the marketplace about articles you've written, including "The Lead-Nurturing Payoff For The Tech Industry." B2B marketing and sales teams must agree on the sales-ready lead definition.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

.” “The best combination in sales resulting in success is to work with a great team however you personally define that, a product you relate to and believe in, and an entrepreneurial mindset.” Erica Bukowski, Inside Sales at Evolve Vacation Rentals “Make the phone call. That just about wraps up today’s article.

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Don on Selling

OCTOBER 26, 2018

If you conduct searches on Google and look at popular sales blogs, you will find plenty of articles about what it takes to locate the perfect sales representatives. You will also find information about how to write the best job description for a sales position and how to boost customer retention.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

12 Interviews With Inside Sales Gurus. The Gist: The title of this sales podcasts program pretty much is the gist. Its episodes are geared towards those in sales leadership roles and take a look at how to grow revenue, land big positions, and otherwise rock an entire sales department. 26 Selling with Social.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

Since a SaaS product is typically more complex to use than a physical product, prospects need a lot more education and training from sales reps before they feel prepared to buy. Educational selling is very important for my team,” says Kyle Ferretti , the US Sales Manager at SEMRush. Deal Velocity.

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 28, 2019

In this article, we’ll start by going over job description basics and then look at descriptions for two common sales positions: Sales development rep (entry-level sales role). Account executive (more tenured sales role). Summary objective. This article is part 1 in our series of “Hiring a sales rep.”

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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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Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

” Zero-Time Selling gives every sales professional, sales manager, entrepreneur and CEO the tools to be completely responsive to that customer request. Author Andy Paul clearly understands that neither sales people nor buyers have the luxury of time. It became clear in the first few pages of New Sales.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

There is an ever-growing demand for content marketing specialists who can write articles and blogs that will be shared on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter. They also have the responsibility of discovering outsource sales team opportunities that would be good for your account executives.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sales Benchmark Index. Inside Sales Experts Blog. Sales Source. The Sales Leader. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. As a busy sales professional intent on meeting your objectives, you might wonder if you can afford to consistently read sales blogs. Best for: Sales reps and managers.

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InsightSquared

JANUARY 16, 2019

Show them how they are supposed to generate leads and prepare them for AEs according to different sales and marketing strategies. If you’re an inside sales team then you probably have named accounts. Delineating how accounts are managed helps new hires quickly understand the workflow. Who owns which accounts?

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

For Millennials and others looking to leverage LinkedIn or Sales Navigator at the core of your strategy, I would highly recommend dropping everything and reading Neil Rackham 's books like SPIN Selling. Wouldn't it be nice to manage the KPIs that can actually be managed and leverage the sales activities that actually lead to revenue outcomes?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

It just so happens that many of the speakers (26 of them, actually) are also some of our favorite Sales Hacker contributors! We’re so excited about seeing these pros speak that we took a little time to gather some of the best articles, webinars, podcasts, and guides they’ve shared with the Sales Hacker community in the past.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers.

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InsightSquared

JULY 21, 2020

Every sales leader should be coaching and nurturing these skills on a regular basis, but many lack the time or expertise to make a difference. However, coaching is key to the development of sales reps. Successful sales reps should know as much as they possibly can about the product or service she sells. Objection Prevention.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With inbound, it’s the prospect that starts the sales process, while with outbound, it’s a sales rep that contacts the prospect first. With inbound, the prospect does the searching, the reading of an article, the attending of a webinar, or the scheduling of a free consultation call. Objection handling. Closing the deal.

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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

In that year, I learned from some of the greatest sales managers that I’m friends with today. Prior to the age of 19, I worked in consumer sales at a retail shop known as Ritz Camera Centers. Sales roles can be broadly categorized into two groups: inside sales and outside sales (also referred to as field sales).

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PandaDoc

MAY 13, 2024

Want to increase sales and boost your bottom line? This article will focus on the sales enablement process, what it means for your organization, and how you can benefit from the approach. Key takeaways Sales enablement equips sales and marketing teams with everything they need to succeed.

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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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