Score More Sales

JULY 15, 2013

It is always exciting to hear about new sales tools to help shorten the sales cycle, qualify better, grow social connections, and sell more. Sometimes, though, an old school tool can get the job done as a companion strategy to all the cutting edge technology you are employing. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

Inside Sales 194

Inside Sales Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 194

Close.io

MAY 30, 2018

So you’re looking to build out your inside sales team and you’ve lined up a full day of interviews with potential new hires. To make sure you don’t waste time and money on a bad hire who doesn’t fit the culture, there are some questions you absolutely need to be asking in your interviews with prospective inside sales reps.

Inside Sales 101

Inside Sales Hiring Social Media Sales Qualified Lead 101

Score More Sales

APRIL 26, 2013

What is new in CRM in 2013? Moderator and CRM / Social Industry leader Paul Gillin asked fantastic questions including: What are best practices for broader adoption of CRM? What are some pitfalls when deploying CRM? Give your opinion about integrating marketing automation into CRM? What has not changed much?

CRM 179

CRM SugarCRM Guidelines Face-to-face 179

Score More Sales

APRIL 2, 2012

We are adamant that if you are in inside sales (or outbound sales) you must STOP these practices immediately. If your sales leader thinks they are OK or that they work, please send them our way. Stop sending company pitches through LinkedIn. This is a 1999 sales tactic and it needs to stop.

Inside Sales 186

Inside Sales Webinar Metrics Outbound LinkedIn 186

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Every sales leader is told, “buy this sales enablement tool – it will help you so much.” It is true that never before have we had access to technology, metrics, and science to assist us in doing our sales roles better than ever. But sometimes these tools hinder our success. Increase Opportunities.

Sales Enablement 120

Sales Enablement Merkle Tools Ideal Customer Profile 120

Score More Sales

APRIL 29, 2013

Finally, it is about the system and process that you go about moving sales opportunities forward in your follow-up that helps you win. Have a CRM system that allows you to show any sales opportunities you have, and a way to record any action you’ve done toward that opportunity, plus a way to set a next action that is automated.

Follow-up 261

Follow-up Inside Sales Outbound Lead Rank 261

Velocify

APRIL 24, 2013

Leads360’s new calculator provides a lead assignment recommendation per sales rep, per day in order to boost revenue and profits. Though inside sales is undeniably becoming more and more complex, at the end of the day, it is really a numbers game. Commission/Sale. Cost per Lead. Direct Cost of Rep/Day.

Inside Sales 95

Inside Sales Leads360 Cost per Lead Distribution 95

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. Use all the tools in your toolbox. Trends that are here to stay.

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

SBI

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Two years ago, I wrote about the perfect sales tool and included a wish list of capabilities that simply didn’t exist back then. Admittedly, the perfect sales tool will never exist because the needs of sales organizations vary from company to company. Is there a perfect tool for individual scenarios?

Sales Tools 139

Sales Tools Tools InsideView Field Sales 139

Score More Sales

JUNE 2, 2014

In Ken Krogue’s full day session on Business Development – inside sales tips, strategies, tools, and methodology, this acronym was one of the highlights of his session because it brings everything you need in sales together. Ken has identified over 27 types of inside sales campaigns.

InsideSales 221

InsideSales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 221

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.

Ideal Customer Profile 120

Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 120

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

As an early adopter of cloud-based CRM, we were storing data in the cloud ten years ago – 12 years ago. From a sales tools perspective, I have seen productivity gains as well as losses. It seems that there are so many tools to help professional sellers and marketers. So are you more productive? Increase Opportunities.

Real Estate 249

Real Estate Compensation Vendor Intent 249

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Not only will those in sales be able to manage their territories this way but also sales leaders will have incredible access to data and insights – even being able to reinforce learning. There are new tools and ideas coming out now that will change forever how we think about business process, marketing and sales.

Workbooks 232

Workbooks Analytics Territories Ideal Customer Profile 232

Score More Sales

AUGUST 5, 2014

You know what happens if you don’t, and it is a pretty safe bet that those reading this blog are good tooth brushers and flossers. This includes regular times blocked out in your calendar, and a plan for the tools that you use with some metrics to know how successful you are. Many people floss twice a day – others once.

Follow-up 235

Follow-up Buyer Twitter Inside Sales 235

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2020

Will you be building an inside sales team? Will your outside sales team use the data? Building a large enough list to fill your sales funnel could take months, even years. Email validation tools like NeverBounce allow you to verify emails and determine which ones are safe to send to and which ones are not.

Top of Funnel 200

Top of Funnel Marketing How To Inbound 200

Score More Sales

JULY 28, 2014

You have this “lead” in a spreadsheet, not a CRM system, and you can’t set a next action in a spreadsheet. Regardless of whether you have a sophisticated CRM system or manila file folders at your desk (I hope not), one way to keep track of upcoming potential sales opportunities is to have a Hit List.

Buyer 207

Buyer How To Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 207

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. Use all the tools in your toolbox. Trends that are here to stay.

