HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the THE 12 SALES METRICS THAT MATTER MOST.     Sales is both an art and a science. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

But it’s their managers who are left holding the bag when reps don’t meet or exceed quota. percent of sales reps made quota in 2016. The problem is that many sales managers were raised in Sales 1.0 They don’t have the skills or tools for success in a Sales 3.0 According to CSO Insights, only 55.8

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author.

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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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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

SDRs motivated only by activity metrics cast a precariously wide net, without gathering adequate sales intelligence. This article suggests a framework for analyzing the Client Pain Profile (CPP) to guide discovery, focus demos, and further clarify the SDR and AE roles.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is not to say that in-house sales development teams are a bad idea, but they may be more suitable for larger organizations with an established customer base and revenue stream. Article: Diversity is a hot topic in many workplace environments, and there seem to be many inclusion initiatives to help diversify the job market.

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InsightSquared

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Leaders of sales operations teams are involved with prioritizing and distributing work, but they count on sales operations analysts to deliver the lion’s share of it. Even when the sales team is crushing its quota, there are always new opportunities for optimizing processes. Their to-do list is never-ending.

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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. 25 Selling Disruption Show.

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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). 2+ years of software selling experience; SaaS experience preferred.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Your prospect will appreciate the more informative and personal call – it shows you care about them and they aren’t just a number to hit a quota. Kevin Dorsey (VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop ) and I experienced this first hand when we worked together at ServiceTitan. Subscribe here.

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PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

Behind almost every successful business is a successful sales team. Whether you’ve got a small team of inside sales reps, a large outdoor sales team, or a wholesale department working on distribution partners for your next product, sales is the lifeblood of any business. Before you start: Sales reps by the numbers.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

And in this day and age of cutthroat competition, the War for Talent, and fast-evolving B2B sales and marketing environments, you need the best B2B sales and marketing professionals serving on your behalf. Hiring for Your B2B Sales Team. Segmenting Your B2B Sales Team. The best place to start looking for new hires?

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Why Meka should be on your radar: Meka Asonye is vice president of sales at Mixpanel, where he leads the company’s global sales and professional services teams. His meteoric rise to VP of sales did not go unnoticed–he’s definitely a sales leader to keep on your radar in the coming years. Kevin “KD” Dorsey.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Aggressively pushy, quota-crusher selling behavior on social will get you blocked or deleted. From my lens, relying on lead-gen vaporware widgets or content strategy alone is why only 60% of sales people hit their quota. Translation: massively lower your cost of sale. When you move your piece you must be 15 steps ahead.

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Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 12, 2012

For years, an inside sales position has been considered as the bottom rung on the sales ladder – their immediate ambition to gain promotion to an outside sales job, with a car and an expense account: An obvious sign to their family and friends that they were “making it” in sales. million quota.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sales for Life. LinkedIn Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. Sales Benchmark Index. Inside Sales Experts Blog. Sales Source. The Sales Leader. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. Sales Solutions Blog. Best for: CEOs, founders, and sales leaders. Sales Benchmark Index.

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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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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article will cover inside vs. outside sales CRMs; the biggest challenges for outside sales reps, their leaders, and managers; time management; quota attainment; and outside sales technology. Keep reading to find outside sales statistics and details on what our survey revealed. Outside sales reps.

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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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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

I’ve spent 25 years in the industry, starting at the age of 19 years old when I got my first big break as a telemarketer (now called SDR) at a software organization. In that year, I learned from some of the greatest sales managers that I’m friends with today. .” That sums up the profession in six words!

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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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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 14, 2019

What’s the secret to succeeding in SaaS sales? In this article: Jim Steele’s Strategies to Improve Sales Teams for Better Results. Treat the Sales Process Like a Relationship, Not a Transaction. SaaS Sales Techniques to Improve Your Revenue. Jim Steele’s Strategies to Improve Sales Teams for Better Results.

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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. No more excuses.

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

Meanwhile, sales has always been driven by quotas. With marketing asking why sales wasn’t following up on their leads and sales wondering if marketing even knew what a decent lead was, it became apparent that something needed to fill the gap. Sales development analytics and goals. Overview of sales development.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 15, 2020

Good sales leaders are those who can successfully manage a sales team and escalate them to great heights. Here are some sales team management tips to set your team up for success. RELATED: 3 Questions Data-Driven Sales Managers Must Answer. In this article: Build a Sales Team Based on Your Needs.

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

Both techniques apply the same channel of communication (the telephone), but telemarketing typically encompasses a broader, B2C-form, whereas cold calling is the province of a more targeted, B2B, inside sales attack. However, to make it more personalized, an SDR needs to gather sales intelligence on a prospect prior to cold calling.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 7, 2018

If you're a CXO reading this or you know one that has purchased million dollar enterprise software sight unseen, please comment. Reinvigorated by this article? Nobody is ever satisfied with what they're using, especially in software. We all know the greatest enemy of quota is time. I certainly am. So what now?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Regarding our 2017 sales predictions , here’s a quick reflection: What we were RIGHT about: Powerful partnerships and mergers e.g. Salesforce & Google. Powerful buyer influence of software review sites like G2Crowd & Capterra. The evolution of Sales & Marketing into Revenue Ops & Customer Ops.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

The ultimate account-based sales guide for the modern, digital seller, SPEAR Selling is the battle-tested process for both sales leaders and sales professionals to leverage in their pursuit for greater account-based sales results. Hacking Sales – The Playbook for Building a High Velocity Sales Machine.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 16, 2020

It’s hard to imagine a PLG company employing an army of blazer-clad salespeople, hawking software at tradeshows and flying around the country to host fancy steak dinners. It’s even harder to imagine they have a gong-banging, beer-chugging sales floor, populated by hundreds of SDRs and AEs. And of course, there is still a quota to hit.

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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

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? I hated feeling that way. .

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In this article, I will breakdown how to run effective discovery calls within the sales process, in just 7 easy steps. It’s no secret that discovery is one of the most crucial parts of any sales opportunity, and ultimately – delivering demos without this vital component is likely to be a wasted activity.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2019

“Reviewing the timeline line by line with their VP immediately kicked the sales cycle into a different gear as he realized how much there was to get done to hit his dates.” – Adam Heher , Director of Sales, Cloudability. We’ve all experienced the agony of watching a quota-critical deal slip inexorably past end of quarter.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

What to check out: How getting clarity on your sales philosophy will boost your sales. Sales Management Blog. Sales Management Blog provides valuable insights into sales management and leadership. What to check out: What awesome sales leaders are doing to lead their team to succeed. The New Sales Coach.

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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.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Resources All White Paper Awards & Recognition Blog Article Brief Case Studies eBook ebooks & Guides Funding & Acquisitions Guide Industry News Infographic Interview Podcasts Report Resources Video Video Reviews Webinars. Blog Article. Sales Enablement. Blog Article. Sales Efficiency. Field Sales.

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