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How often should you really follow-up with a prospect [data backed]

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Cold email outreach is a huge part of inside sales. In fact, some of our recent data found that there is less than a 5% response rate for the average cold email sent out by most sales pros. whitepaper or case study) about how your product has helped many similar organizations accomplish their goals.

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Why more sales teams should embrace a leaderboard

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By tapping into a sales rep’s internal desire to measure their performance against others’, a leaderboard increases motivation and ensures that there’s nowhere to hide when it comes to meeting goals and expectations. Many case studies over the years have emphasized how important it is to have an engaged team.

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

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The Gist: You can almost not keep up with the sheer volume of content generated by the sales (Read. Their army of bloggers cover every topic imaginable and use lists, case studies, video, gifs – you name it, to bring the up to the minute informative articles on all industry developments. Evangelizing the power of inside sales.