Demand Generation Targets 120

Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Finally there are companies in the CRM system who: Have been acquired and now have another name. Start the new year right with some guidelines or policies around how CRM records are filled out, or how spreadsheets are tracked. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

Data 193

Data Policies Ideal Customer Profile Guidelines 193

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Time you spent in the office with your colleagues talking about the problem with your territory, your CRM system, your personal issues. Read about David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” GTD system – the best system I’ve ever worked with sales reps and sales leaders on to be more focused and organized.

Lead Rank 227

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Territories 227

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2014

This includes the sales process for your company, the sales methodology, the technology (CRM, data tools, and other sales tools) plus the system you use to keep all prospective and current customer information. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

Ideal Customer Profile 209

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Methodology 209

Close.io

JUNE 20, 2018

with a distributed team: And in this blog post, we want to break down some of the steps to maintaining a quality culture for a remote sales team. Prospective inside sales reps should know exactly what their responsibilities and objectives will be so that if they’re hired, they’ll fit seamlessly into the team.

Hiring 127

Hiring Face-to-face Objections Inside Sales 127

Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

What’s the Length of a SaaS Sales Cycle? The Unique Challenges of SaaS Sales. The Most Important Metrics for SaaS Sales. SaaS Sales Techniques That Work. Stages in a SaaS Sales Process. Essential Software Tools for SaaS Sales. What Is SaaS Sales? How do you go up against a beast like that?

Paid Content 127

Paid Content Lead Rank Commission Lead Scoring 127

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And The Bridge Group, an inside sales consulting firm, calculated the average base salary for a SaaS inside sales rep to be $60,000 — with on-target earnings of $118,000 ( source ). Successful Sales Compensation Programs.

Compensation 81

Compensation Salary Incentives Incentive 81

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.

Examples 123

Examples Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 123

Openview

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A new study from Process Street in partnership with sales email tool PersistIQ reveals the inside sales outreach of the world’s 281 top SaaS companies, and how they respond when a high-ticket lead (in this case, we used Vodafone) signs up for a free trial or demo.

Enterprise 118

Enterprise Enterprise Company Hubspot 118

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In order to keep up with changes in sales, allow for time in your schedule every day to read a few industry publications or business blogs (like the one you’re reading now). Use the time spent in these forums to your advantage by adding sales and business podcasts to your listening queue and key influencers to your social accounts.

Data 98

Data Forecasting Ideal Customer Profile ACT 98

Close.io

MARCH 10, 2020

Having a sales enablement manager on your team can make it 10x easier for your sales team to be successful. For an inside sales team , the potential impact of sales enablement is huge. These sales enablement resources can be…. Blog posts. Free tools. Training programs. Calculators. Worksheets.

Sales Enablement 87

Sales Enablement Hiring Salary Comparison 87

Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2011

I appreciate the manner in which each has clearly presented B2B marketing and sales challenges, solutions (in the form of best-practice strategies and tactics), and results in areas like the following: Content marketing. Inside sales. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. Sales lead management.

Outsourcing Services 169

Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

This will give you a sense of your sales cycle and an idea on when to stop calling on this company. If you don’t have any historical data, start now by clearly noting as much detail in your CRM system as possible so that you can make some decisions based on actual data. Monitor the data moving forward and help. Increase Opportunities.

Follow-up 222

Follow-up Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Buyer 222

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. Pro-Tip: Do not over-segment your sales team.

Inbound 75

Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 75

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The two tools I use are Trello and Asana. Define Your B2B Inbound Sales Standard Operating Process. Sales Development Reps use LinkedIn to find people who they know and might be able to refer them. Great tools like Outreach let you quickly customize and send templated emails when a fresh lead inbounds. Qualification.

Inbound 52

Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Hiring Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2020

Will you be building an inside sales team? Will your outside sales team use the data? Building a large enough list to fill your sales funnel could take months, even years. Email validation tools like NeverBounce allow you to verify emails and determine which ones are safe to send to and which ones are not.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Marketing How To Inbound 100

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. Tools training. CRM maintenance. Buyer personas. Competition.

Hiring 98

Hiring Training Cold Calling Scale 98

A Sales Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

In the past 15 years, there have been crazy advancements in the area of sales tools, from CRM’s that do just about everything except your laundry to data or insights applications that deliver a full dossier of your client’s life straight to your phone or desktop. Rule 7: Yes, you have to use the CRM.

Account Based Marketing 101

Account Based Marketing Promotion CRM Up-Sell 101

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. and Inside Sales Evangelist. He is the founder of Close.io

Influencer 76

Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 76

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sales and marketing lead generation tools follow this suit. But the smaller a company is, the more their internal people need to do and the less tools they will have to help them. If you don’t have your inbound web strategy in place, outbound sales will have to work harder to find prospects and nurture them.

Sales Qualified Lead 266

Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

Lead411

MARCH 31, 2021

Keeping track of your current customers may seem easy, and more of an “inside sales team’s” responsibility. As a sales contract moves through an organization, it can pass through many departments. Once the deal is signed and done, sales teams usually move on to the next prospect, and the process repeats itself.

Hiring 52

Hiring Customer Intent Data Fashion 52