The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Amy Plante, Sales Engineer Team Lead at Spiff “Don’t get discouraged by the losses as they’re inevitable and even necessary to become a better seller.” Alexine Mudawar, CEO of Women in Sales “If I could go back in time to my first sales job, I would tell myself to keep pushing forward! Cold calling sucks!

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Costello

APRIL 2, 2018

Richard Harris, owner of The Harris Consulting Group , got his start in sales back in the mid 1980’s when he landed his first sales job at the GAP during high school. After years of moving through the ranks, Richard likes to say that he has a “liberal arts degree in sales experience”.

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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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Close.io

OCTOBER 22, 2019

I often like to say that the most important word in SaaS (Software as a Service) is the word service. Yes, we're very proud that we've created the best inside sales CRM for startups and SMBs. They were my first call for recommendations. Let's jump on a quick call this week and explore all ways to make this happen for you!

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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. Sales Operations Tools: Outreach , Drift.

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OutboundView

JULY 14, 2019

Location: Nashville, TN Website: www.outboundview.com Company Overview: OutboundView is focused on everything inside sales related, from outsourced appointment setting to setting up internal inside sales teams for B2B clients. eCoast calls out three specific solutions – sales, marketing, and channel development.

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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. We’re going to help you also understand the B2B sales processes, strategies, and more.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

She also founded #GirlsClub , which is dedicated to changing the face of sales leadership by helping more women gain the skills and experience needed to apply. We love her even more, because she also wrote up some timeless advice in her article, 6 Horrendous Ways to Begin Your Sales Call (And What to Do Instead).

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Again, I am a big believer in the power of customer storytelling for helping sales outcomes. While many of us “cover” at work – holding back on sharing certain parts of who we are and aspects of our life – there were certain people on our team who carried a much heavier burden each day. Christin Myers. Alexine Mudawar.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 9, 2020

Post by Shawn Fowler, Vice President of Sales Enablement at SalesLoft, where he teaches salespeople to sell sales software to other salespeople. . SalesLoft customers, colleagues on LinkedIn, and our sales reps reached out to me to try to get a handle on how to do their jobs as the reality of the global pandemic set in.

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DialSource

JULY 24, 2020

We will keep what works — like collaborating on tools like Zoom, Slack, and Atlassian — and revert back to processes that we never could nail while working apart. As you adapt to manage your remote sales team , focusing on an inside sales approach, it’s important to consider what your field agents can and can no longer do.

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SaaStr - Sales Strategy

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz is Chief Revenue Officer @ New Relic, the company that gives you the real time insights your software driven business needs to innovate faster. As for Erica, under her CRO role, she leads all go-to-market functions including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Support. Transcript.

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Close.io

MARCH 28, 2019

Tools such as power-dialers and customer relationship management (CRM) software can significantly simplify your team’s outreach process. Sales dialers have become smarter thanks to technology. Now they give sales reps the ability to call several numbers at one go, meaning teams spend less time waiting to get connected with prospects.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 15, 2021

In-person meetings and demonstrations practically disappeared and sales leaders had to quickly reskill outside reps for inside sales; all while learning to manage their teams remotely. Reps can see exactly what they need to do next to get deals at risk back on track and push healthy deals forward with the best odds of a win.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

These people make up what is called the "buying center." The Inside Sales Business Model The inside sales business model is when a prospect needs to be nurtured by a sales rep to convert into a deal. The sales cycle ranges between a few weeks and a few months.

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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? Alice Heiman. Amy Appleyard.

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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

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

APRIL 24, 2018

It’s a full suite of every piece of software that a restaurant would need from their POS system, or their back office, inventory management, online ordering, scheduling of resources, etc. Sam Jacobs : You’ve being doing enterprise sales and you’ve done channel sales. Have we swung the pendulum too far?

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You need to resiliently bounce back from rejection. 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! Fortunately, we’ve been tinkering with many of these inside sales tools for quite a while.

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn how to use predictive analytics and big data to improve your team’s inside sales skills. Follow these sales best practices to improve your sales reps’ selling skills and turn regular salespeople into sales superstars. 7 Sales Best Practices. Some aspects of sales, however, don’t.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company, named Modus to its Market Guide for Sales Engagement Platforms. The Gartner Market Guide for Sales. Field Sales. Inside Sales organizations are getting a lot of the glory these days; perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that they're also benefitting from a.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sales Hacker accepts guest contributors as well as sponsored content from relevant folks. The Gist: Justin McGill is the Founder of LeadFuze and is determined to kill the cold call. We plan on doing the best sales blogs punchy, to the point, easy-to-implement tactics, drenched with useful visuals. G2 Crowd Sales Blog.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 4, 2022

We would effectively go knocking on doors to meet the appropriate person at a facility,” says Rose Southwell, the company’s vice president of sales operations and marketing. The first phase of that shift was the trend toward inside sales, where reps spent more time on the phone than knocking on doors.

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Cience

JANUARY 6, 2020

For example, there are lead generation companies that provide accounting, corporate IT training, custom software development, electrical engineering, film services, privacy shield notice, technical support, etc. At CIENCE, we have a specific questionnaire called “Ideal Customer Profile” for our client companies to complete.

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