OutboundView

MARCH 31, 2021

Inside sales is a dominant sales model in high-value SaaS, tech, and B2B industries. It involves handling sales remotely where reps mostly work inside an office or in a shared office environment, unlike outside sales reps who are traditional field reps that travel to meet clients.

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Inside Sales Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 36

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 12, 2016

So, we recently published a blog entitled, “ What You Won’t Learn from Books About Sales ,” and now here we are sharing our favorite books and blogs that can make your better at inside sales. Yes, best performing salespeople learn from experience and develop “grit” without the help of sales books. 5) Sales Hacker.

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Inside Sales Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Account Based Marketing 120

Sales Hacker

JULY 1, 2020

Fortunately, by leveraging a few inside sales best practices, outside sales reps can successfully pivot to remote sales. Reshaping Your Sales Process. Ready to reshape your sales process, implement a few proven remote sales techniques, and become a remote sales expert?

Pivotal 79

Pivotal Inside Sales Strategy Face-to-face 79

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This includes face-to-face, inside sales, and e-commerce. For today’s B2B sellers, 90 percent see omnichannel as equally or more effective in reaching and serving customers. In fact, by 2024, McKinsey expects customer preference to make hybrid the most dominant sales strategy. Virtual added video conferencing and webchat.

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Trends Top of Funnel Social Media Lead Rank 62

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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Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 74

Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2018

I run a European-based sales agency for software and technology companies. In this article, I will summarize what I’ve learned about B2B sales outsourcing. W hat is Sales Outsourcing? Sales outsourcing gives parts of your own sales process to others (individuals or agencies). Inside sales or field sales?

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Outsourcing Services Sales Outsourcing Ideal Customer Profile B2B 78

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Access to deep, rich data – and lots of it – helps marketers get personal, helps the sales team understand critical context, and it helps the two teams join forces. We’ve bucketed B2B data into 4 categories: Firmographic data (Marketing’s favorite). Job function and area of responsibility (Sales’ favorite).

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sales leaders are responsible for the success of a company. Marketing provides necessary resources, while sales is crucial to capturing valuable turf. Recruit, Organize, and Segment Your B2B Inbound Sales Team. Segmenting. Pro-tip: do not over segment your sales team.

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Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Hiring Lead Rank 52

Pointclear

OCTOBER 31, 2017

They get a cohesive team of B2B teleprospecting associates—experienced, educated and trained—who can deliver immediate results. expensive) to justify without being spread across by multiple clients, i.e. strategic planning, list development, analytics, segmentation, coaching and training. Plus they get support that’s hard (i.e.

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Telemarketing Company Hiring PointClear 133

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Modern sales teams are now more data-driven than ever before. Access to high-quality contact data, market trends, and emerging predictive analytics tools allow for rapid segmentation of high-quality accounts and prospects. As sales science continues to evolve, what impacts will that have on the art of sales communications?

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Conversion Decision Maker Outbound Top of Funnel 224

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 6, 2017

Author: Peter Gillett, CEO, Zuant Since the dawn of marketing, tradeshow and other in-person events have been the largest items in the B2B marketing budget, often exceeding more than 50 percent of the total budget. Customers - Routine 'keep in contact' but not in the buying cycle segment. Prospects - Major targets.

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Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Capture 192

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 13, 2014

One vendor’s rep invited me to come and hear the top sales influencers they have asked to speak at sessions they are sponsoring. He didn’t realize that I am one of those influencers – do a little homework, please – and don’t send me a generic, un-segmented blast email. Close More Deals.

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Vendor Influencer Segment Twitter 204

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

One area CEOs can focus on during this period of change is the sales and marketing functions. Modernizing Sales and Marketing during an Industry Shift. The challenge many B2B sales and marketers face, however, is how to transition the legacy team to the new industry. Enter the Talent Assessment. Want to see an example?

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Lead Rank Industry Lead Scoring Scale 288

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Take a more hands-on approach to inside sales. Establishing an inside sales team can enhance freemium conversion rates for enterprise-level B2B products by focusing on identifying and directly engaging high-priority leads. That same user will not be able to purchase because of corporate policy on shadow I.T ( i.e

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Enterprise Enterprise Scale Lead Rank 87

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2018

How to map your GTM strategy to different customer segments. The SMB segment—going upstream vs. downstream. Setbacks of using a 2-Stage inside sales organization. 3) Covering multiple segments. CASE IN POINT: In the late 90s, SkyStream followed Cisco’s footsteps in infrastructure sales. 1) Across regions.

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Strategy Lead Rank Marketing Segment 72

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

A company was not satisfied with the success of their inside sales team, so they tested a 2-stage model. Each vertical market is different and requires its own specialized sales strategy. Covering multiple segments. put together a sales go to market plan with clear objectives.

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Strategy Lead Rank Outsourcing Services Marketing 52

Women Sales Pros

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

This is the time of year to reflect on great things happening to help move the needle for more women in sales (#womeninsales) and sales leadership in B2B companies with “male majority” sales teams and male sales leadership. For a refreshing podcast with top women sales leaders interviewed, check it out!

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Hiring SAP Microsoft Sales Leadership 105

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 28, 2022

Some of this gray space innovation is actually familiar to us: Addressing new markets/segments/industries. For example, moving from direct field sales to channel sales, or moving from direct field sales to inside sales. Customers we have never served but represent expansions of where we currently sell.

