Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 14, 2019

Sales organizations today are commonly organized in two groups, outside sales and inside sales. Inside salespeople reach out to possible prospects and find new sales opportunities. Inside salespeople are also called business development representatives, or sales development reps. Short History.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers. Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products.

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Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. In large global companies, sales professionals haven’t seen leads from marketing, ever.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales And Marketing Alignment In Terms Of Lead Generation In A 2.0 Stored in BANTER , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactive , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Shannon Bryant. Free Resources.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

As a long time B2B blogger writing about sales strategy and actionable sales ideas, I have learned so much along the way. There is a lot of work in building your personal brand as a sales specialist or expert in your field, but something we recommend. Post YOUR favorite places to find great sales ideas and content.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Many sales reps and sales managers commented and shared about the previous post on How Salespeople Goof Up on LinkedIn so we were compelled to share more ideas to help sellers do better. First, I wanted to share that our blog is up for an AWARD – as one of the top Sales Blogs at Top Sales World.

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Book: Hire Right, Higher Profits – The Executive’s Guide to Building a World-Class Sales Force by Lee B. I love this book because it is only 140 pages, but packed full of information, ideas, insight, and actual questions your sales managers can use in interviews. Expand Your Pipeline. Increase Opportunities.

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JULY 17, 2013

Certainly that leaves a LOT of room for improvement in B2B sales teams everywhere. A panel on The New Sales Reality included three of my favorite people: Matt Bertuzzi – the brilliant marketing mind at The Bridge Group, Inc. Devon McDonald – Director of Sales & Marketing Support at OpenView Partners. Most surprising?

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Those of us in a professional selling career – especially a B2B (business-to-business) sales career tend to over think much of what we do. For now, you can review my six ideas on how to keep new rep on-boarding, sales messaging, and sales management SIMPLER so that we can all accomplish a lot MORE.

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MAY 6, 2013

Go now to Top Sales Academy and if you are a sales leader or aspire to be one, and join in on the first group of ten sessions about Sales Management and Leadership. Then join me for the Internal (Inside) Sales Series. After that, Outside (External) Sales courses begin on August 27th.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

So that means that if you have a crazy sales manager who doesn’t acknowledge much of what you do that is good – it’s fine because you are doing it yourself. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Expand Your Pipeline.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

If you are a sales rep, are you leading with your prospects and existing customers? If you are a sales rep, are you updating your sales manager before he or she comes to you for updates? If you are a sales leader, are you leading your team by example? Expand Your Pipeline. How are you leading today?

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JUNE 9, 2014

By the same token, a sales manager is one of the sales professional’s top customers – if not THE top customer. Help your sales manager do their job by getting them what they ask for in a timely manner. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

A couple of years ago, a sales manager I was coaching had labeled one of the sales reps on his team as “incapable of closing a deal”. Because he had this label in his mind, he helped the sales rep less and even showed some disdain (by his look) when the rep asked him questions or needed his help. Expand Your Pipeline.

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JUNE 30, 2014

Conduct assessments to find reps consistent to what it takes to succeed in sales at your company. Train and coach frontline sales leaders. If your frontline sales managers get it right, they will impact everyone on their teams. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Let’s look at three of the most common buckets for sales training courses and discuss who they’re right for. Sales Management Training Programs. Training your sales managers and leadership is very different from training junior- and senior-level sales reps. The Brooks Group.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Guard your time – a bit of advice given to me years ago by a wise sales manager that I’ve always worked to remember. Because of everything you do in your sales career, time is the one thing you cannot recoup. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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JUNE 27, 2014

Those of us in and around hundreds of sales teams know that it is not just about more women applying for sales positions – it is about the culture of the company, how interviewing is done, what job descriptions look like, and whether first line sales managers are trained in gender neutral communication, among other things.

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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. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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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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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Meeting a sales quota during the holidays can be very challenging for the sales reps. Here’s how sales managers can help. In this article: The Importance of Sales Goal Setting for the Holidays. What Is a Sales Quota? Sales Quota Definition and Types. The pipeline can also help with that.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

Episode 159: Presentation Management – James Ontra. Filling the pipeline with quality leads is a concept that so many neglects. You’ll be sure to hear the importance of prospecting as well as dynamite for the rest of your sales process, even if you listen to a few episodes. 3 The Sales Podcasts. 5 Accelerate!

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Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

These days, a lot of sales engagement happens through social media, as more and more of your target audience is using social platforms in their everyday lives. 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.

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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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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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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Pipeline (1320). B2B (1578). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. Topics Major Topics. Marketing (6398). Tools (2872).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. What Is a Sales Pipeline?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Sales Blazers by Mark Cook. Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling by Jeb Blount. The Sales Development Playbook by Trish Bertuzzi. Your Cheat Sheet to the Top Sales Books. Simplified.

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OutboundView

JUNE 17, 2019

The ability of sales reps to consistently fill sales pipeline by finding new qualified opportunities proves a lot of benefits for a growing business. Building an inside sales team internally OR. Building an Internal Inside Sales Team. For B2B, building an internal inside sales team isn’t cheap.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

AI-driven sales tech is emerging as a practical answer for many of the challenges facing sales leaders, trainers, managers, coaches, and sales enablement pros. B2B sales is evolving, and the Zoom boom of 2020 has only accelerated those changes. It’s here, and it’s real. Using AI is an iterative process.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who sales development should report to [22:16].

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 6, 2022

What Is Inside Sales? Inside sales refers to the practice of remote selling, wherein inside sales representatives solely use technology to conduct sales activities. The rise of remote selling has blurred the line between inside sales and outside sales. What Is Outside Sales?

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. What is B2B Sales? b2bsales #leadership #sales Click To Tweet.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

A company was not satisfied with the success of their inside sales team, so they tested a 2-stage model. A B2B SaaS solution is easy to distribute because it happens over the internet, which has lower overhead costs than traditional brick-and-mortar or eCommerce businesses with physical products. Market intelligence.

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