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Field Sales Retail Industry Segment 82

Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

As a result, B2B sales and marketing teams are yanked towards inside sales strategies like account-based marketing and remote selling. Sales and marketing must banish silos and band together during this turbulent time. A lot of B2B businesses rely heavily on in-person events and traditional marketing.

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Account Based Marketing Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing 82

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

On building a sales organization as sophisticated as contemporary B2B buyers …. Every B2B trade publication, analyst, and even company (Hi!) Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. How Do You Improve Retention Rates for B2B Sales Teams?

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

SalesHandy

JULY 7, 2021

So SaaS sales leans heavily towards product education and engagement activities, along with traditional inside sales tactics. And the SaaS sales process isn’t much different from what you would do in traditional inside sales. That’s a short version of what SaaS sales looks like.

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Inbound 98

Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

This isn’t simply about describing the different target segments, it’s about sharing those snippets of intel that help salespeople focus on the right prospects early on. This is important for anyone who prospects or handles inbound calls – could be both inside sales and field sales. Example job titles.

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Conversion Ideal Customer Profile Customer Face-to-face 107

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Jason Bay , Chief Prospecting Officer at Blissful Prospecting , a company he built to coach B2B reps in outbound sales. Join us for a high-energy, people-focused conversation about doing a complete 180 with your outbound sales framework. powered by Sounder.

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Cold Calling Outbound Segment Call-back 75

Pointclear

JANUARY 15, 2013

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 200

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2017

I read an article in which the position was put forth, “Inside sales does not have the responsibility for creating pipeline, only the responsibility for selling. Then, the idea of specialization by simple/transactional versus complex sales arose. We have inside/outside/partner/channel sales people.

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Territories Segment Inside Sales Pipeline 48

InsideSales.com

MAY 15, 2020

RELATED: HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR B2B TEAM DURING CORONAVIRUS. 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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Webinar Metrics Tourism Enterprise Enterprise 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 23, 2020

A modern outbound strategy depends on a mix of traditional channels (email and calls), video, and LinkedIn with extremely segmented groups and hyper-targeted sequences. Sales teams are already comfortable with traditional channels, but where many strategies fall short is not segmenting outreach sequences by market, buyer, and solution.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face Outbound 93

SalesHandy

JUNE 5, 2020

30% of sales professionals believe that having introduced lead nurturing has been the most significant benefit to their team, resulting in better responses to campaigns and easier segmentation. Lead nurturing plays an essential role in high converting sales processes. Score and segment your leads. According to G2, 92.4%

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Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 80

Fill the Funnel

JULY 2, 2013

The economy was approaching chaos status, social media was beginning to gain some traction with business, and inside sales was starting to become more than just a training ground for the outside sales team. What segment of your business has grown the most? Questions: Are you using more web tools in your business activity?

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Small Business Small Business Tools Social Media 124

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Senior Director of WW Inside Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales. Vice President, NA Inside Sales. Regional VP Sales. Inside Sales by Design. Sales Manager.

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Demand Generation Agencies Hiring Enterprise Enterprise 121

Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

It is through the use of the right B2B prospecting that we can continue to succeed in this always-evolving field. However, with so many sales prospecting tools out there, how do you know which ones are worth your time and money? LinkedIn or LinkedIn Sales Navigator – LinkedIn and LinkedIn Sales Navigator are two separate tools.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

A quality sales organization is build on retention and a quality sales team structure. Every B2B trade publication, analyst, and even company (Hi!) Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. How Do You Improve Retention Rates for B2B Sales Teams?

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 100

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We tended to think of inside sales as those people sitting in the office, waiting for the phone to ring, just focused on small deals, doing very high volumes. In those ancient times, inside sales started changing a lot, primarily with new phone and computer technology. We field sales guys were, honestly, relieved.

Telemarketing 48

Telemarketing Inside Sales Face-to-face Field Sales 48

Pointclear

AUGUST 6, 2013

Over the last year, I’ve had the privilege of interviewing over 30 influential B2B sales and marketing leaders. It has been a pleasure to interview each of them and share perspectives on topics ranging from B2B lead generation and inside sales to social media trends and personal branding.

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Inside Sales SAP Trends Sales Qualified Lead 176

InsideSales.com

JUNE 2, 2020

Sales Mistakes and Tips for Getting the Most from Your Sales Team. Michael Pedone is the founder of Salesbuzz.com , an online training company for B2B sales teams that need to overcome call reluctance. Michael has been a straight commission sales rep for over 25 years. “He How do You Lock Down the Next Steps?

Ideal Customer Profile 63

Ideal Customer Profile Energy Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 63

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

There are usually a few events each year where this happens and in this case, it was Boston this week for the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals ( AA-ISP ). Linda Connly, Sr VP, Global Inside Sales / Midmarket at EMC gave a keynote talk. That leaves a lot for us to find the right customer segments.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank InsideView Lead Scoring 217

SBI Growth

JANUARY 12, 2018

Many of you are looking at the revenue plan and worried that you are already behind. You are wondering if you have enough headcount to make your revenue number. So, what do you do about it? There are two.

Ideal Customer Profile 286

Ideal Customer Profile Revenue Channels Segment 286